Amiga Music Software

[Harrison]

I think any version of ProTracker should work with all Amigas. At least all running Workbench 2 or newer as the Amiga's audio capabilities haven't changed since the first Amiga was released. So the newest version you can find I suppose. Anyone else know any different?

ProTracker is definitely quite hard to begin with. You have to remember that it developed from a programmers point of view more than a musicians which goes some way to explain the interface and why it works as it does. I would recommend you give OctaMED Pro a try instead as you should be more at home with that as it is designed more with a musician in mind.

[Toddney]

Hi,

I downloaded OctoMed but I found that the GUI was even more complicated than Protracker. So on some research, I came across GameMusicCreator which is for the new starters. I got used to the 4 channel design, and the various functions, and made some funky tunes. I then went back into Protracker, but my only obstacle so far is getting any instruments to work? How do I load them? I have a ton of ST-DISCs unzipped in a folder on my amiga.

It was really easy to load them in GMC, but on Protracker I can't find any option for it. Any help is really appreciated.

[Toddney]

Should I add the ST Discs into a special directory, and then the instruments show up? Or what am I missing?

[Demon Cleaner]

I remember when using SoundTracker at the time, the discs (with the instruments) were named ST01, ST02, ST03... perhaps it doesn't want the whole bunch in one directory, but on the discs?

[Harrison]

Have a look at the ProTracker Handbook. That contains a lot of info about the program and should help you.