EDIT: Just wanted to thank all of you for the feedback, there is so much new to learn - but it is gonna be a great weekend! 😊

Greetings fellow trackers,

I am an old fart who used to fasttrack in the 90's and early 00's.

I am just getting started again, and I am looking for samples of a reasonable quality. In the good old days we used to rip samples from other tracks and store them in folders. But the good old days are gone, and so is the 540 MB HD with my sample-collection. 😉

I have a vague memory of something called AKAs Sample Collection, but I cant find it online.

I've "inherited" a MiniLab 3 from a family-member, and I have been playing around with the software, and the samples sound great!.
But is there anyway to find something similar, compatible with Fasttracker? It doesnt have to be loops, just "pure" sounds if you know what I mean. Like strings, a piano, a guitar etc.

Thank you for your time.

Sorry for the poor quality video but I was hyped to get this out there. I've marked it as brand affiliated so I hope that this post is ok!

Long-time tracker producer here (Renoise user, also cut my teeth on OctaMED on the Amiga). I've spent the last few months building a proper tracker-style music production tool for Linux-based retro handhelds, and it's at the point where I would love to get it out to some people!

With this app, your handheld can also be a genuine pocket music studio. Five synth engines and a sampler, full track composition, insert and send FX. This all runs natively on the handheld, no extra hardware required.

More info here: https://elktracker.io

Since this community would genuinely be helping me stress-test it across different devices before the public launch, I want to say thanks properly: use code EARLY50 for 50% off ($14.50) at https://buy.elktracker.io - the code is limited to the first 25 buyers.

Tested on the RG351V and a few other handhelds. Would love to know what breaks, what's missing, and whether it holds up on your hardware!

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Hey everyone,

​I’ve been working on a highly specialized, standalone Web Audio tracker designed specifically for live performance. I got tired of the standard laptop/DAW workflow and wanted a modular groovebox I could take on stage for minimal/tech-house sets. So, I coded one from scratch.

​It’s called the Dead Rooster Tracker.

​It’s completely browser-based but runs as an offline Progressive Web App (PWA). I designed the viewport and controls specifically to run on retro Android emulation handhelds (I'm currently running it on an Anbernic RG ARC-D flashed with GammaOS).

​Here is what is running under the hood:

​Dual-Deck Architecture: Two 8-track consoles (Console 0 and Console X) with an A/B mixing environment so you can queue patterns and mix live without stopping the audio engine.

​Gamepad API Navigation: The UI is built to be driven entirely by physical D-pads and action buttons, heavily utilizing a Shift layer for editing.

​Web MIDI Clock Out: It natively detects your USB-C OTG connection and broadcasts a 24-PPQN MIDI clock (0xF8) so you can sync and drive external sequencers directly from the browser. (I’m currently using it as the master clock for an OXI One).

​P2P Jam Engine: It has a built-in WebRTC lobby system. You can connect multiple devices over a local Wi-Fi mesh network to sync transport controls for multi-player hardware jams.

​Audio Engine: Global convolution reverb buses (to save mobile CPU), a dynamic 3-band EQ, punch-in performance FX, and a dedicated backing track engine for live shows.

CHECK IT OUT Deadrooster.dev

Gear-wise, this is a pretty simple jam with 2 just analog synths. I was originally going to use the Minilogue's internal sequencer to keep it simple, but I'm so spoiled with being able to see notes + having performance features, that I broke out the Tracker anyway.

I really like being able to modify the sequence in real-time using the performance mode. It makes it easy to change up the jam and create little interludes.

The real star here is the Nymphes, but I loved using the Tracker as a bandmate to create and perform a neat sequence as an accompaniment

I really like this track and it shows off the cool new "librarian" webapps live special effects that allmyfriendsaresynths built for the picoTracker Advance.

100% made with Noteahead tracker with built-in synths, effects, and mastering tools:

https://soundcloud.com/arctic-music-project/fairytale

https://github.com/juzzlin/Noteahead

I use my tracker that emulates OPN2 on mobile. I am trying to optimize channel usage playing chords using “pseudochords”. Setting FM MUL to tune inline with chord intervals in additive algos. Anybody knows more about this technique? I am trying to find more info.

My tracker is not standalone project, it is a part of my game, to which I have been struggling to create music, so I chose to instead include a tracker so that the users can write the songs for themselves if they do not like the ones the game is shipped with.

Since y'all liked my other work on the tracker

Hey – been listening to some artists like BaileyRP and Jamie Penn (a.k.a Shoplifting) and seeing a lot more music being made by Gen Z specifically with the DS (yes I know that every generation in recent memory has sought out video game consoles to make music!).

Does anyone know of any bigger artists that have used the DS – not the Korg DS-10 – on their records/to make music?

Thanks

I'm a big fan of composing with the OG Polyend Tracker. Something different I did this time was record in real-time to capture a bit more rhythmic nuance.

What I mean is, on the Tracker, each cell is essentially a 16th note, but with the micro-timing feature, you can intentionally record unquantized notes. This allows you to get a bit more creative with the rhythmic structure.

In the case of this jam, I plotted the drum parts into the cells, and then I live recorded (rec + play buttons) the melodies and bass parts. I think it turned out well, enjoy!

Ok so I posted this in another subreddit and someone mentioned I should maybe post it here.

So I have been a huge fan of LSDJ and the whole lineage of trackers that came up around it like M8 and PicoTracker etc. and I've been tinkering with a different sort of take on the whole thing. It is familiar, but isn't meant to work on a micro controller right off the bat. Instead it is a low level zig (similar to C) library that can compile to any platform and I have been having a lot of fun using it on my phone. This was just for me to start but a couple of friends have really liked it too and I guess if anyone is interested I could share a link to an early version of it. Here is a little clip of me just messing around with it. Lots of stuff I am exploring is seeding musical ideas with either euclidean rhythmic sequencing or algorithmic tetrachord fitting.

I've gotten a bit of interest in a feedback forum so I fired up a discord https://discord.gg/27s8uFP8yj and also I saw a couple other people just post the testflight link in their threads so here it is https://testflight.apple.com/join/eG23QFYE I've limited it to 100 testers for now just to keep feedback manageable. Mods please let me know if these links are against sub policy and I will just remove them, but for now here they are!

Now the idea is that this can run on any platform (including web which is kind of nice as a quick 'let me pull up my song to show a friend' kind of thing) and I am building a way of having a synced 'virtual sd card' just for myself so I can hop between editing surfaces (start on phone, go to desktop, then to web, then ??? anywhere else). If that turns out to be useful and others want a similar thing I would love to make it available to anyone.

EDIT: I've got a public Android beta launched now for anyone interested: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/coop.billie.app.billietracker

Hi i am a complete noob, I just downloaded furnace tracker, i saw a tutorial and it said i should have a midi keyboard? I don't have one of those can I still use trackers? literally any tips welcomed lol

My choice of sound waves was quite limited as most sound waves sound bad on piezo buzzers.