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    Trackers: The Sound of 16-Bit

    Ahoy

    7 HN recommenders · recommended in 12 months, 2021–2026

    YouTube

    41:12 · 2.1M views · Nov 19, 2021

    Ahoy's documentary traces tracker music from early Amiga software like SoundMonitor and Soundtracker through the demoscene, Protracker, and PC trackers such as Screamtracker and FastTracker. It covers the sound, culture and history of 16-bit module music.

    It is the go-to chronological, in-depth overview of tracker music, recommended whenever trackers, the Amiga or the demoscene come up.

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    14 comments from Hacker News

    1. @el_nahualJul 2023· in “Chiptune.app”

      I'm old enough to remember playing games with chiptunes, but young enough to not have known what a tracker was. This YouTube video (from the amazing Ahoy channel) is an incredible, in-depth overview of trackers, their sound and history: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @mrpf1sterNov 2022· in “MilkyTracker”

      If anyone wants to dive into the history of trackers, I highly recommend this documentary (and all of his other ones) by Ahoy ( this video )

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    3. @gcrAug 2023· in “MilkyTracker 1.04”

      The original was “Ultimate Soundtracker,” and it was so influential that derivatives often named themselves ___tracker (noisetracker, screamtracker, impulsetracker) Ahoy on YouTube has a great video about tracker music, this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    4. @b0afc375b5Jan 2023· in “MusicLM: Generating Music from Text”

      this video I think this showed up on my recommendation. I didn't know anything about tracker music, but this video explains it chronologically and very well.

      RecommendsView on HN
    5. @alyssaxuuMay 2023· in “Memoirs from the old web: The KEYGEN element”

      Ha, I had the same thought. I recently watched this video which you might find interesting (mostly re: demoscene): this video

      RecommendsView on HN