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Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
4
submitters
4
observed span
2019–2026
peak thread · 95 comments
385 pts
latest 20+ return · 2026-01-27
31 pts

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2007–2026

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GitHub link: https://github.com/steffest/bassoontracker Everything about this makes me giddy with excitement, from the cursor to the faded out numbers in the digital display. I "miss" these times, yet I was born too late to enjoy it in real time. I hope the demoscene lives on forever and we keep seeing it pop up in future tech.

Absolutely awesome! I've long been attracted to tracker software but I could never find one that really makes me want to use it. Although this is browser-based, it might just be the one for me. Something I would very much like to see in all music software, including this one, is an alternative for keyboard-based note entry and preview that is not based on the piano, but on the guitar/bass. Basically, each keyboard key is a semitone over the one…

oinj·129-point thread·

Maybe it's no longer obvious: This is an app that plays "MODs", a sampler-based chiptune format that originated with the Commodore Amiga. Inspired by the technical limitations of a 40-year-old design, a demo scene community has created thousands of songs, annual competitions. The Mod Archive: https://modarchive.org/ MOD format history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module_file

watersb·31-point thread·

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
548

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Total comments
134

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2019-01-30Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScriptFirst breakout · Best threadbaldfat38595
2022-05-25Make Tracker Tunes in the BrowserWorldPeas12933
2025-08-03Bassoon Trackerdavepeck30
2026-01-27Bassoontracker, Tracking in the BrowserLatest 20+ point returnjdboyd316