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0001178OpenMPTFile Format Supportpublic2019-01-11 18:49
ReporterGerirish Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0001178: Support Reality Adlib Tracker v2 + Adlib Tracker II
Description

See https://www.3eality.com/productions/reality-adlib-tracker

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Saga Musix

Saga Musix

2018-12-23 14:20

administrator   ~0003765

Pure AdLib based formats will have a very low priority because there are already better tools and libraries to handle those.

(OpenMPT uses RAD2's OPL3 emulator, by the way.)

Gerirish

Gerirish

2019-01-11 17:02

reporter   ~0003805

There is also Adlib Tracker II located at http://www.adlibtracker.net

It is freeware with the source code (in Pascal though) available as well. Not sure how interesting it might be for you, but the following formats are supported.

AT2 loads the following song formats:

A2M (AT2)
A2P (AT2) [pattern]
A2T (AT2) [tiny module]
AMD (Amusic)
CFF (BoomTracker 4.0)
DFM (Digital-FM)
FMK (FM-Kingtracker)
HSC (HSC AdLib Composer / HSC-Tracker)
MTK (MPU-401 trakker)
RAD (Reality AdLib Tracker) {ver.1}
S3M (Scream Tracker 3.x)
SAT (Surprise! AdLib Tracker) {ver.1,5,6}
SA2 (Surprise! AdLib Tracker 2.0) {ver.8,9}
XMS (XMS-Tracker)

Loads the following instrument formats:

A2I (AT2)
A2F (AT2) [w/fm-register macro]
CIF (BoomTracker 4.0)
FIN (FM-Kingtracker)
INS (HSC-Tracker/RAD-Tracker, SAdT, Amusic/AdLib instrument)
SBI (Creative Labs FM instrument)
SGI (Sound Generator 3.0)

Loads the following bank formats:

A2B (AT2)
A2W (AT2) [w/macros]
BNK (AdLib instrument bank) {ver.1.0}
FIB (FM-Kingtracker)
IBK (Creative Labs FM instrument bank)
Saga Musix

Saga Musix

2019-01-11 18:49

administrator   ~0003806

While sometimes taking a peek at how other trackers handle certain things, it doesn't help us immediately - you cannot just take one tracker's source and put it in another. The problem is not writing the loaders. The problem is rather that AdLib trackers will generally be distinct from what OpenMPT already does, and in particular for RAD2 this means for example "how to treat the extra two operators of OPL3 instruments". Stuff like this means a lot of work that in turn makes the engine and editor more complex.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2018-12-23 14:18 Gerirish New Issue
2018-12-23 14:20 Saga Musix Note Added: 0003765
2018-12-23 14:20 Saga Musix Priority normal => low
2019-01-11 17:02 Gerirish Note Added: 0003805
2019-01-11 17:02 Gerirish Summary Support Reality Adlib Tracker v2 => Support Reality Adlib Tracker v2 + Adlib Tracker II
2019-01-11 18:49 Saga Musix Note Added: 0003806