Post by @ltning@pleroma.anduin.net

@ltning@pleroma.anduin.net

2026-10-12 21:19 UTC

I am absolutely in love with #tracker music. I recently spent a few evenings with a good friend and colleague of mine going through a big collection of tracks, and ended up with a few dozen[1] that impressed us in one way or other. While going through them, we mainly used #OpenCubicPlayer on a #386 (a 486slc2, technically) with a #Gravis Ultrasound PnP. Already pretty wild that some of these files play on such old hardware - but *that&#39;s the whole point!* Now I&#39;m listening to some of them on my #286 at home. A bloody 286! With a 1MB GUS Extreme. As with so many other #retrocomputing exercises I go through, I am again blown away by what is possible with such limited hardware. &lt;3 [1] https://anduin.net/~ltning/music/goodshit/

Replies (3)

@gmc@snac.chasmcity.net 2026-10-13 04:52

Tracker music is fantastic! I've been going through the mod archive latelt, looking for those gems. I'm limiting that excercise to the classic 4-channel mods though to make it at least somehow manageable, and been adding the ones I like to an internet radio stream: https://modstation.scandinavianretro.eu/ It's amazing what a talented musician can do with the relatively limited abilities of the original fasttracker format. Hearing the smiga play modules the first time way back blew me away, and some of these modules still do. Thanks for sharing your list! I might end up adding some of those to the playlist.

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@zolaris@mastodon.illumos.cafe 2026-10-13 05:34

@ltning@pleroma.anduin.net Downloaded, will listen!

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@eirikmyhr@snabelen.no 2026-10-13 13:33

@ltning@pleroma.anduin.net Gravis UltraSound ❤️

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