Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
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Re: Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
#2It’s hard to understate the impact IT had on the tracker scene. Thanks, Jeffrey!
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#3I hope hope hope the SchismTracker folks take a hard look through this!
Re: Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
#4As far as I can tell, the LICENSE.TXT (https://github.com/jthlim/impulse-tracker/blob/main/LICENSE....) is the 3-clause BSD license, meaning proper FOSS and not just "source available" which is becoming more popular.
Bit more about the history of IT (and more) in the blogpost celebrating the "20th anniversary", written by the software's author: http://roartindon.blogspot.com/2014/02/20-years-of-impulse-t...
Re: Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
#5Nice! I was a Fast Tracker 2 guy back in the day. More recently I've played with OpenMPT and MilkyTracker (both of which I packaged for PortableApps.com) with my old MODs. I love seeing older stuff get properly open sourced.
Impulse Tracker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_Tracker
Fast Tracker 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2
Re: Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
#6I hope hope hope the SchismTracker folks take a hard look through this!
What would be the reason for that, other than general interest of how things were done? Any effects or playback differences that still need to be ironed out?
Re: Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
#7Sweet jesus, I knew IT had been written in assembly (and moreover, it looks like 8086-level assembly, with EMS support for memory expansion), but little did I knew it had support for networking! Granted, IPX, but still!
Re: Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
#8Great software, great sound. Here is a tune I recommend.
Re: Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
#9Nice! I was a Fast Tracker 2 guy back in the day. More recently I've played with OpenMPT and MilkyTracker (both of which I packaged for PortableApps.com) with my old MODs. I love seeing older stuff get properly open sourced. Impulse Tracker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_Tracker Fast Tracker 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2
Any thoughts on Hively Tracker?
Re: Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
#10Sweet jesus, I knew IT had been written in assembly (and moreover, it looks like 8086-level assembly, with EMS support for memory expansion), but little did I knew it had support for networking! Granted, IPX, but still!
From the Wikipedia page:
> extra features, such as support for stereo WAV output and a personalized version of the driver for co-editing songs over IPX networks, were provided for a fee.
Also looks like tfa should have a (2014). Ed: Ah, wikipedia mention bitbucket and links to an unofficial GitHub mirror, different from TFA.
On a related note, I'm a little shocked to discover that MED/OctaMED apparently has new/current commercial support?!