[HN Gopher] Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
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Impulse Tracker source code now available on GitHub
Author : bane
Score : 103 points
Date : 2024-06-15 19:13 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| skrebbel wrote:
| It's hard to understate the impact IT had on the tracker scene.
| Thanks, Jeffrey!
| pkasting wrote:
| I hope hope hope the SchismTracker folks take a hard look through
| this!
| rzzzt wrote:
| 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?
| diggan wrote:
| As 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...
| sublinear wrote:
| > Copyright (c) 2014, Jeffrey Lim. All Rights Reserved.
|
| I'm curious why "All Rights Reserved." was added. It may be
| obsolete, but if it was taken seriously today wouldn't it also
| be at odds with the BSD license?
| JohnTHaller wrote:
| Nice! 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
| 29athrowaway wrote:
| Any thoughts on Hively Tracker?
| jeffalyanak wrote:
| Have you checked out 8bitbubsy's extremely accurate modern
| clone of FT2 (and one of Protracker as well)?
|
| https://16-bits.org/ft2.php
| WesolyKubeczek wrote:
| Sweet 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!
| e12e wrote:
| 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?!
|
| https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=76507.0
| omoikane wrote:
| An interesting coincidence was that custom IPX usernames was a
| paid feature, and payment was processed by a company named
| "Kagi" (not the search engine).
|
| https://github.com/jthlim/impulse-tracker/blob/fb47b325454ab...
|
| Kagi the e-commerce site apparently went defunct in 2016:
|
| https://web.archive.org/web/20160915172120/http://kagi.com/
| 29athrowaway wrote:
| Great software, great sound. Here is a tune I recommend.
|
| https://youtu.be/zuQHHlbzX_c
| contingencies wrote:
| Wow, check out https://github.com/jthlim/JavelinPattern ... guy's
| been busy.
| netmare wrote:
| The Wikipedia entry on text-based user interfaces uses IT as an
| example of a text-mode program featuring a pixel-accurate mouse
| pointer. The "citation-needed" had always been annoying me, since
| I knew it was true, but I couldn't prove it. Now, we can finally
| link to IT_MOUSE.ASM and be done with it.
| rzzzt wrote:
| Bisqwit has a video about the technique:
| https://youtu.be/7nlNQcKsj74
| Gormo wrote:
| But is Impulse Tracker a true textmode application? While not
| full of flashy graphics and icons, it uses lots of widgets and
| layout features that put it squarely in conventional GUI
| territory. And the repo contains the VESA code for rendering
| the equalizer UI.
| rzzzt wrote:
| Apparently this was hidden behind the Alt+F12 key combo? I
| might have to fire up a copy as I don't remember ever seeing
| this bit. _Edit_ : it doesn't seem to be enabled in 2.14. Oh
| well, got to hear "Blue Flame" again!
|
| The rest of the application runs in 80x50 text mode, and it
| included a character editor so you could customize the box
| drawing characters if you were so inclined.
| dragonwriter wrote:
| That seems like an analytical conclusion based on a primary
| source, and thus a violation of _No Original Research_ policy
| if sourced directly to the primary source on which the
| conclusion is based, and not a published secondary source that
| actually provides the analysis of the primary source.
| ramses0 wrote:
| [citation needed]
| lionkor wrote:
| Just cite that HN comment above you then;)
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