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Trackers: The Sound of 16-Bit
About this video
Ahoy's documentary traces tracker music from early Amiga software like SoundMonitor and Soundtracker through the demoscene, Protracker, and PC trackers such as Screamtracker and FastTracker. It covers the sound, culture and history of 16-bit module music.
Why it appears in the archive
It is the go-to chronological, in-depth overview of tracker music, recommended whenever trackers, the Amiga or the demoscene come up.
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From the Hacker News discussion
If anyone wants to dive into the history of trackers, I highly recommend this documentary (and all of his other ones) by Ahoy ( [VIDEO] )
Read original comment ↗I'm old enough to remember playing games with chiptunes, but young enough to not have known what a tracker was. This YouTube video (from the amazing Ahoy channel) is an incredible, in-depth overview of trackers, their sound and history: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗> just the coolest format in music ever Historic retrospective: Ahoy - "Trackers: The Sound of 16-Bit" [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗If your interested, Ahoy made a very good Youtube documentary on the rise of trackers and their impact on music: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗[VIDEO] I think this showed up on my recommendation. I didn't know anything about tracker music, but this video explains it chronologically and very well.
Read original comment ↗Ha, I had the same thought. I recently watched this video which you might find interesting (mostly re: demoscene): [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗The original was “Ultimate Soundtracker,” and it was so influential that derivatives often named themselves ___tracker (noisetracker, screamtracker, impulsetracker) Ahoy on YouTube has a great video about tracker music, [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Also shout-out to Retro Ahoy´s awesome documentary on trackers, which covers the amiga quite a bit as well: [VIDEO]
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