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by unfocused 1161 days ago
I still have some .mod, . S3m, .xm music files that predate mp3s :)
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crazygringo 1161 days ago
Can you explain what those extensions are? There was always .wav but I don't recognize any of those...
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6581 1161 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOD_(file_format)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3M_(file_format)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM_(file_format)

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giantrobot 1161 days ago
File formats for trackers; music sequencer programs. The files are very small because they just describe the beats/notes. Think MIDI files.

They were stupid easy to trade over IRC on dial-up because they were so small.

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iamtedd 1161 days ago
Unlike MIDI, tracker files also contain the samples used.
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