Subject: Identify this tune?

From: DigitalAxis
Date: Sun Aug 5 01:14:41 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
The file is available here: ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Protracker/-%20unknown/altair.mod

I can play this file in Timidity, but UADE doesn't even recognize it.
From putting it into Audacious/Modplug (which says it's Protracker) I can at least confirm it's not a mislabeled stm or s3m file...

So... what is it? It seems to be a 15 channel Soundtracker file, but one that UADE completely doesn't recognize.

My current best guess is it's a Soundtracker file with damaged header information.

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From: shd
Date: Sun Aug 5 21:11:04 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
[quote:00435f7148="DigitalAxis"]The file is available here: ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Protracker/-%20unknown/altair.mod

My current best guess is it's a Soundtracker file with damaged header information.[/quote:00435f7148]
Short workaround, rename it as mod15.altair.

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From: shd
Date: Sun Aug 5 21:19:20 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
[quote:deb7a02cde="shd"]Short workaround, rename it as mod15.altair.[/quote:deb7a02cde]
This also works, although inconvenient:
[code:1:deb7a02cde]uade123 -P ~/.uade2/players/PTK-Prowiz -x type&#58;st20 altair.mod[/code:1:deb7a02cde]

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From: Guest
Date: Mon Aug 6 00:20:51 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
The first method worked perfectly as described; the second method required me to run the command [code:1:b61d74cf97]uade123 -P /usr/share/uade2/players/PTK-Prowiz -x type&#58;st20 altair.mod[/code:1:b61d74cf97].

I haven't had any luck with one other tune (ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Protracker/-%20unknown/an%20cool..mod) ; nothing I have even suggests it's a module file.

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From: shd
Date: Mon Aug 6 07:46:18 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
[quote:49d7dc0fac="Anonymous"]The first method worked perfectly as described; the second method required me to run the command [code:1:49d7dc0fac]uade123 -P /usr/share/uade2/players/PTK-Prowiz -x type&#58;st20 altair.mod[/code:1:49d7dc0fac].

I haven't had any luck with one other tune (ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Protracker/-%20unknown/an%20cool..mod) ; nothing I have even suggests it's a module file.[/quote:49d7dc0fac]
The headers look pretty odd in that. At least it's not a valid protracker module.

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From: mld/uade team
Date: Mon Aug 6 14:34:07 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
hi, just back from holidays... :-)

I'll have a closer look at the second one. I does look odd indeed.

About the first one... Yes it's a ST20 with 15instruments and it's a bad rip. the header was ok it seems but it was 4 bytes too short.

The best thing would be to get a good one or if you can't find it (it might be on AMP.dascene.net), add 4 zeros and indicate it's a bad rip/repaired or something in the filename if you spread it further. 

Another good idea would maybe be to tell Coma the modland admin it's a broken file :^)

greetings from the sunny coast of Germany

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From: mld/uade team
Date: Tue Aug 7 05:38:49 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
some more info about the second tune.

It seems to be originating from an Atari ST format called TCB-Tracker: http://dhs.nu/files_msx_digi.php (way down the page)

And I found a site dealing with the problems converting it from tcb to protracker: http://www.tscc.de/ucm24/tcb2pro.html

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From: DigitalAxis
Date: Wed Aug 8 05:54:40 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
Well, I had an interesting and fun time just now, using STEem and those provided tools to convert it to what appears to now be Noisetracker 2...

I have no idea how accurate the timing or pacing is (the song in question is evidently a very simple song with no effects, loops or pattern breaks anyway...), but I do know it didn't sound so great period via STEem.

There do seem to be some problems with Milkytracker I ran into when removing the extra 00 pattern; it evidently didn't rewrite the header, causing a warning about truncation; now my modified restored file (padded with zeroes as a cheap hack) is being identified as a DOC Soundtracker module...

Whee.

I'm gonna have a rather long list of fixes in the Protracker/- unknown/a*.mod  if I ever get around to submitting them, I can tell.

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From: DigitalAxis
Date: Wed Aug 8 05:57:13 2007

To: UADE-User-discussion
Oh, and no, I'm not planning on submitting my new replacement module; I'll just report it as a TCB tracker file and leave it at that.  This was more of a 'hey, I could actually do that' sort of deal.