Music File Format/MOD & Tracker Programmer Mailing List Announcement

[jamal@bronze.lcs.mit.edu (Jamal Hannah)]

Depending on the response I get, I will be starting a mailing list for
the discussion of computer music application programming, with the MOD
format as a major topic.  The list will be for people from all of the
major computers (Amiga, Mac, Atari ST, IBM AT, NeXT) because by now
they all have mod players and soon will all have editors, increasing
the amount of (hopefully) decent computer music available out there
for everyone.

The problem is, there is alot of confusion about the "mod" format, and
related mod-type formats (like MED, Okata, etc), and alot of the
understanding of how to play these files comes from examining source code
other people have written!  What we need is a forum for people to
talk specificaly about the music formats out there and exchange as much
information as possible about them, in order to help everyone write
better music editor and player programs!

If you are a programmer and want to write a mod editor (tracker) or mod
player, even a general (MIDI or non-MIDI) music editor, or you have written
one in the past, please send me email telling me you would be interested in
being on this electronic mailing list... or if you know anyone else who has
written a soundtrack program, or developed one of the music file formats,
please forward this message to them!

I'm also looking for the original programmers of applications like
"SoundTracker", "NoiseTracker", and the like.. some of these people
are known only by BBS "handles", and may only have accounts on remote BBS
systems.  If you know any of their email addresses, please tell me.
(The people who originaly created the music file formats of course have the
most information on them.)

>>> If you are interested in this mailing list, please send me email <<<

 Jamal Hannah  <jamal@gnu.ai.mit.edu>