NitroTracker

NitroTracker
File:Nitrotrackerds.png
General
Author(s)	0xtob
Type	Music
Version	0.4
Licence	Mixed
Links
[Media:NitroTrackerv04ds.zip Download]
Website
Source

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NitroTracker is a FastTracker II style tracker for the Nintendo DS. If you didn't understand that, you might want to read up on trackers. For starters, NitroTracker is a versatile tool for creating music - everywhere! It supports the popular XM file format that is used by many PC trackers and that can be played on many PC audio players such as Winamp or XMMS.

With NitroTracker, you can carry your XMs around in your DS and compose whenever and wherever you feel like it. "Tracking on a handheld console? Sounds like a pain in the ass." You might say. But because of the touchscreen and stylus of the DS, it's quite easy. You can compose your melodies using an on-screen keyboard, directly edit your patterns by making selections, copying and pasting - all with the stylus. And that's not where it ends: If you don't have any samples at hand, make your own with the DS's microphone. You can even replace the samples in existing songs with your own recorded ones. There are many possibilities already and there will be even more.

Features

• Composing with the stylus using an on-screen keyboard
• Selecting, copying and pasting with the stylus
• Loading and saving XM modules (sorry, no effects yet)
• Loading and saving WAV samples (any sampling rate, 8 or 16 bit)
• Recording samples with the DS's built-in microphone!
• Editing samples (cut, fade, reverse, ...)
• Forward and ping-pong loops
• Volume envelopes for instruments
• Multiple samples per instrument that can be mapped to keyboard keys
• MIDI integration via DSMI
• 16 hardware channels
• Standby mode when the DS is closed
• Support for nearly all DS card adapters

Installation

Before using NitroTracker, you need to apply a so-called DLDI patch. This means that you have to install a driver for your specific card adapter.

1. Get DLDI patching software for your operating system from here.
2. Get the DLDI patch for your card from here: slot-1 (ds slot) / slot-2 (gba slot).
3. Patch NitroTracker.nds .
4. Then, copy NitroTracker and some XMs and/or WAVs to your card. Check out the download section for some great sources of music and samples.

Control

D-Pad scrolls in the pattern

B - Accelerates vertical scrolling

Start - Start / pause playback

Select - Stops playback

X or L - Flips the screens

R + up/down - Scrolls to the beginning / end of the pattern Lid - Closing enters standby mode / Opening leaves standby mode Start+Select - Reset DS

Resources

A list with some great resources for samples and music.

Credits

NitroTracker beta testers

alienspurm, andars, atomtwist, Biiaru, chrislody, grobsen, Ignatzthemouse, infradead, Jono-60, license, lotlemmwax, nitro2k01, nonfinite, parkstenator, reSet, Shagbat, silent_code, spielor, totoee, Vengeful Parasite, willgripp

• joat, dovoto and WinterMute for libnds and DevkitPro
• chishm for the universal FAT library
• sgstair for the incredible wifi lib
• Headspin for the great on-screen typewriter design
• doublec for his ds development tutorials that got me started with DS coding
• Martin Korth for the incredible gbatek reference and the no$gba emulator
• My friends in #dsdev for patiently answering my questions
• starpause for providing the samples used in the tutorial
• Michael Krause for the open source SoundTracker, that was a great help with the XM format
• Last but not least: Vogue and Mr.H of Triton for

     Fasttracker II, the tracker that NitroTracker was
     designed after.