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I still have some .mod, . S3m, .xm music files that predate mp3s :)


Can you explain what those extensions are? There was always .wav but I don't recognize any of those...


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

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

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


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.


Unlike MIDI, tracker files also contain the samples used.




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