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Yeah, me neither, but I assume that it might be possible.

While yes, OpenMPT supports those formats, it uses a much blander interface and prefers the ImpulseTracker interface style. Many people (myself included) much prefer the FastTracker II interface style and this program uses that. I’m sure it’s more wishful thinking than anything, but I’d love to see a modern DOS module tracker with the FT2 interface style.

Also, wasn’t OpenMPT designed around a sound plugin that could be used virtually anywhere? Not to mention it’s open sourced?

Paralytik67 days ago

OpenMPT is indeed open-source since 2004, and still in development, but the ModPlug Player for browsers (used on modarchive dot org (afaik) for online play of their database of modules) is closed-source.

You can read about the history of how it was developed on the OpenMPT Wikipedia page.

retrokid10466 days ago

huh, I thought it was open sourced. whatever then!

Guenon59 days ago

Sorry about latching onto a trivial detail like this xD, and it doesn't really have an effect on anything relevant; in any case, having used MS-DOS trackers already back in the day, I feel the need to remark that OpenMPT does not use the Impulse Tracker interface style, wahh... :') Unless there's some theming available for OpenMPT that I'm not aware of, that is. OpenMPT uses the operating system's window elements, panels, file selectors... and so on. It is very "Windowsy" because of these default elements being used so much. Impulse Tracker is _entirely different_.

retrokid10459 days ago

I meant in terms of key binds and commands, but no worries!

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