S3M
| Scream Tracker 3 modules | |
|---|---|
| File extension : |
.s3m
|
| Developed by: | Future crew |
| Type: | Container format , tracker module |
| Container for: | music |
| Contained in: | Scream tracker |
S3M is the program's own tracker format of Scream Tracker 3. It was programmed by the Future Crew in 1994 and has the file extension .S3M , which gives it its name . It is the successor format to STM , the format of earlier versions of Scream Tracker. In contrast to STM, S3M supports more tracks (4 → 32), more instruments (31 → 99) and more effects . Both formats are based on the popular MOD format. The original program was released only for the PC - platform with MS-DOS , however, there are now practical for all platforms Tracker (eg. OpenMPT ) for creating and software to play the S3M format.
meaning
S3M was extremely popular in the PC demo scene and accordingly widespread, and influenced the following formats ( IT , XM etc.). Due to its technical limitations, however, it no longer plays a significant role today, except for applications that run on very limited hardware such as mobile devices . Today's formats, such as B. XRNS , give the musician more freedom, as they and their programs can fall back on incomparably larger system resources. Scream Tracker 3 sat only a 80386 SX along with VGA - graphics card and of course sound card advance.
Despite its age, the format still has the potential to play and save high quality music. Large parts of the music from the commercial and widespread first-person shooters Unreal and Unreal Tournament were available in S3M format.
Player
- JavaMod a MOD, S3M, STM and XM player in Java
- Winamp a widely used media player for Windows
- XTC-Play a MOD, S3M, XM, ... player for MS-DOS (runs in DOSBox )
- Fennec, media player for PSM (Protracker studio module), S3M (Scream tracker 3), UMX etc.
- VLC media player http://www.videolan.org/
- Foobar2000 foobar2000.org → with the plugin: DUMB Module decoder for Foobar2000
- milkytracker can play s3m and export to XM, MOD and WAV. The software is included in Debian
- AIMP , music player for Windows which plays .S3M as well as .XM and other MOD formats and in many different popular formats such as .mp3 , .wav , .flac or. ogg can convert.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Walker: PC Music Freeware Roundup ( English ) In: Sound on Sound . July 2004. Retrieved on May 29, 2010: " When PCs first came of age for music making in the mid '90s, ScreamTracker was one of the first music software packages to appear with sample support, ... "
- ^ Claudio Matsuoka: Tracker History Graphing Project . helllabs.org. November 4, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2011: " Tracker History Graph "
