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Scream Tracker 3: A word to all the people in the demoscene. After a long, long wait, PSI's famous Scream Tracker 3 Beta is out for everyone to use. As the name implies, this is the Beta version of Scream Tracker 3. Although there never will be a ST3, I will use the term Scream Tracker 3 when referring to this beta throughout this text, however. The reason ST3 will never be finished is that PSI doesn't have time for such projects. In my opinion, though, this beta should be more than enough for any demo musician. You should also note that most probably no new versions of this tracker will be released. If you find a bug, then figure out a way to avoid it. This tracker has been tested in use, but bugs still exist. If you can't find any, consider yourself lucky :) If you do, however, find a serious bug, or have something extremely important to inform the author about, you should do it via my e-mail account, edge@pcuf.fi. I will not have time to answer the mail, but every message will be read and the most important ones relayed to the author. Do NOT use the Future Crew e-mail addresses for ANY questions regarding Scream Tracker! Gore and Jake have their hands full as it is and discussing a music program is the last thing they need. This document is not a complete beginner's guide to the Scream Tracker program, nor is it a text on making better music. It does not tell you how to program an .S3M player and it most certainly contains no code. It is made for those who have have worked with similar programs before and are interested in music/are musicians or know some music theory. If you are not such a person, I suggest you don't try to blow your brains by trying to memorize this text and the things discussed herein. You would be better off printing the document, starting the program and reading the docs when something you don't understand comes up. And also, don't blame me if this document contains errors, I have only used this tracker for some weeks, ever since PSI asked me to document it. So if something seems quite strange, it might be some error on my part. Particularly the end was made in quite a hurry, but the text has been proofread several times. For those of you who have had a lot of experience with trackers before and think that the tracker's quickhelp is enough for you, have a look at the Miscellaneous chapter. It contains a few useful hints about using the program you might not find otherwise.
What is Scream Tracker 3: ST is a program for composing "modules", songs containing digital and FM instruments (samples) and note data (patterns). Most of you should be familiar with these terms, so they will not be described in depth here. This documentation is a starting guide for a person who has had previous experience with trackers. Scream Tracker is able to handle a maximum of 16 digital channels and 9 FM channels. Supported fileformats are normal .MOD's, Fasttracker 6 and 8-channel .MOD's, Oktalyzer .OKT's, Scream Tracker 2.* .STMs, (Multitracker .MTMs), and naturally Scream Tracker 3.0 .S3Ms. ST3 only saves in .S3M and .MOD format, though.
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