Scream Tracker 3 module

File Format
Name	Scream Tracker 3 module
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music Scream Tracker 3 module
Extension(s)	.s3m
PRONOM	fmt/718

Description

.s3m (Scream Tracker 3 Module) files are modules created by Scream Tracker v3.0 and up. It was developed for DOS by Finnish demo group Future Crew.

Scream Tracker 3 modules support up to 100 8-bit samples, 32 channels, 100 patterns and 256 order positions. FM instruments can also be specified, although not all implementations support this feature.

Versions of Scream Tracker prior to v3.0 created STM modules.

Information

• S3M Specifications
• MultimediaWiki - Scream Tracker 3 Module
• ScreamTracker 3.01 BETA File Formats and Mixing Info
• Scream Tracker 3.20 File Formats And Mixing Info
• Another copy of this file
• Still another version
• The above, with some additional notes / corrections
• S3M Player Tutorial by FireLight - step-by-step guide to writing an S3M player. The MOD Player Tutorial should be read prior to this.
• 1994 discussion of "advanced music formats" that covers Scream Tracker 3.0

Software

Scream Tracker

• ScreamTracker v3.01 beta, v3.03 beta, v3.20 and v3.21
• Scream Tracker v3.21

Playback

• MikMod - Linux
• Extended Module Player
• zxtune

Other

• MODPlug Tracker allows you to compose and convert in a number of module formats, including S3M

Sample files

• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/music/s3m/
• Example .s3m files

See Also

• Scream Tracker 1 & 2 module