Amiga Module
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Information
- MOD file format by Thunder, with notes and corrections from ByteRaver and 8bitbubsy
- MOD Player Tutorial by FireLight - a step-by-step guide to writing a MOD player.
Ultimate Soundtracker, which introduced the module file format, uses a somewhat different format from the more modern versions of the format. A summary of the differences can be found here.
File format tags
In addition to the standard 4-channel MOD, there are a number of extensions to the MOD format supporting various numbers of channels. These modules can be identified by means of the file format tag at offset 1080.
| Tag | Identification |
|---|---|
| M.K. | Standard 4-channel module |
| 2CHN | 2-channel FastTracker module |
| 6CHN | 6-channel FastTracker module |
| 8CHN | 8-channel FastTracker module |
| CD81 | 8-channel Falcon module |
| FLT4 | 4-channel Startrekker module |
| FLT8 | 8-channel Startrekker module |
| M!K! | >64 pattern ProTracker module |
| OCTA | 8-channel module |
| TDZx | 1, 2 or 3-channel TakeTracker module |
| xCHN | 5, 7 or 9-channel TakeTracker module |
| xxCH | 10, 12... 32-channel FastTracker module |
| xxCH | 11, 13 or 15-channel TakeTracker module |
Grave Composer / Mod's Grave produces a variation on the standard 8-channel module, but uses the "M.K." identifier rather than "8CHN". See Grave Composer module for more information.
