Extended Module

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:''Not to be confused with the Sirius XM satellite radio service, with which it has nothing to do.''
 
:''Not to be confused with the Sirius XM satellite radio service, with which it has nothing to do.''
  
== Description ==
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'''XM''' (extended module) is an audio format introduced by (and primarily produced by) FastTracker 2, a now defunct tracker for [[MS-DOS]]. The format is also used by other trackers, such as [[DigiTracker]] and [[MilkyTracker]].
 
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'''XM''' (extended module) is an audio format introduced by (and primarily produced by) FastTracker 2, a tracker for [[MS-DOS]]. The format is also used by other trackers, such as [[DigiTracker]].
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== Information ==
 
== Information ==
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! FastTracker 2
 
! FastTracker 2
 
| "FastTracker II"
 
| "FastTracker II"
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|-
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! OpenMPT
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| "OpenMPT " and then the version number
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|-
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! AmigaMML
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| By default, "AmigaMML " and the version number; can be changed
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
* [http://hackipedia.org/File%20formats/Music/Sample%20based/text/XM%20module%20format%20description%20for%20XM%20files%20version%20v1.04.ascii.txt.utf-8.txt The XM module format description for XM files version $0104]
 
* [http://hackipedia.org/File%20formats/Music/Sample%20based/text/XM%20module%20format%20description%20for%20XM%20files%20version%20v1.04.ascii.txt.utf-8.txt The XM module format description for XM files version $0104]
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* [http://16-bits.org/xm/ The above, with a number of corrections and additions]
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* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/documents/format_documentation/FastTracker%202%20(.xm)%20%232.txt Errors in the XM format documentation]
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* [http://zzo38computer.org/textfile/music/xm-form.txt Another corrected document of XM file format]
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
  
* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/trackers/DOS/FastTracker%202/ FastTracker 2]
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* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/software/trackers/DOS/FastTracker%202/ FastTracker 2]
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* [https://archive.org/details/msdos_Fast_Tracker_2_1994 FastTracker 2 in-browser emulation]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
 
* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Fasttracker%202/ Example .xm files]
 
* [ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Fasttracker%202/ Example .xm files]
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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/xmformat.mus Format info]

Revision as of 17:51, 2 November 2018

File Format
Name Extended Module
Ontology
Extension(s) .xm
PRONOM fmt/323
Not to be confused with the Sirius XM satellite radio service, with which it has nothing to do.

XM (extended module) is an audio format introduced by (and primarily produced by) FastTracker 2, a now defunct tracker for MS-DOS. The format is also used by other trackers, such as DigiTracker and MilkyTracker.

Information

The tracker which produced the file can be identified by means of the string at offset 38:

Tracker / Identifying string
String
DigiTracker Composer's name
FastTracker 2 "FastTracker II"
OpenMPT "OpenMPT " and then the version number
AmigaMML By default, "AmigaMML " and the version number; can be changed

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