NostalgicPlayer

Modules are relatively small files which contains various sound samples and information on how they should be played. This way of making music goes a long way back, and even at the time of the Commodore 64 the concept was used. But it was on the Amiga computer it really started off. The original type of modules were made with a program called SoundTracker, but since then a lot of different module types have shown up, all of them offering different features - such as more sound channels, more samples, realtime echo and so on.

NostalgicPlayer is a program that can play these modules. NostalgicPlayer is a Windows version of the APlayer, which was started on the Amiga computer back in 1993, later continued on BeOS, and was a reaction to the lack of good module players for the Amiga.

Please enjoy this program, and support the development by giving any feedback (bug reports and flattering comments :-))

Download

If you want to try it out, you can install the player from Microsoft Store here. If you don't have any modules by yourself, check out my homepage. There you can find my collection of modules in all supported formats. When new formats are supported, the module list will grow.

License

NostalgicPlayer is licensed under the MIT License. Some parts of the player are 3rd party components which has been ported to C#. Their original licenses are the following:

• Ancient decruncher (BSD 2-Clause License)
• libFLAC (BSD License)
• libOgg (BSD License)
• libOpus (BSD License)
• libOpusFile (BSD License)
• libXmp (MIT License)
• Parts of the MO3 converter based on OpenMPT (BSD-3-Clause License)
• Mpg123 (GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1)
• ReSIDfp (GNU General Public License version 2)
• SidPlayFp (GNU General Public License version 2)

Structure

The player is structured, so it is easy to create your own user interface around the logic. All the main logic is in the NostalgicPlayerLibrary and NostalgicPlayerKit. The later is used by the agents to communicate with the player.

Agents can be anything, e.g. players, converters, visuals etc. You only need to include the agents you want to use, if you write your own player around the library. Just remember the credits. All agents are loaded dynamic, but you still need to have a reference to the ones you want to use. The reason for this, is to make sure that any packages an agent need is copied to your bin folder.

In the Clients folder, you can find two different clients that use the player. NostalgicPlayerConsole is a simple player that loads a single module and play it. It will then write some information to the console. NostalgicPlayer is a full blown player using Windows Forms and is the one that is released to the public.

Visual Studio

To load the solution and project files, you need to use at least Visual Studio Community 2022 (it is free) and .NET 9 framework.

Formats supported

Modules in all supported formats can be found on my homepage at https://nostalgicplayer.dk. Note that the modules on my homepage will first appear, after an official release of the player that can handle them. For a description of the module formats, see the documentation.

Format	Extension	Converter	Player
AC1D Packer	.ac1d / .ac1	ProWizard	ModTracker
AHX 1.x	.ahx / .thx		HivelyTracker
AHX 2.x	.ahx / .thx		HivelyTracker
AMOS Music Bank	.abk		AMOS Music Bank
Art Of Noise	.aon		Art Of Noise
Art Of Noise 8 voices	.aon8		Art Of Noise
Asylum Music Format	.amf		Xmp
Audio Sculpture	.adsc		ModTracker
AudioIFF	.aiff / .aif		Sample
Ben Replay	.ben	ProWizard	ModTracker
Binary Packer	.bnr	ProWizard	ModTracker
Channel Player 1	.ch1 / .chn / .chan	ProWizard	ModTracker
Channel Player 2	.ch2 / .chn / .chan	ProWizard	ModTracker
Channel Player 3	.ch3 / .chn / .chan	ProWizard	ModTracker
ChipTracker	.chp / .chip / .krs / .kris	ProWizard	ModTracker
Composer 669	.669		Xmp
David Whittaker	.dw		David Whittaker
Delta Music 1.0	.dm1		Delta Music 1.0
Delta Music 2.0	.dm2		Delta Music 2.0
Devils Replay	.dev	ProWizard	ModTracker
DigiBooster 1.x	.digi		DigiBooster 1.x
DigiBooster 3.x	.dbm		DigiBooster Pro
DigiBooster Pro 2.x	.dbm		DigiBooster Pro
Digital Illusions	.di	ProWizard	ModTracker
Digital Mugician	.dmu		Digital Mugician
Digital Mugician 2	.mug		Digital Mugician
Digital Sound and Music Interface	.amf		Xmp
Digital Sound Interface Kit RIFF	.dsm		Xmp
Digital Sound Studio	.dss		Digital Sound Studio
Digital Tracker MOD	.mod		Xmp
D.O.C. SoundTracker II	.mod		ModTracker
D.O.C. SoundTracker VI	.mod		ModTracker
D.O.C. SoundTracker IX	.mod		ModTracker
Epic Games UMX	.umx	Module Converter	*
Eureka Packer	.eureka / .eu	ProWizard	ModTracker
Farandole Composer	.far		Xmp
FastTracker	.mod		Xmp
FastTracker II	.xm		Xmp
FC-M Packer	.fc-m / .fcm	ProWizard	ModTracker
FLAC	.flac		Sample
FlexTrax	.flx		Xmp
Fred Editor	.frd / .fred		Fred Editor
Fred Editor (Final)	.frd / .fred	Module Converter	Fred Editor
Fuchs Tracker	.ft	ProWizard	ModTracker
Future Composer 1.0 - 1.3	.fc / .fc13 / .smod	Module Converter	Future Composer
Future Composer 1.4	.fc / .fc14		Future Composer
Fuzzac Packer	.fuzzac / .fuz	ProWizard	ModTracker
Game Music Creator	.gmc		Game Music Creator
General Digital Music	.gdm		Xmp
GnoiPacker	.gnoi	ProWizard	ModTracker
GnuPlayer	.gnu	ProWizard	ModTracker
GPMO	.gpmo	ProWizard	ModTracker
HCD Protector	.hcd	ProWizard	ModTracker
Heatseeker mc1.0	.hmc / .crb	ProWizard	ModTracker
Hippel	.hip		Hippel
Hippel COSO	.hipc		Hippel
Hippel 7 voices	.hip7		Hippel
His Master's Noise (Gnomie by Night)	.mod		ModTracker
HivelyTracker	.hvl		HivelyTracker
Hornet Packer	.hrt	ProWizard	ModTracker
IceTracker	.ice		ModTracker
IFF-16SV (PCM)	.16sv		Sample
IFF-8SVX (Fibonacci)	.8svx		Sample
IFF-8SVX (PCM)	.8svx		Sample
IFF-SMUS	.smus		IFF-SMUS
Imago Orpheus	.imf		Xmp
Impulse Tracker	.it		Xmp
InStereo! 1.0	.is / .is10		InStereo! 1.0
InStereo! 2.0	.is / .is20		InStereo! 2.0
JamCracker	.jam		JamCracker
Kefrens Sound Machine	.kms	ProWizard	ModTracker
Laxity Tracker	.lax / .unic2	ProWizard	ModTracker
Master SoundTracker 1.0	.mod		ModTracker
MED 1.12	.med		MED
MED 2.00	.med		MED
MED 2.10 (MED4)	.med	Module Converter	OctaMED
MED 2.10 (MMD0)	.med / .mmd0 / .md0		OctaMED
MED Packer	.med / .mmdc		OctaMED
MO3	.mo3	MO3 Converter	*
Mod's Grave	.wow		Xmp
Module-Patterncompressor	.pmd3	ProWizard	ModTracker
Module Protector	.mp	ProWizard	ModTracker
Mosh Player	.mosh	ProWizard	ModTracker
MPEG 1.0	.mp1 / .mp2 / .mp3 / .m2a / .mpg		Mpg123
MPEG 2.0	.mp1 / .mp2 / .mp3 / .m2a / .mpg		Mpg123
MPEG 2.5	.mp1 / .mp2 / .mp3 / .m2a / .mpg		Mpg123
MultiTracker	.mtm		Xmp
Newtron Packer 1.0	.nw1	ProWizard	ModTracker
Newtron Packer 2.0	.nw2	ProWizard	ModTracker
NoisePacker 1	.np1	ProWizard	ModTracker
NoisePacker 2	.np2	ProWizard	ModTracker
NoisePacker 3	.np3	ProWizard	ModTracker
NoiseRunner	.nru	ProWizard	ModTracker
NoiseTracker	.mod		ModTracker
NoiseTracker Compressed	.ntc	ProWizard	ModTracker
NovoTrade Packer	.ntp	ProWizard	ModTracker
Octalyser	.mod		Xmp
OctaMED	.med / .mmd0 / .md0 / .omed		OctaMED
OctaMED Professional 3.00 - 4.xx	.med / .mmd1 / .md1 / .omed		OctaMED
OctaMED Professional 5.00 - 6.xx	.med / .mmd2 / .md2 / .omed		OctaMED
OctaMED Soundstudio	.med / .mmd3 / .md3 / .omed / .ocss		OctaMED
Ogg Vorbis	.ogg / oga		Ogg Vorbis
OggMod	.oxm		Xmp
Oktalyzer	.okt / .okta		Oktalyzer
OpenMPT MOD	.mod		Xmp
Opus	.opus		Opus
Perfect Song 1	.pf1	ProWizard	ModTracker
Perfect Song 2	.pf2	ProWizard	ModTracker
Pha Packer	.pha	ProWizard	ModTracker
Polka Packer	.ppk	ProWizard	ModTracker
Power Music	.pm	ProWizard	ModTracker
Promizer 0.1	.pm0 / .pm01	ProWizard	ModTracker
Promizer 1.0c	.pm1 / .pm10	ProWizard	ModTracker
Promizer 1.8a	.pmz	ProWizard	ModTracker
Promizer 2.0	.pm2 / .pm20	ProWizard	ModTracker
Promizer 4.0	.pm4 / .pm40	ProWizard	ModTracker
ProPacker 1.0	.p10 / .pp10	ProWizard	ModTracker
ProPacker 2.1	.p21 / .pp21	ProWizard	ModTracker
ProPacker 3.0	.p30 / .pp30	ProWizard	ModTracker
ProRunner 1	.pr1 / .pru1	ProWizard	ModTracker
ProRunner 2	.pr2 / .pru2	ProWizard	ModTracker
ProTracker	.mod		ModTracker
ProTracker IFF	.ptm		ModTracker
Pygmy Packer	.pyg	ProWizard	ModTracker
Quadra Composer	.emod		Quadra Composer
RIFF-WAVE (ADPCM)	.wav		Sample
RIFF-WAVE (IEEE Float)	.wav		Sample
RIFF-WAVE (PCM)	.wav		Sample
Sawteeth	.st		Sawteeth
SC68	.sc68	Module Converter	*
Scream Tracker 2	.stm		Xmp
Scream Tracker 3	.s3m		Xmp
Scream Tracker 3 MOD	.mod		Xmp
Scream Tracker Music Interface Kit	.stx		Xmp
SidMon 1.0	.sd1 / .sid1 / .sid		SidMon 1.0
SidMon 2.0	.sd2 / .sid2 / .sid		SidMon 2.0
SidPlay	.sid / .c64 / .mus / .str / .prg		SidPlay
SKYT Packer	.skt / .skyt	ProWizard	ModTracker
Sonic Arranger	.sa / .sonic		Sonic Arranger
Sonic Arranger (Final)	.sa / .sonic	Module Converter	Sonic Arranger
SoundFX 1.x	.sfx	Module Converter	SoundFX
SoundFX 2.0	.sfx / .sfx2		SoundFX
SoundMon 1.1	.bp / .bp2		SoundMon
SoundMon 2.2	.bp / .bp3		SoundMon
SoundTracker 2.2	.mod		ModTracker
SoundTracker 2.6	.st26		ModTracker
StarTrekker	.mod		ModTracker
StarTrekker 8 voices	.mod		ModTracker
StarTrekker Packer	.stp / .stpk	ProWizard	ModTracker
STIM (Slam Tilt)	.sti	ProWizard	ModTracker
Synthesis	.syn		Synthesis
TakeTracker	.mod		Xmp
TFMX 1.5	.tfx / mdat. / .tfm		TFMX
TFMX Professional	.tfx / mdat. / .tfm		TFMX
TFMX 7 voices	.tfx / mdat. / .tfm		TFMX
The Dark Demon	.tdd	ProWizard	ModTracker
The Player 2.2A	.p22a	ProWizard	ModTracker
The Player 3.0A	.p30a	ProWizard	ModTracker
The Player 4.0A	.p40a	ProWizard	ModTracker
The Player 4.0B	.p40b	ProWizard	ModTracker
The Player 4.1A	.p41a	ProWizard	ModTracker
The Player 5.0A	.p50a	ProWizard	ModTracker
The Player 6.0A	.p60a	ProWizard	ModTracker
The Player 6.1A	.p61a	ProWizard	ModTracker
Titanics Player	.tip	ProWizard	ModTracker
TMK Replay	.tmk	ProWizard	ModTracker
Tracker Packer 1	.tp1	ProWizard	ModTracker
Tracker Packer 2	.tp2	ProWizard	ModTracker
Tracker Packer 3	.tp3	ProWizard	ModTracker
Ultimate SoundTracker 1.0 - 1.21	.mod		ModTracker
Ultimate SoundTracker 1.8 - 2.0	.mod		ModTracker
UltraTracker	.ult		Xmp
Unic Tracker	.unic	ProWizard	ModTracker
Unis 669	.669		Xmp
Wanton Packer	.wnp	ProWizard	ModTracker
Xann Packer	.xann	ProWizard	ModTracker
Zen Packer	.zen	ProWizard	ModTracker