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On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 01:40:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

>Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote at 20:11 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:
>>
>>> Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
>>> That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
>>
>> I think it's been over 20 years, I had an HD issue but my mod collection
>> survived. Didn't get around to copying it off the failing drive as I
>> hadn't listened to the songs much.
>>
>> Well, I did replay Crusader: No Remorse recently. That was all Necros
>> mods as I recall. Lizardking was a favorite too, that much I remember.
>
>
>Nope, I don't think I've ever had one. I tried converting one before but
>it turns out its kinda hard.

It was fairly easy to convert MODs in WinAmp (remember WinAmp?*) You'd
queue up a tracker file (WinAmp had fairly robust support for most
formats), and then go into WinAmp 'plugins' and select the WaveOut
Output.***. The file would stream to a WAV file of the music which you
could then convert to FLAC or MP3 or whatver you wanted.

It's how I got all my favorite MODs into my MP3 collection so I could
listen to them on the go (there are actually tracker players for
mobile devices, but it was just simpler to make them all MP3s than to
juggle different players).


















* I bet Pepperidge Farms remembers.**
** Remember Pepperidge Farms' "Pepperidge Farms remembers" advertising
campaign? No. Me neither.
*** No, I didn't have this memorized. I do have WinAmp on an old PC
though, so I could easily check ;-)