Chipmusic songs created with version 3 of the Julian Nevo's (aka Targhan) awesome Arkos tracker from the CPC demoscene are now replayable on Atari ST.
The tracker is an open source multi platform tracker (Windows/Linux/Mac) targeting all things AY/YM: Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Atari ST, Oric and others and version 3.2.6 has been released few days ago in April 2025.
Ggn enhanced his Arkos 2 player recently, so that some ST related people (well, Doclands is!) can now use this tracker in version 3 to create YM tunes for Atari ST productions. Some examples for productions using Arkos Tracker music are:
- PONG_CRK by Overlanders (Atari ST, music by Doclands)
- LovelYM by KÜA and SMFX (Atari ST, music by XiA)
- Quantum Leap by SMFX (Spectrum QL, music by 505)
There are several advantages of the Arkos replayer replay since a while, such as a very low cpu time footprint (0.5 to 3 scanlines, depending on the modus operandi). There is also a sid voice timer effect implementation (based on routines by Grazey/PHF and Abyss & Tao/Cream), overriding the pure YM/AY standard sound design landscape of Arkos tracker coming with the ST replay.
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