MO3 is a
tracker module file format developed by Ian Luck for the
BASSMOD engine. MO3 files contain samples encoded in the
MP3
MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, with support from other digital scientists in the United States and elsewhere. Origin ...
or
Ogg Vorbis
Vorbis is a free and open-source software project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The project produces an audio coding format and software reference encoder/decoder (codec) for lossy audio compression. Vorbis is most commonly used in conjun ...
formats, rather than straight
PCM samples. This results in reduced file size for the module, while maintaining almost identical audio quality.
Lossless
Lossless compression is a class of data compression that allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from the compressed data with no loss of information. Lossless compression is possible because most real-world data exhibits statistic ...
audio encoding is also supported, for samples that do not compress well with lossy encoding.
The format's name is a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words[MOD
Mod, MOD or mods may refer to:
Places
* Modesto City–County Airport, Stanislaus County, California, US
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Mods (band), a Norwegian rock band
* M.O.D. (Method of Destruction), a band from New York City, US ...](_blank)
and
MP3
MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, with support from other digital scientists in the United States and elsewhere. Origin ...
.
MO3 Forums
/ref> Despite the name, five other tracker formats are supported besides MOD: Scream Tracker 3
''Scream Tracker'' is a tracker (an integrated multi-track step sequencer and sampler as a software application). It was created by Psi (Sami Tammilehto), one of the founders of the Finnish demogroup Future Crew. It was written in C and assemb ...
(S3M
''S3M'' (Scream Tracker 3 Module) is a module file format, the successor to the STM format used by the original Scream Tracker. Both formats are based on the original MOD format used on the Amiga computer.
The S3M format has many differences com ...
), FastTracker 2
FastTracker 2 (also referred to as FastTracker II) is a music tracker
A music tracker (sometimes referred to as just tracker for short) is a type of music sequencer software for creating music. The music is represented as discrete musical note ...
( XM), Impulse Tracker
Impulse Tracker is a multi-track music tracker ( music sequencer). Originally released in 1995 by Jeffrey Lim as freeware with commercial extensions, it was one of the last tracker programs for the DOS platform.
In 2014, on its 20th anniversary, ...
( IT), OpenMPT
OpenMPT is an open-source audio module tracker for Windows (with an intended Wine-functionality for UNIX and Linux x86-systems). It was previously called ModPlug Tracker, and was first released by Olivier Lapicque in September 1997.
''Compu ...
( MPTM) and MultiTracker (MTM).
See also
* XMF (Extensible Music Format)
* XMPlay
XMPlay is a freeware audio player for Windows. Initially released in 1998, it is often used as a reference player for tracker audio files.
Overview
Developed by ''Un4seen Developments'' in 1998, it originally only supported the XM file for ...
- an audio player that supports MO3 files
* OpenMPT
OpenMPT is an open-source audio module tracker for Windows (with an intended Wine-functionality for UNIX and Linux x86-systems). It was previously called ModPlug Tracker, and was first released by Olivier Lapicque in September 1997.
''Compu ...
is a Tracker that can open and edit (but not save) MO3 files
References
External links
MO3 unofficial specifications, with source codeXMP
- XMP supports MO3 files
- Fox Audio Player supports MO3 files
Module file formats
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