Well just finished a short test tune in H8 Tracker 1.90 beta which is tracker that came out in 2001…
Probably many here have not even heard of it…I’m sure a few have though…
I find this tracker good for short tunes or concepts exploration is fast workflow but you must be man enough to tolerate a few pitfalls & a beta environment…
The reward is a portable tracker that is compact & free of garbage features with automation curves which are the FOREFRONT of the tracker…
Here’s tune I uploaded last nite worked on it on-off during past week…NOTE…There was no crackles on any playback 'till I started recording the output of it even though it just uses directsound…I’ll have to try some different recorders to try & solve…
There is NO CHEATING using H8Tracker…QWERTY only & when I am doing QWERTY only I use a method called tactical composing…
Since this was coded by a 19 year-old Polish kid I am surprised it was not QWERZ format…Kid had ingenious ideas too bad it did not go further…
Images here-
If you want to challenge yourself to make a tune on a 20 year-old tracker with LIMITATION & CONSTRICTION yet refreshing simplicity & actually quite stylish you can DL here…NOTE…It’s just a 329 KB ARCHIVE! It includes TRACKER, 3 GUI-Less plugs & ONE demo tune!..LOL!..TIGHT CODING!
https://web.archive.org/web/20160327071134/http://www.maz-sound.de/archives/h8t190.zip
OR
http://www.maz-sound.de/archives/h8t190.zip
This would make a great ‘challenge tracker’ for a contest of sorts…
It loads WAVs (not all) XIs & the rest is VSTi-VST only quality plugs work if you have any questions post them on alonetone under my test tune in comments…
ALSO…I have a large old GUI-Less plug collection links still good but don’t wait…95% of these will work 100% in H8 Tracker…My next tune I plan on a GUI-Less compo…
https://www.sendspace.com/file/uzmhez
OR
https://workupload.com/file/pJTZ9ryhzDG
For the fearful here are the contents-
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Contents of GUI-LessVST-UPDATED12-21
At 12/23/2021 12:30:03 PM, 262 files, 26.71 MB
Filename Size
A0 SweepTracker.dll 68.00 KB
AAS_MidiOut.dll 88.00 KB
AAS_MonoPhunk.dll 76.00 KB
AmbiFreeVerb.dll 115.00 KB
antiflutter.dll 80.00 KB
AradazSLAM.dll 128.00 KB
ariesverb_0_2.dll 68.23 KB
autotalent.dll 483.00 KB
BabySplice.dll 75.17 KB
BattleComp.dll 76.00 KB
BattleCompVintage.dll 108.00 KB
Beatfckr.dll 80.00 KB
BJ LoFi.dll 63.50 KB
BJ Overdrive.dll 64.00 KB
BJ Ringmodulator.dll 67.00 KB
BJ Tremolo.dll 65.50 KB
BJ Wavechanger.dll 68.00 KB
Bloop.dll 164.00 KB
Boss DS-1.dll 108.00 KB
Boss SD-1.dll 100.00 KB
Bouncy.dll 176.00 KB
BowedSynth.dll 133.00 KB
BPan_e.dll 68.00 KB
BPan_m.dll 84.00 KB
BPan_m_ob.dll 84.00 KB
Chorus CH-1.dll 204.00 KB
ChromaDelay.dll 85.89 KB
ChunkWare VanillaComp b72.dll 132.00 KB
ChunkWare VanillaComp SC b72.dll 140.00 KB
CrazyIvan.dll 96.00 KB
Crusher_CJF.dll 76.00 KB
CsDelay.dll 88.00 KB
D_Limiter.dll 56.00 KB
dB Compressor.dll 60.00 KB
dB Compressor.fxb 2.53 KB
dB SweepDelay.dll 60.00 KB
dB SweepDelay.fxb 1.53 KB
dB TempoDelay.dll 56.00 KB
dB TempoDelay.fxb 1.65 KB
dB Tremelo.dll 60.00 KB
dB Tremelo.fxb 1.53 KB
dBProDelay.dll 84.00 KB
dBProDelay.fxb 4.15 KB
dBProDelayLite.dll 64.00 KB
dBProDelayLite.fxb 3.03 KB
DECompressor.dll 112.50 KB
DEGate.dll 113.00 KB
demonwave.dll 145.00 KB
diode1.dll 139.62 KB
DirtBeat.dll 60.00 KB
dualdelay.dll 150.65 KB
EQ_Filter_02.dll 74.00 KB
EQ_Shelf_02.dll 74.00 KB
EQ_ValveM_01.dll 74.00 KB
EQ_ValveS_01.dll 74.50 KB
ether.dll 80.00 KB
Exciter.dll 39.00 KB
F_M_Comp.dll 80.50 KB
F_M_EQShelf.dll 79.00 KB
F_M_Tube.dll 78.00 KB
F_S_Comp.dll 80.50 KB
F_S_EQFilter.dll 78.50 KB
F_S_EQShelf.dll 80.00 KB
F_S_LineT.dll 77.50 KB
F_S_Phase.dll 77.00 KB
F_S_Tube.dll 78.00 KB
FastPhaser.dll 136.00 KB
firegain.dll 76.00 KB
FlexDelay.dll 112.00 KB
fourband.dll 13.50 KB
FranPan.dll 112.00 KB
Freeverb3.dll 88.00 KB
GateDist.dll 60.00 KB
George Yohng’s W1 Limiter.dll 132.00 KB
Glacier.dll 35.50 KB
GoatBoy.dll 78.95 KB
Herbert.dll 75.91 KB
High Frequency Stimulator.dll 84.00 KB
HNM_Dist.dll 71.00 KB
HNM_Filter.dll 69.00 KB
HNM_Ringmodulator.dll 67.50 KB
HNM_Shaper.dll 70.00 KB
HNM_Wavelet.dll 71.00 KB
HyperFilter.dll 69.00 KB
IndyGoDelay.dll 63.00 KB
IndyGoGater.dll 66.50 KB
IndyGoTremolo.dll 65.50 KB
InstaJungle.dll 125.65 KB
Invada Compressor-Mono.dll 80.00 KB
Invada Compressor-Stereo.dll 80.50 KB
Invada EQ-Tube-Mono.dll 74.00 KB
Invada EQ-Tube-Stereo.dll 74.50 KB
Invada Filter.dll 74.00 KB
Invada Phase.dll 73.00 KB
Invada Tube-Mono.dll 77.50 KB
Invada Tube-Stereo.dll 77.50 KB
JCM900.dll 120.00 KB
JS 6 equalizer V1.0.dll 31.50 KB
JS Band Cut V1.0.dll 22.00 KB
JS Compresseur V1.1.dll 21.00 KB
JS Disto V1.0.dll 21.00 KB
JS equalizer V1.0.dll 21.50 KB
JS Humanizer v1.0.dll 38.00 KB
JS Limiteur V1.0.dll 19.00 KB
JS Magneto V1.1.dll 22.50 KB
JS Mini-sample V1.0.dll 22.00 KB
JS Noise Attenu V1.0 .dll 20.50 KB
JS Noise Filtre V1.0.dll 20.50 KB
JS Oscil resonne V2.0 .dll 23.00 KB
JS Oscil resonne V3.0.dll 33.00 KB
JS PanDelay.dll 19.50 KB
JS Resonnateur V1.0.dll 20.50 KB
JS Vibrato V1.0.dll 20.50 KB
jsCompShaper.old.dll 311.00 KB
jsFader.dll 268.00 KB
karakao.dll 56.00 KB
killerringer.dll 193.00 KB
Low Frequency Stimulator.dll 84.00 KB
magical8bitPlug3.dll 84.00 KB
mda Bandisto.dll 88.00 KB
mda BeatBox.dll 87.00 KB
mda Combo.dll 87.00 KB
mda De-ess.dll 79.50 KB
mda Degrade.dll 82.50 KB
mda Delay.dll 81.00 KB
mda Detune.dll 81.50 KB
mda Dither.dll 80.50 KB
mda DubDelay.dll 82.00 KB
mda DX10.dll 88.50 KB
mda Dynamics.dll 83.00 KB
mda Envelope.dll 82.00 KB
mda ePiano.dll 916.50 KB
mda Image.dll 81.50 KB
mda JX10.dll 97.00 KB
mda Leslie.dll 92.00 KB
mda Limiter.dll 80.50 KB
mda Loudness.dll 80.00 KB
mda MultiBand.dll 85.00 KB
mda Overdrive.dll 79.50 KB
mda Piano.dll 1.53 MB
mda RePsycho!.dll 83.00 KB
mda RezFilter.dll 84.00 KB
mda RingMod.dll 79.00 KB
mda RoundPan.dll 79.50 KB
mda Shepard.dll 80.50 KB
mda Splitter.dll 80.50 KB
mda Stereo.dll 82.50 KB
mda SubSynth.dll 82.50 KB
mda Talkbox.dll 84.00 KB
mda TestTone.dll 86.00 KB
mda ThruZero.dll 80.50 KB
mda Tracker.dll 84.00 KB
mda VocInput.dll 80.50 KB
mda Vocoder.dll 81.00 KB
Megatrancer.dll 56.00 KB
microrock.fxb 16.65 KB
minimix.dll 13.50 KB
MjHarmonicPingOnly.dll 794.33 KB
MjMultibandCompressor.dll 276.00 KB
MjRotoDelay.dll 200.00 KB
morf1.dll 157.69 KB
multitap.dll 148.00 KB
Muon Atom.dll 172.00 KB
MuonAtom.fxb 1.90 KB
myvstplugin_default_GUI.dll 272.00 KB
Noise Gate.dll 28.00 KB
Null-BandSpin.dll 200.12 KB
Null-Cutter.dll 196.11 KB
Null-FilterDub.dll 200.12 KB
Null-Florus.dll 196.11 KB
Null-Ringer.dll 200.11 KB
Null-Stepper.dll 196.12 KB
NUSofting_Kaotica_Stereo.dll 92.00 KB
NUSofting_microMono_0.5.dll 108.00 KB
NUSofting_microrock_b0.1u.dll 108.00 KB
PalancarWare Brick.dll 62.50 KB
PalancarWare DeDC.dll 62.50 KB
PalancarWare Empire.dll 69.50 KB
PalancarWare Neutronium.dll 66.50 KB
PalancarWare Ozone.dll 65.00 KB
PalancarWare Refero.dll 65.50 KB
PalancarWare Scalar.dll 63.00 KB
PalancarWare Sputnik.dll 66.50 KB
particlecloud1.dll 147.71 KB
pcf1.dll 149.15 KB
Peak Master.dll 28.00 KB
phaser.dll 148.00 KB
PhazMats.dll 80.00 KB
Physix.dll 232.00 KB
physix.fxp 100 bytes
pingpong.dll 148.00 KB
PIP 7 Band.dll 20.00 KB
PIP FatEQ.dll 21.50 KB
PIP Gate.dll 15.50 KB
PIP Traditional EQ.dll 19.00 KB
Poor Plate.dll 108.00 KB
ppdisto.dll 64.00 KB
PS-1.dll 100.00 KB
Puncher.dll 28.06 KB
pvaccu.dll 413.00 KB
pvexag.dll 412.50 KB
pvtransp.dll 413.00 KB
Quantik_compensator.dll 40.00 KB
Quantik_delay.dll 54.00 KB
Quantik_filter.dll 41.50 KB
Quantik_nor.dll 40.50 KB
Quantik_overshaper.dll 40.50 KB
Quantik_shaper.dll 54.50 KB
Quantik_Xterminator.dll 55.00 KB
ReasonableDistortion.dll 104.00 KB
Rectifier_CJF.dll 76.00 KB
Rednef Twin.dll 112.00 KB
Saturator.dll 67.50 KB
ScannedSynth.dll 852.05 KB
sedutecLimiter.dll 104.50 KB
sedutecStereoEnhancer.dll 104.00 KB
shapee.dll 80.00 KB
sideous.dll 96.00 KB
Simple_Guitar_Combo_.dll 264.00 KB
SimpleQ.dll 70.00 KB
SIRdelay.dll 66.50 KB
SLS-1.dll 160.00 KB
SPICE1_01.dll 82.46 KB
SPICE1_02.dll 81.96 KB
Spinner.dll 79.83 KB
StereoEcho.dll 83.00 KB
Stereoizer.dll 56.00 KB
StereoWizard.dll 84.00 KB
SubFilter.dll 68.00 KB
SupaTrigga.dll 28.00 KB
Super-Volu.dll 125.50 KB
surrounder.dll 60.00 KB
TK-3BandDisto.dll 84.00 KB
TK-4Filters.dll 76.00 KB
TK-BPMDelay.dll 72.00 KB
TK-BPMDelayS.dll 72.00 KB
TK-Disto.dll 76.00 KB
TK-FeedFlanger.dll 80.00 KB
TK-FilterDisto.dll 76.00 KB
TK-FlangDestructor.dll 84.00 KB
TK-LPFilterMod.dll 76.00 KB
TK-SinMod.dll 72.00 KB
TK-StereoFlanger.dll 80.00 KB
Troll.dll 77.45 KB
Tube Screamer.dll 100.00 KB
Univibe.dll 100.00 KB
VFilterNode.dll 126.00 KB
VFlanger.dll 79.50 KB
VIBRATOR1_00.dll 81.66 KB
VNoiseGate.dll 80.50 KB
VNoPhones.dll 79.00 KB
VPingPong.dll 131.50 KB
VPP Band Chorus.dll 64.00 KB
VPP Flange.dll 52.50 KB
VPP Multi Fx.dll 55.50 KB
VPP Nu-Tron Phaser.dll 18.00 KB
VPP Stereo Flanger.dll 63.00 KB
VPP Tape Delay.dll 54.50 KB
VPP UltraVerb.dll 59.50 KB
WaveThresh.dll 188.00 KB
WaveThresh4096.dll 212.00 KB
xVerb.dll 64.00 KB