Making s3m's...

[Lark]

Is there some kind of .mid to .s3m converter, or a .wav to .s3m converted, or whatever? Just wondering how people get any songs in that format, because I've never seen something that could even record s3m's.

[Shen]

Modplug Tracker can make s3ms. Not sure about conversion though.

[Iam Canadian]

Actually, Modplug Tracker makes .its. Same diff though.

[ElectroPiZZa]

Originally posted by Iam Canadian
Actually, Modplug Tracker makes .its. Same diff though.

Modplug Tracker makes MODs, S3Ms, XMs and ITs.

[RockyR]

Modplug tracker should work for conversion . . stripe and Bluez told me about this a while ago when I had needed to convert some files as opposed to not being able to find a jazz-compatible equivalent. It worked quite nicely but I forgot the process of doing it.

[Haze]

ModPlug (http://www.modplug.com/) Tracker should suffice. You can track your songs there, import some midi-files and save them as MOD, S3M, XM or IT files.
For best compatibility with JJ2 it's adviced to use the S3M format. Once you've got yourself a copy of ModPlug Tracker find yourself a midi-sample library. Most Windoze computers come preinstalled with one or you may find one in some DirectX-distribution (*.DLS). You don't NEED a library, you can choose individual samples but a library makes converting midi-files a whole lot easier. ;)

As you don't seem to know what tracking actually is, it is adviced to read some documents over at United Trackers (http://www.united-trackers.org/), where you'll also be able to find some links to samples. Especially useful to read is the Tracker's Handbook (http://www.united-trackers.org/resources/handbook/index.htm), which will guide you on your first steps into the tracking-scene.

That's about it. If you've got any more questions: RTFM ;).

[defalcon]

Originally posted by Haze
[BThat's about it. If you've got any more questions: RTFM ;). [/B]
Heheh, you get to the point, huh. ;)

[Aiko]

Yay for good old ScreamTracker 3.2. Unforgettable.

[KRSplat]

Actually, ModPlug Tracker doesn't work too well. I tried. :P But you could try anyway.

[ElectroPiZZa]

Originally posted by KRSplat
Actually, ModPlug Tracker doesn't work too well.

Elaborate.

[4I Falcon]

*.it - FastTracker.
*.s3m - ScreamTracker.
*.xm - Gad... I should know this...
*.mod - Basically, every other tracker.

[ElectroPiZZa]

No:

IT = Impulse Tracker
S3M = Scream Tracker 3
XM = FastTracker
MOD = ProTracker and derivatives

[Haze]

ModPlug tracker has its pros and cons. For one thing, the interface is relatively simple and easy to use. It's Win-based which is both a pro and a BIG con :p. And it's option to import from midi and export to wave, midi or MP3.
Big cons are its bloatedness, with VST and mixing options. And it's uncanny feature to be non-standard compliant, as in: you can do stuff in MODs/S3Ms which you shouldn't be able to.

If I could I'd write a better tracker myself, but I'm no coder. :) So I'll just have to wait for Impulse Tracker 3, which is in production right now. In the meantime I'd better get used to IT2.

[Lark]

Thanks, all, it worked converting them, but the files I converted I have to lower the quality of so JJ2 doesn't throw memory errors.