RetroMaster is a restoration and playback studio for classic Amiga MOD music files.
Designed for retro-computing enthusiasts, tracker musicians and Amiga music fans, RetroMaster provides a modern Windows environment for exploring, playing and restoring classic Amiga module music.
RetroMaster is especially focused on the classic MOD ecosystem associated with the Commodore Amiga, including music created with trackers such as ProTracker and OctaMED.
Classic Amiga MOD files are more than audio recordings. They contain patterns, instruments, samples and sequencing data that together form the original tracker composition.
RetroMaster is designed to make working with these files easier on a modern computer while preserving the character of the original module.
It provides a dedicated environment for:
- Playing classic Amiga MOD music
- Inspecting module structure and tracker data
- Working with the samples contained inside MOD files
- Restoring and improving old module files
- Exploring classic tracker music on modern Windows systems
- Preserving Amiga MOD music for retro-computing enthusiasts
RetroMaster combines MOD playback and restoration tools in one application.
Open and listen to classic Amiga MOD files directly inside RetroMaster.
Explore the contents and structure of tracker modules rather than treating them as ordinary audio files.
Work with the individual samples stored inside classic MOD music files.
RetroMaster is designed as a restoration studio for aging or imperfect MOD files, providing tools for examining and improving classic tracker music while keeping the original module format and character in focus.
Use classic tracker music on a modern Windows computer without needing original Amiga hardware.
RetroMaster may be useful for:
- Commodore Amiga enthusiasts
- MOD and tracker music collectors
- ProTracker and OctaMED fans
- Retro-computing enthusiasts
- Chiptune and demoscene fans
- Musicians interested in classic tracker formats
- Anyone preserving or exploring old Amiga MOD files
The latest stable version of RetroMaster is available from the GitHub Releases section of this repository.
Look for the latest release marked Latest and download the provided Windows version.
Current stable release:
RetroMaster 0.7.3 Stable
No original Amiga hardware is required to use RetroMaster.
RetroMaster is currently developed for Microsoft Windows.
The MOD format became closely associated with the Commodore Amiga and the tracker music scene.
Unlike a conventional recorded music file, a MOD contains musical patterns together with digital samples used by the composition. Software such as ProTracker helped make the format an important part of Amiga music, games, demos and the demoscene.
Decades later, thousands of these modules remain an important part of retro-computing and digital music history.
RetroMaster was created to make exploring and restoring this music easier on modern computers.
RetroMaster aims to provide a practical bridge between classic Amiga tracker music and modern computers.
The project focuses on:
- Preserving classic MOD music
- Making old modules easy to explore
- Providing useful restoration tools
- Maintaining the character of original tracker compositions
- Making Amiga MOD files accessible to today's retro-computing community
RetroMaster is an independent project created out of enthusiasm for classic Amiga music, tracker software and retro computing.
RetroMaster is released as open-source software under the MIT License.
See the LICENSE file in this repository for details.
Contributions, testing, feedback and suggestions are welcome.
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RetroMaster — bringing classic Amiga MOD music into a modern restoration studio.