ZXTune

ZXTune is an open source application that provide users with a portable toolkit for playing various chiptune modules, originally used on the ZX-Spectrum 8-bit personal home computer. It is compatible with a wide range of computing environments.

Supports numerous AY/YM sound chips and digital modules

The application supports the following AY/YM sound chips from ZX-Spectrum: compliled data in native format (AY), ASC Sound Master (AS0/ASC), Global Tracker (GTR), Pro Sound Creator (PSC), Stream (PSG), ProSoundMaker (PSM), ProTracker (PT1, PT2, PT3), SQ-Tracker (SQT), SoundTracker (ST1, ST3, STC), SoundTrackerPro (STP), TurboSound, Vortex (VTX), and StSound (YM).

Among the supported digital modules, we can mention ChipTracker, DigitalStudio, DIGI Booster, ProDigiTracker, Composer 669, Asylum Music Format, X-Tracker, Quadra Composer, Funktracker, Soundtracker/Ice Tracker, Farandole Composer, MED/OctaMED, Protracker, Slamtilt, Fast Tracker II, Scream Tracker 2, Protracker Studio, and DigitalMusicMaker.

In addition, it supports the DigiBooster Pro, SQ Digital Tracker, SampleTracker, DigiBooster Pro, Digital Tracker, Imago Orpheus, Images Music System, Ultra Tracker, His Master's Noise, Real Tracker, Graoumf Tracker, Multitracker, Digitrakker, Impulse Tracker, Oktalyzer, SoundFX, Soundtracker, STMIK, TCB Tracker, Liquid Tracker, Poly Tracker, Protracker 3, Epic MegaGames MASI, and DSMI Advanced Module Format modules.

Supports a wide range of containers and output subsystems

The program also supports a wide range of containers, as well as SAA, FM, and MOS6581 modules. Furthermore, the ALSA, OSS, WAV writer, MP3, FLAC, OGG, SDL, NULL writer, AYLPT, DirectSound and WaveOutput output subsystems are supported by ZXTune.

Under the hood, we can report that the application’s graphical user interface is written with the Qt GUI toolkit, which makes it portable on the Android, Raspberry Pi, Microsoft Windows, and GNU/Linux (Arch Linux, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Dingux) operating systems.

Bottom line

Overall, ZXTune is a decent and unique application for playing chiptunes on a wide range of hardware platforms and operating systems. It comes with support for a plethora of modules and formats, as well as various output subsystems.

What is new in this release:

• Added ExtremeTracker v1.xx support
• Fix crash on invalid MMD3 modules
• zxtune-android: use external storage as file cache
• zxtune-android: improved errors reporting
• zxtune-android: fixed some memory leaks on orientation change
• zxtune-android: speedup and other improvements in remote catalogs support
• zxtune-android: fixed search results disappearing on orientation change

What is new in version rev3135:

• Fixed SQD playback
• Supported AYLPT backend via dlportio-compatible gates
• zxtune-android: save and restore currently played item and position between sessions
• zxtune-android: search functionality in browser
• zxtune-android: improved support of some network sources
• zxtune-android: fixed some crashes on application exit
• zxtune-android: reworked browser progress report

What is new in version rev3100:

• Support unpacked YM files
• Support PCD6.1i packer modification
• Proper size detection of PCD blocks
• Improved support of CodeCruncher3 (CC3) packed blocks
• zxtune-qt: shuffle playlist functionality
• zxtune-qt: hotkeys for playback controls
• zxtune-qt: fast navigation on playlist via letters keys
• zxtune-qt: load/save currently played item and active playlist
• zxtune-qt: fix lost playlist items drag'n'drop feature
• zxtune-android: www.zxart.ee music catalog support
• zxtune-android: do not use fixed width for current/total time panes

What is new in version rev3075:

• Reduce size of SID song lengths database
• zxtune-android: change HVSC source to http://www.prg.dtu.dk
• zxtune-qt: support statistic and selection based on module's file.

What is new in version rev3065:

• This version adds the ability to send modules and share references to modules from http://zxtunes.com in the Android version.
• 'Open with' system menu integration and a standard lock screen widget were added.
• Media button processing and the main menu were reworked.
• Some reported bugs were fixed.

What is new in version rev3050:

• This version added support for SID format version 3.
• MSVS binaries were fixed to work on Windows XP.
• Redundant playlist update while scanning in zxtune-qt was fixed.
• The Android version received multiple cache-related fixes on zxtunes.com and HVSC online catalogs.

What is new in version rev3040:

• zxtune-qt: auto-select first newly added item for playback
• zxtune-qt: reset currently playing item on playlist clearing/closing
• zxtune-android: next/prev buttons in notification area (only for Android 3.0+)
• zxtune-android: i/o operations notification in action bar
• zxtune-android: directory listing operation progress in browser
• zxtune-android: sequenced playback in browser preview mode
• zxtune-android: fix playback sequence processing for last element
• zxtune-android: fix crashes while playlist playback for pre-4.1 versions

What is new in version rev3000:

• Support MOS6581/SID playback (PSID/RSID formats) using libsidplayfp library
• Supported https scheme for network sources
• Fixes in AS0/ASC playback of some modules
• Fixed playback of incorrect YM5 files
• Fixed different note tables support in TurboSound containers
• Fixed playback of some AY modules
• Distribute msvc CRT for windows builds (msvcp120.dll, msvcr120.dll)
• zxtune-android: support High Voltage SID Collection via http://www.tld-crew.de
• zxtune-android: support multitrack AY and SID files
• zxtune-android,zxtune-qt: support 3.5 MHz AY/YM preset
• zxtune-android: fixed sequence/loop mode saving on some devices
• zxtune-android: fixed multiple crashes reported by GooglePlay channel
• zxtune-qt: fixed some parameters reset after language change

What is new in version rev2880:

• This version adds online access to the ModLand module collection in the Android version.
• A crash caused by downloading files of unknown sizes was fixed along with browse progress cancelation on current directory change.
• SAA playback was fixed for some platforms.
• Detection of STIM (SlamTilt) tracks was improved.

Requirements:

• Qt