I've redone the MP3s via a technique which makes the MP3 files as true to the original IT songs as possible. I've used "VDMSOUND" (You can find it in the "Tools" folder), to allow me to actually run Impulse Tracker under Windows 2000 Pro. This is how I did it:

*What I used*:

-Pentium 3 750 / 256MB RAM / Plenty of drive space @ 7200RPM ATA1000
-Sound Blaster Live
-Headphones (for hearing anything that needed to be cleaned up) / Altec Lansing 4 speaker w/sub (for normalizing audio setup)
-AudioHQ software (Comes with SB Live),
-Cool Edit Pro
-Impulse Tracker
-XING MP3 Encoder

*How I did it*:
-Setup your sound preferences in AudioHQ. I used: Headphones/60% treble/80% bass/Carpeted Hallway effect
-Open Cool Edit Pro and start a new session (44100/stereo/16-bit)
-Start recording.
-Run VDMSound then Impulse Tracker (I setup a batch file to make it easier)
-Play your IT song.
-When the song is over ALT-TAB out to Cool Edit Pro, stop the recording.
-Cleanup dead space at start and end of recording, cleanup hiss/click/pop where needed, then amplify or fade as needed. (Note, for cleanest sound, you want the WAV to have the loudest amplification that doesn't cut off your peaks).
-Save this edited WAV file, and close out of Cool Edit Pro.
-Close you Impulse Tracker session.
-Open XING MP3 Encoder (Use the 128K Constant Bit Rate pofile), add your WAV and encode it.
-Close XING MP3 Encoder, and go into Audio HQ, and set your settings back to your Speaker setup with the settings you normally use for games and music.
-Open WinAmp and play your new MP3 song, and see if you like how it sounds. (You shouldn't have to adjust your Bass/Treble/Seperation).

*Closing*:

Play with your settings and recording/cleanup options until you get something that sounds good on both speakers and headphones, and sounds the best you can make it. Then, if you have alot of songs to change over to MP3, run them in a batch mode like: Make all your waves first. Then cleanup all your waves. Then encode all your waves. Note: **MAKE SURE TO CLOSE IMPULSE TRACKER WHEN ENCODING AND PLAYING WITH WINAMP. . .IT'S FINE TO LEAVE IT OPEN WITH COOL EDIT PRO, BUT THESE OTHER PROGS LOSE SOME CPU CYCLES WHEN IMPULSE TRACKER IS OPEN IN THE BACKGROUND, AND FUNKY STUFF HAPPENS**

-Eu_Phorix 6/1/2002

Hey Al,

The above follow-up from Danny van der Hofstad may sound a little bitchin', but he's GOT a point.
The advantage of DOS trackers is that you can jam on those keys, and make beats in a very fast and clear way.

No RSI from hours of mouse-fiddling, no
crappy windows errormessages, etc. Next thing is;
The timing accuracy and latency are usually less good under Windows. (yes, also by MPT, i've tried it) I think this is caused by all those gizmo's running "on the background" of Windows, and I HATE it.

Sure, it's everyone's own choice, but for Win, i'd rather use midi-sequencers and non-realtime soft-synths as VAZ MODULAR, than trackers.
I can use IT so damn fast, that it's possible for me to do a live song build. I start out with a few samples, and while people are listening, yet another groovy tune comes to life.. : )It's a fun way of working, not too comlicated, but still really everything is possible.

So i'd say, from MY opinion only...
...Tracking is a DOS thing.
(but let us never forget the holy Amiga :) )

You must register Impulse Tracker to the author, the best guy around : Jeffrey Lim!!! then you get a stereo wavewriter!!!

Hey Steve,

If you look at ImpulseTracker for the first time, you might get a little confused, but really, NO OTHER program in the world (trust me i've tried almost all of them) is easier to learn than IT. You're right; to get full benefit of ALL the functions of this jewel, took me for about 3 years. And I really ain't that clever though. : )
...I use ImpulseTracker for 7 years now...

Just read the <F1> help screen, and print it out.
Read it on the toilet, in the shower (wait! put it in plastic first!, and in bed, and while you're trackin too).
Most important, be patient and TRY. If you cannot bring up the interest / patience and time, you might as well stop right now. The outcome is *really* worth it!

Just an example: I can use IT so fast, that I can make a song from the beginning, live. It's really fun. (IF you enjoy sample-based music ofcourse)

Grz,

Knoppster (Knoppster@hotmail.com)

: Me i think its the hardest thing in the world if some one would explane it to me witch no one can probly do ill be soo happy my e mail is mastersteve@accesswave.ca
: and how in the hell did you guys and girls learn didn't it take you like 3 years!!
: from:Steve

Yes.
Shift-F1 brings up the MIDI menu.

I haven't fooled with IT and MIDI in over two years, but if memory serves correctly, I could only get it to serve as a MIDI master, and not it react to another MIDI clock.

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: is there a tool out to unpack the *.IT sample wavs.. from a song? if yes.. can anybody.. msg.. me the link.. of the tool.. or send me the tool!?
: : NECROxOverkill@hotmail.com

You can save the samples with Alt-W to a Intel-Byte-Order-Raw-Wave and convert them to a Wave with many wave editor programs available. Ie. CoolEdit or even with the editor supplied with SB-cards.
To convert a complete song simply use Winamp and the Waveout.

: I only have 510 kb in my conventionnal memory and it's enough to run the program but not to listen and to create music... I already put some devices in my CONFIG.SYS like "device=himem.sys" but it doesn't work. I know there's a way to expand my DOS memory and would really like to know to finally create my dawned music... So if someone knows how to fix my problem, please reply to me!!!!! (r_godoy@starmedia.com)
: PD:It run in Windows ME?

: : Ciao

I think you ought to find a EMM386.exe emulator for WinME. I doubt whether ME still support EMM but anyhow you surely do need it. Without EMM IT won't have enough free memory. Try adding the following line after uploading Himem

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM

But if ME doesn't support EMM you'll have to find an emulation