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First post, by em34

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First attempt (v1.5) at an alternative HSC Tracker project for the HSC Adlib music format, which was frequently used in MS-DOS cracktros.

EMX HSC Adlib Tracker ( Full HSC format compatible )
BUG-FIXED Full Original HSC compatible version
New features: COPY-PASTE , UNDO-REDO , CHANNEL-MUTE/DEMUTE , INSTRUMENT SAVE/LOAD

LINK = https://github.com/emx34/emxhsctracker

Reply 1 of 2, by BloodyCactus

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Hannes Seifert is still around (works at Crytek I believe). kinda crazy! (and he was/created Rockstar games Vienna, pretty amazing).

are you going to release the source like the original hsc was?

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Reply 2 of 2, by em34

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Did the original HSC author release the source code? I’m not aware of that—where is it? Let me take a look; do you have a link? I’ve been working entirely through reverse engineering and have never seen the HSC source code in my life. The project began by reverse engineering and analyzing HSCOBJ. I won't be releasing the source code right now since the project isn't finished yet, though that might happen in the future. The HSC format is the one used for those iconic MS-DOS cracktro tunes; that’s why I love it and started this project. I also examined the original HSC Tracker to understand how it works, sought help from programmer friends and AI, and made significant progress regarding the fundamentals. I don't have the original HSC source code, nor is HSCOBJ included inside my EXE 😀 Those who know assembly and how to unpack executables can inspect the EXE; the code runs without HSCOBJ and was written entirely from scratch. Actually, I think the original HSC programmer really ought to release the source code and gift it to the community after all these years 😀 The tracker was only released yesterday, though, so I think it's a bit too early to share the source code...