RetroTracker - Music Tracker

Compose songs in a classic pattern editor, then learn pieces on the piano with a staff that waits for you. Plug in a MIDI keyboard. Works offline, no account.

RetroTracker is a music tracker in the style of Scream Tracker 3, the program that made the music of 90s PC games and the demoscene, together with a piano mode that teaches you to play.

MAKE MUSIC • Write songs in a pattern editor with up to 32 channels: notes, instruments, volumes and effects, row by row. • Open and save Scream Tracker 3 songs (.s3m) and open ProTracker modules (.mod). • Load your own samples (WAV, AIFF, MP3 and more) or use the built-in drums, bass, leads and pads. • Effect plugins – pump, filter, chorus, delay, reverb, tape and limiter – or the authentic sound with none. • Render your song to a WAV file and share it with AirDrop, Files or any app. • Four colour themes, from the classic ST3 blue to a modern dark look.

LEARN THE PIANO • Piano mode shows every note you play on a grand staff, names it, and names the chord with its function in the key. • Learn a piece: the staff shows the next note and waits until you play it. Ode to Joy and Für Elise are built in. • Open your own sheet music as MusicXML or a MIDI file. Practise each hand on its own, or listen first. • 15 built-in sounds: grand, bright and upright pianos, electric piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, synths and more.

KEYBOARDS • Plug a USB MIDI keyboard into the iPad and play the pianos or the song's instruments. • With a ROLI LUMI keyboard, the keys to play next light up in a lesson. • Edit patterns with a hardware keyboard, the way trackers were made to be played. Piano mode also works with the on-screen keys.

PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • No account, no ads, no tracking. Your songs stay on your iPad. • Works offline, and plays with the silent switch on.

ALSO ON THE WEB • RetroTracker runs in the browser too, at retrotracker.onrender.com, where a free account keeps your songs in a cloud library.