the other day while streaming someone asked what "the limitations of tracker music" were so I spent an hour explaining the history of the concept and the difference between conventional subtractive, FM and sample based synthesis, and then gave a demo of how module composition works in adlibtracker. so if you've wondered if I'm ever "off": no
also the short answer is that the question is invalid; "tracker music" describes somewhere between two dozen and two hundred formats with wildly different capabilities. it is like asking what the limitations of "programming" are, so i had to give a thorough answer to make that clear. and you know, this illustrates that it's a problem when we talk about "tracker music" without being more specific. that phrase doesn't really mean anything! we should probably use clearer terminology so this kind of misconception doesn't happen!
every single time someone suggests that i release shorter videos or break them up into pieces i just have to calmly fold my hands in my lap and take three deep breaths and carefully reply "that would require me to stop talking before the idea was explained correctly. i would be leaving something out if i did that."
