Mod Archive

Demoscene
Concepts
Demo - Intro - Demoparty - Effects - Demogroup - Compo - Music disk - Diskmag - Module file - Tracker
Alternative demo platforms
Amiga - Apple IIGS - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - Vic-20 - Text mode - ZX Spectrum
Parties
Current: Alternative Party - Assembly - Buenzli - Evoke - The Gathering - Sundown - X
Past: Breakpoint - Mekka & Symposium - The Party
Websites
Hornet Archive - Scene.org - Mod Archive - Trax in Space
Software
ProTracker - Scream Tracker - Fast Tracker - Impulse Tracker - ModPlug - Renoise
Tracker musicians
Demosceners
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The Mod Archive is a web site dedicated to the indexing and archival of playable music module files. It allows anyone to upload modules in the MOD, IT, XM, AHX, MED, MTM, S3M, MO3, 669, HVL^{[disambiguation needed ]} and STM file formats, and provides charts, reviews and ratings of music files based on a community effort.

History

The Mod Archive was established in 1996 as a place for tracker artists to upload their work.^[1] Since then, the site has emerged into being a community for artists and module enthusiasts.

In an effort to make the web site more dynamic, the community part of the site was added around 2000, in the form of message boards and an indexed search engine. Having lacked proper maintenance since around 2004, however, the site went through a complete reimplementation, beginning in November 2005 and leaving private beta in August 2006. In 2007, the site moved onto dedicated hardware to cope with a sudden increase in popularity following these improvements.^[1]

Since 2006, the site has also provided a method of doing bulk downloads of archive files via BitTorrent.

Operations and quality control

Having moved from a sponsored, shared platform in 2007, the web site currently resides on a dedicated server. As a result of the increased costs related to running on dedicated hardware, the site seeks the help of the community in covering the running costs.

Since anyone can upload files to the web site, all uploaded files have to go through a manual screening process where they are checked for integrity and quality by site staff.

Mentions in publications

ModArchive was mentioned in the PC music freeware roundup in Sound on Sound^[2]

ModArchive (v3.1) was featured as Site of the Month in Computer Music magazine ^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} The Mod Archive (2007). "About". http://modarchive.org/index.php?article-about. Retrieved 2009-01-19. 
2. ^ "PC music Freeware Roundup". Sound on Sound (SOS Publications Group) (19.9). July 2004. 
3. ^ "Site of the Month". Computer Music (Future Publishing Ltd) (114). July 2007. 

External links

• The Mod Archive
• The Mod Archive BitTorrent tracker