MikMod (Winamp's engine) can't even the most simple MODs right. Not to mention IT or XM files.
As I'm tired of pointing this out again and again, I've compiled a list of five examples which demonstrate this nicely.
HardTech: Made by me in 2005, uses a lot of resonant filters which mikmod claims to support. Also, the playback is heavily distorted by default, even without any EQs.
Life Goes On: A great tune by Bacter, but not that great in mikmod. Again, the total absence of resonant filters ruins this tune.
Cream Of The Earth: Someone said tonedeaf? Well, here you can prove that you are not. Many wrong notes throughout the whole piece because mikmod always seems to use the PT1.x playing routines with on-the-fly sample swapping. But then again, it doesn't support Funk It! (nor Invert Sample), so PT1.x support is kinda poor and pointless.
Yuki Satellites: My favourite tune (even among non-module music). The envelopes of the twinkling samples get raped heavily here.
The Alibi: Not much wrong, but the general fidelity is rather different here, and I think the vibratos sound slightly different.
Check it out yourself:
http://sagagames.de/stuff/mikmod.zipIf you really want to use Winamp, use the oldsk00l or BASS plugin. Or, why don't you switch to
XMPlay? It's *the* module and streamed music player. Per-file loop settings, interpolation settings, etc really make this perfect for module playback.
