TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL MOTIVATION / PURPOSE SUBMITTING TO THE FAQ MODULES TERMINOLOGY COMMON ABBREVIATIONS TYPES OF MODULES PLAYING MODS AMIGA ATARI ST MAC MS-DOS OS/2 UNIX (SUN/LINUX/NeXT) WINDOWS APPLE II GS CREATING MODS TRACKERS AMIGA ATARI ST MAC MS-DOS OS/2 UNIX (SUN/LINUX/NeXT) WINDOWS CONVERTERS FROM MIDI MOD FORMAT CONVERTERS SAMPLES ACQUISITION SAMPLING "RIPPING" CONVERSION FROM OTHER FORMATS EDITORS AND CONVERTERS AMIGA ATARI MAC MS-DOS OS/2 UNIX (SUN/LINUX/NeXT) WINDOWS HTTP/FTP SITES WITH SAMPLES OBTAINING MODS FTP SERVERS BBSs NEWSGROUPS WWW IN BRIEF CD-ROMS DISTRIBUTING MODS COMPRESSION USENET POSTING FTP UPLOADS BBS UPLOADS OTHER MOD SERVICES MOD CHAT NEWS/E-ZINES SOFT SYNTHS / TRACKING ADDONS SOFT SYNTHS IN GENERAL TRACKER SOFTSYNTHS REBIRTH RB-338 SOFTSYNTH / SEQUENCERS / OTHERS APPENDICES