Big Mod Music Pack

I was looking for music to use in games, and came upon The Mod Archive. A "Mod" here refers to an older audio format where audio waves are filtered through computer effects, and typically constructed and played through an application called a "tracker".

Here are some links if you want to know more about Mods and Trackers.

I've compiled this collection of 700+ permissively-licensed songs from The Mod Archive. By permissively licensed, I mean expressly songs which are permitted to be modified by their license. While there are other songs on The Mod Archive which may be used as assets in media with attributions, I skipped those which prohibit Derivatives and/or Commercial use (Creative Commons NC/ND).

Q: "How can I use these files?"
A: there's a few reasonable options
1. Look at the file format, find a tracker which can read those files (.it file -> Schism tracker). You can probably use the applicable tracker to render the mod into a WAV or similar audio format.
2. Some game/audio libraries actually support reading certain types of mods, like SDL2-mixer.

If I can find a simple way, and people are interested, I might upload another pack later where these files are rendered to a more normal audio format. However it would be easier to edit and/or deconstruct these files in their original mod format.

Licenses used by the songs:

Public Domain (PD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Creative Commons 0 (CC0) https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/
Creative Commons BY (CC BY)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Also be sure to follow the links in the MasterList.txt, to ensure that you're following the correct license, and attributing the correct artist if necessary.

(this archive was created in Dec 2023, and is unlikely to be updated)