---
name: "milkytracker"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "milkytracker"
version: "1.05.01+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/milkytracker"
---

# milkytracker(1)

music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2

## NAME

milkytracker - music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2

## SYNOPSIS

**milkytracker** \[*options*\] *files*...

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **milkytracker** command.

**milkytracker** is an editor for tracked music, i.e. audio samples of instruments pitch shifted according to the note data.

## OPTIONS

- **-bpp 16\|24**

  Set bits per pixel.

- **-swap**

  Swaps the red and blue values in 24 BPP mode.

- **-orientation NORMAL\|ROTATE90CCW\|ROTATE90CW**

  Valid arguments are NORMAL\|ROTATE90CCW\|ROTATE90CW.

- **-fullscreen**

  Run in fullscreen mode.

- **-nosplash**

  Do not show the splash screen.

- **-nonstdbk**

  Keyboard setting.

- **-recvelocity**

  MIDI input setting.

- **-h**

  Show summary of options.

## SEE ALSO

[**milkyplay**(1)](/milkyplay/1.md), [**goattracker**(1)](/goattracker/1.md), [**BambooTracker**(1)](/BambooTracker/1.md), [**hivelytracker**(1)](/hivelytracker/1.md), [**protracker**(1)](/protracker/1.md), [**ccutter**(1)](/ccutter/1.md), [**ocp**(1)](/ocp/1.md), [**modplug123**(1)](/modplug123/1.md), [**schismtracker**(1)](/schismtracker/1.md).\

## AUTHOR

milkytracker was written by Peter Barth.

This manual page was written by Gürkan Myczko \<gurkan@phys.ethz.ch\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).