Editing MOD (file format) (section)

{{Short description|Audio tracker file format}}
{{For|the video file format used on many digital camcorders|MOD (video format)}}
{{Other uses|Mod (disambiguation){{!}}Mod}}
{{unfocused|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox file format
| name          = MOD
| icon          = 
| logo          = 
| screenshot    = 
| caption       = 
| extension     = .mod
| mime          = audio/mod, audio/x-mod
| type code     = 
| uniform type  = 
| magic         = 4 bytes "M.K." at offset 0x438
| owner         = [[Karsten Obarski|Karsten "Obi" Obarski]]
| genre         = Video/music
| released      = 1987
| extended to   = [[XM (file format)|XM]]
}}
'''MOD''' is a computer [[file format]] used primarily to represent [[music]], and was the first [[module file]] format. MOD files use the “.MOD” [[file extension]], except on the [[Amiga]] which doesn't rely on filename extensions; instead, it reads a file's header to determine filetype. A MOD file contains a set of ''instruments'' in the form of [[sampling (music)|sample]]s, a number of ''patterns'' indicating how and when the samples are to be played, and a list of what patterns to play in what order.