Editing Module file (section)

{{Short description|Family of file formats}}
{{For|the quadraphonic sound system|UMX (quadraphonic sound)}}
{{Other uses|Module (disambiguation){{!}}Module}}
{{demoscene}}

'''Module file''' ('''MOD music''', '''tracker music''') is a family of music [[file format]]s originating from the [[MOD (file format)|MOD]] file format on [[Amiga]] systems used in the late 1980s. Those who produce these files (using the software called [[music tracker]]s) and listen to them form the worldwide MOD scene,<ref name="music and technoculture"/> a part of the [[demoscene]] subculture.

The mass interchange of "MOD music" or "tracker music" (music stored in module files created with trackers) evolved from early [[FidoNet|FIDO]] networks. Many websites host large numbers of these files, the most comprehensive of them being the [[Mod Archive]].

Nowadays, most module files, including ones in compressed form, are supported by most popular media players such as [[VLC media player|VLC]], [[Foobar2000]], [[Exaile]] and many others (mainly due to inclusion of common playback libraries such as [[ModPlug Player|libmodplug]] for [[gstreamer]]).