Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius (known by his handle
Arguru) is most probably known in the
tracker community for his ability to crank out a new tracking program (
tracker) every couple months or so. Arguru is something like a programming genius. His programs are usually very stylish and powerful, often using
Steinberg VST plugins for
track effects. There are of course some downsides though. Since his first project, "
Noisetrekker", and excluding "
Psycle", most of the programs look more or less the same. Arguru has also apparently never heard of the word "user-friendliness". I find it very hard to get used to a
tracker when there is only a page-long "manual" explaining a couple of
pattern commands, and half the designations given in the main window are abbreviated. Other than that, I can see a future in Arguru's main format for his "
classic trackers", ".
XFM" which stands for
eXtended Fucking Module. The use of
VST plugins is applaudable, but it means of course that people without a specific plugin won't be able to listen to song in it's full glory. Well, these days most people encode to MP3 anyway...
Some of Arguru's finest:
Noisetrekker 2
Psycle (
Buzz look-alike)
Fast-Fucker
TraxVox
Aeonix