---
title: "TS Tracker — PT2/PT3 chiptune player for the Timex/Sinclair 2068"
id: 69583
type: "video"
slug: "ts-tracker-pt2-pt3-chiptune-player-for-the-timex-sinclair-2068"
url: "http://localhost/video/ts-tracker-pt2-pt3-chiptune-player-for-the-timex-sinclair-2068/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/video/ts-tracker-pt2-pt3-chiptune-player-for-the-timex-sinclair-2068.md"
published_at: "2026-05-17T22:38:24+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-07-05T22:11:04+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCR-20260517-qgls.png"
excerpt: "This music player for the TS2068 reads ProTracker 2 / Vortex Tracker II songs and plays them through the onboard AY-3-8912."
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  - name: "TS 2068"
    slug: "ts2068"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
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  - name: "David Anderson"
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    url: "http://localhost/indiv/david-anderson/"
video_date: "20260517"
---

# TS Tracker — PT2/PT3 chiptune player for the Timex/Sinclair 2068

This music player for the TS2068 reads ProTracker 2 / Vortex Tracker II songs and plays them through the onboard AY-3-8912.

The program scans the tape, builds a 9-entry directory of every CODE block it finds, auto-detects PT2 vs PT3 from the file’s data, and lets you pick songs by number or play the whole tape in order. Colored bars show real-time volume per AY channel; keys 1/2/3 toggle channel mute mid-playback.

The driver is S.V. Bulba’s universal PTxPlay (asm), wrapped with a C front-end built using z88dk. Output is a .tap that runs on any emulator (FUSE, zesarux) and on real hardware.

Source/build instructions: [https://github.com/factus10/TS-Tracker](https://github.com/factus10/TS-Tracker)