Timeline of the development of SoundTracker and clones
| Date
| Name
| Details
|
| xx.08.1987
| Soundtracker v1.x
| programmed by Karsten Obarski. Supported 4 channels and 15 instruments along with 5 effects: Portamento Up/Down, Set Volume, Set Secondary Tempo and Arpeggio.
|
| xx.12.1987
| Soundtracker v1.21
| Karsten Obarski (It was in december of 1987. the first SoundTracker was completely finished. The copyright was sold to the EAS company.)
|
| 04.01.1988
| Soundtracker v1.8
| Karsten Obarski EAS
|
| 01.03.1988
| Soundtracker V2.0
| The Exterminator/The Jungle Command [Mark Langerak] (Zierikzee/netherland) SoundTracker V2.0 is based on the original V1.21 version by Karsten Obarski
|
| xx.xx.1988
| DOC Soundtracker 2
| Unknown/DOC
|
| xx.xx.1988
| DFJ Soundtracker 3
| Il Scuro/Defjam [Ron Birk]
|
| 12.03.1988
| AFL Soundtracker 4
| ??/Alpha Flight
|
| 09.04.1988
| DOC Soundtracker 4
| Unknown/DOC
|
| xx.04.1988
| DOC Soundtracker 6
| Unknown/DOC
|
| xx.xx.1988
| DOC Soundtracker 9
| Unknown/DOC
|
| xx.xx.1988
| Soundtracker Professional
| ??
|
| xx.07.1988
| Master Soundtracker V1.0
| Update by TIP/The New Masters [Armin Sander] Based on DOC soundtracker 9.
|
| xx.xx.1988
| Master Soundtracker 3
| Tip/Prophets AG [Armin Sander]
|
| 21.10.1988
| The Ultimate Soundtracker V2.0
| Karsten Obarski / EAS. (NTSC/PAL, Module save possible.)
|
| xx.12.1988
| Soundtracker v2.2
| Unknown/D.O.C. [Michael Kleps] now with 31 imstruments (from now we could find M.K. inside)
|
| xx.06.1989
| Soundtracker v2.3
| Mnemotron/Spreadpoint
|
| 29.07.1989
| Soundtracker v2.4
| MnemoTroN/Spreadpoint (at Powerslaves-VisionFactory-AlphaFlight Party 29.07/89) (This Soundtracker is based on the MasterSoundtracker V1.0 by TIP/Prophets and mainly on Soundtracker V2.2 by Unknown/D.O.C)
|
| xx.08.1989
| NoiseTracker v1.0
| Mahoney [Per Tuffvesson] & Kaktus [Anders Berkeman]/Northstar & Silents. An improved version of MnemoTroN's Soundtracker V2.3
|
| xx.xx.xxxx
| Noisetracker v1.1
| Mahoney [Per Tuffvesson] & Kaktus [Anders Berkeman]
|
| 01.06.1990
| NoiseTracker v1.2C
| Mahoney [Per Tuffvesson] & Kaktus [Anders Berkeman]
|
| 03.07.1990
| UFO Noisetracker v1.2D
| RiffRaff & Antichrist/United Forces
|
| xx.xx.xxxx
| Soundtracker v2.5
| MnemoTroN/Spreadpoint
|
| 01.07.1990
| NoiseTracker v2.0
| Mahoney [Per Tuffvesson] & Kaktus [Anders Berkeman] at the Amiga Conference 1990.
|
| 14.07.1990
| StarTrekker 1.0
| Exolon/Fairlight Based on Noisetracker V2.0 "MIDI: Perhaps the greatest improvement in the soundtracker history! Made by Exolon for the NoiseTracker 2.0 but Mahoney stole my routines some days before.
|
| xx.xx.1990
| StaticTracker 2.0
| Static, Conan & Newton/Rebels, based on Noisetracker 2.0.
|
| xx.10.1990
| ProTracker v1.00
| Coded by ZAP [Lars Hamre]/Amiga Freelancers. Offered more effects and advanced editing functions like split keyboards it also featured a sample editor. Possibly the most important feature ProTracker added was a play routine that was not raster dependant. This meant that people with NTSC systems (non Europeans) could listen to the music the way it was meant to sound.
|
| 03.11.1990
| Soundtracker v2.6
| Mnemotron/Spreadpoint
|
| xx.xx.1990
| NoiseTracker v1.1
| Mahoney [Per Tuffvesson] & Kaktus [Anders Berkeman]
|
| 23.10.1990
| StarTrekker v1.1
| Exolon/Fairlight [Bjorn Wesen]
|
| 18.11.1990
| Startrekker v1.2
| Exolon/Fairlight [Bjorn Wesen]
|
| xx.11.1990
| UFO NoiseTracker v1.3a
| RiffRaff & Antichrist/United Forces
|
| 27.12.1990
| Protracker V1.1a
| ZAP [Lars Hamre]/Amiga Freelancers (spread at the Theatre-Network party and the Dexion X-mas Party)
|
| 16.03.1991
| Startrekker v1.3
| Exolon/Fairlight [Bjorn Wesen]
|
| xx.03.1991
| UFO NoiseTracker v1.3D
| RiffRaff & Antichrist/United Forces
|
| xx.04.1991
| Protracker v1.1b
| ZAP [Lars Hamre]/Amiga Freelancers
|
| xx.xx.1991
| Protracker v1.2a
| ZAP [Lars Hamre]/Amiga Freelancers
|
| 20.02.1992
| Protracker 1.2c
| ??
|
| xx.xx.1991
| Protracker v1.3a
| ZAP [Lars Hamre]/Amiga Freelancers
|
| 16.04.1992
| Protracker v2.1A
| Crayon [Peter Hanning]/Mushroom Studios-Noxious (at the Gatherning 92)
|
| xx.xx.1992
| Trashtracker v2.1
| (Noisetracker 2.0) (Crionics & Static/Rebels)
|
| 23.05.1992
| Shadestracker v1.9
| Shades
|
| 20.06.1992
| Protracker v2.2a
| Crayon/Noxious [Peter Hanning]
|
| 20.09.1992
| ShadesTracker v2.0
| ??/Shades
|
| 06.10.1992
| Protracker v2.2b
| Crayon/Noxious [Peter Hanning]
|
| 28.12.1992
| ParasiteTracker v1.11
| Shayery/Parasite [John Hinge] (at the party 2 12/92)
|
| 01.01.1993
| Protracker v2.3a
| Crayon/Noxious [Peter Hanning] (at the party 12/92). You can now have modules with 100 patterns. If you save a module with more than 64 patterns then M.K. in the moduleheader will be changed to M!K!
|
| 10.01.1993
| IceTracker v1.1
| Icepic, Australia
|
| xx.01.1993
| Protracker v2.59
| Apogee Technologies, USA (based on Protracker 1.1b)
|
| 17.01.1993
| Protracker v3.00b
| Krest Olorin Outland/Cryptoburners (Ivar Just Olsen Tom Bech and Bjarte Andreassen)
|
| 26.01.1993
| Protracker v3.1
| Krest Olorin Outland/Cryptoburners
|
| 24.02.1993
| Parasite Tracker v1.5
| ??
|
| 04.03.1993
| Hearttracker V2.33
| (Protracker v2.3A for Melon Dezign) Crayon/Noxious [Peter Hanning]
|
| 21.04.1993
| Shadestracker v3.0
| ??
|
| 07.05.1993
| IceTracker v1.2 final
| ??
|
| 30.05.1993
| Protracker v3.10b
| Krest Olorin Outland/Cryptoburners
|
| 10.07.1993
| Protracker v3.11
| Krest Olorin Outland/Cryptoburners
|
| 30.08.1993
| Shadestracker v3.1 final
| ??
|
| 20.11.1993
| Protracker v3.15
| Krest Olorin Outland/Cryptoburners
|
| 15.02.1994
| MaxTracker v1.0
| Sylvain Marchand
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