Soundtracker History
From ExoticA
| 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/Netherlands) 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 instruments (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 & The 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 Gathering 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 |
