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9. History of Tracking
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(If anyone knows the precise dates when particular trackers/players were
released then please let me know, dig out those old disk/magazines)(This
whole section is likely to be very inaccurate for a long time)

 ??/??/87 - Amiga - Soundtracker v1.0 - Coded by Karsten Obarski and marketed
            by Electronic Arts. Supported 4 channels and 15 instruments,
            along with 5 effects: Portamento Up/Down, Set Volume, Set
            Secondary Tempo and Arpeggio.

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - Soundtracker v1.21 - ?

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - Soundtracker v1.8 - ?

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - Soundtracker v2.1 - ?

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - Soundtracker v2.3 - ?

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - Soundtracker v2.5 - ?

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - NoiseTracker v1.0 - Coded by Mahoney & Kaktus. The first
            tracker with oscilloscopes.

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - NoiseTracker v1.1 - ?

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - Oktalyzer v?.?? - Developed by a German company. The first
            ever multichannel tracker?

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - ProTracker v?.?? - Coded by the 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.

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - StarTrekker v?.?? - ? . Featured 8 channels.

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - Face The Music - ?. First tracker capable of playing
            16 channels?

 ??/??/?? - Amiga - StoneTracker v1.26 - ? Capable of editing XM modules
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