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1. Overview
2. Elements of a Tracker
3. Amiga
4. Amstrad CPC
5. Apple IIgs
6. Archimedes
7. Atari 8-bit family
8. Atari Falcon
9. Atari ST & STE
10. BeOS
11. Commodore 64
12. MS-DOS
13. FreeBSD
14. Game Boy / color
15. Game Boy Advance
16. GP2X
17. GP32
18. Linux
19. Mac OS Classic
20. Mac OS X
21. MSX
22. Nintendo DS
23. Nintendo NES
24. Palm OS
25. Play Station Portable
26. PocketPC
27. SAM Coupé
28. Solaris
29. Symbian S60
30. VIC-20
31. Windows
32. Windows Smartphone
33. ZX Spectrum
34. ZX Spectrum + TR-DOS
35. Digital, sample-based
36. Cross-platform trackers
37. See Also

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Overview

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The name tracker comes from the tracker software Ultimate Soundtracker on the Commodore Amiga. A tracker is general term for a type of software used for music sequencing. Tracker’s use sound samples to be placed on a timeline, across multiple monophonic channels. The tracker interface is primarily numeric, notes are entered with the alphanumeric keys of the computer keyboard and parameters and effects entered in hexadecimal. A complete song is several multi-channel patterns chained together by a master list. Tracks (or channels), patterns, orders, samples, notes, effects are several elements common to any tracker program.
Tracker music is typically stored in so-called module files where the song data and samples are encapsulated in a single file.
There are also some tracker-like programs that utilize tracker-style sequencing schemes, while using real-time sound synthesis instead of samples. Many of these programs are designed for creating music for a particular synthesizer chip such as the OPL chips of the Adlib and SoundBlaster sound cards, or the sound chips of classic home computers.

Elements of a Tracker

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A sample is a small digital sound file of an instrument, voice, or other sound effect. Most trackers allow a part of the sample to be looped, simulating a sustain of a note.

A note designates the frequency at which the sample is played back. By increasing or decreasing the playback speed of a digital sample, the pitch is raised or lowered, simulating instrumental notes (e.g. C, C#, D, etc.).

An effect is a special function applied to a particular note. These effects are then applied during playback through either hardware or software. Common tracker effects include volume, portamento, vibrato, retrigger, and arpeggio.

A track (or channel) is a space where one sample is played back at a time. Tracks have a fixed number of "rows" on which notes and effects can be placed (most trackers lay out tracks in a vertical fashion). Tracks typically contain 64 rows and 16 beats, although the beats and tempo can be increased or decreased to the composer's taste.

A pattern is a group of simultaneously played tracks that represents a full section of the song. A pattern is intended to represent an even number of measures of music composition.

An order is part of a sequence of patterns which defines the layout of a song. Patterns can be repeated across multiple orders to save tracking time and file space.


List of Trackers

Amiga

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• AHX Tracker
• Audio Sculpture
• BP Soundmonitor
• DigiBooster
• DigiBooster Pro
• Future Composer
• HivelyTracker
• Noisetracker
• OctaMED
• Oktalyzer
• Protracker
• Radium
• SonicArranger
• StarTrekker
• Stonetracker
• TFMX
• Ultimate Soundtracker

Amstrad CPC

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AY-3-8910
• Advanced Music Creator
• BooTracker
• ChaRleyTraCker
• Equinoxe
• Noise-Tracker
• Soundtrakker
• STarKos
Digital, sample-based
• Digitracker
• Protracker

Apple IIgs

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• NoiseTracker GS (not to be confused with the Amiga Noisetracker)
• SoundSmith

Archimedes

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• Coconizer
• Desktop Tracker
• Digital Symphony (The most advanced tracker to be released on RISC OS)
• Protracker (ported from the Amiga)
• STracker (Soundtracker - later version of "Tracker")
• Tracker
• WIMPTracker

Atari 8-bit family

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POKEY
• Avalon Music Composer
• Black Magic Composer
• Chaos Music Composer
• Delta Music Composer
• Future Composer
• Music ProTracker
• Music Tracker
• Sound Tracker
• Theta Music Composer
Digital, sample-based
• Neotracker
• ProTracker

Atari Falcon

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• ACE Tracker
• CMM (Crazy Music Machine)
• DBE Tracker
• Digital Home Studio
• Digital Tracker
• E.P.S.S. (Enhanced Polyphonic Sample Synthesizer)
• Flex Trax
• Graoumf Tracker
• Megatracker
• Octalyser
• Paula (8 & 16-Bit MODs)
• Protracker (STE version patched)
• Stormtracker
• Trakom

Atari ST & STE

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• Audio Sculpture
• DBE Tracker
• Digicomposer
• E.P.S.S. (Enhanced Polyphonic Sample Synthesizer - only STE or TT)
• Equinox Protracker STe
• Equinox Soundtracker
• Esion XLI
• HMS Soundtracker
• Hypersound Digital
• MaxYMiser
• Madison
• Noisetracker
• Octalyser (not to be confused with the Amiga Oktalyzer) - only STE
• Protracker
• Quartet
• Soundmachine
• Stormtracker - only STe or TT
• TCB Tracker
• X-Protracker (rehacked version of Wizzcats Protracker) - only STE

BeOS

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• Sawteeth

Commodore 64

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• 20CC Music Editor
• Acid Track Creator
• Advanced Music Programmer (AMP)
• Ariston
• Asterion Sid-Tracker
• Audio Master
• Blackline Composer
• Blahtune A
• C64 Composer
• CensorEd
• CyberLogic Sound Studio
• CyberTracker
• Demo Music Creator
• Digitronix
• Doubletracker
• DrumMaker
• EMS Music Editor
• Enhanced Sidplayer Editor
• Future Composer
• GMC
• Groovy Bits
• Hardtrack Composer
• Iseq
• Jays Editor
• JCH Music Editor
• John Player
• Light Voices
• Master Composer
• Mastercomposer
• Matt Gray Editor
• Megasound Music Editor
• Micro Sound/Electrosound 64
• Music Assembler
• Music Composer
• Music Construction Set
• Music Maker
• Music Mixer
• Music Player
• Ninjatracker
• Odin Tracker
• Parsec Music Editor
• Playstar
• Power Music Editor
• Rob Hubbard Editor
• Rockmonitor
• RoMuzak
• Sadotracker
• Sid Duzz It
• SIDwinder
• Skyline Editor
• Soede-Editor
• Soede-Editor Turbo GTI
• Soft Tune Composer
• Sosperec
• Sound Tracker '64
• SoundBooster
• Soundmaker
• Soundmaster
• Soundmaster II
• Soundmonitor (MusicMaster)
• Sync
• System 6581
• TFX
• The Music Shop
• The Music Studio
• The Ultimate Editor
• Timecomposer
• TPX
• Track Player
• Tunesmith B
• Ubik's Musik
• Voicemonitor
• Voicetracker
• WE Music Sound Editor
• X-Tracker

MS-DOS

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• AST for AWE32/64
• Composer 669
• Digitrakker
• Fast Tracker
• FastTracker II
• Farandole Composer
• Imago Orpheus
• Impulse Tracker
• Liquid Tracker
• ModEdit (3 versions, very popular pre-FastTracker II mod/xm tracker)
• MultiTracker
• PolyTracker
• RealTracker
• Scream Tracker
• Scream Tracker 3
• Ultra Tracker
• Velvet Studio
• X-Tracker
OPL2/3 (FM)
Trackers which uses FM synth sound chips of Adlib and Sound Blaster sound cards.
• Adlib Tracker
• Adlib Tracker II
• AMusic v1.12
• BoomTracker
• Composer 667
• DeFy Adlib Tracker
• Edlib
• Faust Music Creator
• HSC Adlib Composer, HSC-Tracker
• Mlat Adlib Tracker
• Reality Adlib Tracker
• Surprise! Adlib Tracker
• XMS-Tracker

FreeBSD

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• ChibiTracker
• CheeseTracker
• MilkyTracker
Schism Tracker

Game Boy / color

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• Blackbox musicbox
• Carillon
• LSDj
• Nanoloop 1.x
Fatass Tracker

Game Boy Advance

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• M4G Tracker
Furious Advance Tracker
Ditty Editor
Nanoloop 2.x

GP2X

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• LittleGPTracker
• MilkyTracker

GP32

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• LittleGPTracker

Linux

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• Aldrin
• CheeseTracker
• ChibiTracker
• Frinika
• KMidiTracker (A midi tracker)
• MilkyTracker
• ModPlug Tracker (with WINE)
• Psytexx (≤ v1.8 is a mod tracker while v2 (currently alpha) is an XM
• Radium
• Renoise
• Schism Tracker
• Skale Tracker
• SoundTracker, Linux (not to be confused with the AmiganSoundtracker)

Mac OS Classic

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• MacMod Pro
• PlayerPRO (Open source; development discontinued)
• Sound Trekker (Latest version 2.2; development discontinued)

Mac OS X

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• CheeseTracker
• ChibiTracker
DefleMask+Tracker
• MilkyTracker
• PlayerPRO (Open source version ; no longer being developed)
• Renoise
• Schism Tracker
• Sunvox

MSX

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• FAC Soundtracker
• KousTracker
• Meridian
• MoonBlaster
• Oracle
• Protracker
• PSG Tracker
• SCC Blaffer 1.0
• SCC Blaffer NT
• SCC Musixx
• Studio FM
• TwoFun
• XelaSoft MODedit

Nintendo DS

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• NitroTracker (a FastTracker II style homebrew tracker)
• BlipTracker (a drum-machine in tracker style. homebrew)

Nintendo NES

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• NTRQ (a native tracker for the NES)

Palm OS

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• Psytexx (≤ v1.8 is a mod tracker while v2 (currently alpha) is an XM tracker)
• Sunvox

Play Station Portable

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• PSPseq
• Rhythm

PocketPC

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• MilkyTracker
• Syntrax

SAM Coupé

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• E-Tracker
• ProTracker 2

Solaris

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• MilkyTracker

Symbian S60

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• Mobi Tracker
• Syntrax

VIC-20

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• Fisichella
• Victracker

Windows

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• Aodix
• Axs
• BeRoTracker
• Boyscout
• Buzz
• Buzé (a viable remake of Buzz)
• ChibiTracker
DefleMask+Tracker
• Digitrakker
• Dream Station (with integrated good synthetizer,FX, automation...).
• Dream Station 2 (now supports VST, Dxi and has optional Piano Roll editing)
• Frinika (Also for Linux and Mac)
• Graoumf Tracker 2
• LittleGPTracker
• MadTracker
• MED Sound Studio (Formerly OctaMED, ported from Amiga)
• MIDI XG Tracker
• Midget
• MilkyTracker
• ModPlug Tracker
• Nakalyne
• NerdTracker II (port of the DOS version)
• NesTracker (2a03 tracker)
• NoiseTrekker, windows (not to be confused with the Amiga Noisetracker)
• Psycle is a free audio software tracker combined with modular capabilities
• Psytexx (≤ v1.8 is a mod tracker while v2 (currently alpha) is an XM
• Raster Tracker
• Renoise (A commercial tracker, can host VST/VSTi)
• reViSiT (A plugin VSTi tracker)
• Schism Tracker
• Skale Tracker
• SVArTracker (A modular software studio, can host VST/VSTi, DX plugins)
• Synder (with integrated synth)
• SunVox (modular synth with tracker interface)
• VioLet Composer (free software)
• Ztracker

Windows Smartphone

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• MilkyTracker
• Tokotracker

ZX Spectrum

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• Sample Tracker (digital)
• Soundtracker
• SQ Tracker

ZX Spectrum + TR-DOS

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For AY-3-8910 sound chip
• ASC Sound Master (ASC, ASM, Advanced Sound Master)
• Cacofony Pro System
• Fast Tracker
• Global Tracker
• Minimal Tracker
• Pro Sound Creator (PSC)
• Pro Sound Maker (PSM)
• Pro Tracker (v1.x, v2.x, v3.x)
• Sound Tracker
• Sound Tracker Pro (STP)
• SQ Tracker
• Turbo Sound Editor (TSE, for 2xAY)

Digital, sample-based

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• Chip Tracker
• Digital Designer
• Digital Music Maker (DMM)
• Digital Studio
• Digital Wave
• Excellent Tracker
• Extreme Tracker
• Flash Tracker (v2.x)
• Global Digital Music Editor (GDE)
• Prodigi Editor (Professional Digital Editor)
• RIFF Tracker
• SQ Tracker (same name with not related AY-3-8910 tracker)
• Sample Tracker
• Sampler
• UltraSonic
• Whistle Tracker

Cross-platform trackers

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Allows to create music for one system on another. Usually uses emulation to produce sound, some of trackers also can use real sound chips connected to host system.
Amiga
• GoatTracker (SID sound chip, Commodore 64)
MS-DOS
• NerdTracker II (2A03 soundchip, Nintendo Entertainment System)
Linux
• GoatTracker (SID sound chip, Commodore 64)
Mac OS X
• GoatTracker (SID sound chip, Commodore 64)
Windows
• FamiTracker (2A03 sound chip, Nintendo Entertainment System)
• GoatTracker (SID sound chip, Commodore 64)
• Mod2PSG2 (SN76489 sound chip, Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System)
• MVSTracker (Neo Geo FM synth)
• MVSTracker MD (modified for Sega Mega Drive sound chips)
• NeoTracker (Neo Geo Pocket Color sound chip)
• Paragon Five Tracker (Game Boy sound chip)
• Raster Music Tracker (POKEY sound chip, Atari XE/XL)
• TFM Music Maker (2xYM2203 sound chips, compatible with YM2612, ZX Spectrum with TurboSound FM device and Sega Mega Drive)
• Vortex Tracker II (AY-3-8910 sound chip, ZX Spectrum)

See Also

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List of Trackers
Chip Music

referencing to:
- 2a03 (soundchip)