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| name = Soundtracker

| logo =

| screenshot = [[Image:Soundtracker.png|thumb|center]]

| caption = Screenshot of tracking in version 0.6.8

| author = Michael Krause

| latest_release_version = 0.6.8

| latest_release_date = [[2006-02-25]]

| operating_system = X11/Unix

| operating_system_desc =

| genre = [[Tracker]]

| license = [[GNU General Public License]]

| website = [http://www.soundtracker.org/ www.soundtracker.org]

}}

:''This article is about the [[Unix]]-based tracker. For the classic [[Commodore Amiga|Amiga]] program, see [[Ultimate Soundtracker]].''

[[Image:Soundtracker.png|thumb|right|Screenshot of SoundTracker version 0.6.8]]

'''SoundTracker''' is a [[free software|free]] [[tracker]] for [[Unix-like]] operating systems running [[X Window System]]. Its user interface resembles [[Fast Tracker]], the classic [[MS-DOS]]-based audio tracker. SoundTracker is licenced under the [[GNU General Public License]] and it uses [[GTK+]] (version 1, which has been succeeded by version 2) as its [[widget toolkit]]. For many years, SoundTracker was one of the very few mature audio trackers available for Unix-like operating systems.

'''SoundTracker''' is a [[free software|free]] [[tracker]] for [[Unix-like]] operating systems running [[X Window System]] for composing music to be saved in [[module file]]s. Its name is a tribute to the [[1987]] [[Commodore Amiga|Amiga]] program [[Ultimate Soundtracker]] which is regarded as the first program of this type, while its user interface mostly resembles and indeed functionally mimics [[Fast Tracker]], theone of many classicpopular [[MS-DOS]]-based audio trackertrackers, supporting saving in its file formats. SoundTrackerIt isgenerally licencedrenders underplayback using the [[GNUOpenCP General(a Publicla [[Cubic LicensePlayer]]) andengine. itSoundTracker uses [[GTK+]] (version 1, which has beennow succeeded by version 2) as its [[widget toolkit]] but an unofficial port to GTK+2 exists by contributors. For many years, SoundTracker was one of the very few mature audio trackers available for Unix-like operating systems.

SoundTracker's name is a tribute to the [[1987]] [[Commodore Amiga|Amiga]] program [[Ultimate Soundtracker]] which is regarded as the first program of this type.

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