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129: 25: 399: 333:(of which Protracker's code is based on), Protracker came equipped with a built-in sample editor and a keyboard split function to assign multiple instruments to different regions of the 287:
platform. A free software tool that required no additional equipment, it became popular in the early 1990s with both amateurs and professionals, allowing for sample-based music in the
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Protracker allows the user to create sequences of notes called "patterns", which are chained together to form a complete song. Music created in Protracker uses the
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of the screen, which would cause music composed on one standard to sound incorrect on computers of the other standard due to the differing refresh rates.
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computers. Previous tracker software used playback routines which were synchronized to the
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The Protracker was among other trackers, the descendant of the Soundtracker (1988/1987).
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line of computers, but was later made available for other platforms such as the
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Protracker is capable of playing back music at the correct speed on both
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Building upon the features of previous trackers such as
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Lars Hamre, Anders Hamre, Sven Vahsen, Rune Johnsrud
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module file
Jogeir Liljedahl
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Preview release
Beta
Operating system
AmigaOS
Atari TOS
Platform
Amiga
Atari ST
Type
Tracker
music tracker
Amiga
MOD file format
MOD

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