ProTracker 4.1 finishes what ProTracker 4.0 Beta 2 (1997) left open and
brings the program to today's Amigas. All original features are kept.
4.1.1 replaces 4.1: FLT8 modules (Startrekker) load completely. Some
patterns lost tracks 1-4 when the 8 channel mixer ran while loading.
- 8 channel modules (8CHN, OCTA, CD81, FLT8) load, play and save. 68020 or
a fast 68000 mixes all 8 channels, a 7 MHz A500 needs fast RAM.
- AHI sound cards, switchable while a song plays.
- Graphics cards: own screen or a resizable window on the Workbench.
- VU meters and analyzer show all 8 tracks at once.
- WAV/AIFF, XPK, long file names, big partitions, effects 81y-87y.
- SAVE EXE and MIX IT with 8 channels.
- Setup on two pages, automatic first-start setup, colour scheme 4.1 or
classic 2.3, online help, AmigaGuide manual.
- Many Beta 2 bugs fixed, tempo timing compared against ProTracker 2.3D.
Runs from an A500+ (68000, 1 MB, Kickstart 2.04) up to 68060 and AmigaOS 3.2.
No installer: unpack, drag the drawer anywhere, start ProTracker41.
Copyright and licence
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ProTracker (C) 1990 Lars Hamre, 1992-93 CryptoBurners, 1994-98 Tom Beyer,
Oliver Ickler. 4.1 additions (C) 2026 Akustikrausch (Andreas Wendorf).
The original parts stay with their authors; no claim is made on them.
Tom Beyer opened the source of ProTracker 4 in mus/edit/PT4_Beta2_src.lha:
"Using this source code is allowed as long as the names of *all* developers
are visible in the about requester of the executable." All names are shown
in the about box (click the title at the top left) and in ReadMe.txt.
ProTracker 3.15, which 4.0 builds on, was released by CryptoBurners as
public domain.
ProTracker 4.1 is a free, non-commercial hobby project. It is published on
Aminet and on GitHub (github.com/akustikrausch/protracker4). Free to copy
and share as long as the archive stays complete and all names stay in the
about box. Not for sale. No warranty.
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