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Latest version is v0.6.8 (25-Feb-2006)

Archive of older news entries

[ 11-Jan-2004 ] SoundTracker v0.6.7 released. Download here. Main changes versus v0.6.6 are:
  • New FastTracker-style playlist editor (yaliaev)
  • JACK support (avgroningen)
  • Updated MIDI code to support ALSA 0.9.x
  • libsndfile support (edclopo)
  • Should compile out-of-the-box on OpenBSD, NetBSD and Darwin now
  • Pasting samples transfers volume, finetune, panning and relnote
  • Nice icons in the control panel (yaliaev)
  • General copy/cut/paste handling depending on active notebook page (yaliaev)
  • Vertical pattern shrinking / expansion (yaliaev)
  • Removed dependency on 'gasp' assembler preprocessor (yaliaev)
  • Direct access to accidentals and row highlighting configuration from the control panel (yaliaev)
  • Option to allow/prevent edited pattern from changing when browsing in the playlist (yaliaev)
  • Channel quick-jump keys (yaliaev)
  • Splash screen can be disabled in menu
  • XP pattern import/export (yaliaev)
  • B<->H note name preferences (yaliaev)
  • Muted scope channel pixmap (yaliaev)
  • Mouse wheel support (yaliaev)
  • Better finetune / relnote settings and sample rate selection when loading raw samples (tugruettmueller)
  • Updated several translations, new da, hr, no, sk translations.
  • Lots of bug fixes!
More detailed info on changes can be found in files 'NEWS' and 'ChangeLog'.
[ 11-Jan-2004 ] Added some additional patches and documentation to the Links page: A gtk2 port of SoundTracker, info about using JACK and recording in a multi-application environment, and a beginner's guide to SoundTracker.
[ 04-Aug-2003 ] Some files were missing from the v0.6.7-pre6 archive this morning. Please download again if you had trouble compiling.
[ 04-Aug-2003 ] SoundTracker v0.6.7 is not yet completely ready, but you can check out v0.6.7-pre6 today, which is a preliminary release with most of the features that will be in v0.6.7.
[ 24-May-2003 ] SoundTracker v0.6.7 is not yet completely ready, but you can check out soundtracker-0.6.7-pre5.tar.gz today, which is a preliminary release with most of the features that will be in v0.6.7.
[ 18-May-2003 ] SoundTracker v0.6.7 is not yet completely ready, but you can check out soundtracker-0.6.7-pre4.tar.gz today, which is a preliminary release with most of the features that will be in v0.6.7.
[ 09-Mar-2003 ] SoundTracker v0.6.7 is not yet completely ready, but you can check out soundtracker-0.6.7-pre3.tar.gz today, which is a preliminary release with most of the features that will be in v0.6.7.
[ 02-Mar-2003 ] SoundTracker v0.6.7 is not yet completely ready, but you can check out soundtracker-0.6.7-pre2.tar.gz today, which is a preliminary release with most of the features that will be in v0.6.7.
[ 20-May-2002 ] SoundTracker v0.6.6 released:
  • NLS (internationalization) support works again now -- v0.6.5 would only run in English.
[ 20-May-2002 ] SoundTracker v0.6.5 released:
  • GUI fixes and clean-ups, including a workaround for responsivity problems that occured with recent GTK+ versions
  • "Transpose selection" function with key bindings ((Shift+)Alt-Q/A, just like in Impulse Tracker)
  • XM loader repairs a couple of popular XM errors on the fly, fixing some player crashes (tmaka)
  • New french and swedish translations, other translations updated
  • New menu bar code for the non-GNOME version, removing translation problems
  • Can remember the window size and position
  • A splash screen logo :-) (mandersson)
[ 12-Aug-2001 ] SoundTracker v0.6.4 released:
  • Fixed to work with gtk+-1.2.10
  • Input/output devices configurable in OSS drivers
  • Cleaned up audio settings handling
  • Added preliminary Galician translation (xtorreiro)
  • Fixed instrument initialization when loading a sample into a clean instrument and not into sample slot 0.
[ 17-Jul-2001 ] If you've recently installed gtk+-1.2.10, you might have noticed that it complains about SoundTracker being installed suid root. If you don't want to wait for the next release of SoundTracker to fix this, there's a patch on the mailing list for the problem.
[ 16-Jul-2001 ] Andrea Ferraresso notified me of an italian translation of this web site he did. Okay, there's more stuff than just a translation on it -- italian users have a look here!
[ 24-May-2001 ] SoundTracker v0.6.3 released:
  • Fixed crash that occured when changing the playback position and playing with the Ctrl key at the same time.
  • Fixed bug in audio settings saver (the settings _are_ actually saved now!)
  • Updated russian and italian translation
[ 03-Jan-2001 ] SoundTracker v0.6.2 released:
  • All spin buttons can be edited with the keyboard now, and some weird situations in which the widget focus was "trapped" in these widgets are prevented
  • Fixes for libaudiofile-0.2
  • Filename escaping for the archive loader (radamson)
  • Updated french translation
  • Default font is 'fixed' instead of '7x13' which is not present everywhere
You should upgrade if you've recently installed libaudiofile-0.2.0, because older SoundTrackers will load and/or save 8-bit samples incorrectly. Also, there has been an improvement of usability, because your cursor can't get trapped in spin buttons any longer.
[ 17-Dec-2000 ] FTP access is working again. Information about CVS repository and Debian packages added to Download page.
[ 10-Nov-2000 ] Oops, the binary distribution of v0.6.1 (soundtracker-0.6.1-bin.tar.gz) actually contained a v0.6.0 binary. This has been fixed now.
[ 03-Nov-2000 ] FTP access still not working, but I added HTTP download links.
[ 02-Nov-2000 ] Another FTP server problem has popped up; this time it prevents access for everyone :-) Please be patient and try again tomorrow
[ 28-Oct-2000 ] The FTP server problems have been fixed; If you've been unable to download SoundTracker in the last few weeks, try again now!
[ 22-Oct-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.6.1 released:
  • MIDI updates (doesn't require GNOME any longer) (ltanguay)
  • Mixer crash (on very short loops) fixed
  • Slovenian translation
[ 28-Sep-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.6.0 released. This is the first officially stable version ever - let's hope it doesn't have any show-stopper bugs left :) Changes since v0.5.9:
  • Fixed crash that occured when loading a MOD or doing cut'n'paste in the sample editor
  • MIDI really compiles again now
[ 26-Sep-2000 ] It seems that MIDI still doesn't compile completely -- remove line 95 from file app/midi-settings.c if you get an error here.
[ 25-Sep-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.9 released:
  • MIDI compiles again
  • Sample editor now plays selected region of sample only
  • After loading a WAV, initialize relnote and finetune so that the sample is played at the original speed on C-6
  • High-quality mixer available on all platforms now
  • Widget exposure fixes
  • Some endianness fixes
  • SGI / IRIX port (no sampling driver, though) (use --disable-nls during configuration)
[ 19-Sep-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.8 released:
  • Inc/Dec command value function (tmaka)
  • Delete key modifiers (tmaka)
  • Pasting leaves 16bit samples intact
  • Tempo/BPM update works correctly now
  • Show instrument numbers in tracker always in decimal
  • Several other bug fixes
  • Nearly-finished Win32 port
[ 15-Aug-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.7 released:
  • Effect interpolation (see README file)
  • Support for loading of raw samples in various formats
  • Sample editor can edit much larger samples now
  • Less flickering while pattern scrolls
  • Choice of current song position changes currently edited pattern as well.
  • Various other bug fixes
[ 11-Aug-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.6 released:
  • Cut/Copy/Paste with mouse (oglorieux)
  • Move pattern cursor with mouse clicks (oglorieux)
  • Empty track row format editable (oglorieux)
  • Ctrl-K kills track column until end of pattern (tmaka)
  • Volume ramping dialog enhancements (tmaka)
[ 06-Jul-2000 ] The soundtracker-discuss mailing list has been moved over to SourceForge, so the trouble we've been having has been solved. All current subscriptions have been carried over, and for new subscribers, the procedure has changed a little bit - more about this on the Mailing List page.
[ 29-Jun-2000 ] I'm getting extremely sick of this. The mailing lists have stopped working again, and I have no idea why.
[ 01-Jun-2000 ] Mailing Lists are working again now. Everyone who tried to subscribe between May 8th and May 31st, please do it again now.
[ 27-May-2000 ] There's some trouble with the mailing lists since May 8th. I'm working on it. Sorry :-)
[ 27-May-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.5 released:
  • GUI dialog for MIDI settings (ltanguay)
  • Optional automatic update of Tempo/BPM spin buttons when player executes Fxx command (tmaka)
  • Minor row highlighting (tbakel)
  • Allow negative values in sample editor volume dialog
  • Fixed the popular XM loader 'instrument header size != 40' bug
[ 19-May-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.4 ALSA RPM available - download here
[ 29-Apr-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.4 released:
  • Much smoother display of sample position and clipping indicators
  • Another 15% mixer speedup
  • "Save-on-crash" feature
  • ST can be used without input driver now
  • Bug fixes
[ 11-Apr-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.3 ALSA RPM available - download here
[ 29-Mar-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.3 released:
  • The HQ mixer is now click-free
  • Compiles on non-i386 platforms again
[ 27-Mar-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.2 released:
  • Simple MIDI input support for ALSA (ltanguay)
  • Improved and debugged envelope editor (see README)
  • Draggable status bar
[ 25-Mar-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.1 released:
  • Status bar with online tracker command help and a playing time display (tmaka)
  • Tracker can optionally show hyphens instead of zeroes (tmaka)
  • Channel numbering can be switched off (tmaka)
  • Font selection for the Tracker widget - you can fill a list with your favourite fonts and then cycle through them with Keypad-Plus/Minus from within the tracker.
  • Mixer is 15% faster (when not using filters)
  • French translation (sboug)
[ 13-Mar-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.5.0 released:
  • High-quality cubically interpolating floating-point mixer, based on work by Tammo Hinrichs; only available on i386 machines
  • Per-channel IT-style lowpass filters
  • Asynchronous pattern editing (like in ImpulseTracker)
  • Loads modules from zip, lha, gz and bzip2 archives
  • Win95 menu key plays all channels of the current row
  • Various bug fixes, and possibly some new ones due to the new mixer module. So watch out :-)
[ 26-Jan-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.3.10 released:
  • New "Insert" and "Backspace" key bindings in track editor
  • "Escape" toggles editing mode even if we're playing
  • Jazz edit mode more intelligent
  • "Save region" function in sample editor
  • Menu bar translation fixes
  • Various other fixes
[ 13-Jan-2000 ] SoundTracker v0.3.9 released:
  • ALSA updates for v0.5.0
  • Keyboard mapping fixes
  • Other clean-ups
[ 12-Jan-2000 ] The Requirements page contains a short list of status reports from users who tried to run SoundTracker on non-Linux systems.
[ 26-Dec-1999 ] SoundTracker v0.3.8 released:
  • Can handle stereo WAV's (will be converted to mono)
  • "Reverse" function in sample editor
  • Lots of fixes of stupid bugs
[ 22-Dec-1999 ] SoundTracker v0.3.7 released:
  • Built-in single-click file requesters for easy module / sample browsing
  • Can save XI's
  • Effects can be displayed in upper-case letters
  • Bug fixed in the keyboard settings loader
  • Some XI related bugs fixed.
  • Russian translation
[ 14-Nov-1999 ] SoundTracker v0.3.6 released:
  • Can render modules into WAV files
  • Quick and dirty ESD driver
  • Some bug fixes
[ 08-Oct-1999 ] SoundTracker v0.3.5 released:
  • Multi-track copy and paste
  • Remember file requester paths and jazz edit settings
  • Assembly mixing routines (faster)
  • Spanish translation
[ 05-Oct-1999 ] Updated Web design (thanks to PHP3, this wasn't too much work), and added the great logo from Martin Andersson! Now, that's what I call old-school Amiga style...
[ 27-Sep-1999 ] Thread-safe X libraries for libc5 systems are available again from the requirements page.
[ 25-Sep-1999 ] SoundTracker v0.3.4 released:
  • Row highlighting feature in the track editor
  • German translation
[ 10-Sep-1999 ] SoundTracker v0.3.3 released:
  • Bug fixes; in particular, the memory leak people were experiencing has been fixed.
  • Updated ALSA driver
  • Copy'n'paste operations are in the menu bar now, and thus the keys are configurable.
  • Appears in the GNOME menu now
  • Polish and Italian translations
[ 04-Sep-1999 ] SoundTracker v0.3.2 released:
  • Native ALSA support
  • Master Reverb effect
  • Using non-antialiased canvas in envelope editor by default (page switching is a lot faster now)
  • XM effects reference
[ 03-Sep-1999 ] I'm proud to announce the launching of the soundtracker.org domain. Kindly hosted by CubeSoft, the new server will permit higher download speeds for most users, and the project also has a mailing-list now. I've took the opportunity to overhaul the web page as well...

Page maintained by Michael Krause (rawstyle@soundtracker.org). The SoundTracker logo has been drawn by Martin Andersson a.k.a. Globber/Triclapse.