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| Developer(s) | Future Crew (FC) |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.21 / 1994 |
| Development status | Historic |
| Written in | C and Assembly |
| Operating system | DOS |
| Type | Tracker |
| License | Proprietary |
Scream Tracker is a tracker (an integrated multi-track step sequencer and sampler as a software application). It was created by Psi (Sami Tammilehto) of Finland's Future Crew (FC)[1][2] It was coded in C and assembly language. The first popular version of Scream Tracker, version 2.2, was published in 1990.[3] Versions prior to 3.0 created STM (Scream Tracker Module) files, later ones used S3M (ScreamTracker 3 Module). The last version of Scream Tracker was 3.21 released in 1994. It was the precursor of the PC tracking scene and its interface inspired newer trackers like Impulse Tracker.[4][5]
Scream Tracker 3.0 and later supports up to 100 8-bit samples, 32 channels, 100 patterns and 256 order positions. It can also handle up to nine FM-synthesis channels on sound cards using the popular OPL2/3/4 chipsets, and, unusually, can play digital and FM instruments at the same time. However, Scream Tracker's FM-synthesis features were very rarely used by composers.
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- ^ Walker, Martin (July 2004). "PC Music Freeware Roundup" (in englisch). Sound on Sound. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul04/articles/pcmusician.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-29. "When PCs first came of age for music making in the mid '90s, ScreamTracker was one of the first music software packages to appear with sample support,..."
- ^ Leonard, Andrew (1999-04-29). "Mod love" (in englisch). Salon.com. Salon Media Group. http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/1999/04/29/mod_trackers/index.html. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sound/st22.zip
- ^ Lim, Jeffrey. "Features of Impulse Tracker". http://www.users.on.net/~jtlim/ImpulseTracker/features.html. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ Matsuoka, Claudio (2007-11-04). "Tracker History Graphing Project". helllabs.org. http://helllabs.org/tracker-history/. Retrieved 2011-01-29. "Tracker History Graph"
