<s>
The	O
Ultimate	B-Device
Soundtracker	I-Device
,	O
or	O
Soundtracker	O
for	O
short	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
music	B-Application
tracker	I-Application
program	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Karsten	B-Device
Obarski	I-Device
,	O
a	O
German	O
software	O
developer	O
and	O
composer	O
at	O
a	O
game	O
development	O
company	O
EAS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Ultimate	I-Device
Soundtracker	I-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
music	B-Application
tracker	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
pioneer	O
of	O
its	O
software	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soundtracker	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
game	O
sound	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
allowed	O
for	O
four-channel	O
hardware	O
mixing	O
on	O
all	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
,	O
limited	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
samples/instruments	O
in	O
a	O
song	O
to	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
export	O
the	O
tracks	O
as	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
assembly	B-Language
instructions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soundtracker	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
product	O
in	O
mid	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
did	O
not	O
enjoy	O
success	O
as	O
a	O
general	O
music	O
development	O
software	O
,	O
with	O
reviews	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
illogical	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
difficult	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
temperamental	O
"	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
eclipsed	O
in	O
that	O
market	O
by	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
Aegis	O
 '	O
Sonix	O
and	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
 '	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Music	I-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
interface	O
that	O
The	B-Device
Ultimate	I-Device
Soundtracker	I-Device
pioneered	O
became	O
a	O
standard	O
for	O
game	O
sound	O
production	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
's	O
issues	O
some	O
computer	O
enthusiasts	O
saw	O
its	O
good	O
ideas	O
;	O
the	O
original	O
code	O
of	O
Ultimate	B-Device
Soundtracker	I-Device
was	O
quickly	O
disassembled	O
,	O
and	O
illicitly	O
improved	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
consideration	O
to	O
Obarski	O
's	O
intellectual	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soundtracker	O
II	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
scene	O
group	O
The	O
Jungle	O
Command	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
plethora	O
of	O
further	O
illicit	O
versions	O
,	O
by	O
multiple	O
different	O
scene	O
groups	O
,	O
with	O
countless	O
improvements	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
and	O
legal	O
commercial	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modified	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
were	O
spread	O
across	O
the	O
burgeoning	O
Amiga	B-Device
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1988	O
Obarski	O
released	O
the	O
last	O
official	O
release	O
,	O
The	B-Device
Ultimate	I-Device
Soundtracker	I-Device
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
much	O
improved	O
over	O
his	O
previous	O
official	O
release	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
outcompeted	O
by	O
the	O
collective	O
work	O
of	O
the	O
scene	O
groups	O
,	O
which	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1988	O
had	O
far	O
surpassed	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
commercial	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
further	O
improved	O
upon	O
by	O
two	O
Swedish	O
programmers	O
,	O
Pex	O
“	O
Mahoney	O
”	O
Tufvesson	O
and	O
Anders	O
“	O
Kaktus	O
”	O
Berkeman	O
,	O
who	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
known	O
as	O
NoiseTracker	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
versions	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Application
OS	I-Application
2.0	O
,	O
causing	O
crashes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Protracker	B-Device
was	O
another	O
successor	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
which	O
solved	O
the	O
stability	O
problems	O
and	O
made	O
several	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
