diff --git a/audio/qtractor/Makefile b/audio/qtractor/Makefile
index f1c44e0b7672..e21c1b012d05 100644
--- a/audio/qtractor/Makefile
+++ b/audio/qtractor/Makefile
@@ -1,84 +1,84 @@
 PORTNAME=	qtractor
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	qtractor_
-DISTVERSION=	0.9.32
+DISTVERSION=	0.9.33
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 MASTER_SITES=	https://download.sf.net/${PORTNAME}/ \
 		https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/:vst3sdk
 DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
 		${VST3_SDK_ARCHIVE}:vst3sdk
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer
 WWW=		https://qtractor.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_armv7=	non-constant-expression cannot be narrowed from type 'double' to 'float' in initializer list, see https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor/issues/353
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib \
 		libaubio.so:audio/aubio \
 		libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libjack.so:audio/jack \
 		liblilv-0.so:audio/lilv \
 		liblo.so:audio/liblo \
 		libmad.so:audio/libmad \
 		libogg.so:audio/libogg \
 		librubberband.so:audio/rubberband \
 		libsamplerate.so:audio/libsamplerate \
 		libserd-0.so:devel/serd \
 		libsndfile.so:audio/libsndfile \
 		libsord-0.so:devel/sord \
 		libsratom-0.so:audio/sratom \
 		libsuil-0.so:audio/suil \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis \
 		libvorbisenc.so:audio/libvorbis \
 		libvorbisfile.so:audio/libvorbis
 RUN_DEPENDS=	alsa-seq-server>0:audio/alsa-seq-server
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gnome localbase:ldflags pkgconfig qt:5 shared-mime-info
 USE_GNOME=	atk cairo gdkpixbuf2 gtk20 gtkmm24 pango
 USE_QT=		core gui svg widgets x11extras xml buildtools:build linguisttools:build qmake:build
 #USE_QT=		base svg tools:build # for Qt6
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	CONFIG_CLAP # for audio/clap, but it doesn't install anything
 CMAKE_OFF+=	CONFIG_QT6 # breaks with Qt6: Gtk-ERROR **: 21:10:56.939: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same process is not supported
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		VST3
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	VST3
 
 VST3_DESC=		Enable VST3 plug-in support
 VST3_USES=		xorg
 VST3_USE=		XORG=xcb
 VST3_CMAKE_BOOL=	CONFIG_VST3
 VST3_CMAKE_ON=		-DCONFIG_VST3SDK=${WRKDIR}/VST_SDK/vst3sdk
 #VST3_BUILD_DEPENDS=	vst3sdk>0:audio/vst3sdk # this is supposed to work instead of bundled archive, but it doesn't for some reason, see https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor/issues/331
 VST3_SDK_ARCHIVE=	vst-sdk_3.7.4_build-25_2021-12-16.zip
 
 post-extract-VST3-on:
 	@cd ${WRKDIR} && unzip -qq ${DISTDIR}/${VST3_SDK_ARCHIVE}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		's|the ALSA Sequencer kernel module (snd-seq-midi)|alsa-seq-server (installed by audio/alsa-seq-server)|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/qtractorMainForm.cpp
 
 post-patch-VST3-on:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e ' \
 		s,__linux__,__linux__ || __FreeBSD__,; \
 		s,endian.h,sys/endian.h, \
 		' \
 		${WRKDIR}/VST_SDK/vst3sdk/pluginterfaces/base/fplatform.h
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e ' \
 		s,stdatomic.h,atomic,; \
 		s,atomic_int_least32_t,std::atomic_int_least32_t, \
 		' \
 		${WRKDIR}/VST_SDK/vst3sdk/pluginterfaces/base/funknown.cpp
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/qtractor/distinfo b/audio/qtractor/distinfo
index 39d31bbc5f81..2a83512f0663 100644
--- a/audio/qtractor/distinfo
+++ b/audio/qtractor/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1679759936
-SHA256 (qtractor-0.9.32.tar.gz) = c3eca28847c91f3edc4e9d72bc3832ccbe47e58f1e9f7001a443ab92510aaf84
-SIZE (qtractor-0.9.32.tar.gz) = 2015021
+TIMESTAMP = 1679942007
+SHA256 (qtractor-0.9.33.tar.gz) = 0bfd9df525c27e2eb7dc55fd66fc1eb978d513bbffecd6a0a9df0d47834d06fc
+SIZE (qtractor-0.9.33.tar.gz) = 2014555
 SHA256 (vst-sdk_3.7.4_build-25_2021-12-16.zip) = 49b0e46345af323ab84be9df065653b2a6531745dea6f3ac3fb47915df9f3a81
 SIZE (vst-sdk_3.7.4_build-25_2021-12-16.zip) = 104869292
diff --git a/audio/qtractor/pkg-message b/audio/qtractor/pkg-message
index 6cd9fb6a4778..f9554b614721 100644
--- a/audio/qtractor/pkg-message
+++ b/audio/qtractor/pkg-message
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
 ===============================================================================
 You installed Qtractor: an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application.
 
-In order to use it you need to install and run alsa-seq-server which
-creates /dev/snd/seq that is required by Qtractor.
+In order to use it you need to install and start as a service alsa-seq-server
+which creates /dev/snd/seq that is required by Qtractor.
 
 Please note that alsa-seq-server, in turn, needs this line in /boot/loader.conf:
 cuse4bsd_load="YES"
 ===============================================================================
 EOM
 }
 ]