FamiStudio

FamiStudio is an easy-to-use music editing program, thanks to which you can create songs in pure NES style (the 8-bit Nintendo console), also known as Famicom in Japan. The main goal of the software is to help chiptune artists to compose comfortably from a proper working environment and to provide a very useful tool for NES homebrew game developers.

Perfect tutorial for beginners

Learning how to use FamiStudio is very easy. The first time you run the program you will be taken through a short ten-step tutorial where you will learn how to carry out some of the most basic actions. However, on the developer's official website you will also find a video tutorial in which, in under twenty minutes, you can learn how to compose a song from scratch. Yes, in just twenty minutes you can go from being new to music to saving your very first chiptune composition.

Many useful examples

One of the most interesting aspects of FamiStudio is that, by default, it comes with more than twenty well-known tracks from a number of NES video games. You can import any of these songs to see how they are composed or even to work on them yourself. Thanks to this tool, creating remixes of some of your favorite songs is very simple. Once you know how to use the various tools, modifying any of the songs included with the program is very easy. Once you are satisfied with the result, all you have to do is export your song.

A powerful musical tool

Download FamiStudio if you like to compose music at home, especially in chiptune style. This program offers a very comfortable working environment where you can compose spectacular tracks, which will sound exactly like the 8-bit video games. A must-have tool for retro homebrew game developers.