FamiStudio

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About this app

FamiStudio is a simple 8-bit chiptune music editor. It is targeted at both chiptune artists and homebrewers.

Features:

* Modern DAW-style UI with piano roll, no hexadecimal anywhere
* Instrument & Envelope edition
* Full Undo/Redo support
* Copy & Paste support
* Note drag & drop with audio preview
* DPCM sample editor
* Import from FamiTracker FTM & Text (official 0.4.6)
* Export to various formats (WAV, ROM, NSF, Video, etc.)
* Volume, fine pitch, vibrato effect tracks
* Slide notes (portamento)
* Arpeggios
* Multiple audio expansions supported.
* Desktop versions are also available for all major operating systems.

The app is free and open source.

Ratings and reviews

Excellent app. The sounds you can use are all greatly "chippy" and sound just how they would on an NES or similar, and the different instrument combinations are quite abundant, which is another plus. Also, it's easy to use and even has a help guide if you struggle with using something. EDIT: While the app is nice, something I want to see added is a button to delete your unwanted projects. The clutter can get to be too much, and a "Delete Project" button would be much needed!

Great chiptune composing app! I feel like I compose better with these limitations. I can assure you that the reviews that say it's "unusable" just never understood the mechanics the app teaches you when you load it. Everything is chromatic, so I don't understand the reviews saying that there aren't specific scales. The user talking about "moving all notes at once" was accidentally swiping over the top to select several notes, and you can easily edit individual notes.

It could definitely have a few tweaks, such as a bigger workspace option, which could maybe shrink the screen to look like the desktop version, as well as some themes. meaning, different color pallets for the app. I apologize in advance if these are already added, as I have just started using this.

What’s new

* Fixed an issues with arpeggios, releases and delayed cuts when exporting to NSF/Sound Engine.
* Attempting to bring back armv7 (32-bit) support on Android, untested.