Chiptrackers
Chiptrackers are trackers oriented soundchip (8-bit sound).
Note : if you want to create chiptunes with digital trackers (using samples like here) go to Woolyss Tracking.
Show list of audio trackers for each plateform.
All | Windows - MS-DOS - Mac - iPhone - Linux - Amiga - Nintendo - Sega - Atari - Commodore - Amstrad - ZX - OPL | Commercial - Free
An experimental multisystem tracker. Features a highly configurable
design based on the Game Music Emu library and a scripting language,
allowing to easily adding music 'engines' for many retro systems.
Current release includes 17 beeper music engines for Sinclair ZX
Spectrum 48K, serving as an alternative to Beepola. Import : 1TM | Export : AY, TAP, SCL MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Irrlicht project |
Adlib Tracker 2 is the most advanced OPL3 FM-chip (aka Yamaha YM3812 or YMF262 soundchip) tracker. It needs a Sound Blaster 16, AWE32 or AWE64 sound card, or an emulator. Supports 18-channels, percussion mode, 4op mode, 2nd effect column, 8-waveforms, sound macrodefinitions (including arpeggiator and vibrato), stereo, advanced editing, textmode-emulator and even more module/instruments formats then ever. Import : A2M, S3M, A2T, AMD, CFF, DFM, FMK, H... | Export : A2M MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Carl Peczynski (aka OxygenStar) |
The popular Abyss' Highest eXperience tracker ! Full soundchip emulation : Commodore 64 (C64). It emulates the SID (MOS Technology 6581) soundchip. Import : AHX | Export : AHX MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Syphus |
Arkos Tracker is a freeware Windows-based tracker to compose music for the AY3-8912, a soundchip used in the Amstrad CPC, but also on MSX, Spectrum, Atari ST and many other computers in the 1980s. Arkos Tracker is born from the native CPC tracker called STarKos. Import : AKS, SKS | Export : AKS, YM, WAV, BIN MIDI support : yes [mp3] audio demo by Ultrasyd |
Beepola is tracker-style music editor for Windows, capable of compiling songs into a form suitable for playback on Sinclair ZX Spectrum and compatible computers. It aims to offer the ability to produce Spectrum music in a modern computing environment, with all of the advantages this entails. 1-bit music. Import : BBSONG | Export : BBSONG, WAV [mp3] audio demo by Mister Beep (tune recorded with 2 Beepola on a real hardware) |
Full soundchip emulation : Nintendo Gameboy Advance (GBA) Import : BSF | Export : BSF, BGF, WAV MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Unknown |
cajoNES is another drum synth but this time focused more on performance and random generation to create Nintendo sounds with a super-fast synth engine.
Two versions: cajoNES and cajoNES Deluxe which features support for 8 pattern slots and battery RAM saving. Original teaser! |
A free and open-source web-based old-school music tracker (in Java). Compose online ! Import : CT2 (Only for Windows executable) | Export : CT2 MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by WatMeth |
A popular native chiptracker for Commodore 64 (C64). It uses the SID (MOS Technology 6581) soundchip. Import : CT | Export : CT MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Benjamin Anderson |
DefleMask is a free Cross-Platform tracker for producing music for many soundchips and old school systems.
It is capable of make music for specific systems and soundchips. Supported soundchips so far:
YAMAHA YM2612, Texas Instruments SN76489 PSG, Z80 Game Boy, Hudson Soft HuC6280, Ricoh 2A03, MOS Technology SID, YAMAHA YM2151, SEGA PCM Import : DMF | Export : DMF, ROM, VGM, WAV MIDI support : yes [mp3] audio demo by 5alazar |
A native chiptracker for Nintendo Gameboy Advance (GBA). [mp3] audio demo by John Senseben |
Full soundchip emulation : Nintendo Entertainment System (NES, Famicom). Import : FTM | Export : FTM, NSF, NES, BIN, PRG, WAV, MID MIDI support : yes [mp3] audio demo by Kreese |
Full soundchip emulation : Commodore 64 (C64). It emulates the SID (MOS Technology 6581) soundchip. This is a crossplatform C64 music editor. Supports output via Dag Lem's reSID engine,
HardSID 4U USB device and HardSID soundcards or CatWeasel MK3/MK4. Import : SNG | Export : SNG, SID, BIN, PRG MIDI support : yes, only on Mac OSX version [mp3] audio demo by prag.Modul |
Full soundchip emulation : Commodore 64 (C64). It emulates the SID (MOS Technology 6581) soundchip. Hively Tracker is a tracker program based upon the AHX format created in the mid 1990s by Dexter and Pink of Abyss. The format was relatively popular and many songs were created and used in scene productions and games. AHX was designed to create a very SID-like sound on the Amiga (OS3, OS4, AROS, MorphOS). Import : LVH, AHX | Export : LVH, AHX MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Syphus |
klystrack is a little chiptune composing tool. It is comparable to AHX on the Amiga. The synth and player routines are designed for creating 8-bit style music. In development ! Import : KT, AHX, MOD | Export : KT, WAV MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Kometbomb (Original composed by Tommy/DCS) |
Nintendo Gameboy sound chip offers four channels with 4-bit sound. Need a cartridge. The ZIP archive contains tutorial links. [mp3] audio demo by Puss |
It is a tracker for Nintendo Gameboy Advance (GBA). In development ! [mp3] audio demo by Smiker |
A popular native chiptracker for Atari ST / STE. Official website Import : SND | Export : SND MIDI support : yes [mp3] audio demo by Gareth Morris (aka gwEm) |
MilkyTracker is an open source and multi-platform digital tracker. Many Linux distributions (Debian, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Suze, Ubuntu...) too ! An easy way to create chip sounds. Import a sample or draw a sound directly in the sample editor and play it. Watch this tuto-video ! (mirror).
Import : IT, MOD, S3M, XM, OKT, 669, AMF, AMS... | Export : MOD, XM, WAV MIDI support : input devices on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux versions [mp3] audio demo by J. Arthur Keenes |
Full soundchip emulation : Sega Master System / Game Gear. Mod2PSG2 is a music tracker for the SN76489 soundchip. Mod2PSG2 uses its own PSGMOD file format for loading and saving music modules. Various other file formats are supported for importing and exporting. A programming library for playing back music and sound effects you create in Mod2PSG2 is included. It is written in Z80 assembler for SEGA Master System and Game Gear. Import : VGM, VGZ, MID, MOD, BAS | Export : VGM, MID, EPSGMOD MIDI support : yes [mp3] audio demo by Ultrasyd |
Musetracker (formerly called Pornotracker) is an NES music tracker that I originally created about 4 years ago to be used in the NES demo "High Hopes". Back then FamiTracker was too resource hungry to be used in a demo and NerdTracker II, IMO, was too limited. I was supposed to release it right after Assembly 2007 but somehow that didn't happen due to feature creep and some other things. I have a added a lot of features since then, like raw PCM sample support and better editing options. Pornotracker is the only NES tracker supporting raw PCM samples (7-bit with 7.8 kHz sampling rate). Because of this it's not possible to export to NSF at this time. Exporting to an iNES ROM file is possible though, and I hope at some point we can get an iNES ROM based NES music format off the ground. Import : POM | Export : POM, NSF MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by the official website |
Full soundchip emulation : Nintendo Entertainment System (NES, Famicom). Import : NEST | Export : NEST, NSF, WAV MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Ian Stocker |
The first native chiptracker for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES,
Famicom), developed by veteran of 1990s NES game development Neil
Baldwin of Eurocom. Features variable pattern length,
software/hardware pitch sweep, smooth pitch slide and vibrato, complex
arpeggios, duty modulation, Auto Echo, speed table (groove), software
ADSR, delay, detune. [mp3] audio demo by Tadpole |
A popular chiptracker for Commodore 64 (C64). It uses the SID (MOS Technology 6581) soundchip. MIDI support : no |
Native tracker with 4 independent sample channels. Loads 8-bit unsigned raw samples too ! 4-bit output (or 8-bit with Digimax). MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Aleksi Eeben |
PR8 takes everything and turns it on it's head. It's a drum-machine-style synth but is also so much more. Uses 6 'virtual' tracks and the drum 'instruments' are able to use any combination of all of the Nintendo NES's hardware voices SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Tons of features and 180hz refresh rate for fast pitch sweeps and other effects. And yes, it has Auto Echo too! [mp3] audio demo by Neil Baldwin |
Neil Baldwin's second take on a native Nintendo NES tracker. Features a very
similar user interface to LSDJ. Highlights include Auto Echo, complex
Table-based FX, a unique 'multi-voice' table effect, amplitude
modulation 'distortion', scaleable 180hz refresh rate. [mp3] audio demo by Nikola Whallon |
Full soundchip emulation : Atari XL / XE. Import : RMT, MOD, TMC | Export : RMT, SAP, XEX, ASM MIDI support : yes [mp3] audio demo by Pinball Wizzard |
Reality Adlib Tracker is an OPL3 FM-chip (aka Yamaha YM3812 or YMF262 soundchip) tracker. It needs a Sound Blaster 16, AWE32 or AWE64 sound card, or an emulator. Import : RAD, S3M | Export : RAD MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Rhinostrich |
A popular chiptracker for Commodore 64 (C64). It uses the SID (MOS Technology 6581) soundchip. MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Glenn Rune Gallefoss |
A featureful SID-music creation tool (tracker) for the Commodore 64 (C64). Using the SID (MOS Technology 6581) soundchip, it includes many advanced effects and tools like keyboard-tracking, tempo-programs/funktempo, gateoff-table-pointers, filter-shift, SID-export, executable-export, MIDI/XM conversion and MIDI-input hardware... MIDI support : yes [mp3] audio demo by Hermit (Cover of "E.G. Blues" by Mezzoforte) |
Complete solution for making music and sound effects for SNES homebrew
games. Includes a cross-tracker, SPC driver, interface code. Import : GSM, XM, MIDI, FTM | Export : SPC MIDI support : yes [mp3] audio demo by SwordlessWarrior |
A native chiptracker for Sinclair ZX Spectrum. MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Yerzmyey |
A native chiptracker for Sinclair ZX Spectrum. MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Factor6 |
A popular native chiptracker for Amstrad CPC. It uses the AY-3-8910, a 3-voice Programmable Sound Generator (PSG). Import : SKS | Export : SKS MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Ultrasyd |
SunVox is a small, fast and powerful music sequencer with modular synthesizers. Available for desktop PC (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X), pocket computers (Windows Mobile, PalmOS, iPhone, iPad) and netbooks. Audio plugin support : no Import : SUNVOX, MOD, XM | Export : SUNVOX, WAV MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Alex Zolotov (aka NightRadio) |
Full soundchip emulation : Commodore 64 (C64). It emulates the SID (MOS Technology 6581) soundchip. Import : SNG | Export : SNG, WAV MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Daniel Illgen |
Full soundchip emulation : Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Sega MegaDrive/Genesis... Import : TFE, MOD | Convert : TFD > TFM, TFD ... | Export : TFE, WAV MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Boomlinde |
A popular native chiptracker for Commodore VIC-20. Import : T0, T1 | Export : T0, T1 MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by Dragan Espenschied |
Full soundchip emulation : Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Atari ST. Import : VTX, AY, AYL, YM, ASC, STC, PT1, PT2... | Export : VTX, AY, PT3, SNDH, SCL, TAP MIDI support : no [mp3] audio demo by MmcM |
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Tags : chiptrackers, 8-bit trackers, 8-bit sound editors, soundtrackers, audio trackers, chiptune, 8-bit music, chipmusic, micromusic, video game sound