FamiStudio NES Music Editor

FamiStudio is a simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. It is targeted at both chiptune artists and NES homebrewers.

Latest Hotfix 4.2.1 (May 26th 2024)

Changes/Fixes:

• Fixed MSI installer pointing to .NET 5.0 instead of 7.0
• Fixed sound engine settings not being saved in project properties
• Fixed bass filter setting not being saved in app settings
• Fixed VRC6 initialization in sound engine by writing zero to $9003
• Fixed issue with vibrato in sound engine that could stall the audio
• Fixed the "+" button of DPCM samples in project explorer on mobile
• Fixed crash when pasting items between projects when using folders
• Fixed GLFW compatibility issues on Linux (Thanks Steo!)
• Fixed incorrect size of FDS disks
• Fixed issue with non-looping relative pitch envelope in Sound Engine/NSF/ROM
• Fixed issue with volume slides and FamiTracker tempo in Sound Engine/NSF/ROM
• Made the video looping more consistent with how the audio loops in the app
• Made it clearer that you cannot rename multiple patterns
• Optimized VGM import

Latest Major Release 4.2.0 (April 20th 2024)

FamiStudio 4.2.0 was just released! Click here or on the image below to see the top 10 new features and how to use them.

Changes/Fixes:

• S5B envelope support (S5B & EPSM)
• FDS auto-modulation support
• FDS emulation improvements : Proper filtering, DAC emulation & fixes.
• Phase reset support
• Accurate seek support (fully emulate entire song from start, useful for phase resets)
• Allow disabling attack on notes if all instrument envelopes matches (useful for FM channels)
• Folders support in Project Explorer
• More filtering options for audio expansions & ability to store settings in project
• Support for up to 256 instruments (for both regular and expansion) in sound engine
• German translation (thanks Arda & VRC6Lover123!)
• Audio backend improvements:
  • Reduced audio latency on all platform
  • Switch to WASAPI on Windows (non-exclusive mode)
  • Audio device change detection & improved BT headphones support on MacOS
• Video export improvements:
  • Unified piano roll mode
  • Piano roll 3D effect
  • Option to overlay registers
  • Preview mode
• Small quality of life improvements:
  • Eraser mode
  • Ability to copy samples between instruments
  • Ability to type effect values and project explorer parameters
  • Function to replace specific instruments
  • Logarithmic sliders for effects and parameters with huge values

Breaking/Behavior changes:

• FDS mod speed/depth effects will be resetted to the instrument values on notes with an attack.
• FDS emulation now matches the hardware much more closely. Some instruments may now sound very different.
• S5B/EPSM noise no longer has a "NOP" frequency, noise frequency will be set if it is enabled by the mixer envelope.

System Requirement Changes:

• Upgraded to .NET 7.0
• Minimum OpenGL requirement for Desktop lowered to OpenGL 3.0 (was 3.3)

Release notes of previous versions can be found in the documentation.

Download

Download links
	Windows Installer Windows Portable EXE
	MacOS Bundle
	FlatHub Linux AMD64 Binaries
	Play Store (Recommended) APK
	NES Sound Engine (CA65, NESASM, ASM6)

Installation Instructions

• On Windows, simply download and run the installer (Setup.exe), which should take care of installing most dependencies. A shortcut to FamiStudio and the included demo songs will be added to your Start Menu. If you get a warning when installing or if the app crashes when running, please check out the documentation for the fix.
• On macOS, download and uncompress the file anywhere and the launch the FamiStudio app. The demo songs are included in the zip. The app is unsigned and might require you to ignore a few warnings. If you do not have .NET installed, it should prompt you to install it.
• On Linux:
• If you are using the standalone version from the ZIP file, you will need to install .NET yourself. Please see the installation instructions for more information.
• The FlatHub version should take care of installing all dependencies.

Documentation

Please visit the documentation page for detailed documentation.

Getting Started on Desktop

Here is a 20min video tutorial that will show you how to create a basic song from scratch.

Getting Started on Mobile

If you are using the mobile version of FamiStudio, please check out this tutorial to get you started!

Source Code

The entire source code is available on GitHub.

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