FamiStudio NES Music Editor

FamiStudio is very simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. It is designed to be easier to use than FamiTracker, but its feature set is also much more limited. It is targeted at both chiptune artists and NES homebrewers.

Features

Modern DAW-style UI with sequencer and piano roll, no hexadecimal anywhere
Instrument & Envelope edition
NSF import
Full Undo/Redo support
Copy & Paste support
Note drag & drop with audio preview
Import from FamiTracker FTM & Text (official 0.4.6)
Export to various formats (WAV, ROM, NSF, FamiTone2, FamiStudio Text, FamiTracker Text)
Volume, fine pitch, vibrato effect tracks
Slide notes (portamento)
Arpeggios
NES sound engine (CA65, NESASM, ASM6)
MIDI input support
Audio expansions supported: VRC6, VRC7, FDS, MMC5, Namco 163 & Sunsoft S5B.
Windows, MacOS and Linux versions.

Latest Release

Chages/Fixes in 2.3.2 (Latest Hotfix)

Added loop count to video export.
Fixed scaling issues on Retina display.
Fixed lingering noise when dragging/adding notes in VRC7.
Fixed multiple FamiTracker import (Text + Binary) issues/crashes.
Fixed potential desync in NSF/sound engine when using delayed notes.
Fixed various issues with expansion instruments UI (sliders/checkboxes for VRC7/FDS/N163).
Fixed import of older FamiStudio text files (pre 2.3.0).
Fixed NSF/sound engine crash when exporting empty arpeggios.
Fixed issue with arpeggios sometimes persisting when a song loops.

New features in 2.3.0

MP3 export
Video export
Song merge functionality
Duty cycle effect track support (equivalent of Vxx in FamiTracker)
Special paste improvements (repeat, effects, etc.)
Special delete
Copy patterns to different channels in sequencer
Option to display note labels in piano roll
FamiTracker tempo improvements (delayed notes, cuts, fixes).
Added support for Cxx (Halt) FamiTracker effect.
Option to export each channel to a seperate WAV/MP3 file.
Small DPCM improvements (Drag & drop, bit reverse option)
Small tempo improvements
Sound engine code size reduction

Release trailer

Download

Download links


Windows Installer Windows Portable EXE	MacOS Bundle	FlatHub Linux AMD64 Binaries	NES Sound Engine (CA65, NESASM, ASM6)

Installation Instructions

On Windows simply download and run the installer (.msi). 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 FamiStudio app. The demo songs and included in the zip. The app is unsigned and might require you to ignore a few warning.
On Linux, the FlatHub page contains the instructions, if installing from the ZIP file please read the installation instructions.

Demo Songs

A few demo songs are included in the installation folder (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\FamiStudio). Songs marked as FT2-friendly on uses the feature set that FamiTone2 supports.

After The Rain (by Shiru, included with FamiTone2)
Danger Streets (by Shiru, included with FamiTone2)
Mega Man 2 - Stage Select & Dr. Wily's Castle (my approximate recreations)
Journey To Silius - Intro (my approximate recreation)
DuckTales! - The Moon (my approximate recreation)
Castlevania 2 - Bloody Tears (my approximate recreation)
Shovel Knight - Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage) (my approximate recreation)
Shatterhand - Final Stage (my approximate recreation)
Gimmick - Strange Memories of Death (my approximate recreation)
Silver Surfer : BGM2 (my approximate recreation)
Gradius II - Farewell (my approximate recreation)
Layla : The Iris Missions - Iris (by Supper, my approximate recreation)
FamiStudio - Tutorial Song (song created in tutorial)

Documentation

Please visit documentation page for detailed documentation.

Getting Started

Here is a 40 minute video tutorial that will show you how to create a basic song from scratch.

Source Code

The entire source code is available on GitHub.