FamiStudio–NES Style Music Editor

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FamiStudio–NES Style Music Editor

Today we are checking out FamiStudio, a lighter weight alternative to programs like FamiTracker, that make it easy to create 8bit style musical scores.  Features of FamiStudio include:

• 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)
  
  
• Basic MIDI input support
  
  
• Audio expansions supported: VRC6, VRC7, FDS, MMC5, Namco 163 & Sunsoft S5B.
  
  
• Low CPU usage (Direct2D for graphics, XAudio2 for audio)
  

FamiStudio is open source under the MIT source license, with the C# based code available on GitHub.  You can learn more about FamiStudio in the video below.

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