ABOUT

Hello! ChipTone is a free tool for generating sound effects, mainly for games but they could be used for anything you like. I'm currently working to flesh out the sampler and the sequencer. This tool was originally made in Flash, but, uh, yeah, that didn't work out. So now it's in HTML5 instead! And Windows and Mac downloadable versions too.

I hope you find this tool useful, and if you make anything cool using it, I'd love to see!

LICENCE

All sounds created using ChipTone are FREE to use for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, under the CC0 licence

CREDITS

ChipTone is being built by me, Tom Vian. You can reach me at tom@sfbgames.com or @SFBTom.
The colours, icons and ChipTone logo were designed by Adam Vian. He can be found at @SFBDim.
ChipTone was partly inspired by Increpare's bfxr, which was built on top of my as3sfxr, which was ported from Tomas Pettersson's sfxr. Phew!
ChipTone was built using Haxe and the OpenFL project.

StatusIn development
CategoryTool
PlatformsWindows, macOS, HTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(667 total ratings)
AuthorSFBGames
Made withHaxe, OpenFL
Tags16-bit, 8-Bit, Audio, Generator, sound, Sound effects
Asset licenseCreative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse
LinksTwitter

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

chiptone-win.zip 6 MB
Version 0.5.1
chiptone-mac.zip 17 MB

Development log

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Oh HEY awesome this is on itch now!  We used this for the SFX in CockBlock Hero!

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Nice utility, too bad it's not FOSS. The community could have taken it further after the creator stepped away 😔.

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Coming soon! ...ish

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is this project abandoned?

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I sure hope not...

This is an amazing tool. I like to dump them in my sampler for use for sfx or in a sequence. I actually don't want more features, simpler is better for a chiptune sound, more complexity, more complex sound.

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No updates since 2021? Is this project still in development?

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*since 2022

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Don't be an ass, all i seen was a download from 2021 for windows ap.

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Why not you be a butt.

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dont try to fix it if its not broken...

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Fix?

 Ugh.. FFS... any added features would be nice.

I've made suggestions in the past, there's other features they could add.

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Very great UI. It's comfortable and easy to use. Great for making Sound effects =D

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This is such and amazing tool! I'm a Sound Designer and I've got a shitton of audio equipment and plugins, but whenever i need a 8-bit style sound for a game i Use this. So easy to use and sounds really great!

Great tool. I used it on https://gvaliente.itch.io/varooom-3d

I've been using bfxr for a while now. Had no idea this existed. Really nice UI and great selection of tools!

this is rad

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This is incredible. So easy to use that a simple button press can make a great sound (thanks to a great random seeding function that fires on a press) but with a deep toolset for those interested in some old-school chiptune synthesis. Well done. I can’t wait to dump some of these sounds into a sampler. :D

thank you so much, this tool helped me a lot realizing the sound for my Pong Clone

amazing

A fantastic tool that I should have been using for years. Thanks for your contributions! sfxr, bfxr, and this have all been amazing for indie devs!

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10.00000000/10 Because it is so useful when you need a sound but you didn't see any good sounds


see you in hong kong

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I love it. Do you think you might release a Linux version at some point? Or maybe it's redundant because this might work fine in WINE.

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I like the randomizer and and harmony

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just everything about this

everything about this tool

∞/10 i will never stop using it

Great tool! Do you know why audio tracks sound different in the app vs playing the exported .wav? Seems to happen for  >0.1sec length. Sounds great in the app, but seems to be missing the whole sound effect when I export it (truncates 99% of the audio).

I need give it 5 star rated.

nice tool, but is there a way to fill in text to get the exact number i want instead of carefully turning them

Thanks so much for this. Simple and quick - perfect for a certain kind of aesthetic.

Took me a while to realize I could mess with the frequency and altitude, but amazing program nonetheless! I even managed to make some sorta Sonic-y sound effects using this, mainly the jump presets.

8/10, would recommend!

love the ui

My ears hurt :)
Awesome tool, though!

I'm having a problem that when I export, save or load some file, it closes by itself. What do I do?

I'm about to use this for the first time and I can already tell this is a godsend, thank you so much for making this, amazing work!! :D

Is this thing open source? Or will be? Somebody NEEDS to make a Steinberg VSTi out of this thing, the DAW community will LOVE you guys

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Great stuff, although on the mac download version the export to wav file only works if you manually add the .wav extension. Otherwise it creates a .txt by default. Minor issue but threw me for a bit.

same for me on windows oddly

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really cool app, is there any chance to add .ogg export?

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Noone needs comprssed and awfully-sounding waveform. I mean really, quality of MP3 is taboo in pro audio world. Even OGG can't do it perfectly. WAVs exist with a very legit reason, and you can compress (disgusting) them in any way you like.

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.....what?

Great tool, thank you so much for making it! It works like a charm!

This is awesome! An amazing successor to bfxr!

I can't actually download on windows says the virus check faile

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HOLY SHT THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN SFXR THANK YOU

also have you considered adding a Linux binary?

As i collector of vintage hardware synths this is super neat:)

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No matter what I change in settings, the frequency graph is always a straight line. Didn't this used to have rising and falling frequency? I think it's broken or I'm dumb.

Hmm that's very odd, the freq controls work for me... What happens when you change the speed knob, or the accel knob? And how are you running the app?

I figured it out, I misunderstood what "Speed" Meant. Speed is change speed, I was setting that to zero and messing with the other knobs. My bad!

Super cool, used to use BFXR all the time and considering switching to this. Only one problem: The download version does not work on Windows 11... crashes every time I try to play a sound. Maybe it's just me. Does it work for anyone else on Windows 11?

Sorry, it was actually just because windows disabled the audio drivers so I was forced to restart... It works great!

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This is really great!! Any chance of having midi support?

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