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.



Bintracker is described as 'Advanced, cross-platform chiptune music editor. Bintracker supports many different sound routines on a wide range of 8-bit and 16-bit systems as it uses Mame as an emulation backend. So you can compose for SID, AY, FM, Beeper' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Bintracker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Bintracker alternative is FamiStudio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bintracker are OpenMPT, MilkyTracker, Furnace Tracker and Schism Tracker.
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.



OpenMPT (short hand for Open ModPlug Tracker) is a popular tracker software for Windows. OpenMPT is completely free and allows you to create and play back some great music on your computer. Based on the original ModPlug Tracker written by Olivier Lapicque, OpenMPT is free...




MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker...






Schism Tracker is a free reimplementation of Impulse Tracker, a program used to create high quality music without the requirements of specialized, expensive equipment, and with a unique "finger feel" that is difficult to replicate in part.




SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern based sequencer (tracker). It is a tool for those people who like to compose music wherever they are, whenever they wish. On any device.



Renoise is a contemporary digital audio workstation (DAW) based upon the heritage and development of tracker software. Its primary use is the composition of music using sound samples, soft synths, and effects plug-ins. It is also able to interface with MIDI equipment.







FamiTracker is a free windows tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems. The interface is based on MadTracker and should be easy to use if you've been using trackers before.


BassoonTracker is a web-based, mod music tracker in JavaScript. It plays and edits 4-channel Amiga Mod files.


Prototracker is a fakebit chiptune tracker that uses a single-oscillator synth with 256 preset waveforms. Macros are used to create instruments and keyboard shortcuts are similar to the familiar Protracker.

AudioMulch is an interactive musician's environment for PC and Mac. It is used for live electronic music performance, composition and sound design.
