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Chiptune Composer

No music in your game, and no budget for a composer? Write chiptune on a piano roll with scale lock, with pulse, triangle, saw, wavetable and noise voices, and save the song as a WAV.

Chiptune music and loops for your game, in your browser.

Use it: 3 days for $1 Included in Gridwright with all 31 tools and every pack, $17 a month.

In your browserNothing to installYour work saved to your accountOpens on any device you sign in on

Chiptune Composer at work
Chiptune Composer at work in your browser.

What Chiptune Composer does

A game needs music long before it can afford a composer. The Chiptune Composer is a small tracker: draw notes on a piano roll with a scale lock so they stay in key, choose pulse, triangle, saw, a wavetable you draw yourself or a noise drum kit, and chain patterns into a song.

What you hear is what you save: the WAV is rendered to match the live playback. It also saves what a game needs, a seamless loop, an intro plus loop with loop points, stems and MIDI. Start from a demo song if a blank pattern is too quiet, and everything you write is yours to use in your games.

How it works

  1. Open a demo song, or start from an empty pattern.
  2. Pick a scale and draw notes on the piano roll.
  3. Chain your patterns into a song and set the tempo and swing.
  4. Save the WAV.

What you get out

  • WAV
  • JSON project
  • Share string
  • Loop WAV
  • Stems ZIP
  • MIDI
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Packs to use it with

Chiptune MusicMusic & soundRetro Sound EffectsMusic & soundPixel FontsPixel fontsPSX Horror Props 3D3D & PSX

More tools to sound and setup

Sound Effect GeneratorGame sound effects, from retro to sci-fiPixel Art Size CalculatorThe right sprite, tile and canvas sizesGodot Pixel-Perfect SetupCrisp, jitter-free pixel art in Godot 4

FAQ

Is Chiptune Composer free?

Chiptune Composer is part of Gridwright: every tool and every asset pack for $17 a month, and you can start with 3 days for $1. It runs in your browser, with nothing to install.

Can I download Chiptune Composer?

No. Chiptune Composer runs inside Gridwright, in your browser, and what you make there is saved to your account, so it is on every device you sign in on. What it exports (your sprites, maps, sounds and engine files) downloads to your computer and stays yours.

What does Chiptune Composer export?

Chiptune Composer exports WAV, JSON project, Share string, Loop WAV, Stems ZIP, MIDI.

Does Chiptune Composer work with Godot?

Yes. Everything it makes is a standard file (PNG and friends) that Godot, Unity and every other engine opens.

Can I use what I make in a commercial game?

Yes. What you make with the Gridwright tools goes into free and commercial games on any platform.

Your game, looking finished

Every Gridwright asset pack, made to fit together, and all 31 tools for the fiddly work, with every new release, for $17 a month. Try it in your own game first: 3 days for $1, cancel any time.

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