# M-NES: 8-bit Chiptune Studio

> 2A03 music maker & NSF player

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6799117945](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6799117945)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6799117945`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Code and DESIGN inc.
- **Category:** Music
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-24
- **First published:** 2026-08-20
- **Size:** 4.93 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/m-nes-8-bit-chiptune-studio/id6799117945)
- **Website:** [https://utaverse.tokyo/mnes.html](https://utaverse.tokyo/mnes.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://utaverse.tokyo/mnes-privacy.html](https://utaverse.tokyo/mnes-privacy.html)

## Description

That 8-bit sound — with the real mechanism behind it.

M-NES is a chiptune workstation that recreates the RP2A03 APU, the sound chip of the classic 8-bit game console, at the register level. Two pulse channels, a triangle, a noise channel, and 1-bit DPCM samples: the five channels the hardware actually has, laid out on a piano roll. You are not composing with presets that sound "close enough" — you are driving the chip itself.

FIVE-CHANNEL APU SOUND ENGINE
• Two pulse waves with four duty cycles, hardware sweep, and envelopes
• Triangle with the linear counter — that round, fat bass
• Noise with 16 periods plus the 93-step short mode; pick the period by note pitch
• DMC channel playing 1-bit DPCM samples
• Switchable NTSC, PAL, and Dendy clocks and frame rates
• 48 kHz mono output, just like the hardware

A PIANO ROLL THAT FEELS RIGHT
• Tap to write, drag to move, pull the edge to resize
• 8th, 16th, and 32nd quantize
• Note velocity maps straight to the APU volume registers
• Per-track mute and solo, undo and redo, autosave

BUILT-IN NSF PLAYER
• Open .nsf or .nsfe and the built-in 6502 CPU and APU emulation play the original
• Multi-song files show a track list with titles and durations
• Single, repeat, and play-all modes

TURN A SONG INTO EDITABLE NOTES
• Re-emulates the selected song and tracks every APU register write, frame by frame
• Recovers pitch, timing, velocity, duty cycles, and noise periods into five editable tracks
• Use it to study, remix, or continue a track — transcribed songs play back immediately

DPCM SAMPLES
• Import raw 1-bit .dmc data
• Convert WAV, AIFF, and CAF to hardware-spec 1-bit DPCM automatically
• Place drums and voice clips with a waveform preview

HARDWARE-ACCURATE EXPORT
• NSF and NSFe export with a built-in 6502 driver and APU register stream
• 48 kHz mono WAV master
• .nesseq project files containing all editing data

PRIVACY
• No account, no ads, no tracking
• Composing, playback, and export all happen on your device, fully offline

MADE FOR
• Chiptune musicians who want the real sound, not an imitation
• Game developers preparing hardware-spec music and sound effects
• Anyone who wants to learn how 8-bit sound actually works — duty cycles, DPCM, noise periods — hands on

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M-NES is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any video game console manufacturer. NSF and NSFe are community file formats used to preserve 8-bit game music. NSF files may contain third-party copyrighted material; import and export only within the rights you hold.

## Rankings

- #1,551,808 — Overall

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