20 thoughts on “Famirom Puts The Sound Of A NES Sound Chip In Your DAW”

1. cheat codes?
   or is that too soon?

   1. Too soon man, a cheat code killed my parents, not cool 🙁

2. Not to be negative or anything but it really doesn’t sound like an NES.

3. there is def a nod to nes but i wouldn’t sell it to be nes.
   but it does sound nice. 🙂

4. Nice nod to the Famicon system there. Gametronix HouTX…;)

5. Nice sound but very far from an actual famicom.
   Imitating the sound of such a chip is not just about sampling a few waveforms, many retro vst developers skip the fact that pitch/gain envelopes or LFOs need to be heavily aliased as well for instance.

   1. Quantized is the word. It’s that stepping from the low bitrate that gives the unique tone to the LFOs ENVs and of course the waveform. Interesting enough, the NES doesn’t alias at all, it’s running it’s sample rate at several megahertz.

      Anyways this program, cheap so that’s nice but the demos at least do not sound much like a NES. Plogue’s Chipsounds running at 96khz is much closer. I wish someone would just make a hardware synth with individual outputs for all the voices of the NES chip already. Twisted Electrons maybe?

      1. I have heard rumors. The trick is finding a source for the real chips. I hope Twisted Electrons can pull something like that off. I would buy it in an instant! I have an AY3 and TherapSID and I love them.

      2. There’s a Euro synth module on the way with the NES chip inside it.

6. I have to agree so far the demos don’t sound like a real NES. The Balloon Fight theme and Kid Icarus theme, go listen to the original. They don’t sound too similar. The interface looks cool and I’ll give it a try anyways because it still sounds good and looks fun to play with!

   I’m gonna guess that the demo tracks don’t try so much to nail the same synthesized sounds, but use old NES tunes to show off some of the sounds of the plugin to stick with the theme.

   I won’t judge this thing properly until I’ve used it myself and I’m always happy to see free synth plugins that sound cool! (And it does sound cool, regardless of how closely it resembles a famicon).

   Big thanks to the developers, i’m excited to try it 🙂

   1. Whoa just realized it’s $12…well, I think I’m gonna pass on this one for now and try other emulations of the NES. The article got me interested in the sounds again though so thanks!

7. sounds like somebody throttling the chipmunks, am interested!

8. If you like this I have also created a “Nintendo inspired” plugin called the P/Nes 8-Bit Lo-Fi Monster (yes, it is a very juvenile name). It is available for free. Look it up and have fun 🙂

   1. It’s not available for Mac OS X and it’s GUI is oversize…

      1. Oh you OSX people complaining about free stuff 😉 … This one looks much more potent IMHO and I kinda like the GUI and its not too big for my monitor. What res are you using? 1024 x 768? I will give it a try.

      2. No its not available for OSX, and yes the GUI is oversized because I wanted to have every functions on the same screen, and it fits most configurations well except on low resolution monitors (its about the same size as U-He Diva).

9. I’ve been using the Chipsounds pulg-in for a while, so I think I’m good with chip based synths for now.

10. It might well be based on waveform recordings, but the tasty qualities of the DAC change when chords are played. I reckon the lack of proper DAC emulation is what’s missing.

11. Do you have to blow on it , if it is not working?
    or does it have the new cartridge slot?
    (old gamers know about this)

12. wtf is ‘Larsen’?

    I am error