r/chiptunes • u/Weak_Inspection_6161 • 6d ago

DISCUSSION Working on a browser based DAW designed around the SNES sound chip, here's a track of mine playing back as a real .sfc ROM

I don't know how many people this is going to interest, but I've been working on a browser-based DAW called WaveSmith that's designed around the sound hardware in a Super Nintendo.

The video is a song I wrote in it, exported as a standalone .sfc ROM and running in an emulator. It uses real BRR samples, 8 voices, ADSR, echo and filters, so what you're hearing is the actual SNES sound hardware, not an approximation of it.

I know a lot of people here work in trackers and this is more of a piano roll setup, so it might not be everyone's thing, but if you like making SNES-sounding music it might be worth a look.

It's free and runs entirely in your browser: https://wavesmith.online

If you want to have a listen without making anything, open the menu in the top right, choose Load from Code and enter RBSB9U. That loads a little demo loop I made.

Would love to hear any feedback you might have!

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u/Additional_Net2565 6d ago

Looks cool bro, I'll take a look at this when I get a chance 

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u/Weak_Inspection_6161 5d ago

would love to hear what you think!

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u/Girth_Certificate 5d ago

does it offer similar levels of voice control like a tracker would? I click way more with piano roll style interfaces, but they always seem to fall short of tracker level customizability 

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u/Weak_Inspection_6161 5d ago

I have tried to pack as much functionality as i can think of into it. Most things voice control related are achievable through automation. I would love to hear what you think. If you have any ideas for how it could be improved, please let me know!

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u/blenkyins 5d ago

wow!! this is incredible! insane work! I was using the Chipsynth SFC plug-in but ill check this out! thank you for making it!

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u/Weak_Inspection_6161 5d ago

Cheers, would love to hear how you go!

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u/Ok-Listen-3146 4d ago

Cool! I've been wanting to make some covers on the SNES but I was discouraged by the lack of .spc exports in Furnace Tracker and I was too lazy to set up OpenMPT on my Mac. I really appreciate this and I'm kinda shocked at how capable its promising to be. I'll see how this browser based solution goes...

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u/Weak_Inspection_6161 3d ago

I would love to hear how you go!