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Furnace

A multi-system chiptune tracker that emulates the sound chips of classic consoles and computers.

Furnace interface

Why try it

A closer look at Furnace

A good fit for

Chiptune composers who want to write music using the sound chips of classic computers and consoles.

How it works

Furnace is a tracker: its pattern-based workflow is quite different from a conventional piano-roll DAW.

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