User:Dracolych/FamiTracker

FamiTracker is a tracker-type music sequencer designed to emulate the sound chip of the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom and its related expansion chips. First released as version 0.1.2 on September 15, 2005, the program was created by "jsr", a pseudonymous programmer. FamiTracker is noted for video game composer Jake "virt" Kaufman's exclusive use thereof, set in a mode where it emulates the Famicom-exclusive VRC6 expansion chip, to create the entire soundtrack for the indie video game Shovel Knight. Kaufman commented on the authenticity of FamiTracker's replication of the NES' audio and its technical limitations, to the point where the program is capable of exporting projects in the specific file format designed for playback on NES cartridges, known as .NSF or NES Sound Format.

Release and version history
FamiTracker was first released on September 15, 2005 as freeware under an open-source GNU General Public License, and has since been updated periodically to fix bugs, introduce new features and improve the program's overall functionality. In future versions, support is planned for emulating other expansion chips such as the Sunsoft 5B/FME-7.