ChipWave – 16-bit Chiptune DAW
Code and DESIGN inc. Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
ChipWave – 16-bit Chiptune DAW is a paid Music app for iPhone and iPad by Code and DESIGN inc. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 27, 2026.
- Price
- 6.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 6 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 27
- 2026 · v1.1
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About ChipWave – 16-bit Chiptune DAW
Make music that sounds like it came straight from a 16-bit game console. ChipWave is a chiptune DAW built around a faithful recreation of the classic 16-bit console sound chip: 8 voices, BRR-compressed samples, ADSR envelopes, hardware-style echo and a noise generator — all running at an authentic 32 kHz. COMPOSE ON A PIANO ROLL • 8 tracks mapped 1:1 to 8 hardware voices • Draw, move and resize notes with your finger • Pinch to zoom, grid snapping from 1/4 to 1/32 notes • Full undo/redo, mute/solo while playing • Up to 256 bars, tempo 20–300 BPM AUTHENTIC SOUND ENGINE • BRR sample decoding with 4-point Gaussian interpolation • ADSR and GAIN envelope modes, per-voice stereo volume • Hardware-style echo: delay, feedback and an 8-tap FIR filter • Shared LFSR noise with 32-step frequency control (NCK) • Pitch modulation driven by the previous voice (PMON) • A strict 64 KB audio RAM budget, just like the real hardware BRING YOUR OWN SOUNDS • Import WAV / AIFF / CAF — converted to chip-native BRR by an adaptive encoder • Import BRR samples directly • Analyze SPC snapshot files you have rights to: extract samples, registers and echo settings, and turn the performance into an editable piano roll • Built-in pulse, triangle, saw and organ waves so you can start right away EXPORT & SHARE • Render your song to 32 kHz stereo WAV • Export individual BRR samples • Save and open projects as portable JSON files MADE FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Three-pane studio layout on iPad, focused tab layout on iPhone • Touch keyboard for instant sound preview • Works completely offline PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking. Please import only audio and music data for which you have the necessary rights. ChipWave does not include any copyrighted game content.
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated October 27, 2026
• Imported WAV samples can now loop. • WAV files with loop points set in a sample editor keep their loop when imported. ChipWave fits the loop to 16-sample BRR blocks and corrects the slight pitch change this causes. • New Loop switch in the Voice Inspector: turn looping on or off for any imported sample and move the loop start block by block, with the loop region shown on the waveform. • Loops play through to the end of the sample, so trim any fade-out from a WAV before importing for a clean loop.
App privacy
The developer, Code and DESIGN inc., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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