Chiptune for Move Everything

NES and Game Boy chiptune synthesizer for Move Everything.

Emulation

Two classic sound chips running as cycle-accurate emulations:

NES 2A03 (Ricoh RP2A03, as in the Nintendo Entertainment System):

2 pulse-wave channels with 4 duty cycles (12.5%, 25%, 50%, 75%)
1 triangle-wave channel (fixed waveform, no volume control)
1 noise channel (white noise and metallic/periodic modes)
Emulated by Nes_Snd_Emu (Shay Green / blargg), a band-limited synthesis library that generates alias-free output at any sample rate

Game Boy DMG (Sharp LR35902 APU, as in the original Game Boy):

2 pulse-wave channels with 4 duty cycles (12.5%, 25%, 50%, 75%)
1 programmable wave channel (32-sample 4-bit wavetable)
1 noise channel
Emulated by Gb_Snd_Emu (Shay Green / blargg), using the same band-limited synthesis approach as the NES library

Both libraries use Blip_Buffer for band-limited sample generation, producing clean audio without the aliasing artifacts typical of naive square-wave synthesis. Register writes are sample-accurate.

Features

32 presets (16 NES, 16 GB) covering leads, pads, bass, percussion, and FX
Up to 4-voice polyphony with automatic voice allocation
ADSR envelope per voice
Vibrato with configurable depth and rate
Pitch bend support
8 programmable GB wavetables (sine, saw, triangle, square, pulse, staircase, metallic, bass)
Works standalone or as a sound generator in Signal Chain patches

Prerequisites

Move Everything installed on your Ableton Move
SSH access enabled: http://move.local/development/ssh

Install

Via Module Store (Recommended)

Launch Move Everything on your Move
Select Module Store from the main menu
Navigate to Sound Generators > Chiptune
Select Install

Build from Source

Requires Docker (recommended) or ARM64 cross-compiler.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/charlesvestal/move-everything-chiptune
cd move-anything-chiptune
./scripts/build.sh
./scripts/install.sh

Controls

Control	Function
Jog wheel	Browse presets
Knobs 1-4	Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
Knobs 5-8	Duty, Vibrato Depth, Vibrato Rate, Volume

Presets

NES

#	Name	Description
0	NES Lead	Warm 50% pulse lead
1	NES Bright	Punchy 25% pulse
2	NES Thin	Thin 12.5% pulse
3	NES Pad	Slow attack pad with vibrato
4	NES Pluck	Short pluck
5	NES Stab	Quick stab
6	NES Poly	3-voice polyphonic (50%)
7	NES Poly Bright	3-voice polyphonic (25%)
8	NES Unison	2-voice detuned unison
9	NES Brass	Slow attack brass
10	Tri Bass	Triangle wave bass
11	Tri Kick	Triangle with pitch drop
12	NES Bell	Long decay bell
13	NES Hat	Short noise hi-hat
14	NES Snare	White noise snare
15	NES Zap	Noise with pitch drop

Game Boy

#	Name	Description
16	GB Lead	Warm 50% pulse lead
17	GB Bright	Punchy 25% pulse
18	GB Thin	Thin 12.5% pulse
19	GB Poly	3-voice polyphonic (50%)
20	GB Poly Bright	3-voice polyphonic (25%)
21	GB Unison	2-voice detuned unison
22	GB Vibrato	Lead with vibrato
23	GB Pluck	Short pluck
24	GB Pad	Slow attack pad
25	Wave Bass	Wavetable bass
26	Wave Pad	Wavetable pad with vibrato
27	Wave Sub	Deep sub bass
28	Wave Growl	Aggressive wavetable
29	Wave Metal	Metallic wavetable
30	GB Brass	Slow attack brass
31	GB Bell	Long decay bell

Credits

Nes_Snd_Emu: Shay Green (blargg) / jamesathey fork (LGPL-2.1)
Gb_Snd_Emu: Shay Green (blargg) (LGPL-2.1)
Move Everything port: Charles Vestal

License

MIT License (plugin code) / LGPL-2.1 (blargg libraries)

AI Assistance Disclaimer

This module is part of Move Everything and was developed with AI assistance, including Claude, Codex, and other AI assistants.

All architecture, implementation, and release decisions are reviewed by human maintainers.
AI-assisted content may still contain errors, so please validate functionality, security, and license compatibility before production use.