Nintendo VST

If you use my VST in your project, give me a shout on Twitter @matthewmontag.

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Change log:

Version 1.2

Fixed issues from version 1.1...
- Pitch range -12 to +12
- Fixed problem where C was playing F#
- Tuning is back to A440
- More reasonable volume level
- Cleaned up the default patch set

Version 1.1

Portamento (try it with the noise generator)
Master volume control
Pitch bend (fixed range of 2 semitones)
Velocity sensitivity
Legato mode (doesn't retrigger step sequencers)
More colors 🙂

Audio Samples

Super Mario Brothers

Steps Ahead

Project Notes and Documentation

Overall module graph in SynthMaker

The NES VST is designed to emulate the 8-bit sounds of the Nintendo, remaining faithful to the specifications of the 2A03 chip. The plugin was built in Outsim SynthMaker to allow for an advanced user interface, and sounds were evaluated against the output of FamiTracker, which uses the Blip Buffer library to generate "perfect" alias-free primitive waveforms. In our project, aliasing is minimized with conventional techniques available in SynthMaker.

The following is a discussion of each 2A03 chip sound channel (Square, Triangle, Noise, and DPCM) and their implementation in SynthMaker.

Square

Our square wave was initially constructed by summing two saw waves limited at half bandwidth, which really means 1/4 of the sample rate or 11,025 hz. This was unsatisfactory and we switched to a construction from saw waves limited at nyquist. The test signal was a square wave with pulse width modulation cycling across 25%, 50%, 75%, and 12.5% pulse width. The results are compared here:

Square PWM

Linear sonogram of PWM square wave. The first tone is produced by SynthMaker before correction. The second and fourth tones are produced by FamiTracker. The third tone is the corrected full-bandwidth square wave produced by SynthMaker. Notice the first tone produces undesirable full bandwidth clicks when the pulse width changes. The corrected tone masks this effect.

Triangle

The Nintendo triangle wave has a distinct sound. It is produced by quantizing a triangle waveform to 16 discrete amplitudes. It also has an asymmetrical rise and fall. The falling segment of the waveform is slightly curved and the rise is linear. The triangle wave normally contains only odd harmonics, but this irregularity causes the signal to gain even harmonics, characteristic of the saw wave.

One period triangle waveform output of FamiTracker

Nintendo triangle wave (produced by FamiTracker) vs. aliased triangle from SynthMaker.

Sample 4

A-B comparison

Wavetable triangle vs. Nintendo triangle wave (produced by FamiTracker) This first attempt at band-limited wavetable synthesis used only 32 sample points as input. The resulting waveform does not have the high quantization harmonics.

Sample 5

A-B comparison

Nintendo triangle wave (produced by FamiTracker) vs. band-limited wavetable triangle from SynthMaker. This time, the wavetable used 512 sample points. The sample points were also tweaked to create an asymmetric wave shape.

Triangle Oscillator Block Diagram

The final block diagram of the triangle oscillator in SynthMaker

Noise

The noise channel in the Nintendo is not noise in the usual sense, where amplitude or frequency would be modulated randomly. Instead, the NES sends a random sequence of bits directly to audio out. This is analagous to a square wave with a continuously-varying random pulse width. The NES produces noise in repeating sequences of 32767 or 93 bits. The pitch or color of the noise is variable at 16 modes. These modes are mapped to MIDI notes in our VST plugin.

The noise sequence produced by code is heavily aliased with a great deal of harmonic content above 22,050 hz. To solve this problem we subdivide time and create 8 unique output samples at every tick. These samples are merged and lowpass filtered to produce an 8x oversampled anti-aliased output.

Noise Oscillator Block Diagram

Noise oscillator in SynthMaker. Creates a new noise buffer every time a note is triggered, allowing every note to produce a unique noise pattern, characteristic of the Nintendo.

DPCM

Delta pulse code modulation is achieved by either increasing or decreasing the amplitude of the signal by a fixed interval at every sample. The signal never maintains a steady amplitude, and the amplitude climbs at a limited rate. The NES uses DPCM to play sampled audio, and does so with an amplitude resolution of 6 bits or 64 levels. We achieve realtime DPCM in code. We allow the user to select 4 custom WAV file samples and attach the samples to MIDI notes C4, D4, E4, and F4.

DPCM Oscillator Block Diagram

DPCM code section. This represents the DSP behind each "NES DPCM" module in the graph below.

Filter Section

The output is filtered by custom highpass- and lowpass-shelf filters. The filters attenuate unwanted ultra low frequency and high frequency content that may be produced by the DPCM.

260 ResponsesLeave a Reply

Phytopep
/ April 3, 2011 Quote

Matt,

You are my hero.

I've spent the last few months researching and carefully testing about 25-30 different plugins, VSTs, trackers, NSF players, and other tools that generate NES sounds in order to find one that was free (or close to free) of aliasing.

As far as I can tell, you have done what no one else has. Your VST is the only piece of software I've ever heard get it right. Even FamiTracker, which is supposed to use the blip buffer algorithm, produces what seems to me to be aliasing (I can hear it in high octaves, and it's visible in an FFT).

If I could send you a beer, I would.
Felix
/ May 3, 2011 Quote

This is AMAZING!!! I always hated using Famitracker because it is confusing, but it always best the best NES instruments... now this... I can now make good 8-bit songs in FL Studio!

But... there's one little downfall I think... and that's not being able to do volume/pitch slides and adjustments in the piano roll. v_v' ... like if I wanna have a Hi-Hat with diff volumes, I would have to have multiples in separate channels. v_v'
Matt
/ May 3, 2011 Quote

Thanks dude! I will keep working on it... I have pitch bend working in the latest version, but definitely need to get velocity sensitivity. I also want to map the mod wheel to duty cycle.
Felix
/ May 4, 2011 Quote

Thanks for the reply! I've been mimicking a lot of tunes from diff. famitracker projects that I found with this VST. I made Megaman 3's stage select, and part of Plug Man's stage from MM9, and it's pretty damn near accurate to Famitrackers!

I've been telling everybody about this VST, so you'll probably be getting lots of feedback, and yeah, by far the BEST Nintendo VST!
Felix
/ May 4, 2011 Quote

Oh, one more thing. The LFO steps go by 4's. I'm having a bit of trouble mimicking this one instrument....

In Famitracker, it's Volume: 15,8 | 0,8,13,8

But here in the VST, since it goes by 8's, it's
Volume: 15,8 | 0.8.13.8.8.8

Two extra 8's at the end. The Step time speed is at 16 ms (fastest). So those extra two 8's slow it down. v__v' I dunno how to get around this. <_<'

If LFO Steps went by 2's, It should work.

It's not a big deal really, 'cause I don't plan to use such an instrument, but I'm trying to mimic everything I can. xD!
Felix
/ May 4, 2011 Quote

Hey Matt, checking in again with more feed back!

Mk, so I'm trying to make this Square kick. On famitracker the pitch for it is |77 ... but in the VST the pitch only goes to 12. So it's not happening. v_v'
Derik
/ May 7, 2011 Quote

this VST is amazing! It is without a doubt the most accurate I have seen yet. I prefer working in Cubase but I refuse to make NES music in there because it just doesn't sound the same. Now I can make NES songs in something I'm comfortable working with. For that, I owe you thanks.

Just wondering are you planning on adding the NES expansions in future versions?
Felix
/ May 7, 2011 Quote

Hey man, more feed back for you!

Okay, so on Famitracker there's an instrument that is a pitch of
0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 00 -1 0

It's basically a little slide up lead. Well... in the VST's Fine Pitch, I mimic... however, it makes it a slide down, not slide up. Apparently the negative and positive have switched places.

So I had to make it 0 +1 0 0 +1 0 0 +1 0 0 +1 0
for it to be a slide up...

So if one is to copy Pitch from famitracker, they would need to switch the negative in famitracker to positive in the VST.

I'm really getting the hang of how this VST works and how to adjust things. I've already mimicked a lot of instruments! It's great! 😀
Phytopep
/ July 7, 2011 Quote

Hi Matt,
I think I found a small bug in your noise algorithm. If you play a sustained noise, it will sometimes abruptly change pitch at regular intervals. Try looking at an FFT of a few of the lower pitches of noise played for 30 seconds, and you'll easily spot it.
Thanks again for taking the time to make this instrument!
Vinyl Scratch
/ July 8, 2011 Quote

I thank you many a time for this great VST. I just have one question, will expansion chips such as VRC6, VRC7, FDS, and the like be supported?
dJ~noeko
/ July 21, 2011 Quote

As someone that uses a lot of single waveform oscillators for that crunchy chiptune sound when producing, this is a godsend. I could just kiss you! Is there any chance you'd be willing to add some sort of DCPM-based saw wave presets? ( http://www.slack.net/~ant/misc/nes-saw/ )

That'd be an absolute godsend.
Matt
/ July 24, 2011 Quote

I know what you are getting at. The way the DPCM sampler works now is that you load any WAV file in and it plays through a filter that makes it sound like DPCM. And another consideration is that the plugin is meant to be used in a full DAW environment so that you could load WAV clips of your favorite DPCM instruments into a different VST plugin. I understand the value of presets, however... Another problem is that my VST doesn't allow you to change pitch of those DPCM samples, it's supposed to be one-shots like drum kicks, etc. I plan to revisit the plugin soon and I'll put some thought into this.
dJ~noeko
/ August 4, 2011 Quote

That's exciting to hear! I've been using it in a lot of my music lately and any improvements to it would be wonderful. When it comes to making hard bass sounds I think the NES is the premier square wave generator so this nearly 1:1 emulation of it is great. Any improvements to something that's already this good would be mind blowing. Keep up the great work!
sn0w75
/ August 20, 2011 Quote

Hi,
I decided to try out this VST, made a rather cool sample with it:
http://soundcloud.com/sn0w75/pkmn-battle

However, whenever I use the VST in a Cubase project (Windows 7 64-bit, 64-bit Cubase), save the project, close it, and re-open it, it causes VSTBridgeApp.exe to crash (essentially rendering the whole project unusable until you remove the NES instruments, save, and restart Cubase/reopen the project). Here's the crash report:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: VSTBridgeApp.exe
Application Version: 2.0.2.64
Application Timestamp: 4cf79126
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 02cc30e0
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Do you think there's anything to be done about it? I do like my chiptunes. 🙁
Madame Orean
/ September 3, 2011 Quote

Honey, this is a thing from the lord, but you've got to get yo' ass on the ball and get dis thang complete!! I trying to make my music for church, and I can't adjust that velocity in the piano roll, nor can I do pitch slides, or note stacking in one channel, and I had to recognize that.

Get'cho ass in gear, my dear! My church is waitin for a lovely 8 bit song about the glory of the lord!!!
Matt
/ September 7, 2011 Quote

Hi Madame Orean, thanks for the comment...you pointed out some real problems. I was waiting to see the response from the people, but I've gotten enough feedback now. I'll get back to work and put up a new version soon.
The_Strange_Remain@yahoo.com
/ September 16, 2011 Quote

I'm really sorry to be that guy...but has anyone tried and had trouble installing this into Mixcraft 5? It refuses to acknowledge this is in my VST folder in programfiles(x86) even after removing and adding the folder again. Everything else shows up alright but not the nes vst. If you know anything about this I'd be very grateful for any point in the right direction. Thanks!
Matt
/ September 16, 2011 Quote

@The_Strange_Remain and sn0w75: if you are having problems using the plugin with your VST host, I don't know the answer, but the plugin was made with SynthMaker, so try searching your problem with that keyword and you might find something. Please keep me posted if you figure it out.
Madame Orean
/ October 21, 2011 Quote

I can't wait for you to complete this vst, hon. My church is gonna flip they wig when I make some megaman music
Madame Orean
/ November 5, 2011 Quote

Hey hon, I am popping in again to say hello, and reminding you that my church is waiting for me to make some blessed 8-bit gospel music!
Madame Orean
/ November 12, 2011 Quote

Hey hon, just wanted to say that I am excited about what God is doing. Stay blessed <3
Madame Orean
/ December 4, 2011 Quote

Hey hon. I made a nice song for church last Sunday. It lacked some things. I got good feedback from my church sisters. The pastor told me to use famitracker but I said no, I have faith in Matt Montag. He gonna perfect the best NES vst. Keep up the good work, Matt! Stay blessed!
Yamato Ryou
/ December 23, 2011 Quote

1. The sound is not ideal
2. Large CPU usage
3. DPCM is not ideal
4. Envelope set is more complex (if still on step)

Translated from the Google...T_T
Matt
/ December 23, 2011 Quote

Tough critics out here. Actually, those are some issues I was working on. CPU usage is too high. And the DPCM is not exactly NES, it favors flexibility instead of accuracy. I am considering going to a fixed NES DPCM sample bank, with a big list of presets like "SMB3 Kick" "TMNT3 Cowabunga" and "Duck Hunt Dog Laugh". I think these original game samples are what people would end up loading into a DPCM bank anyway.
Madame Orean
/ January 1, 2012 Quote

Hey hon, how you are? It's Orean again. Checkin' in with ya'. How your Christmas was? How your new years was? We was ballin' at church today. Found some new Megaman fan game called Rokko Chan, and I loaded some of they songs on my iPod and played it at church. My sisters was really flowing about. When you get yourself a chance, listen to that 'Volcano Man' stage music. It really put the holy spirit in me. Stay blessed, Matt! <3
Madame Orean
/ January 29, 2012 Quote

Hey hon, checkin' in seeing how you feel. Stay blessed!
Roseweave
/ February 22, 2012 Quote

Matt, I really like the sound of this plugin, except for one awful glitch. I'm trying to do a stutter effect, one problem is that I can't sync it and set it fast enough to get the effect I want(only goes to 1/32 - going down as far as 1/128 would be great), I've managed to sync up the ms to the bpm(awkwardly), but now I'm having issues with an extremely stuttering sound/glitching/crackling that works it's way in and out of the sound.

Interestingly it seems to go away more when I set my computer's power profile to "High power" so it could be some kind of buffer under-run, I'm not sure. I'll post clips when I have more of the track done.
Madame Orean
/ March 7, 2012 Quote

Hey hon! Stoppin' in to give you the good word. Letting you know that we've got a heap new ammount of church members this week. I played them some of the megaman music I made with your VSTi, and they think it is the BOMB!! I told them "Child, if it wasn't for Matt Montag, there wouldn't be none of this blessed music!" Mhmm!! <3

-Madame Orean
Felix
/ March 16, 2012 Quote

Please please please Matt! Please finish this... Please fix things like... velocity change in the piano roll... pitch slides, and note stacking. Pleaseeeee... Make my dream come true. v___v ... I don't wanna use famitracker...
Kadowki
/ April 13, 2012 Quote

Upon it's discovery, your VST made my work better by far. I was trying to get somewhere near the flexibility of FamiTracker's style, and it was all I needed. If you were to finish this, the 8-bit fans who wish to not compose their music by traditional standards (trackers) would highly appreciate this. Again, thank you!
josh
/ April 25, 2012 Quote

I can't figure out how to use this in Logic . Can anyone help me out ?
Madame Orean
/ May 3, 2012 Quote

Hey hon, it's Orean. You have you been? Lord of grace, mercy, and space!! We got a new heap of church members this week! I played some of the Megaman music I made with your VST. One of my church sisters said it was rather lovely but she would have wanted to hear more pitch slides. Lord knows this VST need to be made complete hon! Stay blessed!

-Madame Orean
lemmykoopa
/ May 29, 2012 Quote

I use famitracker, but it's not ideal for live application. I've always been picky about accuracy too. But jeez, this is spot on. The DPCM channel is phenomenal.

It would be really cool if you could input incoming audio into DPCM and spit it back out as a DPCM sound.
Pectoris
/ June 13, 2012 Quote

Thank you so much for the free plugin. Are there any plans to share the actual OSM file? It'd be nice to be able to use the slide events if FL, which are not supported with VST instruments.
Lee
/ July 6, 2012 Quote

If I might be so bold, may I put in vote for you to make an Audio Units (AU) version of Nintendo VST? The DLL file won't work on Macs and I'm sure there are a lot of Logic users chomping at the bit to use a great NES plug-in 🙂
Theremin
/ July 12, 2012 Quote

This thing is incredible! Well done. Now, if you added a bunch of presets -- say, 40 or 50 good lead/pad/bass sounds -- I think you could easily charge for this and people would pay. I know I would!
Russell
/ July 16, 2012 Quote

I use LMMS but I'm not sure if you do. I just tried downloading it and putting it into my plugins folder but it doesn't seem to be showing up. Any idea what I did wrong?
Madame Orean
/ August 30, 2012 Quote

Hey hon, it's Orean. It's been a minute since I gave said hello! Just checking in hon, make sure you're doing good. Me and my church just love your work and can't wait for you to finish this VST. Much love hon. Be blessed and Stay blessed! I am excited about what God is doing!
Itusvirus
/ October 26, 2012 Quote

Hi Matt, 🙂

I just discovered this page and read everything on it! xD. Nice to see you seem to have a fan base goin on. I'm really excited to try out this VST of yours. I noticed it's been almost a year since your last comment. Just checkin to see if you are still alive. 😉 I sure hope the pressure didn't get to you.
Aino Minako
/ November 9, 2012 Quote

Please finish this VST matt... please make it have volume slide and velocity changes in the piano roll. As well as let pitch and arps go beyond 15.
Matt
/ November 9, 2012 Quote

Hi everybody, thank you for the comments. I'm going to post a new version by Sunday night.
Mattias
/ November 15, 2012 Quote

Please make a MAC (AU) version too. =)
Elrinth
/ November 15, 2012 Quote

Hi!

Just wanted to leave a comment and say.. Awesome VSTi! 🙂 I just got to know about this thru dudes @ #mod_shrine. A bit heavy on the cpu usage but I like how easy it's to adjust the characteristics of the sound in this!
surasshu
/ November 18, 2012 Quote

Great job on this 🙂 I thought you might like to know I used your plugin in a song for a game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFeY-Seq7Ks
Matt
/ November 18, 2012 Quote

Thanks surasshu. High praise coming from a Famicompo champion and Ubiktune composer!
Adrian Hernandez
/ December 10, 2012 Quote

Awesome work!! Ditto on the AU version for me as well! Maybe some crowd source funding (i.e. kickstarter, indiegogo) could help spur motivation to make the conversion... just an idea.

Cheers!
Javis
/ January 9, 2013 Quote

Hi! Really cool VST. 🙂 Any chance you plan on compiling a 64bit version as well? I'd love to use it, but my DAW is 64bit.

Thanks!
Michael
/ March 22, 2013 Quote

Hey! Love your work! This is the best NES sound-emulator I've ever heard!

Could you please, please upload the presets you used for the Super Mario Bros and Steps Ahead examples above? Any presets would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Eric Wettstein
/ April 7, 2013 Quote

May I also say I'd be willing to make a paypal donation for an AU version. Please email me if this is possible. Cheers, samples sound great!
Shirley Phelps-Roper
/ May 3, 2013 Quote

Too bad when using this in FL Studio, you can't adjust the velocity in the piano roll, and you can't stack notes or do pitch slides. *sigh*
Matt
/ May 3, 2013 Quote

Shirley Phelps, can you elaborate a little? Did you try monophonic and turning on Legato for stacked notes/pitch slides? Also, lay off the bigotry.
MSG
/ May 11, 2013 Quote

Great sounding plugin! One weird thing I noticed tough is that the pitch zeroes out at the twelfth partial which Isn't an octave (equivalent C to F#). To match my other VSTs I have to go full 12+ or -. Thanks for the free plugin!
Timaeus
/ May 22, 2013 Quote

Gee, thanks for trollin, Shirley Phelps. Velocity response works just fine, and legato works as well.
BONKERS
/ May 24, 2013 Quote

Hey, I LOVE this synth. But I am having a weird issue with the latest version.

Every note is offset by a Tri-tone for some reason. So a C will be an F# instead. O_O
Tom Smith
/ July 12, 2013 Quote

Hey, this does sound fabulous, but i've noticed something problematic. C is not C, at least it's not in FL studio. It's F#. I have to completely re-center the 0 pitch on F sharp before 'c' is 'c'.

Any idea why this is? Is it a bug? or is it just like this for me? I tested with my other VSTs, and against my piano. the 'c' in this is f#, for all waveforms that have a tonal pitch.
Seto
/ July 15, 2013 Quote

Dude, your plugin is amazing! I use it every day!

I hope you release a revised version soon 🙂
Orean Cosby
/ July 16, 2013 Quote

Hey hon, it's Orean. I was wondering if you plan on increasing the limit to the pitch? Like, it goes up to 12. Some instruments I'm trying to mimic from Famitracker won't work because of the limit...
Game Sound Guy
/ July 22, 2013 Quote

Thanks for updating the VST! I love this thing and appreciate all the work you put into it! Also yes, I am very interested in a Reason rack extension.
Matt
/ July 23, 2013 Quote

Hey Orean. Trying to get that Tim Follin sound, eh? So, in the fixed version 1.2, it's got pitch -12 to +12, giving you a nice 2 octave range. Cool? Your email address bounced, by the way...
Doug
/ July 26, 2013 Quote

Hey-

Is there any chance of 64bit version of this existing any time soon? I just updated Live to the 64 bit version and it seems to only like 64 bit plugins.
Christian (PHOHAT)
/ August 4, 2013 Quote

Wonderfull!!! thanx you so much...there're some hits coming in the air... lolllllll
Neonlare
/ August 15, 2013 Quote

My god this is the best NES vsti I've seen since ever! I've been trying to nail a Follin sound style too but have not had much luck with it. Anyone got any suggestions or patches for FLStudios that emulate that glorious sound of Solstice or Silver Surfer? What about the Sunsoft Bass sound too? 🙂 A good set of presets based on some of the classics would really help the creative juices! 🙂

Thanks for the vst Matt! 😀
Matt
/ August 16, 2013 Quote

NeonlareAnyone got any suggestions or patches for FLStudios that emulate that glorious sound of Solstice or Silver Surfer? What about the Sunsoft Bass sound too? A good set of presets based on some of the classics would really help the creative juices!
Thanks for the vst Matt!

Good question. I have wanted to create a nice starter patch set for a while, including some Follin style patches. In the meantime I might post a little tutorial on how to create them yourself.
J.
/ September 24, 2013 Quote

Itching to try this but it's not working. I *think* it's because I have a 64bit host. Has anyone got this working in a 64bit host? I tried jBridge but it did not seem to work.
Matt
/ September 24, 2013 Quote

J.: Itching to try this but it's not working. I *think* it's because I have a 64bit host. Has anyone got this working in a 64bit host? I tried jBridge but it did not seem to work.

Yeah, that's the reason. Sorry - it doesn't work on 64 bit hosts. The plugin would have to be rewritten to support 64 bit.
J.
/ September 24, 2013 Quote

Success! Well kind of. Turns out that you can run 32bit DAWs in Windows 64bit, so I got in working after all. Really cool stuff.
Andrew
/ October 5, 2013 Quote

You absolutely rule, Matt.
Andrew
/ October 5, 2013 Quote

works great with Sonar 8.5 on my Windows 64bit after putting it in the x86 (32bit) cakewalk plugins folder
OwlOfTheAsh
/ October 13, 2013 Quote

Best vst for nes simulation. I,ve never seen other synth, that been more functional (except trackers).
I throw my money to the monitor, but nothing happens :C
Orean Cosby
/ October 22, 2013 Quote

Hey hon! Just checkin' in! See how you're doing! Me and my church members are really excited about what God is doing! Thank you hon. Stay blessed!
~Orean
Felix
/ October 29, 2013 Quote

Hey Matt... I am just wondering if you'll be lifting the 64 LFO limit... I was able to hack a save file and allow an LFO of 5 bars... I've been trying to study the coding in the save file and change things up... For the most part, I broke some limits... but I can't seem to get passed the 64 LFO limit... I really like to stretch the limit so I could really reproduce lots of NES songs accurately... anyway... thanks. 🙂
Thomas
/ December 6, 2013 Quote

This looks and sounds really great! I was just wondering if perhaps you could make a version for Mac?
axel
/ April 15, 2014 Quote

is my 2 time using an 8 bit vst. the first is the expansion of nexus and this a lot way better and easy to manipulate. Thanks for this keep the good job. and works fine in my hp laptop with fl studio 11 in 64 bit
Edoardo
/ July 2, 2014 Quote

Hi Matt is there any mac version?
Bill
/ August 8, 2014 Quote

I too would like a 64-bit Mac version of this! ^_^
producer matt
/ August 22, 2014 Quote

hey,

sounds great when working...but i have had the same issue as snow75...3 years later! vst opens first time in cubase...but after closing...crashed/hangs the system...and won't reopen file system (most likely until the .dll has been uninstalled)
producer matt
/ August 22, 2014 Quote

dude...i figured it out (apologies if answer listed above)...it is a mono/stereo issue...you can't just insert vst instrument (because this is necessarily stereo)...and conflicts with the plug-in.

gotta hit F11...install to rack.

then it loads!

so sweet.

great work on the software, matt.
Mauricio
/ September 12, 2014 Quote

Hey man, I have one question, how can I set up the release of the sound? I mean after I press the key to keep the sound a bit?.
If you want please answer to my mail 😉
Matt
/ November 25, 2014 Quote

producer matt: dude...i figured it out (apologies if answer listed above)...it is a mono/stereo issue...you can't just insert vst instrument (because this is necessarily stereo)...and conflicts with the plug-in.gotta hit F11...install to rack.
then it loads!so sweet.great work on the software, matt.

This didn't work for me. Still crashing after saving and reopening... Sucks because all the other VSTs I've tried just aren't quite the same quality level.
Madame Orean
/ November 28, 2014 Quote

Hey hon! It's Orean. It's been a minute! How have you been? How was your Thanks Giving? Me and my Church members are really excited about what God is doing. I'm so thankful that you fixed the VST up and allowed velocity changing in the piano roll and note stacking. I hope you allow there to be more LFO than 64, and allow more octaves in the pitch/high pitch. 15 just isn't enough... Stay blessed!
Le Toite
/ January 3, 2015 Quote

Hey !
I love your vst, guy, thanks a lot !
I'm still a noob in creating music but i heard you'd like to hear what i've done with your vst so you can listen this kind of progressive music made with it 😉
https://soundcloud.com/le_toite/yankadi-makuru
Kiss
Hoax
/ January 10, 2015 Quote

Hey, way late remembering to say this, but NesVST has me spoiled. I use it more than PooBoy and ProtoPSG most of the time, I just love the clean sound, and the duty cycle is a godsend-- prior to finding this I was using Famisynth, which isn't bad, but was very static sounding. NesVST 1.1 actually features prominently on Get Bit, my fakebit/chip album celebrating NES, GB and Geni chip sound (linked as my website) and I came here to grab the latest in preparation for my Patreon-supported weekly project, Fakebit Fridays. Remembered I wanted to thank you for this awesome VST, so: thank you, from the bottom of my chippy heart.

(Now all I gotta figure out is how to automate this thing and I'll be in blip heaven.)
Bry
/ January 30, 2015 Quote

This is perfect! I've been looking for a VST that emulated this chip for YEARS! I started using FL Studio back in high school (about 10 years ago), been producing music ever since, but I could never capture pure NES sound. Such a relieving find! THANK YOU!!!
Mike Crain
/ February 6, 2015 Quote

This plugin is really great. I was amazed that you replicated the DPCM sound quality for regular WAV files. One concern I have though is program change doesn't change the program of the VST which would make it a lot easier for replicating the 5 channel limit. None of the other controllers work it either, I hope you fix this one day but thanks a million, I love this VST despite that minor complaint!
L-Y3T
/ February 17, 2015 Quote

I would like to know the system requirements for this VST, because i tried to use this in my FL setup, and it causes my computer to slow to a crawl. I also use ASIO. Please help!
Michael Chugg
/ April 10, 2015 Quote

I like using your plugin. Here's what I've done so far with it:
https://soundcloud.com/michael-chugg/metroidvania-music
Henk Schillema
/ April 21, 2015 Quote

I would love to see a mac (au) version!
j
/ May 13, 2015 Quote

Im going to be making music for an nes game. Can the music I make with this be transferred to the game?
Johan Brodd
/ June 12, 2015 Quote

Sounds awesome. How ever I'd love to see support for 1/128 notes for the volume envelope to be able to make some funky trance gates.
Orean Cosby
/ June 20, 2015 Quote

Hey hon! It's Orean. It's been a minute! How have you been? How was your Thanks Giving? Me and my Church members are really excited about what God is doing. I'm so thankful that you fixed the VST up and allowed velocity changing in the piano roll and note stacking. I hope you allow there to be more LFO than 64, and allow more octaves in the pitch/high pitch. 15 just isn't enough... Stay blessed!
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/ August 2, 2015 Quote

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t.b.r.
/ August 11, 2015 Quote

Love the plug-in, thanks for making it and freely releasing it! It's a real boon to start-up composers. Keep it up!

p.s. I'll also throw in my hat to the pool of people that think it would be awesome to have a "Sunsoft bass" sample pack 🙂
Eric
/ November 9, 2015 Quote

how do i get this to run in ableton live 9?
Red Reed
/ November 28, 2015 Quote

Matt, did you happen to write a preset guide (tutorial), yet? I would really like to learn how to use this cool plugin. I was thinking that I could probably learn to how to use this plugin if I could just see how you made a few of your sounds. Do you (or anyone) have any presets available, yet?
Josh
/ December 13, 2015 Quote

I feel like an idiot here, but does it work on Mac and if so does anyone know how I'd install it into logic?
Bing Soy
/ February 8, 2016 Quote

Thank you.
Battan
/ February 16, 2016 Quote

Awesome plugin! Would love to be able to import NSF files to get the settings from different NES music files. Also, anyone whom would like to share some presets with me?
Nicole
/ March 4, 2016 Quote

Hi,

The VST bridge keeps crashing when I try to re-open Cubase using this VST. Has this been fixed?
Garrett
/ March 27, 2016 Quote

Could some explain to me how to do drums, like what to use as a kick and snare and what not
Mike
/ April 20, 2016 Quote

Does anyone know how to use this with Sibelius? I get the VST installed under sounds, but all the instrumentation sounds the same and I don't get that snazzy that's shown off at the top of the page to display.
Mike
/ April 20, 2016 Quote

Snazzy menu*, I mean.
Madame Orean
/ April 21, 2016 Quote

Hey hon, it's Orean. It's been a while. Just checkin' in. I'm excited about what God is doing. Stay blessed.
Bee
/ June 13, 2016 Quote

please make a mac version, just name the price! ready to paypal! $$
Bjornface
/ August 13, 2016 Quote

<3 <3 <3
RP
/ September 5, 2016 Quote

Pretty sure Matt has moved on with life..lol
Robo
/ October 19, 2016 Quote

Hey guys,
I postet a preset-request at KVR and added some basic but fun presets as well:
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=471802

Cheers
VirtualScones
/ November 6, 2016 Quote

This is so cool sounding and I want to use it so bad, but does it not work on a mac? I have Cubase 8 for Mac but I have no idea how to get the VST to work... Is .dll for windows only or...?
fabian
/ January 4, 2017 Quote

Fap Fap...
fabian
/ January 4, 2017 Quote

64 Bits pls 😀
Chuck
/ March 4, 2017 Quote

Can you add a 87.5% duty cycle for the square wave?
Joe Davey
/ April 18, 2017 Quote

Nice work on the authentic action of this VST. Just wondering if there's any kind of basics manual for this thing. I'm not a master synth guy and am having a hard time getting started. Maybe there's a primer that describes the general use for NES plugins in general? They seem to have similar parameters. Thanks!
Madame Orean
/ May 30, 2017 Quote

Hey hon! It's been a minute! I'm just stopping in to see how you doing. Me and my Church members really love this 8 bit nintendo megaman-type music. We was ballin' in church and giving forth praise in the Earth realm for this NES VST. I just wanted to say that I am excited about what God is doing! Stay blessed!
Madame Orean
/ June 5, 2017 Quote

Hey Matt, I just wanted to say that me and my church member are excited about what God is doing. Stay Blessed!
Marc
/ June 8, 2017 Quote

Yes, an actual Mac compatible format would be awesome! I'll definitively donate for that.
Thomas
/ August 26, 2017 Quote

I've heard what this VST is capable of, and it's impressive. I'd love to try it out, but I use a Mac and my main program is Logic Pro X and not ones compatible with VST such as FL Studio. I can only hope there's a version that can work with it, but until then it's great to hear the songs people come up with.
Jacob
/ September 3, 2017 Quote

Hey, is this able to be used in garageband? if so, how?
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/ December 4, 2017 Quote

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Raúl Alberto Aponte Suárez
/ January 26, 2018 Quote

It fulfills VERY SPECIFIC needs. I will use it for my video and will give you ALL THE CREDIT I can. You'll soon see!
SMB3 Band, all in one!
Cioss
/ January 30, 2018 Quote

It can run on FL studio. but i can't do musics with it :'{
CmdRobot
/ March 19, 2018 Quote

Hello everyone,
I recreated the 3 NES-oscillators in Bitwig. They are not perfect but very close and really fun to use. Here are the presets plus an unfinished track to show what's possible:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oyhozob1hqlwvz6/AAAv08qcfHg--c6hovo73WNMa?dl=0
Have fun!
Madame Orean
/ April 6, 2018 Quote

Hey Matt! It's bit a fine minute! I just wanted to say that I am so excited about what God is doing! My and my Church members was ballin', listening to some megaman music.
Wylde Simpson
/ June 12, 2018 Quote

This doesn't seem to work for me on Ableton Live 10 Intro
Wylde Simpson
/ June 12, 2018 Quote

How do i get this working on Ableton Live 10
Borb
/ June 18, 2018 Quote

This is my go-to chiptune vst right now, great work.

I was wondering this... It's possible to make native fl studio instruments with synthmaker, right? I'd sooo much like to use piano roll's portamento notes with this, but that's a feature reserved for native plugins only (and vst3 plugins iirc?)
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/ June 20, 2018 Quote

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Kyle Shaw
/ September 24, 2018 Quote

This is the best. Just used it for a project. The only feature I thought could be useful is a built in arpeggiator. Maybe as an additional drop-down option under polyphony.
Most DAWs have built in arps though so it's not really an inconvenience.
Zelascelar
/ September 30, 2018 Quote

Found this recently, great plugin! Only problem for me was that the pitch-bend got weird or non-existent when I exported it, the solution was that I exported in real-time, and even that could cause minor hick-up sometimes, and I have a good-performing system. Still love it as I can learn more about 8-bit before jumping to FamiTracker!

My Mega Man-inspired song, first 8bit attempt:
Zelascelar
/ September 30, 2018 Quote

https://soundcloud.com/zelascelar/bison-man-stage
Bruno Chiovoloni
/ November 12, 2018 Quote

Agreed with Zelascelar. The pitch bend does weird things as also the portamento does when exporting...

Another issue, which for me is almost a deal-braker. How can I key-sync the attacks? Because I cant find a way for the vst to not to pop every certain ammounts of attacks.
Nindo
/ November 20, 2018 Quote

Is there a arpeggio feature?
Nindo
/ November 20, 2018 Quote

Nindo: Is there a arpeggio feature?

Ok, I found a solution in DAW like FL Studio. Go to "Miscellaneous functions" and to Arpeggiator. Then play a chord. It works fine.
Kevin
/ December 14, 2018 Quote

a pitch range of 12 is too low. Accurate NES sounds in something like famitracker go way higher, up into the 50's.
Kevin
/ December 14, 2018 Quote

please lift the 64 LFO limit. i'm sick of using famitracker all the time to get authentic nes sounds.
Daniel
/ January 28, 2019 Quote

any update on a Mac version? 🙂
Juha Keränen
/ January 29, 2019 Quote

Hey, could you please compile a x64 version of this plugin? That would be awesome! Thanks.
Alistair Shanks
/ February 2, 2019 Quote

Any update on mac versions anyone know??
Michael Columbus
/ March 31, 2019 Quote

Great work! But, it's way too quiet compared to my other VSTs. Like, terribly, terribly quiet. Even if I max out its built-in volume slider and the volume curve.
Trodgy Pikachu
/ May 28, 2019 Quote

In my opinion, absolutely incredible, the amount of NES-sounding bits you can use with this creates traditional 8-Bit pieces like a dream!

I have a query though, should you follow up this spectacular VST with an SNES version? I feel that having a proper SNES-VST ( something that pretty much doesn't exist at the moment ) could benefit people like myself who want to make 16-Bit music
Winter
/ May 30, 2019 Quote

The current version is very broken on the current update of Windows 10. Clicking any knobs or interactive buttons creates smaller windows which in turn get smaller for every button you click. It's bizzare, I can send screenshots but I can't find an email to contact.
Trodgy Pikachu
/ June 1, 2019 Quote

Update:

It's also worth noting that you CAN use this to make 16-Bit music, but having to use more channels to get to the SNES' amount makes it a little off, and using 8-Bit chiptune sounds to make a 16-Bit chiptune is a little awkward
HD
/ July 27, 2019 Quote

It'd be nice to be able to read the amount of steps you change on the pitch parameter..
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/ September 26, 2019 Quote

Love it.I didn't know about these plugin
Edson
/ September 27, 2019 Quote

Hi, before anything i must thank you for this effort, this is a really cool vst as far as i have heard in some tunes people has done.
But, im having troubles making Studio one 4 shows it in the list of instruments, i set the directory in the plug ins vst list.. refresh it and nothing happens..
f
/ October 9, 2019 Quote

But international ce qui est pire est que maintenant que la blessure, qui était censé être mineur, est maintenant le garde hors du jeu à venir ce week-end contre le Celta Vigo Vigo.
Rainy
/ November 20, 2019 Quote

Hi there I was just wondering, is this vst royalty free? I really love to use this in my projects but I'm afraid that If I use it in my projects you could flag it down. I stream on mixer and I just wanted to know if I could use this in my stream. If not no worries I'll find another vst to use but I really wanted to know if I could use this one since I like how accurate it sounds!
Felipe
/ November 28, 2019 Quote

Hey Matt,

your nes vst is one of the best out there. Any plans to make it x64? It would be awesome, even if you put a price tag I will buy it!
fdsfds
/ December 18, 2019 Quote

apparently synth maker went out of business
such a shame
Anon
/ February 23, 2020 Quote

This sounds really good, but I have a Mac. Could you please make it for the Mac? I would really like to try it out! 😀
Johnny
/ March 31, 2020 Quote

Somehow I need to create a new track to make this plug-in work every time I load my project in Cubase 8. Otherwise it will show error as "VST Bridge connection lost".
Leave me completely clueless.
Any idea why?
Hector
/ April 17, 2020 Quote

Hi, it looks great, but... How do I download it...? ?
I tried a few times, but I can't install it into my computer. If you could help me, that would be great. Thanks and keep up the good work! ^^
Hector
/ April 17, 2020 Quote

No but seriously, I don't know how to install it. XD
Jeremy Sanchez
/ April 22, 2020 Quote

This is an old post but I'd love to know if you have a 64 bit version of it. Ableton 9 can't use 32 bit plugins.
Pixintendo
/ May 3, 2020 Quote

I have a problem with this plugin in 64-bit FL Studio.
I play the sounds with a keyboard. If I use the plugin under 64-bit FL Studio, it simply loses the keyboard focus no matter what I do inside the NES vst interface. In this case, I have to click on the top of the plugin or outside the window to re-detect the keyboard and play the sound. This problem does not occur when I open 32-bit FL Studio and manage the plugin in it. Under the 64-bit version, "bridged" will also appear when loading the plugin. Maybe this could be the problem that the 64-bit version doesn’t handle the plugin natively, and that’s why I can lose focus if I make or change anything inside the plugin? Will there be a 64-bit version of the plugin in the future?

Thanks in advance for the reply.
Sergio Quintero
/ May 17, 2020 Quote

is there a 64 bit version of this??
tim
/ May 26, 2020 Quote

Dude this looks sick. Too bad Cubase 10.5 cannot use this. Any chance of this becoming a 64 bit plug in?
Timedog
/ August 9, 2020 Quote

I can't figure out how to get an adsr envelope with repeating sustain. With the current plugin it seems like you have to choose between repeating sustain or release, because the sustained repeating section extends until the end of the pattern. Seems like a strange thing to omit, all you'd need is a "loop point end" knob. Seems simple to implement.

Am I missing something?
Francisco Maia Aleixo Bettencourt Neves
/ August 13, 2020 Quote

for everyone having problems with using this is 64 bit hosts, just buy jbridge, it's a cheap plugin that lets you use 32 bit vst in 64 hosts (and vice-versa). This plugin bridged works great in ableton.
Tom
/ October 20, 2020 Quote

Hey Matt, I can't use the VST because I need a 64 bit version too. Can we raise a particular amount of donations for you to write it in 64 bit?
Matt
/ October 20, 2020 Quote

Hello everyone, I have heard the feedback loud and clear, and I'm planning a 64-bit rewrite of this plugin. It is a little more work, as it will not be built with a graphical synth tool like Synthmaker, but rather written from scratch. I will have a Kickstarter campaign coming up soon.
martin colegate
/ October 30, 2020 Quote

Hi, I cant seem to get my daw to recognise this? is it 32 or 64 bit? anyone else had issues with this? thanks
Jeff
/ November 25, 2020 Quote

Matt - thank you for this amazing instrument plugin! I've used it to make five video demo tracks so far. Having a blast with it!

For any Pro Tools users out there, NES VST 1.2 will work on Pro Tools, but you'll need Blue Cat Patchwork and J Bridge. Blue Cat Patchwork will open VSTs in Pro Tools, and J Bridge will take you from 32 bit to 64 bit.

Thanks again!
Paolosworld
/ December 14, 2020 Quote

Alternative DL link?
a11998
/ December 20, 2020 Quote

Oh man. Madame Orean's comments on this thread made me so happy to see; they were total gems. I was convinced that she was a "troll" of some sort with a made-up name. I mean, look at these gold nuggets:

"My church is waitin for a lovely 8 bit song about the glory of the lord!!!"

and this absolute gem:

"We got a new heap of church members this week! I played some of the Megaman music I made with your VST. One of my church sisters said it was rather lovely but she would have wanted to hear more pitch slides. Lord knows this VST need to be made complete hon! Stay blessed!"

She wanted to hear more pitch slides, Matt! Maybe Madame Orean was making me smile for reasons other than what she intended, but she made me smile nonetheless. Anyhow, my comment isn't all a celebration of Madame Orean's creativity in comment writing -- I decided to give her name a search and I found that she even released an album that's still on Spotify if you search for "Madame Orean Crosby," though this recorded before your VST existed. Unfortunately, I also found the last video uploaded to her YouTube channel (mashiyachministries) of the memorial service after Madame Orean passed away on April 23, 2018 -- less than 3 weeks after she posted this comment:

"Hey Matt! It's bit a fine minute! I just wanted to say that I am so excited about what God is doing! My and my Church members was ballin', listening to some megaman music."

I had no idea who this woman was before reading these comments, but I'm extremely impressed that a woman of her age and in her walk of life was making chiptune-esque music for her church to listen to (while ballin', of course), alongside posting hilarious comments on the creator's project page of a NES VST.

Thanks for the VST, Matt. The 32-bit version runs fine for me, but I'll patiently await the 64-bit rewrite. I kindly ask you to consider open-sourcing it (I'm a Linux guy :D), but I'll understand if you'd prefer not to.

a11998
mamaligadoc
/ December 24, 2020 Quote

With respect !!!
dexadrinn
/ March 24, 2021 Quote

Excited for the 64-bit rewrite! 🙂

Also, may Madame Orean rest in peace. She would not want us to be sad, for she is assuredly ballin' to some rad trax, chiptune or otherwise, in heaven.

Thanks a11998, I too initially thought she was someone oddly persistent about having a giggle here until I read your reply; I absolutely lost it over her pastor telling her to use FamiTracker.

Very glad I sought out her music. What an interesting lady.
HEHAHHAHA
/ June 12, 2021 Quote

Can you please make a 64 bit version of the plugin cause it doesn't work in my daw
Remtgm
/ June 27, 2021 Quote

Hey there I was wondering if this works on FL studio fruity edition.
lance
/ July 28, 2021 Quote

hello i enjoyed using this VST while working on music in FL studio 20 on my parents Windows PC. Since then, I've moved out of their place and now i bought a MAC. I brought my FL projects with me via a flash drive but now i came here to download it once again and have noticed it only works for every but apple mac, i am wondering if there is a possible link or if your working on an Apple Mac version? those projects mean the world to me and i was in the middle of creating an album with them.
RoP9
/ August 3, 2021 Quote

Hey !
Ableton Live 11 Suite doesn't find the VST : how can I fix it ?
Adam
/ August 3, 2021 Quote

Eu n sei como baixa 🙁
Andro Rivera
/ August 17, 2021 Quote

Hola. Llevo mucho tiempo usando nes vst, hasta el momento me ha parecido el mejor sintetizador chiptune que he encontrado en mi puñetera vida, pero le falta algo que es esencial para mis composiciones y por eso he buscado otros, pero mi búsqueda ha sido frustrante. El problema consiste en el slide, me gustaría que fuera menos limitado y funcionara con las propiedades de notas en el piano roll de FL studio (como funciona en los instrumentos nativos de este software), así yo podría llevar un slide desde una nota específica hasta otra nota específica y en el tiempo y ritmo específico que yo desee. Si esto fuera mucho pedir, al menos se le podría agregar un joystick con un rango de slide de -12 a 12 con la posibilidad de poderlo configurar y automatizar a placer. No sé si me entiende. Otra cosa que sería exelente es poder hacer estos slide en modo polifónico.
Andro Rivera
/ August 17, 2021 Quote

Otra cosa que sería exelente es poder hacer estos slide en modo polifónico.
Andro Rivera
/ August 17, 2021 Quote

Ah, y todo esto que dije, me gustaría que también pudiera aplicársele al triangle.
Andro Rivera
/ August 17, 2021 Quote

Hello. I've been using nes vst for a long time, so far it has seemed like the best chiptune synthesizer I have ever found in my bloody life, but it is missing something that is essential for my compositions and so I have looked for others, but my search has been frustrating. The problem is the slide, I would like it to be less limited and work with the note properties in the FL studio piano roll (as it works in the native instruments of this software), so I could take a slide from a specific note to another specific note and at the specific time and rhythm you want. If this were too much to ask, at least you could add a joystick with a slide range of -12 to 12 with the possibility of being able to configure and automate it at will. I do not know if I understand.
Andro Rivera
/ August 17, 2021 Quote

Another thing that would be excellent is to be able to do these slides in polyphonic mode.
Andro Rivera
/ August 17, 2021 Quote

Oh, and all this I said, I wish it could also apply to the triangle.
Ming
/ August 21, 2021 Quote

Hey Matt, I don't know whether or not you're still active here after all these years, but I would like to use this vst in logic pro. Do you have a mac-friendly version?
Cheers
Orean Cosby
/ August 21, 2021 Quote

Hey Matt! It's been a fine minute! How you is? Me and my church members is still having a ball with the megaman music! We are excited about what God is doing! Stay blessed!
B
/ September 18, 2021 Quote

Hey Matt. +1 for the x64 rewrite. Looking forward to it. Will keep an eye on this page for updates, and if you have any other non-personal pages be it FB, IG, Twiiter, etc...I'll follow those as well. Cheers!
Nick
/ October 5, 2021 Quote

My DAW is finding it and i've tried putting it in every single vst folder! why?!?
Matias
/ October 6, 2021 Quote

Hi Matt. It works for ableton live 11? cause it doesn't find it the VST. I wanna try it, it looks awesome.
Eric
/ November 10, 2021 Quote

Matias: Hi Matt. It works for ableton live 11? cause it doesn't find it the VST. I wanna try it, it looks awesome.

I had the same issue. I think it's because it's a 32 bit vst. I used jBridge to convert it to a 64 bit vst and it worked for me
MXH
/ November 29, 2021 Quote

Ming: Hey Matt, I don't know whether or not you're still active here after all these years, but I would like to use this vst in logic pro. Do you have a mac-friendly version?
Cheers

I sent Matt an email a while ago and he told me that he's been working on a 64-bit version! We'll just have to be patient until he finally gets it up and running! 🙂
Xavier Hernandez
/ December 4, 2021 Quote

how do I download it?
Xavier Hernandez
/ December 4, 2021 Quote

how do I download it?

Xavier Hernandez: how do I download it?
harry
/ December 5, 2021 Quote

yes... how do i download it?!
Judah S
/ December 5, 2021 Quote

I'd like to download this VST, but how? I cannot find a link on this website.
salticibread
/ December 7, 2021 Quote

Hello, it appears that a significant portion of the page has disappeared. I'm here to tell anyone wanting to download this plugin that I was successful installing it from the Wayback Machine. Just copy this page's URL into the Wayback Machine and pick an old date, and it should be able to download it from there.
Christopher Dugas
/ December 7, 2021 Quote

salticibread you sir are a life saver, and a genius. Thank you
cavalo
/ December 9, 2021 Quote

whats the button to the download
bob
/ December 9, 2021 Quote

uhhh i cant find it
someone
/ December 10, 2021 Quote

https://web.archive.org/web/20161228123307/http://www.mattmontag.com/nesvst/NES-VST-1.2.zip

Download
rowan
/ December 13, 2021 Quote

dude i cant find a download button where the hell do i download it
Anwar El-Omari
/ December 19, 2021 Quote

I can't find the download button, did they remove it or something?
MXH
/ December 20, 2021 Quote

Hey guys! Shot Matt a message last night and he fixed it!
Site broke cos of a WordPress update.
eezo
/ January 2, 2022 Quote

idk, when opened its just a text file... maybe its bc im on macOS:(

if you can reach back it would be awesome!!
Madame Orean
/ January 2, 2022 Quote

Hey Matt. It's Orean. Long time now. I just wanted to say that I am excited about what God is doing.
Madame Orean
/ January 2, 2022 Quote

Hey Matt. It's Orean. Long time now. I just wanted to say that I am excited about what God is doing. I'm also wondering if you will ever update this VST?
MXH
/ January 14, 2022 Quote

That would be because it's not supported on MacOS yet! He's been working on an update. :>

eezo: idk, when opened its just a text file... maybe its bc im on macOS:(if you can reach back it would be awesome!!
Eric
/ January 23, 2022 Quote

Any idea if/when a 64-bit version will be available? I’m debating whether to purchase JBridge to use the current version or wait.
kirbgreengamer
/ March 15, 2022 Quote

where do i put nes vst
Adrien
/ April 4, 2022 Quote

Do you ever plan to make this a 64 bit plugin?
Andrew
/ April 29, 2022 Quote

Make it so it works with Ableton please.
Amadeus
/ June 2, 2022 Quote

Andrew: mashiyachministries

Try a DAW that isn't for brain damaged children.
Xyluss
/ June 3, 2022 Quote

Mattias: Please make a MAC (AU) version too. =)

Yes, I really need this as I run FL Studio on a Mac
Madame Orean
/ June 11, 2022 Quote

Hey Matt. It's been a fine minute! I just wanted to say that I am excited about what God is doing! Me and my church members was really ballin' around to some 8 bit megaman tunes.
Balt
/ July 9, 2022 Quote

I love it so far, but when I use it in FL Studio there's this popping sound that I can't figure out how to get rid of. I'm new to the program, so maybe it's a fault on my end? Has anyone else had this happen to them?
cringeus
/ July 28, 2022 Quote

How do i get this to work in studio one 5
edwin
/ July 29, 2022 Quote

the chip player catalog is insane and the reproductions are on spot, there is a popping noise, not sure if it's because your files might be 32 bit
jullya
/ August 14, 2022 Quote

i can't open should work on windows 7
Alvin
/ September 17, 2022 Quote

Doesnt open in Ableton live
Do you know why?
I've searched for a while now and cant find a solution
Russ Campbell
/ October 4, 2022 Quote

Hey Mstt :

You srr the best , i just started using your pluugin wuth Mixcrsft 9 pro and the results are fantastic. I am making a YouTube video with yoir plugin
bob
/ October 5, 2022 Quote

I dont know how to install it. please get back 🙁
Matt
/ October 8, 2022 Quote

Eh...it's pretty much a mess. It won't let you set duty cycles to 1. The volume LFO steps are preset and don't even let you accurately recreate actual sounds in NES carts. For instance, there's a square instrument in Mega Man 5 with 1 duty cycle, and an LFO of 14 (0-13). Easy enough, right? Well no, because the LFO nob skips right from 12 to 16! Why? Why would this ever be how you do thing? You can't enter number values in manually either. You have to use the goofy nobs.

This thing ALMOST does it right, but misses so hard that it's essentially unusable.
Matt
/ October 29, 2022 Quote

Appreciate the feedback. There is a mismatch between step sequencers of NES VST and how they actually work in NES games/Famitracker. I hope I can address this in a new version, if I make enough progress on it.
Smith
/ October 31, 2022 Quote

Is it possible for this to be turned into a sound font? Or if you can send me a sound font version of this? I'd like to use this but I only know how to use sound fonts. (.sf2 file)
Fak3Cake
/ November 6, 2022 Quote

Can you update it to be on 64bit systems? Seriously, what good is 32bit VST in 2022 ????
Zacktheasdfguy
/ November 16, 2022 Quote

By Any Chance Are You Gonna Add The VRC6 And N168 Chips?
ma1kawa11
/ November 28, 2022 Quote

Would there be any chance of including a vst3 version? Some newer software doesn't have support for vst2. This vst is amazing and I don't wanna see it buried 🙁
KleinkMusic
/ January 3, 2023 Quote

I second this support for VST3. For my use case in particular, MuseScore version 4 came out just recently and I found out that, quite annoyingly, there is no planned support for VST2. Supporting VST3 would unlock usability of your plugin for so many apps. I hope that's on the docket in the future.
Joris
/ January 14, 2023 Quote

Yeah, same here!

Eric Wettstein: May I also say I'd be willing to make a paypal donation for an AU version. Please email me if this is possible. Cheers, samples sound great!
Felipe
/ January 18, 2023 Quote

Hey Matt,

I love your NES VST plugin and I've been using it for a long time.

I have a question, do you have any plans on doing a x64 version? it would be amazing and I gladly would pay for it because I think your plugin is simply the best out there 🙂
j bridge
/ January 28, 2023 Quote

hi all olz just use jbridge its worth the 15$
Geg Art
/ February 5, 2023 Quote

Thanks a lot, dude!
I think World exists coz of people like you. So many great things you made
sam
/ February 6, 2023 Quote

Need this for recreating death by glamour
Kaded
/ February 10, 2023 Quote

Could you make a 64-bit version? Would love to use this in Ableton. Thanks!
J
/ March 5, 2023 Quote

Hey, is this available for MAC? I doesn't open on my computer so I'm guessing it's just for PC? I would be happy to donante a little money if you can make it compatible as this plug-in is exaclty what I'm looking for.

thanks,

-J.
Purple Helix
/ April 18, 2023 Quote

Hello!
I need some help, so, im using Ableton 11, original, updated, and i have Komplete Ultimate, Arturia V collection, Output Arcade, etc, and ALL my plugins work and i can see it there on ableton, but no matter what i do, i cant see this plugin on Ableton, do you have any tips? Whats bizarre is that ALL of my plugins work, i can see every single one that i installed, and i REALLY need this plugin. Any advices ?

Thanks!
Purple Helix
/ April 18, 2023 Quote

Amadeus:
Try a DAW that isn't for brain damaged children.

Idiots everywhere....
bublet
/ June 16, 2023 Quote

Hello, Matt Montag! I seem to be having an issue with your Nintendo VST; Ableton Live 10 Suite doesn't recognize the file no matter where I put it in the plugins folder. I'm running Ableton on a 64 bit installation of Windows 11 if that helps.
Madame Orean
/ August 31, 2023 Quote

Hey Matt. How're you? I just wanted to say that I am excited about what God is doing.
Aramis Garcia
/ September 20, 2023 Quote

Hello! i was curious if the Mac version was ever released i am trying to use this for one of my college assignments. i tried downloading from the link on this post but was unable to get it to work on my Mac for Logic Pro.
Magnus
/ October 24, 2023 Quote

Hey. I'm wondering if there are any plans to make this usable on Mac?
Kenn Ghost
/ November 18, 2023 Quote

just coming in 2023 to say you should update this for Mac and modern systems! Plz and thanks homie
SEGFAULT
/ November 30, 2023 Quote

Is it possible to get a linux build of this? It would be awesome to use this but I produce on linux.
Enderb0y08
/ December 10, 2023 Quote

The vst is amazing and has some great attachments/sounds, only thing I wish is that there was a MacOS version. Switched to that for a while now and cannot use it on here.

Other than that, it's fantastic
Carter Hession
/ December 12, 2023 Quote

Hey there Mattmontag. I'm Carter Hession. I found out that the vst is a dll file. I only have a mac computer. Isn't there a way that can download it for macbook?

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