From composition to mastering, 8BitForge has everything built right into your browser.
The heart of 8BitForge. Build beats and melodies on an intuitive grid that updates in real time. Each track gets its own color, its own instrument, its own voice in your composition.
Switch between 8 patterns to create full arrangements. Adjust swing for groove, set your BPM, toggle the metronome, and loop any section for fine-tuning.
A 65-note canvas editor spanning C1 to E6. Draw notes with pixel precision, see ghost notes from other patterns, and compose melodies that would be impossible on the grid alone.
Ghost notes from other tracks, track coloring, and snap-to-grid ensure every note lands exactly where you want it.
Five oscillator types — square (with duty cycle), triangle, sawtooth, sine, and noise. Layer them with unison voices, detune for thickness, and apply vibrato or tremolo for movement.
Full ADSR envelopes, pitch envelopes for drums, glide/portamento between notes, and octave offsets give you total tonal control.
Per-track effects including distortion, chorus, delay, reverb, and bitcrusher. Multi-mode filters (lowpass, highpass, bandpass) with LFO modulation and filter envelope. Plus per-track 3-band EQ and compression in the mixer.
Master chain with filter, chorus, delay, reverb, and a dedicated mastering engine. Shape the final mix with surgical precision.
A dedicated mastering engine with 5-band parametric EQ, compression, level metering, and spectrum analysis — right in the browser. Visualize your audio with five different modes: bars, oscilloscope, wireframe, pixel, and circle.
Ensure your tracks are loud, clear, and ready for release without leaving 8BitForge.
Per-track faders, panning, mute, and solo controls. Record automation for any parameter — volume, effects, filters — and play it back perfectly every time.
Separate automation lanes for FX and mixer parameters give you the depth of a desktop DAW.
A growing library of synth presets, instrument kits, and rhythmic pattern templates. From classic NES-style leads to modern lo-fi drums, find the perfect starting point for any track.
Save your own presets, share them with the community, and build a personal sound palette.
WAV (16/24/32-bit), MP3 (up to 320kbps VBR), FLAC, OGG Vorbis, AIFF, and MIDI (Type 0 & 1). Sample rates from 44.1kHz to 96kHz.
Export full mixes, individual stems, per-pattern bounces, or per-pattern stems. Powered by FFmpeg.wasm for professional encoding right in the browser.
Export your music as ready-to-use code for Construct 3, GDevelop, Phaser 3, or any JavaScript project. Copy-paste and play — no audio library needed.
Each export includes the full arrangement, effects, mastering, and simple global functions: play(), stop(), volume(), pattern(). Support multiple tracks in the same project with unique function names.
Generate a lightweight embed snippet and share your 8-bit creations on any website, blog, or portfolio. Customizable themes, accent colors, and waveform styles.
The player loads your project data from the cloud — no heavy inline JSON. Supports full song mode with arrangement, per-track effects, mastering, and automation. Multiple players on the same page? Only one plays at a time.
Auto-generate arpeggios from any chord. Multiple patterns and speeds.
Play with your computer keyboard, virtual piano, or any MIDI controller.
Work without internet. Projects sync automatically when you're back online.
Full history stack with 50 undo states. Never lose an idea.
Available in English, French, Japanese, German, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, and Russian.
Projects save locally and to the cloud. Never lose your work.
Procedural music generation with 15 scales, 10 moods, and deterministic seeds. Create complete compositions algorithmically.
From Game Boy green to Vaporwave neon — customize your workspace with 7 unique visual themes.
Ready-made 8-bit compositions to study, remix, and learn from.
Real-time filter control with an interactive XY pad. Sweep cutoff and resonance simultaneously for expressive live performance.