Awesome VGM Tools

Awesome list of Video Game Music (VGM) Tools

Contents

• VGM Info
• VGM Converters
• File Unpack
• Atari ST
• Amiga
• Tracker
• Nintendo
  • Famicom
  • Super Famicom
  • N64
  • GC
  • GBA
  • NDS
  • 3DS
• Sega
  • Mega Drive
• Playstation
  • Adx
• Unity
• VGM Player
• Hex
• FM
  • AdLib
  • DOS
  • Yamaha OPL
  • Yamaha OPN
  • Yamaha OPM
  • NEC PC
  • PMD
  • MML
  • FM Player

VGM Info

• vgmpf Wiki - the Wikipedia of video game music.
• VGMRips Wiki - the wiki about VGM files.
• loveemu labo - VGM analysis work.

VGM Converters

• Conversion Tools for Video Game Music - This article introduces conversion tools for various video game music format.
• vgm2pre - VGM preset dumper standalone app
• vgm2midi - Video game music (NSF, SPC) to MIDI converter tool.
• game-music-emu - Video game music emulation library
• emu2midi-lua - About EmuLua scripts for recording retro game sound to MIDI file or FlMML
• MidiConverters - various tools that convert game data into MIDI files.
• VGMToolbox - C# based tool to assist VGM collectors and dumpers.
• vgmtrans - A Tool to convert proprietary, sequenced videogame music to industry-standard formats.
• jvgmtrans - VGM to MIDI converter in Java.

File Unpack

• DragonUnPACKer - Free/Open source game file resource explorer/unpacking tool.
• UniExtract2 - A Tool to extract files from any type of archive or installer.
• arc_unpacker - CLI tool for extracting images and sounds from visual novels.

Atari ST

• Atari SAP Music Archive - Free project which has the aim to collect most of the ATARI XL/XE music.
• Arkos-Tracker-2-ST - Atari ST version of the replay source .
• GFDL-VortexTracker -
• Vortex Tracker 2.5 - Vortex Tracker 2.5.
• NCL_vortex_tracker - Multi-variable tracker for cyclones using NCAR command language.
• YMtoVGM - Converts Atari ST YM files to the standard VGM format.

Amiga

• pt2-clone - ProTracker 2 clone for Windows/macOS/Linux.
• hivelytracker - Chip music tracker based on AHX.
• klystrack - A chiptune tracker.

Tracker

• woolyss - Chipmusic discovery.
• MilkyTracker - A Fasttracker II compatible music editor.
• ft2-clone - Fasttracker 2 clone for Windows/macOS/Linux.
• openmpt - A free Windows/Wine-based tracker and libopenmpt, a library to render tracker music.
• Mednafen - OpenGL and SDL, argument(command-line)-driven multi-system emulator.

Nintendo

Famicom

• famitracker-all - FamiTracker public source code history.
• 0CC-FamiTracker - Extension of jsr's FamiTracker.
• j0CC-FamiTracker - Numerous bugfixes for 0CC-FamiTracker.
• Dn-FamiTracker - modifications and improvements for 0CC-FamiTracker.
• SnevenTracker - SN76489 mod of FamiTracker 0.4.6.
• FamiStudio - FamiStudio NES Music Editor.
• FTM2GBMC - FamiTracker to Gameboy Music Compiler.
• GBS-Import - .gbs to .ftm converter for famitracker.

Super Famicom

• snes9x - Portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System (TM) emulator.
• snestracker - Super Famicom Music Software.
• C700 - Software Sampler plugin for AU/VST and MacOSX/Windows.
• spcdas - SPC700 disassembler.
• split700 - Extracts BRR samples from SNES SPC700 format.
• BRRtools - Tools to convert between standard RIFF .wav format and SNES's built-in BRR sound format.
• SPCtoMML - SPC to AddmusicK MML conversion tool.
• spc_converters_legacy - Legacy SPC to MIDI translators.
• snesgss - SNES GSS (Game Sound System).
• snsfopt - SNSF (SNES Sound Format) Optimizer Tool.
• wav2msu - Utility to convert a RIFF Wave file to a MSU1-compatible format.

N64

• N64-Tools - N64 Tools.
• seq64 - Sequenced music editor for first-party N64 games.
• N64Recomp - Tool to statically recompile N64 games into native executables.

GC

• bms-format - Project to document and decode GameCube BMS sequences.
• bms2mid - Simple BMS to MIDI converter.

GBA

• vba-rerecording
• saptapper - Automated GSF ripper.

NDS

• smd2mid - Converts Procyon DSE smd sequence files to midi.
• idx2dec - Command line tool to extract the IDOLM@STER Dearly Stars BIN file.
• NDS-FileFormatParser

3DS

• 3DSUSoundArchiveTool - A tool written to extract sequences and banks.
• BCSAR_ExtractTools - bcsar extract tools.

Sega

Mega Drive

• MD_YM2413 - Library for Yamaha YM2413 sound synthesizer.
• GEMSPlay - A player for data files from GEMS.

Playstation

Adx

• adXtract

Unity

• AssetsTools.NET - A .NET library for reading and modifying Unity assets and bundles.
• UABE - Asset Bundle Extractor
• UABEA - c# uabe for newer versions of unity

VGM Player

• libvgm - A more modular rewrite of most components from VGMPlay.
• vgmplay-legacy - VGM file command-line player and Winamp plugin.
• in_vgm-libvgm - a new libvgm-based version of the in_vgm Winamp plugin.
• vgmplay-libvgm - a new VGMPlay, based on libvgm.
• vgmstream - A library for playback of various streamed audio formats used in video games.
• VGMGUI - A graphic interface of vgmstream.
• SidWizPlus - Oscilloscope view audio renderer originally based on SidWiz.
• corrscope - Python program to render wave files into oscilloscope views.
• MultidumperGUI -

SF2

• fluidsynth - Software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications.
• Polyphone - A soundfont editor for quickly designing musical instruments.

Hex

• CrystalTile25
• notepad-plus-plus

FM

AdLib

• libADLMIDI - A Software MIDI Synthesizer library with OPL3 (YMF262) emulator.
• ADLplug - FM Chip Synthesizer — OPL & OPN.
• ADLMIDI-Player-Java - Simple MIDI-player for Android based on libADLMIDI library.
• adlib2vgm - Converts file formats supported by AdPlug to VGM format.
• imsplayer

DOS

• dosbox-x - DOSBox-X fork of the DOSBox project.
• OTVDM - Windows/DOS emulator.
• dro2imf - Convert DOSBox OPL captures (.dro) into id Software .imf format.
• dro2midi - Convert DRO files into MIDI.

Yamaha OPL

• OPLSynth - OPL3 FM synthesis.
• OPL3EMU - A software MIDI synthesizer for Windows that accurately emulates the Yamaha YMF262 (OPL3) FM synthesizer.
• OPL3GM_VSTi - VST instruments that emulate 90s OPL3 MIDI.
• OPL3BankEditor - A small cross-platform editor of the OPL3 FM banks of different formats.
• Nuked-OPL3 - Highly accurate Yamaha OPL3 (YMF262, CT1747) emulator.
• Nuked-OPLL - Cycle accurate Yamaha YM2413 and VRC7 emulator.
• in_msx - MSX sound input plugin for Winamp 5.
• vst2413 - FM synthesizer based on YM2413 (OPLL) sound chip emulator.
• emu2413 - A YM2413 emulator written in C..

Yamaha OPN

• Nuked-OPN2 - Cycle-accurate Yamaha YM3438(YM2612) emulator.
• OPN2BankEditor - A small cross-platform editor of the OPN2 FM banks of different formats.
• OPNMIDI-Player-Java - Simple MIDI-player for Android based on libOPNMIDI library.
• aap-juce-adlplug - experimental OPNplug port to AAP.

Yamaha OPM

• Nuked-OPM - Cycle accurate Yamaha YM2151 emulator.

NEC PC

• m88 - PC-8801 Series Emulator.
• MAmi88 - M88 for MAmidiMEmo.
• d88dmp - D88 file dump tool.
• d88split - Old-computer disk image utilities.
• pc98-disk-tools - Open-source tools for working with common PC98 disk image formats.
• NP2kai - PC-9801 series emulator.
• M98DotNET
• s98-to-vgm - S98 to VGM converter.
• S98toVGM - S98 to VGM Converter based on vgmtools.
• s98spec3 - S98V3 specification.
• musicDriverInterface

PMD

• in_fmpmd - FMP/PMD plugin for WinAMP5.
• fmgon
• PMDDotNET
• PMDWinS036 - YM2608 (OPNA) emulator.
• PMDFileWatcher - Monitor, compile and play MML automatically.
• pmdwinbuild - scripts to build pmdwin.dll using mingw-w64 with patches to fix some of the bugs.
• pmdmini - Professional Music Driver (PMD) format player.
• pmdconv - PMD to MIDI converter.
• furnace - a multi-system chiptune tracker compatible with DefleMask modules.
• BambooTracker - YM2608 music tracker.
• bambooCopy - Instrument library and FM preview for OPM->OPNA copy conversion.

MML

• ppmck - Music Markup Language (MML) compiler for NES.
• XPMCK - a cross platform music (expressed in MML) compiler kit.
• mucom88 - OpenMucom88 project.
• FM-SoundLibrary
• FM-MusicLibrary
• mucomDotNET
• mucomMD2vgm
• LD-NRTP - LSX-Dodgers NRTDRV Player.
• NanoDrive-PRO - NanoDrive Pro is a VGM and s98 player for YM2608 and YM2151.
• NanoDrive-Dual-OPN - a VGM format player.
• MoonDriverDotNET
• Z80dotNet - A Z80 simulator written in C#.
• HuSIC - PC-Engine / TG16 (HuC6280) Sound Tool.
• HusicBasic - A music player prototype.
• vgm-conv - Chip-type and clock converter for VGM.
• LibPSG-64 - Macrotune PSG and MML library for QB64-PE.
• ConvFMML - MIDI to MML Converter
• petitemm - MIDI to MML command-line converter.
• mml2vgm

FM Player

• hoot-patches - hoot's patches and tools.
• MDXPlayer
• ruby-mdxplay - Simple commandline MDX chiptune player.
• mdxplayer - MDXPLAYER for Android
• MDSound
• MDPlayer
• 98fmplayer - PC-98 FM driver emulation.
• fmmidi - Play Standard MIDI music file(s) by emulating a Yamaha YM2608 FM synthesizer.
• smf-dsp - Advanced MIDI file player
• ymfm - BSD-licensed Yamaha FM sound cores (OPM, OPN, OPL, and others).
• RetroWave - Authentic sounds from vintage sound chips

License

CC0-1.0 license