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The music from the old games is fondly remembered mostly for the cozy vibe it often gave off and how it made those fictional worlds feel like home to many.

While this type of music is created by professionals through some sophisticated programs, ordinary users can now produce very similar music thanks to modern software. lovely composer is one such program that allows users to compose their own retro game-like music through the multitude of instruments it offers.

A fun, intuitive tool

Users can be a little confused when first launching the app: it’s an interesting, uncompromising design filled with icons whose functions can be difficult for beginners to determine. However, after a while, operating the program will come naturally as you become familiar with its toolset.

Still, it’s easy to get started, just pick a few instruments, scatter them across the timeline, and there you have your retro style song. Of course, if you want to refine it, you can move and switch elements, bring in or remove some instruments, raise the pitch of sounds, and more.

This way you can add pianos, flutes, drums, guitars and other such instruments to your songs. Each has a unique sonic signature that’s very different from what you’d expect: the pitch is altered to give their voice a chiptune feel.

Presets make life easier

If you’re having trouble deciding how to structure your new production – writer’s block exists in the music world, after all – you can navigate to the “Music Selection” section in the upper left corner of the interface, where several presets are yours to access and modify.

These templates contain many interesting sections that you can tweak and modify to your liking. You can choose to play only certain keys, and there’s a Chord Pattern menu to help users better arrange their sounds.

Lovely Composer is a program that is fun to use: it has a quirky design, it takes only a few minutes to operate it intuitively, and it brings you one step closer to creating your own chip music.