Nicolas Morin wrote in to share about an update to his music creation software geared towards game developers.
Designed to be easy to use, simple, instant and fun, version 5.0 of 1BitDragon now includes 12 instrument tracks, 15 effects with automation, WAV import, Dragon Synth, new time signatures, per-track export, and more.
Make loop-perfect, royalty-free tracks for your game without a DAW, plugins, or music theory. Doodle some shapes on the grid and let the dragon do its thing. No musical knowledge is required to create something that sounds incredible.
1BitDragon 5.0 features
- 12 instrument tracks and 5 drum tracks.
- 1200+ sounds included.
- Dragon Synth built-in synthesizer.
- Dragon Pack Player.
- Import your own sounds in WAV format.
- 15 effects with full automation support.
- Volume, pan, filter, tone, distortion, transpose, glide, chorus, flanger, phaser, bitcrusher, tremolo, gate, delay and reverb.
- 210 accompaniment patterns.
- 48 arpeggiator patterns.
- Pentatonic, Minor, Major, Dorian, Oriental and Full scales.
- A different chord or scale for each column.
- Euclidean rhythm generator.
- 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures.
- Adjustable octave for each instrument.
- Tempo up to 500 BPM.
- 50 blocks per song with adjustable block length.
- Box selection, copy and paste.
- Full Undo/Redo support.
- Save and Save As.
- Internal 64-bit audio processing engine.
- Offline WAV, FLAC and MP3 export.
- Export each track separately.
- Perfect-loop audio export.
- MIDI export.
- Built-in video tutorials.
- Compatible with songs created in 1BitDragon 4.3.
Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, 1BitDragon is a “pay what you want” download with a minimum of $29.99 USD (excluding VAT). Customers can get a 30% discount on Steam and itch.io until September 4th, 2026.