ihapiNES
Pocket chiptune groovebox
Only for iPhone
$2.99
iPhone
The beloved hapiNES groovebox, reborn for iPhone. Four tracks, authentic NES-inspired tones, 16 factory grooves and warm overdrive. Standalone and AUv3.
ihapiNES — Hardware roots. Pocket chiptunes.
Built upon the original battery-powered Twisted Electrons hapiNES, ihapiNES brings the little hardware groovebox to your iPhone—built directly from its original firmware, with its distinctive chip sound and hands-on sequencing intact.
Its sound engine draws on a realistic NES emulation core for more authentic triangle and pulse tones, bringing extra detail and character to that unmistakable NES sound.
Triangle bass, two square-wave voices and a punchy drum track come together in a pocket-sized playground for melody and rhythm. Shape your sound with arpeggios, pulse-width tweaks and vibrato, then bring it to life with slides, swing and playful performance effects.
Start with 16 factory grooves, from spacious melodies to busy chip jams. Write each track step by step, record notes live, or chain patterns and key changes into evolving arrangements. Build a beat, find a bassline and let the little square waves sing.
Play standalone or load ihapiNES as an AUv3 instrument in your favourite host. Each plugin instance keeps its own patterns and sound settings, with optional host transport following and independent Run control.
• Four tracks: triangle bass, two square voices and drums
• 16 editable patterns with slides, swing and live recording
• Pattern chaining and recorded key changes
• Arpeggios, vibrato, pulse-width control and performance effects
• Kick drums, snares, hats, toms, crashes and quirky effects
• MIDI input: play the selected track or address each voice separately
• Standalone app and AUv3 instrument, designed exclusively for iPhone
• Floating-point mixing with extra headroom and warm volume-knob saturation
• Tactile haptic feedback in standalone mode
• Ableton Link for jamming with apps and devices on the same network
• Life slider for live rhythmic variations without rewriting your patterns
• Illustrated playing guide and printable cheat sheet
Your little chip music machine—reborn for iPhone.
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Information
- Seller
- TWISTED-ELECTRONS
- Size
- 13.5 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Twisted-Electrons SAS
