(Steam key included with your purchase)

Games featuring music made with 1BITDRAGON

Real games, powered by music created with the Dragon.

Create Music for Your Game

Make loop-perfect, royalty-free tracks for your game without a DAW, plugins, or music theory.

Music creation made super easy & fun

Doodle some shapes on the grid and let the dragon do its thing.
No musical knowledge is required to create something that sounds incredible.

Watch the Dragon in action

See how quickly 1BITDRAGON turns simple shapes into music that sounds good.

Listen to music made with 1BITDRAGON

Listen to example songs created with 1BITDRAGON and download their project files to explore, edit and remix them.

Listen to example songs and download the projects →

Loved by music makers

Real feedback from 1BITDRAGON customers on Steam and itch.io.

“This is the BEST tool to create music for people who have no clue about music ;-). Give it a try!” Read this review on Steam →

“Very easy to use music creation software. No music experience required but of course it doesn't hurt. Great for making soundtracks for indie games.” Read this review on Steam →

“It's very easy to create good tracks, even for musically challenged people like myself. Worth every penny :)” Read this review on itch.io →

One Dragon. Everything You Need.

Designed to remove the technical barriers between your imagination and the final track.

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

FAQ

Q. How do I access my purchase?
R. After your purchase your browser will redirect to your download page.
You will also receive an email from support@itch.io confirming your transaction. This email contains a link to your download page.

Q. How can I learn 1BITDRAGON?
R. Watch the video tutorials.

Q. Can I distribute songs made with 1BITDRAGON?
R. Yes, you can play, distribute, sell or copyright any production rendered from 1BITDRAGON. You don't need to credit me :)

Q. Can I use the finished music loops in a song I make?
R. Yes, you can use the loops in your own music compositions and sell your songs. You cannot claim the copyright to the instruments and drum samples themselves.

Q. Do I get updates?
R. Yes, you do. With your purchase you will be able to download updates from itch.io and you do not have to pay again. When you buy something on itch.io you don’t need an account. When purchasing without an account your purchase is tied to your email address. You just have to redownload 1BITDRAGON. If you ever lose the link, you can request it to be resent to your email.

Q. If I buy 1BITDRAGON on itch.io, will I receive a DRM-free version?
R. Yes, if you buy 1BITDRAGON on itch.io, you will receive a DRM-free version.

Q. If I buy 1BITDRAGON on itch.io, will I receive a Steam key?
R. Yes.

Q. How to get a Steam Key from my itch.io purchase?
R. You can claim your key on your itch.io download page. You should have a link to that page in the email that you received from itch.io after purchasing 1BITDRAGON. If you need that email sent again, go here: https://itch.io/docs/buying/already-bought and you can request a fresh download email be sent to you.
Click "Get Steam Key" and follow the instructions to get your key. You will use that key to put the application in your Steam library, so copy it to your clipboard.
In the Steam app, go to your Library and click Add a Game in the bottom left of the window and choose "Activate a Product on Steam" and paste the Steam key.
You can now download, install and launch 1BITDRAGON from your Steam library!

Q. Is 1BITDRAGON supported on Apple silicon / M1 computers?
R. Yes. 1BITDRAGON includes a native Apple Silicon build, so Rosetta is not required.

Q. Ahhh! I found a bug!
R. Keep calm and report the bug here.

System Requirements

Windows

• OS: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11.
• Processor: x64 architecture.
• Memory: 500 MB RAM.
• Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable. Hardware vendor officially supported drivers.

Mac OS X

• OS: High Sierra 10.13+.
• Processor: Apple Silicon, x64 architecture.
• Graphics: Metal capable Intel or AMD GPUs. Apple officially supported drivers.
• Storage: 200 MB available space.

Linux

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04 or later, or CentOS 7 or later. GNOME desktop environment running on the X11 windowing system.
• Processor: x64 architecture.
• Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable. Nvidia using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD GPUs using AMD Mesa graphics driver.
• Storage: 200 MB available space.

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