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# introduction
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Furnace is a tool which allows you to create music using sound chips ("chiptune"), most from the 8/16-bit era.
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it has a large selection of features and sound chips. from the NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 or even Arcade, Furnace has most likely covered your target with many presets to choose from.
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every chip is emulated using many emulation cores, therefore the sound that Furnace produces is authentic to that of real hardware.
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## hexadecimal
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Furnace uses hexadecimal (abbreviated as "hex") numbers frequently. see [this guide ](hex.md ) for a crash course.
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## interface
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Furnace uses a music tracker interface. think of a table with music notes written on it. then that table scrolls up and plays the notes.
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due to its nature of being feature-packed, it may be technical and somewhat difficult to get around. therefore we added a basic mode, which hides several advanced features.
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it also has a flexible windowing system which you may move around and organize.
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see [2-interface ](../2-interface/README.md ) and [3-pattern ](../3-pattern/README.md ) for more information.
