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1. Tools
2. Restrictions on submit
3. Playback (for voting)
4. See also

The MSXplus format is for the MSX home computer's primary soundchip (the AY-3-8910/YM2419 found in BotB's AYM format) plus one or more expansion chips used on the MSX. This is similar to the NSFplus format in that it allows for a lot of different configurations, with the only mandatory part being the use of an expansion chip.

These MSX expansion chips, all popular in their day, are legal for the format:
- Y8950, a chip available only in the MSX-AUDIO (the MSX's first sound expansion) and a couple early arcade machines.
- OPLL, a chip which became the standard FM soundchip expansion for the system with MSX-MUSIC, and later was packaged with MSX2+ and Turbo-R models.
- SCC and SCC+, chips which were only used on the MSX, included various Konami cartridges and used by other software when these cartridges were plugged on the console.
- Turbo-R PCM, an 8-bit 16khz PCM synthesizer chip on the Turbo-R models, suported by various sound drivers.

Tools

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On PC:
- mgsdrv

- an MML driver that can be edited and played back in your browser

. It's the main tool used in the Japanese scene. It supports OPLL and SCC/+.
- MML2VGM

- a converter from various MML formats to .vgm file format. It supports a wide variety of soundchips including OPLL, Y8950 and SCC/+.
- 0CC-LLtracker

- for OPLL only
- Deflemask - for OPLL only
- Furnace - The popular modern Swiss army knife chiptune tracker. By exporting to .vgm, it supports AY-3-8910/YM2419, Y8950, OPLL, and SCC/+ (but not Turbo-R PCM).

On MSX hardware or in emulator:
- TriloTracker

- supports SCC and OPLL but not multichip.
- Realfun 3 Tracker

- supports SCC.
- FAC Soundtracker

- an old tool that supports OPLL and Y8950 (no PCM) but not multichip.
- ADXP

and XEDT

- a sound driver and MML editor for OPLL, Y8950, SCC+ and Turbo-R PCM.
- The MSX Basic's internal MML syntax, which can be expanded for OPLL and Y8950.

Restrictions on submit

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Submission should be playable on hardware or in an emulator.
Regardless of the method, at least one expansion chip (Y8950, OPLL, SCC, SCC+, Turbo-R PCM) must be used; this differentiates the format from the AYM format.

Use of the AY-3-8910/YM2419 (the stock 3-channel MSX soundchip) is not strictly required, much like the NES's 2A03 chip in NSFplus.

Playback (for voting)

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- .kss is like the NSF file format for MSX. It contains driver and song data and can be played on many Windows players.
- .mgs is the most popular sound driver for the platform; there are independent players for it on Windows and web.
- .vgm can be opened in many tools, for example VGMPlay

, or on the MSX itself.
- .dsk is the FDD format for the MSX; people can put the song data and driver on it, so it's like plug-and-play for hardware/emulator. Hardware trackers and drivers will also use this format.

See also

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- aym (format)
- MML
- mml (format)