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- Tools
- Restrictions on submit
- Playback (for voting)
- 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:
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Y8950, a chip available only in the MSX-AUDIO (the MSX's first sound expansion) and a couple early arcade machines.
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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.
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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.
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Turbo-R PCM, an 8-bit 16khz PCM synthesizer chip on the Turbo-R models, suported by various sound drivers.
Tools
On PC:
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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/+.
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MML2VGM - a converter from various MML formats to
.vgm file format. It supports a wide variety of soundchips including OPLL, Y8950 and SCC/+.
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0CC-LLtracker - for OPLL only
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Deflemask - for OPLL only
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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:
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TriloTracker - supports SCC and OPLL but not multichip.
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Realfun 3 Tracker - supports SCC.
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FAC Soundtracker - an old tool that supports OPLL and Y8950 (no PCM) but not multichip.
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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
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)
- .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)
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MML
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mml (format)
