ZMUSIC is a music driver which uses '[[MML] (Music Macro Language) to create music for the Sharp X68000 Japanese computer. The compiler exports ZMD files which you can play with a ZMUSIC player on a Sharp X68000. ZMusic is used by a number of games, as well as some artists such as Hizmi and Utabi.

'[#[Features]

ZMusic has full FM support from the YM2151, as well as ADPCM and Midi support.

'[#[Setup]
You will need:
'[l[https://mijet.eludevisibility.org/XM6%20Pro-68k/XM6%20Pro-68k.html[XM6 Pro-68k]: A Sharp 68K emulator
'[l[https://nfggames.com/X68000/OperatingSystems/Human68k/Human%2068k%20v3.02%20(1993)(Sharp%20-%20Hudson).zip[Human68k]: Operating System for Sharp X68000
'[l[https://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/Groundzero%20Organization/x68tools/music/zmusic2/ZM209.zip[ZM209.zip]: ZMUSIC 2.09 (includes zmusic.x driver/converter)
'[l[https://nfggames.com/X68000/Mirrors/x68pub/x68tools/SOUND/ZMUSIC/V2/ZMSC208.LZH[ZMSC208.LZH]: ZMUSIC 2.08 (includes ZP.R player)

1. Copy zmusic.x from ZM209.zip and ZP.R from ZMSC208.LZH to a new directory, along with your .zms MML files.
2. Install and run XM6 Pro-68k (recommend using "Automatic Installation")
3. Floppy Drive #0 -> Open... : Open "Human 68k v3.02 (1993)(Sharp - Hudson).dim" 
4. File->Reset, Wait patiently for it to load until you get a command prompt
5. Now we will need to edit CONFIG.SYS and delete the line that loads the OPM driver, because we will replace this driver with ZMUSIC.
6. "ed config.sys"
7. Delete the line with OPM in it
8. Save and quit with ESC+X
9. Reset
10. Floppy Drive #1 -> Insert Directory... : Choose the directory where you put zmusic.x, zp.r, and your .zms music files
11. Register the zmusic driver by entering "zmusic"
12. To play music files: "zp -C your_music.zms"
13. To record to .wav, Tools->WAV Dump...

'[#[Links]
'[l[https://nfggames.com/X68000/Documentation/Zmusic/zmusic2.txt[Z-MUSIC 2 Documentation (Japanese)]

'[#[See also]
'[[MML]
'[[MDX (MXDRV MML for Sharp X68000)]
'[[x68k (format)]