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I got quite a few questions regarding the use of FM music in my competition entry, so, as promised, I'm happy to share my sources here.

When I first got interested in FM sound, I took a look at Zipper's version of the MoonBlaster replayer, but for reasons I still don't quite understand I was unable to make it work. So I went back to the source of the MSX replayer and ported it to the Master System (again). This time, I succeeded, and while I was at it, I added some basic support for sound effects.

MoonBlaster certainly isn't the most user friendly of trackers, and getting it to run in an MSX emulator can be a bit of a hassle initially, but once you have it up and running, it's quite easy to get good results out of it, even if its arbitrary limitations need some working around.

cnvrtsfx.zip (26.4 KB)

SFX converter

MBMPlay_SMS.zip (11.03 KB)

MBMPlay SMS

Wow!, amazing stuff! :-D

Nice! I think you should provide a small example with source code, even though the READMEs are quite explanatory, IMHO.

also, I think this opens a new chapter in the SMS homebrew scene :D

Nice work!
SMS needs more FM!

Here is a small example ROM. The program checks if FM sound is available. If yes, it starts the song. Button 1 fires an FM sound effect, button 2 its PSG equivalent. Sources are included. Enjoy!

MBMPlay_Example.zip (22.32 KB)

Demo ROM

Really excellent.
Thanks for this Kagesan!

I'm studying it a bit (your sources).

Of course one of the goals is to wrap your code into C functions so that it can be used from C programs, and it needs some things changed to make that easier (or even possible...) to do this.

So I was wondering... why don't you put in some repository like GitHub? I could then fork from there and provide patches directly to your master source, and you'll still be able to see what's changing.

Of course I don't know your opinion about using a repository so, well, what do you think about it?

+1 to Sverx suggestion

I'll look into it.

Done:
https://github.com/HerrSchatten/MBMPlay-SMS

great!

Perfect!

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Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 517	MBMPlay SMS - Replayer for FM modules made with MoonBlaster Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:21 am
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 517	I got quite a few questions regarding the use of FM music in my competition entry, so, as promised, I'm happy to share my sources here. When I first got interested in FM sound, I took a look at Zipper's version of the MoonBlaster replayer, but for reasons I still don't quite understand I was unable to make it work. So I went back to the source of the MSX replayer and ported it to the Master System (again). This time, I succeeded, and while I was at it, I added some basic support for sound effects. MoonBlaster certainly isn't the most user friendly of trackers, and getting it to run in an MSX emulator can be a bit of a hassle initially, but once you have it up and running, it's quite easy to get good results out of it, even if its arbitrary limitations need some working around. cnvrtsfx.zip (26.4 KB) SFX converter MBMPlay_SMS.zip (11.03 KB) MBMPlay SMS

kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 580 Location: Spain	Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:32 am
kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 580 Location: Spain	Wow!, amazing stuff! :-D

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 2687	Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:54 am
sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 2687	Nice! I think you should provide a small example with source code, even though the READMEs are quite explanatory, IMHO. also, I think this opens a new chapter in the SMS homebrew scene :D

Zipper Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 240 Location: Netherlands	Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:35 pm
	Nice work! SMS needs more FM!

Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 517	Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:12 pm
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 517	Here is a small example ROM. The program checks if FM sound is available. If yes, it starts the song. Button 1 fires an FM sound effect, button 2 its PSG equivalent. Sources are included. Enjoy! MBMPlay_Example.zip (22.32 KB) Demo ROM

ichigobankai Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 296 Location: Angers, France	Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:14 pm
	Really excellent. Thanks for this Kagesan!

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 2687	Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:16 pm
sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 2687	I'm studying it a bit (your sources). Of course one of the goals is to wrap your code into C functions so that it can be used from C programs, and it needs some things changed to make that easier (or even possible...) to do this. So I was wondering... why don't you put in some repository like GitHub? I could then fork from there and provide patches directly to your master source, and you'll still be able to see what's changing. Of course I don't know your opinion about using a repository so, well, what do you think about it?

kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 580 Location: Spain	Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:00 pm
kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 580 Location: Spain	+1 to Sverx suggestion

Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 517	Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:00 pm
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 517	I'll look into it.

Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 517	Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:40 pm
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 517	Done: https://github.com/HerrSchatten/MBMPlay-SMS

kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 580 Location: Spain	Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:09 pm
kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 580 Location: Spain	great!

BcnAbel76 Joined: 28 Feb 2016 Posts: 414 Location: Barcelona	Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:47 pm
	Perfect!

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