CMS (Creative Music System)
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CMS (Creative Music System) is an audio format associated with the Creative Music System sound card.
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Identification
Files begin with ASCII characters "CM
".
Software
DOSBOX can emulate a CMS card (also known as a GameBlaster) by setting the following in your DOSBOX config file:
[sblaster] sbtype = gb sbbase = 220 irq = 7 dma = 1 hdma = 5 sbmixer = true oplmode = cms oplemu = default oplrate = 22050
Download the CMS DOS software below and run CMSDRV.COM
and then PLAYER.EXE <song.cms>
No known modern software exists that can play/convert CMS files.
Sample files
- http://cd.textfiles.com/vgaspectrum/sound/cms1/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/1stcanadian/sound/ → *cms*
- CreativeMusicSystem-DOS.zip
Links
- CMS, from the Videogame Music Preservation Foundation Wiki