CMS (Creative Music System)

File Format
Name	CMS (Creative Music System)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music CMS (Creative Music System)
Extension(s)	.cms

CMS (Creative Music System) is an audio format associated with the Creative Music System sound card.

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*
• Creative_Music_System_Disks.zip
• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/audio/cms/ → *.CMS

Links

• CMS, from the Videogame Music Preservation Foundation Wiki