MOONSOUND


[Moonsound]

Moonsound

Some general info about Moonsound can be seen in the textfile [OPL4.TXT]. It was written by Remco Schrijvers of Moonsoft.

What is a Moonsound?

Moonsound is a high-quality 16-bit WAVE-table and FM soundcard for MSX computers, based on the Yamaha OPL4 standard.

What are the specs of the Moonsound card?

Is there any software supplied with it?

Yes, there are 2 editors (delivered on two 720KB floppy disks):

Where can I find the newest MBWAVE and MBFM editors?

Is Moonsound able to replay Amiga [.MOD] files?

Yes it is, till now there are the following programs which are able to replay [.MOD] files:

Is Moonsound able to replay [.MID] files?

Ofcourse, and you can also just capture MIDI data from a MIDI-in port and send it to the OPL4 which replays it! Programs that can do this:

Are there any [.MWM] or [.MFM] replayers?

The only replayers on the web are for MBWave files as far as I know:

But on the FutureDisk for example, is always an other replayer present.

Where can I find technical (programming) info about it? Some technical info can be found here. Everything about the registers etc., is in it. This file has been downloaded from Maurizio's hardware page where more info can be found on several stuff.

Where can I buy it?

Price: Approx 200USD (Contact your dealer for exact price and p&p)

If you live in Holland you can contact:

Stichting Sunrise (Rob Hiep)

P.O. Box 61054
2506 AB Den Haag
The Netherlands

If you live in Spain you can contact:

MSX club Hnostar (Jesus Tarela) [http://www.ctv.es/USERS/hnostar/]

Apartado de Correos 168
15780 Santiego de Compostela
Spain

If you live in another country then contact:

Sunrise Swiss (Peter Burkhard) [http://www.msx.ch/]

Moosmatten 1
9244 Niederuzwil
Switzerland

In any case: hurry up, because it seems that the production of the OPL4 chip is being stopped! There will be produced new Moonsounds, but only when the demand is big enough... So order now! For more info about that contact Rob Hiep.


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