Philips NMS-1205

Philips Music Module

The Philips NMS-1205 was a MSX AUDIO cartridge (without BIOS) using Yamaha Y8950 chip (released in 1984).^[1] NMS-1205 was only sold in Europe for MSX Personal Computer.

This cartridge featured FM sound synthesizer, Sound sampler (ADPCM with 32 kB sample RAM), MIDI interface, audio & MIDI I/O connectors, and also built in software (Music-BOX, CALL MUSICBOX).

Features

FM sound synthesizer : OPL (FM Operator Type-L) compatible

2 tulp mono Audio-out connectors
Volume adjuster (Sample volume)

Sound sampler : 32kB sampleRAM for the ADPCM unit

Audio-in connector (mono, tulp, to sample from a "line"-source)
External microphone connector (mono)
Builtin microphone (mono)
When external microphone or line is connected the internal microphone is automatically disabled.

MIDI interface : In/Out/Thru

Connector for music keyboard (NMS-1160)

Built in software : Music-BOX, CALL MUSICBOX

Note: It was only sold in Europe

References

↑ "MSX Audio section", The Ultimate MSX FAQ

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