MUCOM88 Windows Manual(EN)

We are proud to publish "MUCOM88" created by Yuzo Koshiro, a legendary game music composer.
Open MUCOM 88 is a project to utilize open source based on MUCOM88 source code of FM synthesis sound driver
 operating on NEC's PC-8801 series.
MUCOM 88 Windows is a system for running MUCOM88 on Windows. Both the command line version and the GUI version are prepared.
"MUCOM88" and "MUCOM88 Windows" released in OBSLive year-end live broadcast in 2018.
The original MUCOM88 disk images are also available at Ancient's site.
The externally connected YM2608/YM2203 real chip can be played back via SCCI.
You can download the latest archive from the link below.
(Please refer to the Github repository for non-Windows platforms)
(Japanese Document is here)


Introduction

MUCOM88 Windows is a system to run MUCOM88 FM synthesis sound driver on NEC's PC-8801 series.
Both the command line version and the GUI version are prepared.

		mucom88win.exe         Windows GUI editor
		mucom88.exe            Windows CLI version

By using MUCOM88 Windows, music written as MML (Music Macro Language) specialized for music description can be played in the same way as the sound source of PC-8801. In addition, performance via the actual FM sound source chip (YM2608) is supported via SCCI (Sound Chip Common Interface).

Detailed explanation about MUCOM88 Windows and MML reference are provided in Open MUCOM88 WiKi.
Please see the following URL on your web browser.

	https://github.com/onitama/mucom88/wiki/About-MUCOM88-Windows

The latest information on MUCOM88 Windows and file downloads are available at the following site.

	MUCOM88 Windows
	https://onitama.tv/mucom88/index_en.html

The disk image of the original PC-8801 version MUCOM88 is also available on the Ancient's website.

	OPEN MUCOM88 for PC-8801
	https://www.ancient.co.jp/~mucom88/



* We have received reports that some security software etc. warn about malware. Basically, it seems to be a misrecognition (by analytical reasoning).
If you are concerned, please refer to the virus scan results of each company.
* It is necessary to prepare rhythm sound source wav files. Obtain the YM2608 rhythm sound source file separately.
* The source code is available on the Open Mucom88 Repository.

PRODUCT INFO

Name        : MUCOM88 Windows
Version     : Ver0.54 ( MUCOM88 Ver1.7c )
Platform    : Windows 7 or later
Copyright   : 
OpenMucom88 Ver.1.7 Copyright 1987-2020(C) Yuzo Koshiro
Z80 emulation by Yasuo Kuwahara 2002-2018(C)
FM Sound Generator by cisc 1998, 2003(C)
SCCI system / adpcm converter by gasshi 2018(C)
Windows version by ONION software/onitama 2018-2019(C)
License     : CC BY-NC-SA 4.0







Link
About MUCOM88 Windows
MML Reference
Open MUCOM88 Repository
MUCOM88 Disk Images
Sound Chip Common Interface
FM synthesis driver's summit