CMS (Creative Music System)

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

Identification
Files begin with ASCII characters " ".

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  and then

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