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Info from: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/fmpac.html & http://www.faq.msxnet.org/msxaudio.html

FM-PAC is an FM sound synthesizer cartridge which was originally made by Panasonic. The full name is FM Pana Amusement Cartridge. It's the only official cartridge version of the MSX-Music standard.

The specs of FM-PAC:

- 16kB FM-Basic
- 4kB SRAM (just like the Panasonic SW-M001 PAC)
- Volume adjuster (3 possible output-volumes can be chosen with a switch)
- Basically a PAC + YM2413 + FM-Basic :)
- Mono sound output

MSX-Audio is a standard for FM sound synthesizer cartridges, which contain an OPL-compatible chip made by Yamaha, the Y8950. This chip is called the MSX-AUDIO. The FM sound generator in the MSX-AUDIO is compatible with the YM3526 (OPL, sometimes called OPL1), so any OPL software can be used with an MSX-Audio. The chip was produced in 1984.

The general characteristics of the chip:

- 9 channels of FM sound without drums or 6 channels of FM sound + FM drums.
- 8-bit ADPCM (Advanced Differential Pulse Code Modulation) sample unit. The maximum sampling rate is 16kHz, then you can get a maximum of 4.6 s of sampling when the standard 32kB of sample RAM is in the cartridge. It is easy to expand the amount of sample RAM to 256kB though.
- mono output.
- compared to the MSX-Music standard: all instuments can be used at any time; there is not that stupid limit that we all hated in the MSX-Music, allowing you to choose only one of the instruments marked with a "*" on the manual. No boring asterisks on the MSX-Audio, just fun. :) "

Songs

Song Title	Artist	Song Length	Status	Avg. Vote	Queue	Last Played
Puyo Puyo - Baroque of Puyo Puyo	Einosuke Nagao (長尾英之助)	0:53	Active	4.0		2025-01-27
Puyo Puyo - Baroque of Puyo Puyo	Einosuke Nagao (長尾英之助)	0:52	Active	3.0		2024-09-08
Puyo Puyo - Credits	Einosuke Nagao (長尾英之助)	2:36	Active	4.2		2025-09-06
Puyo Puyo - Morning of Puyo Puyo	Einosuke Nagao (長尾英之助)	1:06	Active			2023-10-22
Puyo Puyo - Ondo of Puyo Puyo	Einosuke Nagao (長尾英之助)	1:36	Active	4.3		2025-09-22
Puyo Puyo - Sorrow of Puyo Puyo	Einosuke Nagao (長尾英之助)	0:11	Active	4.0		2024-11-29
Puyo Puyo - Toy of Puyo Puyo	Einosuke Nagao (長尾英之助)	1:13	Active			2025-08-17
Shrines of Enigma - Demo		1:18	Active	4.3		2025-07-21
Shrines of Enigma - End		2:39	Active	4.8	l	2025-10-27
Shrines of Enigma - Opening		1:32	Active	4.5		2025-08-18
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 1		2:53	Active	4.7		2025-08-03
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 10		1:45	Active	4.3	l	2025-10-06
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 2		2:58	Active	4.9		2025-07-19
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 3		2:13	Active	4.2	l	2025-10-08
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 5		2:23	Active	4.3		2025-09-17
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 6		1:53	Active	4.8		2025-10-06
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 7		0:47	Active	4.0		2023-09-20
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 8		2:06	Active	3.5		2025-10-03
Shrines of Enigma - Theme 9		1:42	Active	4.0		2023-04-10

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