Philips NMS-1205


The Philips NMS-1205 was an FM sound synthesizer cartridge which was intended for usage with the MSX Personal Computer. The chip was first produced in 1984. [1]

Product Information

32kB sampleRAM for the ADPCM unit
MIDI interface (in/out/thru)
connector for music keyboard (NMS-1160)
2 tulp mono Audio-out connectors
builtin microphone (mono)
external microphone connector (mono)
When external microphone or line is connected the internal microphone is automatically disabled
Volume adjuster (Sample volume)
audio-in connector (mono, tulp, to sample from a "line"-source)
built in software (Music-BOX, CALL MUSICBOX)
It was only sold in Europe