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What exactly did you try?

The problem is that all emulators play SCC without needing a rom. OpenMSX (the one I use in MAC) emulates it if you insert one konami cartridge, but when I load the MPX program (which plays different music files), the SCC sound is not emulated nor played.

You can use the "scc" extension in openMSX. This inserts an SCC cartrdige without ROM. If the detection routine of the MSX software works properly, it should just work. Maybe you can send me a disk image, so I can try it myself.

If you need to specify the SCC slot, try this:
- start openMSX with e.g. a Philips NMS 8250 and the 'scc' extension
- go to the console (F10) and type: slotmap
- check in which slot is "Empty Konami SCC cartridge"
- use that slot number as an argument for the MGS driver

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You can use the "scc" extension in openMSX. This inserts an SCC cartrdige without ROM. If the detection routine of the MSX software works properly, it should just work. Maybe you can send me a disk image, so I can try it myself. If you need to specify the SCC slot, try this: - start openMSX with e.g. a Philips NMS 8250 and the 'scc' extension - go to the console (F10) and type: slotmap - check in which slot is "Empty Konami SCC cartridge" - use that slot number as an argument for the MGS driver

thank you very much for the information but the problem is that I use "nekolauncher" to run OpenMSX 'cos I have no idea of "programming it"...

I have put the disk image I use at:

www.ivanpriego.com/0_varios/MPX1.DSK.zip

It doesn't matter if you use Nekolauncher. The instructions are identical and should just work.

If the program didn't detect SCC itself, it says: SCC: ---

Note that it doesn't fill this in until you start an MGS tune.

You can use a command line argument in MPX to specify the slot. AFter starting, press ESC to get back to MSX-DOS. Then type:

mpx /scc 1

(this '1' means that SCC is in slot 1. Use the instructions above to find out if this is correct for your MSX.)

However, the SCC detection seems to work fine on a turboR GT and a PHilips NMS 8250, if the SCC is in a not-expanded slot. If you used Boosted MSX2 EN in openMSX, the SCC is in an expanded slot, and apparently the SCC detection routine fails for this. But if you add an extra SCC extension, it works just fine.

my god! where on earth is the "/" key??????

selios2000: please reread my previous post, I edited it a lot

What type of MSX do you emulate?

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selios2000: please reread my previous post, I edited it a lot What type of MSX do you emulate?

I have found the key. OpenMSX with a TR-GT config and the instruction of "MPX/Scc 1" doesn't work....

Well, this disk works fine with SCC when using the turboR GT and the SCC extension. No need to specify the slot manually.

Oh, according to the MPX doc, you can also use - in stead of /.

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Well, this disk works fine with SCC when using the turboR GT and the SCC extension. No need to specify the slot manually.

let me make more test and I'll tell you something. I'll try to put the SCC extension as you told me.

OK let's see....
In my MAC I have never been able to open OpenMSX console pressing F10 (nothing happens). And in neko launcher there is a label called "extensions" with a lot of them and also the SCC or the SCC+ checkbox, but I cannot select anything...

buf, I have downloaded the last version of Nekolauncher and all the extensions can be loaded easily.
Now the SCC sound works with MPX!!
Thank you very much manuel for your knowledge and also all the MSX users replies.

On Mac, you can open the console with Command-L, see also the openMSX manual: http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/manual/user.html#keymappingmac

(OS X uses the function keys like F10 for other purposes.)

thanks manuel.