List of MML Music Drivers

While I'm keen on eventually covering a variety of specific MML formats the same way I did for PMD, it'll take time. As most list of MML formats are kind of outdated or incomplete, I think it's worth at least making a an updated one.

If there's anything new or missing, do inform me.

English Documented

ppmck (NES, Famicom)

An extended version of the original mck by BouKiCHi, allowing for bankswitching and multiple expansion chips.

Download: http://ppmck.web.fc2.com/ppmck.html
English Manual: https://woolyss.com/chipmusic/chipmusic-mml/ppmck_guide.php

To compile: put your song in the mck/songs/ folder, and run mknsf.bat miracle in command prompt.

Edit mknsf.bat and replace ppmckc with ppmckc_e for english.

MUCOM88 (PC-88)

A music driver made by Yuzo Koshiro used in his PC-88 and Sega Genesis games. Has its own GUI which allows for instant playback.

Download: https://onitama.tv/mucom88/index_en.html
Manual: https://github.com/onitama/mucom88/wiki/About-MUCOM88-Windows

ctrmml (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)

A sound driver for the Genesis/Mega Drive by SuperCTR, has its own GUI editor that allows for instant playback.

Download: https://github.com/superctr/mmlgui/releases/latest
Manual: https://github.com/superctr/ctrmml/blob/master/mml_ref.md

AddMusicK (SNES)

A MML tool for hacking music into Super Mario World and making SPC files. Requires a ROM of the game.

Download: https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=31558
English manual included in readme.html

Terrific Audio Driver (SNES)

A sound driver for the SNES by undisbeliever, has its own GUI editor that allows for instant playback. Syntax is based on PMD, so a lot of non-FM specific things from my guide should carry over. Its own documentation is well written too.

mfvitools (SNES)

A MML tool by emberling for hacking music into Final Fantasy VI and making SPC files. Requires a ROM of the game.

Download: https://github.com/emberling/mfvitools/releases/latest
Manual: https://github.com/emberling/mfvitools/wiki

Squirrel (PC-Engine)

A sound engine for the PC-Engine.

Download: https://www.aetherbyte.com/aetherbyte-squirrel_for_pc-engine_and_turbografx-16.html
Documentation and manual are in MANUAL.TXT.

MXDRV (Sharp X68000)

Also known as MDX. A very popular driver for the Sharp X68000.

Download and Manual: https://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:mxdrv_mml_mdx_tutorial

WTD (Wonderswan)

A music driver for the Wonderswan by Shaw02.

Download: http://shaw.la.coocan.jp/wtd/document/english/
Manual: http://shaw.la.coocan.jp/wtd/document/english/tools/wtc.html

XPMCK (Various)

A driver based on PPMCK targetting various consoles and computers. Single chip.

Download: http://jiggawatt.org/muzak/xpmck/#files
English manual included in doc\manual.html

NRTDRV (Sharp X1)

A 2xOPM+AY-3-8910 driver for the Sharp X1.

Download: http://nrtdrv.sakura.ne.jp/arc/nrtdrv/?C=M;O=D (needs auto https disabled)
Manual: http://mus.msx.click/index.php?title=NRTDRV_OFFLINE_MANUAL_EN

mgsdrv (MSX)

A MML driver for the MSX which supports SCC and YM2413 expansions. Has a js version which allows using the browser to make or play songs made for it.

Download (MSX DOS binaries): https://gigamix.hatenablog.com/entry/mgsdrv/#ダウンロード
Web app: https://msxplay.com/index.html
Manual: https://mus.msx.click/index.php?title=MGSDRV_MML_11 (computer translation(?))

Non-translated

MML2VGM (VGM)

A MML format for a huge variety of soundchips supported by the VGM format, made by kuma4649 . Also has an IDE for instant playback, which also supports PMD, MUCOM88 and moondrv.

GBMC (Gameboy)

A sound driver for the Gameboy and Gameboy Color. Supports PCM playback on the Wavetable channel.

Download and Manual: http://mydocuments.g2.xrea.com/html/gb/sounddriver.html

NSD.Lib (NES, Famicom)

A fairly popular driver for homebrew software by Shaw02. There's some english explanation and some commands in the github page, but most of the documentation isn't translated.

Download: https://github.com/Shaw02/nsdlib/releases/latest
Manual: https://shaw02.github.io/nsdlib/

Super-C (SNES)

A dedicated SNES music driver, with a focus on space saving and playback optimization.

Download: https://github.com/boldowa/SuperC-SPCdrv/releases
Manual: https://github.com/boldowa/SuperC-SPCdrv/wiki

HusiC (PC-Engine)

A driver by BouKiCHi for the PC-Engine based off ppmck. While it's untranslated, a lot of the commands are shared with ppmck, so using automatic translation should get you around it if you're already familiar with the format.

Download: https://github.com/BouKiCHi/HuSIC/releases/latest
Manual: https://github.com/BouKiCHi/HuSIC/blob/200904/docs/husic_tech.md

moondrv (MSX)

An OPL4 driverby BouKiCHi for MSX, supporting both FM and PCM. Also based on ppmck.