#CX5M
omg I did it. I got the yamaha cx5m song files off these old floppies and they are playing back in emulation
June 27, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Day 322 - #retrorandom - All set up for Synthesized back in 2023, with the ubiquitous Atari ST getting ready to control my Yahama CX5M. This event should be coming back to @computinghistory.org.uk next year - watch this space!
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Just ordered this from a Reverb seller. New in box, never used. Yamaha CX5M Music Computer
August 20, 2023 at 2:16 PM
The CX5 Tapes: 1984 MSX Songs Unearthed : New Youtube Project Unearths CX5M Songs
New Youtube Project Unearths CX5M Songs
The CX5 Tapes: 1984 MSX Songs Unearthed : New Youtube Project Unearths CX5M Songs
sonicstate.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Yamaha cx5m software from the 80s

archive.org/details/cx-5...
June 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Outrunish FM summer vibes
youtu.be/iXJq5pu8rFI
Emerald Coast- FM synth compo ( Korg Volca FM, DX7, MSX CX5M - RX17)
YouTube video by BG Ollie
youtu.be
June 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Yamaha CX5M has an OPM chip shoved in one of its slots. By regular naming conventions that should make it one better than an OPL. But just like nowadays graphics cards the numbers and letters usually mean diddly squit. So it's not.
August 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Today’s #RetroTrio offers you the #Sinclair #ZX81, #Acorn #Electron and #Yamaha #CX5M. ‪Which will you keep, gift to a friend and delete forever? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames‬
November 19, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Today’s #RetroTrio offers you‪ the #Yamaha #CX5M‬, #Atari #600XL and #Amstrad #CPC464. ‪Which will you keep, gift to a friend and delete forever? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames‬
January 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Day 44 - #retrorandom - My Yahama CX5M, photographed here back in 2018. I got this machine for my 18th birthday and it still gets used regularly - mostly because of nostalgia, but also because it's still a pretty useable synth - basically a Yamaha DX9 in an MSX computer ...
February 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A sun filled track inspired by the work of Hiroshi Kawaguchi on Outrun & various SEGA influences..."summer" vibe games. Using FMsynths (Korg VolcaFM,YamahaDX7, MSX CX5M & Yamaha RX17 for drums)& a small edit of some sunny days at my local surf and wingfoiling spots :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXJq...
Emerald Coast- FM synth compo ( Korg Volca FM, DX7, MSX CX5M - RX17)
YouTube video by BG Ollie
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
here at the media archeology lab! they were donated when the cx5m was donated here
June 28, 2026 at 12:31 AM
2026 meet 1986
June 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Computer Music Chronicles, The 80's: CX5M pt.1 : Older Music Machines & the People Who Still Use Them
Older Music Machines & the People Who Still Use Them
Computer Music Chronicles, The 80's: CX5M pt.1 : Older Music Machines & the People Who Still Use Them
sonicstate.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
‪This week’s #RetroEnnead offers you #PocketSimon, #ZXSpectrum, #C16, #N64, #PuckMonster, #CPC464, #CX5M, #A1200 and #Caveman. Choose a line of 3 and lose the rest! #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames ‬
December 8, 2024 at 3:54 PM
no way i can justify the 300 mile round trip i'd need to pick this up but hoo boy look what turned up in the local ads today, if it isn't a Yamaha CX5M Music Computer 😭
March 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
‪This week’s #RetroEnnead offers you the #VIC20, #NES, #Falcon030, #Atari7800, #CX5M, #PC1640, #Apple2, #F10 and #NeoGeo Pocket. Pick a line of 3 and trash the rest! #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames ‬
March 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Got this unique piece of equipment. An MSX Yamaha CX5M Music Computer. It has an FM Sound Synthesizer built in, from 1984. Looking forward to play around with this 😛🎼🎶
November 21, 2024 at 7:10 PM
There was a group in Toronto that released an LP with one track as data for the then-current Yamaha CX5m share.google/l2i31t4dVMp1...
September 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
So the full story is that there is a fully functional Yamaha CX5M here, but the FM Composer II cartridge was completely corroded through, so there was no way to play back those files
June 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Not had this one open before because it was in good nick and it worked. But at some point in it's disuse it's had a tug on the comp plug and cracked a trace.

So ta-da, an MSX. With frames and modules and risers and engineering and stuff. Very nice.

All fixed just need to remember how the screws go
July 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
For today’s #RetroTrio we have the #Atari400, #Yamaha #CX5M and #PowerMac G4. ‪Which do you keep, gift and delete from history? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames ‬
March 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Do I need to buy this?
December 4, 2024 at 6:16 PM
La 𝐘𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚 𝐂𝐗5𝐌 demostró que una computadora también podía ser un instrumento.

#retrocomputingmx #yamahacx5m #MSX #yamaha #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #computermusic #synthesizer #fmsynthesis #computerhistory
June 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The Yamaha CX5M has an OPM chip shoved in one of its slots. By regular naming conventions that should make it one better than an OPL. But just like nowadays graphics cards the numbers and letters usually mean diddly squit. So it's not.
August 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM