# Yamaha SMAF Player: MA-series ringtone playback reconstruction

> Yamaha SMAF Player reconstructs ringtone playback associated with Yamaha MA-series sound chips in C++. It parses SMAF MMF containers, decodes HandyPhone and Mobile scores and Yamaha voice data, and renders FM synthesis with optional ADPCM samples. The author based the parser and synthesizer on the public SMAF format description and examination of real files.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/akustikrausch/yamaha-smaf-player>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/akustikrausch/yamaha-smaf-player/blob/627f7ad8583ce34c5fec0269ef9778167af080d6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/yamaha-smaf-player-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/yamaha-smaf-player-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/yamaha-smaf-player-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** C++20 and CMake 3.16 or newer to build the library and example renderer.
- **Prerequisites:** A SMAF MMF ringtone file to render.
- **Limits:** Bulk voice-wave blocks and SD-1-specific higher waveshapes are listed as future work; ROM timbres, graphics chunks, MA-7 streaming and MFi files are outside the stated scope.
- **License:** Apache License 2.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/akustikrausch/yamaha-smaf-player/blob/627f7ad8583ce34c5fec0269ef9778167af080d6/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/akustikrausch/yamaha-smaf-player/blob/627f7ad8583ce34c5fec0269ef9778167af080d6/CMakeLists.txt>
3. <https://github.com/akustikrausch/yamaha-smaf-player/blob/627f7ad8583ce34c5fec0269ef9778167af080d6/LICENSE>

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