CSDb forum: Huelsbeck TFMX? (2006)

author CSDb users Bamu, Motion, chatGPZ (Groepaz), dalezy, Yodelking, Frantic
date 2006-04-01
article forum thread, 9 posts, 2006-04-01 to 2006-04-02
created 2026-08-30 · updated 2026-08-30

A short thread that settles what the scene knows about the C64 tfmx editor: nothing of it ever circulated.

Key claims#

  • Bamu: "Does anyone know if Chris Huelsbeck released his player/editor TFMX (c64 version)? I'm looking since many years now, but I can't find it." Groepaz: "yes TFMX has neither been spread nor leaked in any way." Yodelking: "Hehe.. well that's almost true. :) Anyway, Chris said he would release it some years ago, but wanted to write proper documents for it, so he wouldn't get too many questions about how to use it. He's a busy man, so I guess it won't happen any time soon."
  • Yodelking's dating: "C-64 version of TFMX Editor was done 1987 by Chris … Chris used his Soundmonitor from 1986-1987 (and an adapted version of soundmonitor with digis also 1987). Then some time in 1987 switched to TFMX ed." Example tune: /Huelsbeck_Chris/Starball.sid. (VGMPF dates the switch to summer 1988 — s-vgmpf-soundmonitor-tfmx; the Starball example agrees.)
  • Groepaz's aside: "tfmx, just like any other of his soundengines, has its own unique crappy sound :=P".

Relevance to the wiki#

Confirms tfmx (C64) as unreleased and unleaked as of 2006, and records the 1987-vs-1988 dating discrepancy for lint.

Pages touched#

tfmx · chris-huelsbeck · soundmonitor

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