- published: 07 Oct 2014
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Ad Lib, Inc. was a Canadian manufacturer of sound cards and other computer equipment founded by Martin Prevel, a former professor of music and vice-dean of the music department at the Université Laval. The company's best known product, the AdLib Music Synthesizer Card (ALMSC), or simply the AdLib as it was called, was the first add-on sound card (on compatibles) to achieve widespread game-developer acceptance, becoming the first de facto standard for audio reproduction.
Today the AdLib's functionality can be recreated with emulators such as AdPlug and VDMSound (the latter is now deprecated but its source code has been incorporated into DOSBox). Emulating the AdLib Gold 1000 proves more of a challenge due to the surround sound module and the 2x oversampling effect.
After development work on the ALMSC (Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card) had concluded, Prevel struggled to engage the development community with his company's new product. For example when he handed out development kits at trade shows, with the hopes of having them reach development staff at software companies, the attendees simply used the handouts as personal entertainment, or discarded them outright. Needless to say, the Adlib hardware was not reaching its intended audience, developers with the PC gaming industry.
Support DOS Nostalgia on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dosnostalgic Tempest 2000 is known for its techno soundtrack by Imagitec Design, Inc. in redbook audio format across a variety of platforms. However, the MS-DOS version has optional AdLib/Sound Blaster music that can be enabled in the configuration program. I’ve decided to make it available here. (I also would like to note that the DOS version also has MT-32 music, and that maybe someone with a real card could also make it available some day.) Download here: http://www.dosnostalgia.com/files/tempest2k_ost.zip I've decided to name the tracks that were variations on the CD tracks accordingly while leaving original tracks untitled. Enjoy. Track listing: 00:00 - Mind's Eye 04:34 - Hyper Prism 10:24 - Track 3 14:49 - Track 4 20:06 - Trac...
Ever wonder about the first PC sound card standard? Or maybe you have fond memories. Check out this video of the history, unboxing and installation of the original Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card! Dinky IBM PC speakers still cringe and cower in fear of the mighty YM3812 FM chip. Be sure and check out part 2 for examples of the AdLib card in action, using the original vintage hardware captured via line-in. It's some awesome. And yes, I said "greetings greetings" at the start of the video. That's what I get for rushing a video even more than usual! :D The background music in the first half of the vid is "Power Grid" and "Nightlife" from the SimCity 3000 soundtrack.
Showing off the AdLib capabilities using a direct line from the card to a modern PC, demonstrating Jukebox and various game clips on a vintage 16Mhz 386SX computer. Pure frequency modulated bliss. Hook in your sub and crank up those speakers! I really wish YouTube didn't degrade the sound quality as much as it did, it really diminished the full effect. Be sure and check out part 1, if you haven't already, to see the history, unboxing and installation of this classic piece of hardware. Ad Lib Jukebox King's Quest IV Commander Keen Duke Nukem II Stunts
Support DOS Nostalgia on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dosnostalgic Presented here is the most beautiful AdLib Gold score for Dune (Cryo Interactive Entertainment/Virgin Games, 1992) by Stéphane Picq. One of the few that not only takes full advantage of AdLib Gold, but also of its Surround Module. I must point out that I haven't made these recordings, but stumbled upon them somewhere a long time ago. I merely took it upon myself to add MP3 tags and rename the songs in accordance to Dune: Spice Opera album. Big thanks to the original uploader. Download here: http://www.dosnostalgia.com/files/dune_ost.zip Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/dosnostalgic DOS Nostalgia Facebook page: http://facebook.com/dosnostalgia Check out the DOS Nostalgia Podcast: RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/...
Yeah. Pazienza. Yo Lib, what up baby?
Slaine, my brother from another.
Yeah. Philly to the Bean all day.
Official Pistol Gang. Ill Rock. (hahahha)
1 - Adlib:]
Road warrior, murdering miles
Guzzle bottles, splash puddles on models
Got the club shit that you catch on the dial
This that drug shit that get kept in the viles
Wild style, stayin' in a box-car
Fame in the street, enterage of rock stars
Pop lock up cars, switch up daily
Dive bar, shitty store, sniffers pay we
Outlaws, alchohol fuel our cravings
Blow cigars, get scarred, fuck safety
Risk takers, paper chasers
Box your mothafuckin' face with razors
Ruthless assholes, my crew's so rotten
Sloppy strippers on the pole for oxy
Not from the Carter that they cop from poppy
Nazi cops want a red dot and pop me
I'm huntin' zombies, with Pun on repeat
Knee deep in shits creek, no tongue and cheek
When I speak it reeks from the curb
Listen, start ichin' to rob
If not, then the slob ain't doing his job
So dance with the devil before you go meet your god
2 - Vinnie Paz:]
I don't gotta say no names
Cause a bitch is a bitch, I don't play those games
Official Pistol Gang, we hold thangs
And I'll bloody up your shirt, like tomato stains
See I done been to hell and back
I done talked about murdering the president, my cell was tapped
I smell a rat, should've went to jail for that
These mothafuckers mailed the pipe-bomb, I mailed it back
I see all of y'all rappers as tight gay
City sought the giddy where the diesel is light grey (yeah, namean?)
I don't give a fuck what you might say
Buck 50 side of the neck where the knife lay (that's where the knife go)
My horror been shining for years
I done outlasted ever single one of my peers (I'm still out here shining)
But for me that's just a common affair
Peace to Adlib, now I'm out for some beers, yeah
3 - Slaine:]
Stab your nose, drunk with a six figure salary
Pop????, who want to challenge me
I'm a superstar, you don't live in my galaxy
King with the crown, you ain't down with the palace, see
I run this town, layin' in the shadows
Everybody know the name Slaine, Mr. Carol
Double-barrel shotgun, watch fools travelin'
Sawin' you in half, collapsin' your abdomin
My dues been paid, the rules been layed down and broken
C'mon stupid, don't provoke him
You cats smoke crack rocks like '86
And you snitch ass dope phenes boostin' with the shady bitch
I ain't fallin' with the traps and tricks
Pull the wool over your eyes when I clap the click
Ain't no fun over here, I'm on some backwards shit
Black crook, black hoodies, and the blackest kicks (like this)