AdLib (DOS)

AdLib

Platform: DOS Year: 1987 Developer: Ad Lib, Inc.

The AdLib is a sound card for DOS-based computers which utilized a YM3812 (OPL2) sound chip capable of 9 distinct audio channels using FM Synthesis. It was released in 1987 with a software bundle that included 17 songs which have been recorded below. For additional details about the sound card, see the AdLib.

The AdLib software bundle included the AdLib Juke Box to play the included music. Later versions also included Bank Manager which could extract individual instrument definitions from a BNK file into an INS file or inject them into an existing BNK file.

Screenshots

The title screen of the Juke Box. Playing a song in the Juke Box. The second page of songs. Last page of songs. Reading the help. More help.

Music

The AdLib songs consist of three public domain titles, and 14 original titles from an unknown composer. They were most likely composed in the AdLib Visual Composer. A test program also included a simple scale tune that has been recorded as well.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Highways	Henri Chalifour	Henri Chalifour	1:13		Download
02	Elecrock	Unknown	Unknown	1:19		Download
03	Gargoyles	Henri Chalifour	Henri Chalifour	1:39		Download
04	Spy's Eye	Unknown	Unknown	1:13		Download
05	Bach's Aria	Johann Sebastian Bach	Unknown	2:04		Download
06	Vivaldi's Spring	Antonio Vivaldi	Unknown	1:16		Download
07	Oh! When the Saints!	Traditional	Unknown	0:58		Download
08	Railroad Story	Unknown	Unknown	1:03		Download
09	Clockmaker	Unknown	Unknown	1:46		Download
10	Soft Acid Rain	Unknown	Unknown	0:54		Download
11	Crystal Eve	Unknown	Unknown	1:41		Download
12	Softblue	Unknown	Unknown	0:49		Download
13	Breathing	Unknown	Unknown	1:01		Download
14	Classy Night	Unknown	Unknown	0:51		Download
15	Dance Beat	Unknown	Unknown	1:18		Download
16	Do It !	Unknown	Unknown	0:37		Download
17	* Very Busy *	Henri Chalifour	Henri Chalifour	1:19		Download
18	AdLib Test Program	Unknown	Unknown	0:45		Download

(Sources: 1, 2, 3)

Credits

• Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru, binarymaster (MDI)
• Recorder: Nuke.YKT
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Henri Chalifour
  • Not Credited Composer: Unknown
  • Not Credited Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Not Credited Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Not Credited Composer: Traditional

(No Source; program does not have credits.)

Game Rip

Format	Download
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The ROL and BNK files are installed in the root folder. The music was recorded using DOSBox ECE with Nuked OPL3 core option enabled. The MDI file was extracted from TEST.EXE.

Audio Devices

Music

The Juke Box auto-detects the AdLib and plays though it.

Releases

USA Title: AdLib Platform: DOS Released: 1987-??-?? Publisher: Ad Lib, Inc.

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Lib,_Inc. - Wikipedia.