BNK
| Ad Lib Instrument Bank | |||||
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| Developer: | Ad Lib, Inc. | ||||
| Header: | Custom | ||||
| Content: | Instrument | ||||
| Instruments: | Intrinsic | ||||
Target Output
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| Released: | 1989-01-?? | ||||
| First Game: | ? | ||||
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An Ad Lib Instrument Bank (BNK) format was created by Ad Lib, Inc. to upgrade from the INS format, and it was firstly introduced with AdLib Visual Composer version 1.5 in January 1989.
The file doesn't store music, but it does contain the definitions for instruments to be played in ROL, SNG (Voyetra) and SX files. Since this format isn't actually an audio format, the list of players don't actually "play" BNK files, but rather utilize them when playing a ROL file.
Also this format used by Human Machine Interfaces sound engine for music instruments in HMP and HMI files.
Contents
Players
- AdLib Jukebox - DOS
- AdLib Visual Composer - DOS
- AdPlug - DOS, foobar2000, UNIX, Winamp, XMMS
- MuchMusic - DOS
- SBTimbre - DOS
Editors
- AdLib Instrument Maker - DOS
Converters
BNK to ?
- Bank Manager - DOS - INS
- SBTimbre - DOS - IBK
? to BNK
- Bank Manager - DOS - INS
- MIDIPLEX - Windows - SND (AdLib)
Games
Since BNK files do not store music, there are no samples.
| Released | Title |
|---|---|
| 1989-01-?? | AdLib Visual Composer v1.5 (DOS) |
| 1989-??-?? | The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge (DOS) |
| 1991-??-?? | Baby Jo In Going Home (DOS) |
| 1991-??-?? | Super Tetris (DOS) |
| 1991-??-?? | Wordtris (DOS) |
| 1992-??-?? | Locomotion (DOS) |
| 1993-??-?? | SkyRoads (DOS) |
| 1994-04-?? | Pee & Gity (DOS) |
| 1994-12-?? | Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (DOS) |
| 1994-??-?? | Entity (DOS) |
| 1994-??-?? | SkyRoads Xmas Special (DOS) |
| 1995-09-06 | Eol-ui Moheom (DOS) |
| 1995-10-30 | Whiplash (DOS) (a.k.a. Fatal Racing) |
| 1995-??-?? | Shakii The Wolf (DOS) |
| 1996-??-?? | Astérix & Obélix (DOS) |
How to Obtain
BNK files usually need to be extracted from game resource files, a process that is different for nearly every game that uses the format.
Technical
All AdLib instrument bank files begin with two bytes to represent the version, then the magic word "ADLIB-".
Links
- moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/AdLib_Instrument_Bank_Format - Modding Wiki.
