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Documentary on Ad Lib
For the last few years I've been working on a documentary (feature-length) on Ad Lib - the company, the card, and the people who worked there. Interviews both in-person and remote have been (and are still being) conducted, totalling 14 people so far. The goal of the project is to shed light on the company's inception, the human element that made it successful, and the full story of its closure due to rising competition and cloning (ex.: Sound Blaster) but also government interference. I hope to finish this project someday but it's more complex and far-reaching than I originally anticipated. Beegle (talk) 13:56, 9 October 2024 (EDT)
List of interviewees
- Raymond Skilling, composer for AdLib
- Henri Chalifour, composer for AdLib and later for Mediatrix
- Vincent Dallaire, technician for AdLib
- Marie Lévesque (Prével), teacher at Université Laval and duo guitarist with Martin Prével
- Cendrine Tremblay, receptionist for AdLib
- Alexander Brandon, composer
- Julie Beaulieu, receptionist and administration for AdLib
- Paul Marcoux, composer for AdLib
- Mike McGrath, marketing for AdLib and later AdLib Multimedia
- Yves Marcoux, software engineer at the LIM (Computer Music Laboratory) at Université Laval
- Jacques Benoit, software engineer for AdLib
- Jean-Yves Deschênes, software engineer for AdLib
- Nancy Houley, sales for AdLib and later AdLib multimedia
- Pierre Pilon, software engineer for Logiciel Avenue (shared offices and talent with AdLib)
AdLib Albums
WIP for AdLib albums since I got first-hand info on who did what.
Classical Favourites 1
| # | Title | Composer | Arranger | Length | Listen | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | William Tell, "Ouverture" | G.A. Rossini | Raymond Skilling | 1:03 | Download | |
| 02 | On the Beautiful Blue Danube | J. Strauss | Henri Chalifour | 2:06 | Download | |
| 03 | Carmen, "Habanera" | G. Bizet | Henri Chalifour | 2:01 | Download | |
| 04 | Tales of Hoffmann, "Barcarolle" | J. Offenbach | Henri Chalifour | 3:26 | Download | |
| 05 | Pictures from an Exhibition, "Promenade" | M. Mussorgsky | Raymond Skilling | 1:25 | Download | |
| 06 | Swan Lake, "Introduction" | P.I. Tchaikovsky | Gerard Jones | 2:46 | Download | |
| 07 | Suite No.2, "Badinerie" (7th mov.) | J.S Bach | Raymond Skilling | 0:48 | Download | |
| 08 | The Nutcracker, Waltz of the Flowers" | P.I. Tchaikovsky | Raymond Skilling | 1:05 | Download | |
| 09 | Brandenberg Concerto No.3 (1st mov.) | J.S. Bach | Gerard Jones | 2:19 | Download | |
| 10 | Concerto No.21, K467 (2nd mov.) | W.A. Mozart | Henri Chalifour | 3:27 | Download | |
| 11 | Polonaise, Op.40, No 1 | F. Chopin | Gerard Jones | 3:22 | Download | |
| 12 | Sonata II, "Siciliano" (2nd mov.) | J.S. Bach | Henri Chalifour | 1:46 | Download | |
| 13 | The Seasons, "Autumn" (3rd mov.) | A. Vivaldi | Gerard Jones | 1:57 | Download | |
| 14 | Gavotte in D | F.J. Gossec | Henri Chalifour, Raymond Skilling | 1:44 | Download | |
| 15 | Sonanta Pathétique (2nd mov.) | L.V Beethoven | Henri Chalifour | 3:34 | Download | |
| 16 | Military March | F. Schubert | Henri Chalifour, Raymond Skilling | 1:33 | Download |
Classical Favourites 2
| # | Title | Composer | Arranger | Length | Listen | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Water Music (11th mov.) | G.F. Haendel | Raymond Skilling | 1:09 | Download | |
| 02 | Symphony No. 40 (1st mov.) | W.A. Mozart | Gerard Jones | 1:37 | Download | |
| 03 | Canon | J. Pachelbel | Henri Chalifour | 3:02 | Download | |
| 04 | Trish Trash Polka | J. Strauss | Raymond Skilling | 1:09 | Download | |
| 05 | Caprice, Op.1, No.24 | Paganini/Liszt | Henri Chalifour | 2:36 | Download | |
| 06 | Oboe Concerto in C minor | B. Marcello | Raymond Skilling | 3:10 | Download | |
| 07 | The Ruins of Athens, "Turkish March" | L.V. Beethoven | Raymond Skilling | 1:24 | Download | |
| 08 | Ave Maria | F. Schubert | Raymond Skilling | 1:32 | Download | |
| 09 | Symphony No.5 (1st mov.) | L.V. Beethoven | Gerard Jones | 2:27 | Download | |
| 10 | Symphony No.94, "Surprise" (2nd mov.) | F.J. Haydn | Henri Chalifour | 3:00 | Download | |
| 11 | Cantate No.140, "Wachet Auf" | J.S. Bach | Henri Chalifour | 2:00 | Download | |
| 12 | Moonlight Sonata (1st mov.) | L.V Beethoven | Raymond Skilling | 2:05 | Download | |
| 13 | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st mov.) | W.A. Mozart | Paul Marcoux | 4:10 | Download | |
| 14 | Waltz in Eb, Op.39, N0.8 | P.I. Tchaikovsky | Henri Chalifour, Raymond Skilling | 1:42 | Download | |
| 15 | Liebestraum No.3 ("A Dream of Love") | F. Liszt | Henri Chalifour | 2:41 | Download | |
| 16 | Symphony No.9 (4th mov.) | L.V. Beethoven | Henri Chalifour | 1:47 | Download |
Mixes
I made some mixes of game soundtracks, that combine multiple sound devices into one unified track.
- Dune (DOS) >> https://youtu.be/o-Q_UO6Hp7U
- Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (DOS) >> https://youtu.be/k_Mlozm6fZY
Both these mixes are supported by Dune Dynasty, a version of Dune II that works on modern systems and features lots of improvements.
Pages added
I'm interested mainly in DOS games from the late 80s / early 90s.
- Galactix (DOS)
- Test Drive III: The Passion (DOS)
- Dune (DOS)
- Soko-Ban (DOS)
- The Incredible Machine 3 (W32)
Recordings
A variety of soundcards at my disposition and will try my best to add as many recordings as possible.
- Galactix (DOS) recorded on AdLib from 1987.
- Dune (DOS) recorded on AdLib Gold 1000 from 1991, AdLib from 1987 and MT-32 from 1988.
- Test Drive III: The Passion (DOS) recorded on a Roland MT-32 from 1988.
- Soko-Ban (DOS) recorded on emulated PC Speaker through DOSBox.
Rips
- The Incredible Machine 3 (W32) converted the CD-Audio soundtrack to OGG.
To do list
- Record the MIDI soundtrack to The Incredible Machine 3 (W32) on period-correct hardware, likely SB2.0 or SB16.
Comments
Let me know if you have any comments on my edits and recordings. I'll fix any mistakes I make!
Game rips and other sections
Hello!
I edited some of your game pages according to the editing rules. Please make note that "Game Rip" section should contain "Issue Rip" mark, since the actual rip is missing.
The game recording is not a rip, except the game uses digital audio formats, such as CD, WAV, OGG, etc.
Credits => Ripper section should contain only ripper's user name link, or just the name (if user isn't registered on wiki), or N/A if the rip is missing. Any other notes should be in the appropriate sections.
Also about the Dune (DOS) page, the section "Variations in Length" needs to be moved to / rewritten as the song page.
Regards, binarymaster (talk) 07:01, 16 January 2016 (MST).
- Hello Binarymaster. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. For games like Dune and Test Drive III, I agree that Game Rips are possible to make, although I am sorry to say I can't do them myself because I lack the skills to reverse-engineer game code. So, sadly someone else will have to do them.
- Ripping game music is not so hard as it seems to be, and reverse engineering the game code is rarely required. Here's an article about it, although it's not completed yet. --binarymaster (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2016 (MST)
- However, for games like Soko-Ban, I doubt someone will even be able to get a game rip of the music. In my opinion the PC Speaker soundtrack is embedded in the game executable and there is no real use to rip this music out in a separate file. What is the correct course in that situation? Will the "issue rip" tag stay there indefinitely, knowing that a rip will probably never be made?
- PC Speaker music can be ripped (or recomposed) in the MML format, but it really needs some RE/programming or composing skills. --binarymaster (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2016 (MST)
- Concerning the music length section for Dune, I understand what you're asking, but I do not agree that it's the best option. Putting that information in the game/soundtrack page was the most logical choice for me, because the issue described affects the whole soundtrack, not one song. I found it important that listeners see this information when hitting the play button on the tracks, which they most likely do directly from the Dune article. If we move that info further down the line (on individual song pages) the info will become invisible to the majority of listeners. And the info about the track length will be duplicated/disseminated on each individual track instead of gathered in the most unified spot : the game page.
- Ok, I got it. To be in the harmony with editing rules, I joined recordings into one table, and moved notice to the recording section. Also here's the same situation, when the same song has different length between audio devices - Ski or Die (DOS) (Main Theme - PC Speaker vs. other devices). --binarymaster (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2016 (MST)
- This said, I know you have a lot more experience on this wiki so I'll let your judgement decide (you are probably "more right" because of this) but I just wanted to explain the reason why I did the edit this way. - Beegle (talk) 13:33, 16 January 2016 (MST)
- It's alright, glad to see your contributions! --binarymaster (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2016 (MST)
- Hello again! I added an MT-32 and an AdLib soundtrack to Dune. For better visual clarity I divided them into three tables; I hope this doesn't break anything. Feel free to remove the table divisions if you feel it violates rules (I re-read the rules and didn't find anything specifically against dividing soundtracks by sound card). Also, you can now remove the -incomplete- tag for the soundtrack if you think it appropriate. Thanks! - Beegle (talk) 21:51, 18 January 2016 (MST)
- Hi! Thanks for the recording, I like your idea about splitting the recording table by devices. However, I don't know whether this is allowed by the rules, so you may ask Dean about this. If so, we'll need to update similar pages to the new standard (it's not hard work, sometimes we're doing that very frequently). --binarymaster (talk) 16:06, 19 January 2016 (MST)
- Excellent! Thanks :) --binarymaster (talk) 18:29, 20 January 2016 (MST)
Favorites
I've added a new page called Editor's Favorite Songs. This will list the favorite songs for just the editors of this site so we can gauge the overall opinion of the community. Each editor is encouraged to vote for up to five songs per platform as their favorite. If you want to vote for an existing song, add your vote to the total, then add your user name to the comment in the edit code so we can keep track; for example:
2 <!-- Users: TheAlmightyGuru, YourNameHere -->
Of course, you're welcome to add a new song to the list too! I hope you'll join us in creating a list of favorites for each other and our guests! --TheAlmightyGuru (talk) 10:57, 2 February 2016 (MST)
Dune (DOS) in Lossless
Hi there! I was wondering if you happen to have lossless versions of your recordings for the 1993 Dune game? I'm in contact with Stephane Picq and he is looking for high quality WAVs of the OST. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also, I'm assuming you're the same person who interviewed Henri Chalifour recently? --SynaMax (talk) 17:10, 26 December 2023 (EST)
- I have seen Picq's comment earlier today requesting the original source files of my DUNE Soundtrack video (that combines AdLib + AdLib Gold + MT-32 together) on Youtube (https://youtu.be/o-Q_UO6Hp7U). I contacted him via Facebook as he requested, and I'm currently uploading the 2014/2015 WAV files to my server for him. You are right that I interviewed Henri Chalifour in december 2016 (so, "recently" might be a stretch) for my documentary on AdLib which is still being filmed and edited (latest update here : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1164867#p1164867). So far the project has interviews of 13 different people! Hope this helps and let me know if I can contribute in other ways! Beegle (talk) 22:21, 26 December 2023 (EST)
- Fantastic news, I'm glad to hear you were able to help out with the recordings! It's been years since I spoke with Henri, back when his website was still up and running. I bought probably one of his last CD copies of his album Technautoroute. Really looking forward to seeing the completed documentary! If you need some original OPL2 compositions for background music or something, let me know, I wrote a couple of tracks several years ago using Picq's HERAD driver from MegaRace. --SynaMax (talk) 19:08, 28 December 2023 (EST)
- For anyone reading this, the remastered album of Dune: Spice Opera has been released here https://stphanepicq.bandcamp.com/album/dune-spice-opera-2024-remaster-lp and it includes a remixed MT-32/AdLib Gold bonus soundtrack that uses my recordings. Beegle (talk) 11:31, 13 January 2025 (EST)
- Fantastic news, I'm glad to hear you were able to help out with the recordings! It's been years since I spoke with Henri, back when his website was still up and running. I bought probably one of his last CD copies of his album Technautoroute. Really looking forward to seeing the completed documentary! If you need some original OPL2 compositions for background music or something, let me know, I wrote a couple of tracks several years ago using Picq's HERAD driver from MegaRace. --SynaMax (talk) 19:08, 28 December 2023 (EST)
