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Ad Lib wrote the following programs to function with their sound cards: | Ad Lib wrote the following programs to function with their sound cards: | ||
| + | * [[AdLib Convert]] | ||
| + | * [[AdLib Play]] | ||
* [[AdLib Visual Composer]] | * [[AdLib Visual Composer]] | ||
| + | * [[Bank Manager]] | ||
| + | * [[MIDI Play]] | ||
| + | * [[ROL to MIDI]] | ||
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| + | ==Formats== | ||
| + | Ad Lib developed the following file formats to use with their sound cards: | ||
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| + | * [[BNK]] | ||
| + | * [[INS]] | ||
| + | * [[MDI]] | ||
| + | * [[MUS (AdLib)]] | ||
| + | * [[ROL]] | ||
| + | * [[SND (AdLib)]] | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 21 January 2015
| Ad Lib, Inc. | |
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| Founded | 1987? |
| Closed | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Quebec City, Canada |
Ad Lib, Inc. was a Canadian manufacturer of sound cards and other computer equipment. Their most popular sound card, the AdLib became the first de facto standard for videogame audio in the PC market thanks to Sierra Online popularizing it. However, the company was too slow to release a more advanced sound card and lost their market majority to the Sound Blaster by Creative Labs. By the time Ad Lib released their follow up sound card, the AdLib Gold, a better Sound Blaster was already out and at a cheaper price.
Ad Lib was unable to compete and declared bankruptcy on May 1st, 1992. There were several bids for Ad Lib's assets, including from Mediatrix Peripherals who eventually hired some of the old Ad Lib staff. However, it was German conglomerate Binnenalster GmbH, who made the successful bid and created Ad Lib MultiMedia, Inc.
Ad Lib MultiMedia sold the remaining AdLib Gold cards and went on to produce two other sound cards to little fanfare prompting Binnenalster to sell AdLib Multimedia to Softworld Taiwan in 1994.
Contents
Sound Cards
|
Release |
Sound Card |
Audio Chips |
| 1987-??-?? | AdLib | YM3812 |
| 1992-??-?? | AdLib Gold | YMF262, 12-bit stereo DAC |
| 199?-??-?? | MSC 16/32 | QS1000, CS4236 |
| 199?-??-?? | ASB 32/64 | CS9233, CS4232, CS8905 |
Software
Ad Lib wrote the following programs to function with their sound cards:
Formats
Ad Lib developed the following file formats to use with their sound cards:
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Lib,_Inc. - Wikipedia.
- queststudios.com/smf/index.php?topic=2885.0 - Some history.
