AdPlug

AdPlug
Creator	Simon Peter, Nikita V. Kalaganov
Released	1999
Platform	DOS, foobar2000, UNIX, Winamp, XMMS
Website	adplug.github.io

AdPlug, and its stand-alone release, AdPlay, is an audio engine that emulates the sound of the OPL2 and OPL3 found on the various 8 and 16-bit sound cards through the 1980-1990s, particularly the AdLib and Sound Blaster boards. AdPlug does this by playing music files in their original format. Though it hasn't been updated in some time, it still has a wide variety of support, not only from games, but also from OPL-targeted music trackers.

AdPlug is a plugin built for foobar2000, Winamp, and XMMS, and AdPlay is a command line program for DOS and UNIX.

Formats

Format	Creator	Notes
A2M	AdLib Tracker 2	Now supports all versions of A2M.
ADL (Westwood)	Westwood Studios
AMD	AMUSIC
BAM	Bob's AdLib Music
BMF	Easy AdLib 1.0 by The Brain	Only in master branch of repository, not released yet
CFF	BoomTracker 4
CMF	Creative	Still some issue with defined instruments.
CMF (MACS Opera)	SoundFX MACS Opera	Only in master branch of repository, not released yet
D00	EdLib
DFM	Digital-FM
DMO	TwinTeam
DRO	DOSBox	Supports both v0.1 and v2.0
DTM	DeFy AdLib Tracker
GOT	God of Thunder (DOS)	Only in master branch of repository, not released yet
HSC, HSP	Hannes Seifert
IMF, WLF, ADLIB	id Software	Still some issues with percussion (Fixed in beta release with WoodyOPL emulator from DOSBox Team).
IMS (IMPlay)	IMPlay Song Format	Only in master branch of repository, not released yet
JBM	Johannes Bjerregaard (Jozz)
KSM	Ken Silverman	Must have insts.dat file in same folder as KSM files.
LAA	LucasArts
LDS	Loudness
M (Origin)	Origin Systems	Doesn't support certain types of compression.
MAD	Mlat AdLib Tracker
MDI	MIDI Play by Ad Lib, Inc.	Only in master branch of repository, not released yet
MID, KAR	MIDI	MIDI files are played with General MIDI instrumentation, but this rarely matches the custom engines of most games, particularly those made prior to the General MIDI standard.
MKJ	MKJamz
MSC	AdLib MSCplay
MTK	MPU-401 Trakker
MUS (AdLib)	AdLib Play by Ad Lib, Inc.	Only in master branch of repository, not released yet
RAD	Reality AdLib Tracker
RAW (Rdos)	Rdos AdLib Catcher
RIX, MKF	Softstar	Use only the latest AdPlug at 49716 Hz, or AdPlay (DOS) V1.7+, as it's really hard to get it just right; the latest version contains more patches.
ROL	AdLib Visual Composer	The song's BNK file must be in the same directory as the ROL file.
S3M	Scream Tracker 3	Will play only FM synthesis samples.
SA2	Surprise! AdLib Tracker 2
SAT	Surprise! AdLib Tracker
SCI	Sierra On-Line	Some percussion issues. Also, has file name issues, see below.
SNG (Adlib Tracker)	Adlib Tracker 1.0
SNG (Faust Music Creator)	Faust Music Creator
SNG (SNGPlay)	SNGPlay
SOP	Note 1.0 Beta 2 (sopepos)	Only in master branch of repository, not released yet
VGM	Video Game Music 1.51+	Only in master branch of repository, not released yet
XAD	eXotic
XMS	XMS-Tracker
XSM	eXtra Simple Music

SCI

AdPlug can only play the AdLib (OPL2) portion of SCI files, and the files must follow a strict naming convention in order to play. Music ripped from Sierra resource files will look like this:

sound.001
sound.006
sound.039
patch.003
patch.005

However, AdPlug will not play a soundtrack with these file names; you must first rename the files according to these rules:

1. All the files must start with the same three-character prefix.
2. Music files may contain a custom title after the prefix, but you must change the file extension to "sci".
3. The patch.003 file (which contains the OPL2 instruments must also have the prefix, followed by "patch.003".
4. Other patch files are for other devices are not needed and may be deleted.

Thus, to play in AdPlug, the above example should be renamed like this:

KQ4 - Title Theme.sci
KQ4 - Cupid's Pool.sci
KQ4 - Troll.sci
KQ4patch.003

You can use the Make Sierra Audio AdPlug Compliant script to rename an entire soundtrack automatically.

Downloads

Version	Download	Platform
1.6a	Download - (info)	DOS
1.46	Download - (info)	foobar2000
1.7	Download - (info)	UNIX
1.8.2	Download - (info)	Winamp
1.2	Download - (info)	XMMS

Links

• adplug.github.io - Official.
• github.com/adplug/winamp/releases - Latest plugin releases.
• foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_input_adplug - foobar2000 plugin page.
• mitglied.lycos.de/borgnumberone/misc/adlib/ - Comparison with RdosPlay.