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Ad Lib, Inc. was a Canadian manufacturer of sound cards and other computer equipment founded by Martin Prevel, a former professor of music and vice-dean of the music department at the Université Laval. The company's best known product, the AdLib Music Synthesizer Card (ALMSC), or simply the AdLib as it was called, was the first add-on sound card for IBM compatibles to achieve widespread acceptance, becoming the first de facto standard for audio reproduction.

Onboarded Soundchip

YM3812

Additional links

TDB

Most popular trackers

Name	Author	Platform	Type	Sound	Last update	Price
AdLib Tracker 2	Unknown	Windows	Tracker	FM (OPL3)	12/25	Free
Surprise! Adlib Tracker 2	Unknown	MS-DOS	Tracker	Digital	2003	Free
AdLib Xrom	Sample Science	Windows - Osx	VST	Digital	2020	Free
Edlib 1.05a	The vibrants	MS-DOS	Tracker	AY (Chiptune)	12/94	Free
Reality Adlib Tracker 2	Reality production	Windows - Osx	Tracker	Digital	2018	Free

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-| '''Surprise! Adlib Tracker 2'''
+| [http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/Surprise!_Adlib_Tracker_v2.0 '''Surprise! Adlib Tracker 2''']
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 | Free
-| [http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/Surprise!_Adlib_Tracker_v2.0 More info]
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-| '''AdLib Xrom'''
+| [https://www.samplescience.info/2020/12/adlibxrom.html '''AdLib Xrom''']
 | Sample Science
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 | Free
-| [https://www.samplescience.info/2020/12/adlibxrom.html More info]
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-| '''Edlib 1.05a'''
+| [https://archive.org/details/demoscene_EdLib105a-vibrants '''Edlib 1.05a''']
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-| [https://archive.org/details/demoscene_EdLib105a-vibrants More info]
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-| '''Reality Adlib Tracker 2'''
+| [https://realityproductions.itch.io/rad/devlog/32697/reality-adlib-tracker-v20a-release '''Reality Adlib Tracker 2''']
 | Reality production
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 | Free
-| [https://realityproductions.itch.io/rad/devlog/32697/reality-adlib-tracker-v20a-release More info]
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