[electronic] electrock (mp3) adlib card

[uncloned]

Year: 1991

Album:
Adlib

Artist's description:
This is a short ditty composed on an Adlib card.

Thanks to Dos Box I was able to emulate and capture it.

Everything is from a two operator FM synthesizer chip.

It was the first soundcard available for the IBM PC compatibles.

Contributors:
Adlib Virtual Composer

DosBox 0.65

Inspiration:
FM synths are cool

http://clones.soonlabel.com/mp3/elecrock.mp3

[psishock]

oooo, i love those FM sounds so much Uncloned! It was a great flashback ^^, it's a pity it "died out".

[uncloned]

I agree - and I wish that Adlib had supported the 4 operator FM chips that came out later.

I always wanted a Yamaha DX-7 FM synth and couldn't afford one. This was the next best thing.

[psishock]

Yep the Yamaha DX-7 FM was really tempting to me 2. Luckily, Native Instruments made the "soul" of it to VSTi: FM7, which was later evolved to FM8, that i use 99% on my products. ^^ You just can't compare anything else to those crystal clear FM sounds that you can get by modulating those operators.
Of course, nowdays i use a lot more effects on those pure sounds, than people did in the "early years", but the idea is all the same.

[Sam_Zen]

Well, the 'first soundcard available' is of course a questionable thing. I used the Soundblaster Pro in those days.
Useful for tracking as well then..

The Yamaha DX-7 was indeed a product on a new level. Although I noticed that users mainly were hanging on the preset sounds.
Instead of exploring the 100 different setups in FM modulation of every sine configuration..

[uncloned]

the adlib card did predate the soundblaster, let alone the soundblaster pro.

Ablid had the soundcard market - but never developed anything until it was too late.

check out the wikipedia link.