hey guys, this program is the bestest. we need more FM musicians!!

Seconded, Merry Christmas to all of you out there, and Happy New Year full of joy and happines!

I wish a Very Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year 2009 to all FM-geeks!

Oliwerko: I got it sorted. The sound card does have real FM, just not Yamaha FM. I just needed to run in MS-DOS and set up my card correctly.

egr,

I think that it's not worth to bother with HW emulation when you can easily download DosBox and use the tracker there. I think there might be some difference between having a REAL AdLib and emulation,
but between HW and SW emulation? I don't know. DosBox has some great sound out there, maybe the best software AdLib synth ever made. I wouldn't bother with HW emulation if I were you.

Oops, typo... make that NO sound, as in everything seems to be working fine (including scrolling the screen) but no sound at all.

This tracker looks fascinating! I evidently need some help with setup tho.

System: Compaq Armada 1700, PII, 233MHz, Wind 98 SE
ES 1869 sound card (has FM synthesis and OPL3 emulation), drivers from Compaq installed

AT2 starts up and everything seems fine graphically, load up a module and everything still seems fine but not sound.

I see that this may be common with Win 98, I've adjusted the adlib_port thru the full range listed in the interface. This laptop has the annoying feature that you can't boot into Safe Mode voluntarily (possibly due to my re-installing windows).

Could someone point me to some searchable help or know anything about this particular system?
Thanks!

I was using Adlib Tracker on this computer under Windows 95 without any problems. Mouse driver? You need to find mouse.com DOS driver or smthing like that on the net.

Hi everybody - can anyone help? I've just bought a Toshiba Libretto 100CT specifically to run Adlib but I'm having no luck. Running in DOS mode, the program wont start due to not finding a mouse driver and under Win98 it runs but with no sound. I have similar problems with Fasttracker too - under Windows, broken audio but under DOS I cant select a soundblaster card option? Has anyone overcome similar problems?
I used to have a Libretto years ago running Win95 and that was fine for Fasttracker.
Cheers

What do you think about buying yamaha cx5m?

No Sub, that was just the burrito you ate earlier giving you heartburn.

Monk: Thank you very much for your compliments, it really warms the cockles of one's heart ;) Keep on finding the old secrets of OPL world! :)

This is pretty cool and indeed user-friendly tracker, simple and easy to learn too! I have only tinkered with it for a few days and already I have learned how to make a multiple pattern-tune, some instrus and such. The logic of FM / OPL3 instrument making is very different from the C64 and things like that, but my method is toying around, changing parameters until it starts to sound pleasing, and that way I am hoping to learn enough of the modulation/carrier logic (etc) to use it efficiently. Very inspiring stuff, works fine with my old Pentium III 800 MHz Win98 machine. I had problems with DosBox and XP on this other 1.8 GHz machine but with the Pentium it's nice and works smoooth. Thank you for going through so much trouble to provide the world with this great Adlib Tracker II, I am really finding out what I was missing in my Amiga years! Cheers!

My Email is essentric84@hotmail.com

I have an ALS 4000 soundcard, it is a PCI soundcard containing a genuine OPL3 sound chip in the main glue chip. Genuine sounds for Midi, but as I have XP installed the DOS box that comes with XP does not provide the resources, I even have VDM sound and found no way to link to the sound chip. Is there a special driver or semi emulator, an emulator that emulates the resources to link directly to the chip in the ALS4000, otherwise I would have to resurect the old DOS junker.

@Newk: no special setup is necessary... the program is running under PMODE extender so every other aspect is treated within it... I think EMM386 and stuff like that should not be of problem... only take care of at least 4MB memory :)

@Nick: it's a shame, but till now I don't know about any tutorial on FM-tracking (though there was idea to write some, recently). As the using of instruments... the best for you to start would be to use the already defined instruments that are contained in the program package... maybe this can give you some ideas how to use it (simple comparision of them - there are not so many paramaters ;)

Hi there,

I am completely confused here, and was wondering if anyone could please show me the ropes on how to use Adlib Tracker 2...I must learn it because I've got a game in the works (a retro one, fine thank you) and I need OPL3 music for it.

Mainly, I have no idea how to use, create or find instruments (I presume it has something to do with waveforms, which I have no idea what to do about.) So can someone email me or perhaps give me some pointers in the right direction?

my email address is adept25@pacbell.net

I appreciate that

(it's a Compaq Presario 1685.. it's equipped with an ESS-Solo-1 soundcard wich is happy to have the OPL3 chip)

I didn't touch trackers since i switched from Amiga4000 to P3-PC and got on with FLStudio.
Now i just got this old laptop lying around and this seems like a real sweet usage for it!

Now because i skipped the MSDOS area i would very like to know how to set-up a minimum installation?
maybe even have a seperate option from bootmenu or maybe from floppy :)

could you guys maybe put up some installation instructions? running this in windows is lame

anyway.. RESPECT!

Follow DOSBox OPL3emu improvement discussion here:
http://soundshock.se/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1868#1868
Be dare to present your experience ;-)

TFX: the modules are, mostly, rather old (10 or more years). Please enlight us and make something sweet for ears in AdT2, everybody will be thankful for sure *grin*

Hey, this isn't necessarily OPL related, but it's definitely FM related.

If you have a PSP, you should really check out PSPSeq. It has 2 different FM synths and the way the program is set up, every note of every track can have every parameter completely different. If you have a pure FM setup, you can have 14 FM tracks or 12 BFM tracks. The FM features 4 different kinds of feedback (on version 3.00 which is currently in semi-open beta testing at the moment) even though it's only 2 OP. The BFM is also 2 op, but it uses a dual oscillator stack for each OP. Anyway, if you want a sound demo, here's one. I also threw in a sample track to add some extra spice. The whole thing runs in realtime on a single PSP.

http://iiichan.net/boards/music/src/HSHAZEDEMO2FINAL.mp3

When PSPSeq 3.00 is 'officially' released, this will be included as a demo song. If you don't mind not using a real chip or want to have some very sophisticated FM sequencing available on the go, PSPSeq is not to be missed...now back to your regularly scheduled AT2 talk...

Some of these modules which I founded unpacking AT are really badass, some are really sick. So I would like to ask those people who wrote this crazy modules what kind of drugs they use.

http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/lsi/download/index.html

Here are the 9X drivers for the laptop's sound system, so you can access the OPL3 in Windows and DOS mode. It'sthe ones all the way at the bottom, the OPL3-SAx VxD drivers

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:gVMDwNI96AIJ:inferno.slug.org/pdf/toshiba/tecra8000.pdf+Toshiba+Tecra+8000&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us

I was given an old laptop, a Toshiba Tecra 8000. As it has a dvd-player and s-video I was thinking of using it with VLC to see if it's capable of watching dvd's/divx etc. Not sure if it has OPL3 (as some of the specs I've googled says) but I will find out. :) The current installation is slow as heck though, am thinking of putting a linux distro on it instead. :)

Huh, I added external delay and now AT2 sounds much better. What a pity that I haven't chorus onboard.

Ooh! Now my gaming machine (486DX4/100, 256kB cache, 32MB RAM, 2GB HDD) in my kitchen will have one more use! Or, I could actually have my Compaq P233-based laptop dedicated for the purpose.

I wonder, would it be any advantage, in any form, to have a machine with more than one soundcard? Of course, the audio would have to be mixed externally, or maybe one could loop the sound from one card back through the other card? Just playing with the thought here.

And for those of you who don't have ISA slots in your machines, AWE64 cards are (were) available as PCI cards too. Although, I don't know whether they had OPL3 or not. I can dig one out to check, but won't do that right now.

Anyway, briliant piece of software. :-)

2Moogle! I'm registered under same nick (subz3ro) there ;) But speaking of which, I don't have time to actively participate anymore... I'm just reading from time to time :-I

Yes, because there's been a flurry of activity there lately. :p

What name do you use there? I can't recall ever seeing your name 'subz3r0' there.

TFX: register on soundshock forum (www.soundshock.se), I think you will get answer more quickly ;)

I don't know any PC game, any programme from 1998 that uses Frequency Modulation for making sound. So I don't know any reason why japaniese engeeniers put this kind of soundcards to their laptops. It was totally useless these days.

Maybe someone knows the answer?

Hello SUBZ3RO> How Are U???
BTW nice to see antispam control here!!!

TFX: AT2 uses tweaked 90x30 textmode.. as stated in the doc, you may encounter problems with some old-fashioned or opposite - new-fashioned graphic cards. try to use the txt-emulation mode first (parameter "screen_mode=1" in adtrack2.ini file)
as your second question.. yes, the name "connection" means exactly that. as the number of connections, you evidently don't like to read the docs, do you? :o) there are 2 types of connection - AM and FM. when you use 4-op instruments, it raises to 4, because you can combine them then... (AM-AM, AM-FM, FM-AM, FM-FM)

AT2 looks little bit different on the screen on my laptop. Here is 800x480 display and right part of the list is cutted down. I don't have such effect with programs like Norton C. and other programs.

Is "Connection Type" is exactly the parameter called "algorythm" which can be found in DX synthesizers and Symphonix editor?

And second question. Here in the Symphonix editor when I click |MODE| -> |FM OPL3| I have much more connetion types and waveforms then in AT2 edtior. What the $!*%?

philip: first try to set following parameter in adtrack2.ini file -> opl_latency=1
if it won't be of help, then we can think of some hardware problem...

Hi,

i just got a toshiba 420cds with an OPL. i load dos. adlib runs, but it does not use the OPL3 properly - ijust garbage FM noise coming out.

address problem? (irq etc)

TFX, you're real freak man. I don't know if you are so bored that you do not have better things to do, than spamming this message board, but this is the last time I'm deleting your posts. Everything after then will stay here so people can make image about you.... I really don't understand what's wrong with you. You give a bad name to all these kind people I know in Poland... CHILL OUT, MAN!

Luigi Thirty: I don't know about any... but there are some banks/instruments already included in the tracker package.

All: If somebody got some good instruments made, maybe with macro stuff also, what about to share them? :)

Is there a site for instrument banks?

Seems to be working for now..... I see no spam message for more than 8 hours :-))

Okay, I created a captcha-function in the messageboard, which you'll have to fill in, in order to message something. Hopefully this will filter a lot of the spammies.

A message to Nitro, Your problem may be caused by latency issues. you need to get into the Adtrack.cfg and play around with the latency in the troubleshooting section near the end. The M after the codename is irrelavent, it is part of the codename. as long as you have the genuine Yamaha chip, or at least the Creative AWE equivalent, you will be fine. Even on a Media Vision Jazz16 sound card bearing a genuine YM262-M, I needed to add latency, otherwise it would glitch and sound unmusical. And I would like to say hello to everyone in this page, it has been a long time since I have posted anything. If you want to find me, I am on Myspace.com

What kind of laptop is it. How old? What sound hardware?

This program only works in DOS, or windows 9X.

Does anybody nows what is wrong with my laptop ?

Just downloaded the Adlibtracker2 about and hour ago its installed and ready to play but there is no sound comming out of my laptop = (

Eric: Thanks! Speaking of which, it's maybe better to go off with some Pentium instead... for the macros... it will be evaluated :-P

Adlib tracker is awesome, it's one of the reasons I'm going to build a 486 computer with some parts I have.

DaNyL Happy New Year.

@nitro2k01: i too have a laptop with the same opti soundconfig; but it plays squarewaves (according to my llsid player) which means it should be opl3 compatible; but my laptop has a pentium > 60 mhz ;P