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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. [1]

36 relations: Binnenalster, Canada, Computer, Creative Technology, De facto, Descent (1995 video game), DOSBox, Dune (video game), F-15 Strike Eagle II, Frequency modulation synthesis, Glue logic, Home of the Underdogs, IBM PC compatible, King's Quest IV, Lyrtech, Micro Channel architecture, Phone connector (audio), Police Quest III: The Kindred, Product demonstration, Pulse-code modulation, Quebec, Rayman (video game), Sierra Entertainment, Soft-World, Sound Blaster, Sound card, Sound chip, Stereophonic sound, Surround sound, Timbrality, Université Laval, VDMSound, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Yamaha Corporation, Yamaha YM3812, Yamaha YMF262.

Binnenalster

or Inner Alster Lake is one of two artificial lakes within the city limits of Hamburg, Germany, which are formed by the river Alster (the other being the Außenalster).

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Computer

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Creative Technology

Creative Technology Ltd. is a Singapore-based global company headquartered in Jurong East, Singapore.

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De facto

In law and government, de facto (or;, "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, even if not legally recognised by official laws.

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Descent (1995 video game)

Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay in 1995.

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DOSBox

DOSBOX (stylized as DOSBox) is an emulator program which emulates an IBM PC compatible computer running a DOS operating system.

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Dune (video game)

Dune is a 1992 adventure strategy video game, based upon Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name.

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F-15 Strike Eagle II

F-15 Strike Eagle II is an F-15 Strike Eagle combat flight simulator released in 1989 by MicroProse and is the sequel of F-15 Strike Eagle.

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Frequency modulation synthesis

Frequency modulation synthesis (or FM synthesis) is a form of sound synthesis where the timbre of a simple waveform (such as a square, triangle, or sawtooth) called the carrier, is changed by modulating its frequency with a modulator frequency that is also in the same or similar audio range, so that a more complex timbre results.

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Glue logic

In electronics, glue logic is the custom logic circuitry used to interface a number of off-the-shelf integrated circuits.

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Home of the Underdogs

Home of the Underdogs (often called HotU) was an abandonware archive founded by Sarinee Achavanuntakul, in October 1998.

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IBM PC compatible

IBM PC compatible computers are computers similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, able to use the same software and expansion cards.

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King's Quest IV

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is a graphic adventure game developed and released by Sierra On-Line in 1988.

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Lyrtech

LYRtech inc. is a digital signal processing development company based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

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Micro Channel architecture

Micro Channel architecture, or the Micro Channel bus, was a proprietary 16- or 32-bit parallel computer bus introduced by IBM in 1987 which was used on PS/2 and other computers until the mid-1990s.

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Phone connector (audio)

A phone connector, also known as phone jack, audio jack, headphone jack or jack plug, is a family of electrical connectors typically used for analog audio signals.

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Police Quest III: The Kindred

Police Quest III: The Kindred (also known simply as Police Quest III) is an adventure game produced by Jim Walls for Sierra On-Line, and released in 1991.

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Product demonstration

In marketing, a product demonstration (or "demo" for short) is a promotion where a product is demonstrated to potential customers.

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Pulse-code modulation

Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent sampled analog signals.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Rayman (video game)

Rayman is a side-scrolling platform video game developed by Ludimedia and published by Ubi Soft.

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Sierra Entertainment

Sierra Entertainment, Inc. (formerly On-Line Systems and later Sierra On-Line, Inc.) was an American video game developer and publisher based in Bellevue, Washington.

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Soft-World

Soft-World is a games distributor/developer in Taiwan, based in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Sound Blaster

The Sound Blaster family of sound cards was the de facto standard for consumer audio on the IBM PC compatible system platform, until the widespread transition to Microsoft Windows 95, which standardized the programming interface at application level (eliminating the importance of backward compatibility with Sound Blaster), and the evolution in PC design led to onboard motherboard-audio, which commoditized PC audio functionality.

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Sound card

A sound card (also known as an audio card) is an internal expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under control of computer programs.

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Sound chip

A sound chip is an integrated circuit (i.e. "chip") designed to produce sound.

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Stereophonic sound

Stereophonic sound or, more commonly, stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective.

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Surround sound

Surround sound is a technique for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with additional audio channels from speakers that surround the listener (surround channels).

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Timbrality

Monotimbral (from the root prefix mono meaning one, and timbre meaning a specific tone of a sound independent of its pitch) is usually used in reference to electronic synthesisers which can produce a single timbre at a given pitch when pressing one key (if the synth is monophonic) or multiple keys (if the synth is polyphonic).

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Université Laval

Université Laval (Laval University) is a French-language, public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

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VDMSound

VDMSound was an open source (licensed under GPLv2) emulator of legacy sound card devices, designed to allow video games and other applications written for MS-DOS to run on the Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/95/98/Me operating systems.

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Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a fantasy-themed real-time strategy (RTS) game published by Blizzard Entertainment and released for DOS in 1995 and for Mac OS in 1996.

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Yamaha Corporation

() is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate with a very wide range of products and services, predominantly musical instruments, electronics and power sports equipment.

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Yamaha YM3812

The Yamaha YM3812, also known as the OPL2, is a sound chip created by Yamaha Corporation in 1985 and famous for its wide use in IBM PC-based sound cards such as the AdLib, Sound Blaster and Pro AudioSpectrum (8bit), as well as several arcade games by Nichibutsu, Toaplan and others.

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Yamaha YMF262

The Yamaha YMF262, also known as the OPL3 (OPL is an acronym for FM Operator Type-L), is an FM synthesis sound chip released by Yamaha Corporation in early 1990s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Lib,_Inc.

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