Adlib Tracker II is, dare we say, the most userfriendly tracker aimed for the OPL3 FM-chip, and is full of advanced features to simplify your task of making the most of your Adlib-tunes.

Supporting 4 operator instruments, percussion mode, a wide selection of importable song- and instrument types and - maybe foremost - an advanced macro editor that can really push the FM-chip to the limit.

Features

Adlib Tracker II features: * Supports 4-operator instruments, melodic and percussion instruments * Supports up to 255 instruments, 128 patterns, 128 order list entries, 89 effect commands, and 16 extended commands * Features 2 effect columns and instrument macro-definitions

Audio examples

To get an idea of Adlib Tracker II's FM sound, here are a couple of recorded tracks (also included): * Benjamin Gerardin - High Tech Environment III (1155 kb - ben\fm36b2.a2m) * Benjamin Gerardin - Unnamed (1648 kb) (ben\fm63b_rv.a2m) * Brendan Bailey - A Different Kind Of Hero (769 kb) (brendan\newfil38.a2m) * Encore - Computer World (1098 kb) (encore\1_cworld.a2m) * Encore - The Absence Of Julia (1352 kb) (encore\ab_julia.a2m) * Nula - Onward (1101 kb) (nula\onward.a2m) * Nula - Super Mario (747 kb) (nula\mario.a2m)

Development

In order to compile Adlib Tracker II, the following software should be installed:

DOS version:

• TMT Pascal Compiler 3.9x or higher
• Turbo Assembler 3.x or higher (required for compilation of aPLib compression library)

SDL version:

• Free Pascal Compiler 2.6.x or higher
• GCC 4.x.x or higher (required for compilation of MAME OPL3 emulator)
• JWASM 2.xx or higher (required for compilation of aPLib compression library)

The application can be built by executing the included batch files. For Linux version please use "makefile" instead.