From: tardif@chicoutimi.ulaval.ca (Pierre-Martin Tardif)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: AdLib Gold
Summary: New AdLib Gold 1000
Keywords: AdLib, sound, music
Date: 7 Apr 92 01:48:45 GMT
Organization: Universite Laval


In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware you write:

>In article <2zzt3#a@rpi.edu> hsiaoe@aix.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) writes:
>>In article <EDWONG.92Apr4201518@csa.bu.edu> edwong@csa.bu.edu writes:
>>>what has happen to adlib gold?  I thought it should have been released a
>>>long time ago, or it is released already that I just didn't know about it?
>>>--
>>
>>Official word is May 1st.  However, another card you might want to look into
>>-- 

I talked with the guys who designed the AdLib Gold  (Lyre Inc.) and they
said the board was designed a long time ago and they were waiting after
a Yamaha sound chip... Now they changed for another company and IT WILL be
available pretty soon (few weeks maximum).  I heard the beta version of
the board playing and it's very good !!!  BTW, the developpers should
already have the developper's kit.

**********************   ADLIB GOLD 1000   *******************************


Technicals:
	20 independent stereo channels of FM synthetised sound + 2 channels
	for digital sound recording/playback.
	4 operator FM synthesis using 8 different wave forms
	16 bits stereo FM DAC with 96 dB dynamic range
	12 bit stereo sampling DAC (16,12 or 8 bit data is accepted) with
	72 dB dynamic range.
	PCM/ADPCM recording
	3:1 hardware based sound file compression/decompression.
	Stereo (and mono) smapling rates of 44.1, 22.05, 11.025, 7.35 or
	5.5125 KHz.
	Power amplifier of 1.2watt RMS per channel in 8 ohm.
	Output volume control for left/right channel (independant) over
	80 dB range in 2 dB steps.
	Microphone input.
	Programmable audio mixer (42 dB, 128 volume steps) for fading in/out
	and combining sounds from different audio sources.
	Programmable gain for microphone and aux. input (1Kohms, 1 to 100 mV)
	Antialiasing filters + 2 x oversampling and 2x undersampling digital
	filters (eliminates hissing and crackling).
	Permits use of 2 independent DMA channels for more flexible sound
	mixing.
	Software selectable interrupt lines (4) and DMA channels (3)
	128 bytes sampling FIFO buffer for efficient data transfert.
	256 bit EEPROM to keep configuration.
	128 programmable I/O address options.
	MIDI input/output with 16 byte FIFO
	5 individual timers for MIDI time stamping and enhanced management
	of time related events.
	IBM game port.
	Fully downward compatible with AdLib Music Synthesizer Card.
	Full compliance with Multimedia PC sound adapter specifications.

The package will be sold at the same price as the SB Pro and will include:
	Voice Pad software:  records, selects and plays back voice memo and
                             alarms.
	Juke Box software:   selects and plays 17 free tunes in a variety of
			     musical styles.  Can be used as music clips for
			     presentations.
	ROL2 file plaayback utility:  plays Juke Box tunes in batch files.
	Multimedia soundtrack utilities:  synchronizes images and sounds with
			     Autodesk Animator, Harvard Graphics and others.
	Digitized sound playback utility.
	Control panel:  controls volume and mixing.
	Installation, configuration and test programs.

As options:
	SCSI Adapter Kit:    Piggyback with software to listen to your CDs
			     and to take advantage of licensed CD music 
			     libraries created for business presentation or
			     applications.
	Surround Sound Module: Piggyback creating echo, reverbb, depth, etc.
	PC Telephone Answering System: Quarter-size card with software which
			     turns your PC in an fully automated telephone
			     management system.

Requirements:
	IBM PC or higher (compatibles included), IBM PS/2 Models 25 and 30,
	Tandy 1000 (except EX/HX), DOS 3.0 or higher, 640K RAM, 1.2 or 1.44
	disk drive, hard disk and graphics adapter.

For more information:
	AdLib Inc.                AdLib Inc.
        220, Grande-Allee Est     50, Staniford Street
        Suite 850                 Suite 800
	Quebec, Qc, CANADA        Boston, MA 02114
	G1R 2J1

	Phone (US or CANADA): 1-800-463-2686
	International telephone: 418-529-9676

I will buy one as soon as I can !!!

P.S.:  the board' components are surface mounts....
-- 
Pierre-Martin Tardif, etudiant gradue  (email: tardif@gel.ulaval.ca)
Laboratoire de Vision et Systemes Numeriques
Universite Laval, Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot, local 00100-I, Ste-Foy, Quebec,
Canada, G1K 7P4         (418-656-2131, ext 4848)