Thanks for doing this! I've wanted to poke around with these tunes in module form for ages as well. Really cool to see how they're made; definitely post some updates here when you've got them!
Has anyone ever created a song that uses both Adlib and sampled instruments? When I play these files in ScreamTracker the Adlib notes seem to play too soon relative to the sampled ones, but when I use SchismTracker they are fine. But then SchismTracker seems to mangle some Adlib notes so I'm not sure. Just looking for feedback as to whether there are any known issues with trackers/players in this respect.
They seem to play fine on my setup, no apparent timing problems... I'm using a GUS for digital playback and an SB for FM (ST3 can use both at the same time if they are installed together - theoretically this should work under Dosbox too, but who knows.) I also tried in 'pure' SB mode and didn't hear any problems.
Foreign Shores (z66ep1v3.s3m) has an FM snare layered with a sampled snare - they should (and do) hit at exactly the same time. Best test I could think of.
I can record the output from my machine for you if it helps. Let me know.
Old OPL2 chips on SB cards are notoriously slow to respond but I didn't think that extended to *music timing*... I'm using an AWE64 with Creative's CQM FM chip.
I think Manwe/Sands has some tracks up on Youtube using simultaneous FM+samples.