The GUS Musician's Digest Tuesday, 23 May 1995 Volume 15 : Number 015 Today's Topics: header3d Problem with Roland e16 and GUS/MIDI GUS Max as a mult-bank synth Standard Info: - Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest. - Before you ask a question, please READ THE FAQ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stephen@cbr.dit.csiro.au (Stephen Barrass) Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 17:47:21 +1000 Subject: header3d some weird stuff has happened with the 3d stuff over the past few software releases - with different utilites and demos coming and mostly going... in the 2.06 disks there was a focal point utility for creating 3d soundfiles called fp3d.exe plus some documentation about how to do it...in that doc it mentioned another utility which you attached a 3d header to the file with called header3d, only its not in the discs. Does anyone know where to get this from - or some other more recent way of making 3d soundfiles from samples ? stephen #@%#%^! Internet : stephen@cbr.dit.csiro.au #Q!^&%#$@!^&$#& Phone : +61-6-216 7085 #!@&^#@!^&&^%#&^@! Fax : +61-6-257 1548 @!#@#!&(*00!@#&&@#* Address : CSIRO Division of Information Technology, 0#@!%^!@#^%&&^&& GPO Box 664, Canberra ACT 2601 @#!%$^@#!%^^ AUSTRALIA @#!*^&*^#@# #%#$ ^&^&%^ @ ------------------------------ From: Dave Haynie Date: Mon, 22 May 95 12:40:31 EST Subject: Problem with Roland e16 and GUS/MIDI >derek@sdt.com (Derek Lane) wrote: >The e16 plays fine by itself, and runs through the demo great! I've loaded >the Miracle Piano Software version 1.05 (I think) and it loads without any >errors. > >Now I hook up the e16 to the Gravis MIDI box, and connect the MIDI box >to the GUS MIDI port. > >Then I turn the keyboard on, computer on, get to the DOS prompt, and run >the miracle program, the program just hangs and locks up the computer. I tried setting up the Miracle Piano Software with a GUS Max awhile ago, to no avail. The main problem is that, if you want to use an external MIDI device for input or output, the Miracle wants it to look exactly like a Roland MPU-401 port. Nothing I've tried so far for the GUS emulates this closely enough to make the Miracle happy. The last one I tried was MegaEm 3.03, which didn't lock up, but didn't actually work either. The Miracle could output just fine to GUS synth using one of the emulations (Roland SoundCanvas I think), but anything that went out the MIDI port was totally garbled. And I got no keyboard input whatsoever. I sent a bug report to Gravis. -Dave ------------------------------ From: Dave Haynie Date: Mon, 22 May 95 12:47:25 EST Subject: GUS Max as a mult-bank synth I'm been driving myself nuts trying to get the GUS Max to work as a synth box with multiple banks. My primary synth is a Roland JV-880. I have some fairly good patches for the GUS, but I want to keep the basic General MIDI around too, because the Roland isn't GM-compatible. With around 20MB or more of GUS patches (did lots of downloading just recently), the GUS makes a nice backup, when I don't have just the right patch for the Roland. Which brings me to banking. I'm driving this with Cakewalk Pro 3.01, which does a great job flipping banks on the Roland, so I figured it would do likewise on the GUS. But no dice, the GUS ignores the bank entirely, so far anyhow. I can manually select a bank with the patch manager, but that doesn't cut it if I'm trying to use multiple custom banks in the same song. Is this a flaw in the GUS MIDI support, or am I missing something. I'm using 3.5-something GUS software, if that's any help. Thanks in advance for any pointers. -Dave ------------------------------ End of The GUS Musician's Digest V15 #15 **************************************** To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP Sites Archive Directories --------- ------------------- Main N.American Site: ftp.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/ibmpc/ultrasound Main Asian Site: nctuccca.edu.tw PC/ultrasound Main European Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound Main Australian Site: ftp.mpx.com.au /ultrasound/general /ultrasound/submit South African Site: ftp.sun.ac.za /pub/packages/ultrasound Submissions: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound/submit Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound Mirrors: garbo.uwasa.fi mirror/ultrasound ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au pc/ultrasound ftp.luth.se pub/msdos/ultrasound Gopher Sites Menu directory ------------ -------------- Main Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound WWW Pages --------- Main Site: http://www.xmission.com/~grue/gus.html Main European Site: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/ Main Australian Site: http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html Mirrors: http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/ GUS Digest Archives: http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~itam/digest.html http://www.student.adelaide.edu.au/~godfathr/gus/gus.html MailServer For Archive Access: Email to Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (general use, programmers, etc.). From owner-gus-music-digest Wed May 24 07:06:09 1995 remote from gaia.ucs.orst.edu Received: by reddwarf.xs4all.nl (AMAIL 0.26) with UUCP id AA12499; Wed, 24 May 1995 18:09:37 GMT+0100 Received: from mail.nws.orst.edu by xs1.xs4all.nl with SMTP id AA04074 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Wed, 24 May 1995 09:16:34 +0200 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by mail.nws.orst.edu (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id AAA26944; Wed, 24 May 1995 00:08:27 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: mail.nws.orst.edu: daemon owned process doing -bs Received: (from daemon@localhost) by mail.nws.orst.edu (8.6.9/8.6.6) id AAA26762; Wed, 24 May 1995 00:06:09 -0700 Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 00:06:09 -0700 Message-Id: <199505240706.AAA26762@mail.nws.orst.edu> From: owner-gus-music-digest@mail.nws.orst.edu (The GUS Musician's Digest) To: gus-music-digest@mail.nws.orst.edu Subject: The GUS Musician's Digest V15 #16 Reply-To: gus-music@gaia.ucs.orst.edu Errors-To: owner-gus-music-digest@mail.nws.orst.edu Precedence: bulk The GUS Musician's Digest Wednesday, 24 May 1995 Volume 15 : Number 016 Today's Topics: GUS PATCH CD-ROMS NOW SHIPPING! Re: GUS Max as a mult-bank synth Standard Info: - Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest. - Before you ask a question, please READ THE FAQ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems" <71333.2166@compuserve.com> Date: 23 May 95 10:17:17 EDT Subject: GUS PATCH CD-ROMS NOW SHIPPING! Hi All, Been a while since I was on the digest. I guess I have been dropped from the list a few times. We now have two CD-ROM's of Patches for the UltraSound: The Howling Dog Systems UltraSound Power Patch CD-ROM Volume 1 and The Pure Energy Howling Dog Systems UltraSound Power Patch CD-ROM Volume 2, which features patches by Pure Energy Entertainments in the UK. Holler if you want more info on these. They are $99.95 US each and have 40 Mb of sounds ready to go for your GUS. Watch for an intro package special on both CDs to celebrate the release of Volume 2. Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems 71333.2166@compuserve.com ------------------------------ From: George Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:54:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: GUS Max as a mult-bank synth I had no success with switching melodic banks with CakeWalk Pro 3.0. It is possible, however, to switch drum banks with CakeWalk Pro 3.0. First, make sure you have a drum bank created already with Patch Manager or by editing the ultrasnd.ini yourself. Then, rather than using the BANK 'window' in the Tracks View, use the PATCH 'window'. If the channel is set to GS Drum Set, remember that Standard Bank is not Bank #1, but Bank #0, Power Drum Bank is #15 not #16 in GS Drum Set config. - -George ------------------------------ End of The GUS Musician's Digest V15 #16 **************************************** To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP Sites Archive Directories --------- ------------------- Main N.American Site: ftp.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/ibmpc/ultrasound Main Asian Site: nctuccca.edu.tw PC/ultrasound Main European Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound Main Australian Site: ftp.mpx.com.au /ultrasound/general /ultrasound/submit South African Site: ftp.sun.ac.za /pub/packages/ultrasound Submissions: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound/submit Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound Mirrors: garbo.uwasa.fi mirror/ultrasound ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au pc/ultrasound ftp.luth.se pub/msdos/ultrasound Gopher Sites Menu directory ------------ -------------- Main Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound WWW Pages --------- Main Site: http://www.xmission.com/~grue/gus.html Main European Site: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/ Main Australian Site: http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html Mirrors: http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/ GUS Digest Archives: http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~itam/digest.html http://www.student.adelaide.edu.au/~godfathr/gus/gus.html MailServer For Archive Access: Email to Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (general use, programmers, etc.).