The GUS Musician's Digest Saturday, 27 May 1995 Volume 15 : Number 019 Today's Topics: Re: GUS and updated drivers (&Win 95) 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: daniel@adc.nsc.com (Daniel Herrington) Date: Fri, 26 May 95 09:21:18 CDT Subject: Re: GUS and updated drivers (&Win 95) All GUS/Win95 Users, Am I the only one who's happy with the Win95 Prerelease? I installed my GUS v3.4 1MB card, downloaded the v.3.57 disk images from epas, installed the GUS software into DOS 6.0 & Windows 3.1, then upgraded my Windows to Win95 Prerelease (build 347). Although Win95 said "No Soundcard Installed" when I upgraded Windows, my GUS works like a charm. I compose with Cakewalk Home Studio 2.0 with no problems (as long as I use the "Update Patch Cache" command when adding new instruments). I use Media Player to play MIDI files in the background while Web-cruising, and it automatically updates the cache. I click on an icon to run Raptor in DOS mode, and Win95 warns me that I have to close all other apps before exiting Windows, then it runs Raptor under DOS with beautiful GUS quality sound. I have no problems running MOD-equipped demos in DOS mode. I have Inertia Player set up as an icon that exits to DOS, and I get great MOD playback. Maybe I just happen to be using the best driver combination for GUS/Win95. I don't know... Regards, Daniel Herrington (daniel@adc.nsc.com) National Semiconductor Arlington Design Center Arlington, Texas > From: Daryl James > Date: Fri, 26 May 95 09:47:49 TZ > Subject: RE: GUS and updated drivers (&Win 95) > > Blake Patterson wrote on the digest... > > >Subject: GUS and updateed drivers (&Win 95) > > > > I am running Windows 95 currently. > > > > BEFORE I installed Win95, however, I lost Windows-based-MIDI |and > MOD4Win use on my GUS. This is due to the installation of the ~3mb > >GUS411.ZIP (4.11 I suppose) drivers. Are these supposed to work? I > get fine DOS performance -- PLAYMIDI, MOD players, games, etc. Why > >does it not work under Win? > > > > It did not START working when I installed Win95 (imagine that). I get > sound -- but no MIDI (and no DOS session sound, of course, until > >Gravis releases Win95 drivers -- which will prob. fix this whole mess > (Are they going to release some, or is it going to be like it has been > w/ OS/2 drivers??)). > > > > Can anyone give me some pointers/help? Thanks. > > > >bp > >bpatters@pcs.cnu.edu > >blake@vigsun1.larc.nasa.gov > > Here's my 2 cents worth.. > > I just installed Windows 95 for the first time and I am having the same > problem. (Pretty disappointing to see so many supported sound cards- > but no GUS) > > Of course I had to resort to trying the 16 bit (Win3.x) drivers we > already have. Digital sound is OK, but no MIDI. However, I think the > problem is not really the driver, but the way the MIDI Mapper works. I > was able to load patches with PatchManager and play them- all seemed to > load and play correctly except for one- acpiano.pat (Channel 0). > Once I loaded a few patches, I got got Drums/Percussion when playing > CANYON.MID that ships with Windows95- but no other instruments played. > So it appears that there is a problem with the mapping. I tried editing > the instrument mapping by hand, but it made no difference (but then > again- I was only experimenting since I don't really know how Windows95 > uses the midi mapper.) > I also noted that the new MIDIMAP.CFG file that ships with Windows95 is > only 1 byte. I tried copying the MIDIMAP.CFG file from the GUS driver > disks but no joy. > > Well its been fun trying to get the GUS going with a BETA operating > system, but I guess we'll have to wait for Gravis to release new > drivers when Windows95 ships - unless someone else has any pointers/ideas? > > Daryl James- Australia > > ------------------------------ End of The GUS Musician's Digest V15 #19 **************************************** 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.).