The GUS Musician's Digest Friday, 2 June 1995 Volume 15 : Number 022 Today's Topics: Power Chords and Win 95 Beta - Update Re: The GUS Musician's Digest V15 #21 Re: New patches on CD Guitar processor. 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: 01 Jun 95 09:16:58 EDT Subject: Power Chords and Win 95 Beta - Update If you have been trying to use any version of Power Chords with Win 95 beta you've probably found: The patches don't cache If you pre-cache patches outside Power Chords it works for those patches. Here's why: The messaging specifications of Win 95 have changed from Windows 3.1. Power Chords Pro uses special messages to the UltraSound driver to perform patch caching in a way that is optimized for our applications. Unfortunately due to the change in the specification, there is now a conflict with those message numbers in Win 95. We are working to resolve the problem in 3 ways: 1) Microsoft may accommodate the old messages in Win 95 2) Gravis may alter the drivers to accomodate the new specs 3) We will offer Windows Standard patch caching calls in a future upgrade (well in time for the final version of Windows 95) which will work correctly with the UltraSound. UPDATE: ======= I have been informed by Microsoft that the changes have been made so that applications which are marked as Windows 3.1 apps will be able to use the old patch caching messages. I am waiting on a new build of Win 95 to test this. If this is true, I can issue a patch so that your copy of Power Chords will work with Win 95 when it is released, using the current GUS drivers. New versions of Power Chords will use Win 95 specific drivers (when Gravis releases them), or standard Windows patch caching calls with the old ones. I'll keep you posted when I get a new build. Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems ------------------------------ From: George Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 08:44:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: The GUS Musician's Digest V15 #21 On Thu, 1 Jun 1995, The GUS Musician's Digest wrote: > > You've probably heard some of Francois Dion's stuff, especially the drum > patches that are publicly available. These versions are improved from those - > cleaned up a bit and tweeked according to Francois, but in any case that gives > you an idea of a fraction of the Vol. 1 sounds. > --------- ------------------- I heard of his patches, but I never did download them. Unfortunately, I don't think those patches are still available in the mirror sites. Most of the really old files have been deleted. - -George ------------------------------ From: Wee-Keong LIM Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 11:53:12 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: New patches on CD A demo tape or demo CD with comparisons of similar instrument patches is a great idea, in a similar way that the Ultrasound Experience compares FM to wavetable and various GM sound cards. Question is, how far and wide can you distribute it for non-local consumers? I, for one, am certainly interested in getting some quality patches. Keong - -- Wee-Keong Lim University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia "Gravis Ultrasound - Already There" ------------------------------ From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 20:09:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Guitar processor. On Wed, 31 May 1995, The GUS Musician's Digest wrote: > From: H8441Gal@ella.hu > Date: 30 May 95 12:52:15 +0100 > Subject: Guitar processor with GUS ? Can someone make it ? > > I had an idea for GUS, but I'm not sure if it's really working: > > The GUS can simultanously use the DAC and ADC (the SB cannot). There are > really good guitar processor which can produce very cool effects. Theh use only > digital (as far as I know) functions to make these sounds. So if I plug > a guitar to the GUS mic in and have the effect functions I can execute them > on the incoming data, and send them to the GUS output. It must be workin'. > I've never tried it but if someone can please ANSWER me ASAP!!! > Or is the GUS or the computer too slow to calcute the effects realtime? > > THANX > UBUL 12:53pm 05-30-1995 > Have you tried the Apollo program? It does reverb, for concert hall, club, church effects. But as for specific guitar effects such as flange, I don't know. However, I think Francois Dion, the guy who made some of Howling Dog patches and has some FAQs written about the UltraSound, may know more. His address would be in the FAQ, or ask Eric Bell. -Peter ------------------------------ End of The GUS Musician's Digest V15 #22 **************************************** 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.).