The GUS Daily Digest Sunday, 4 June 1995 Volume 22 : Number 033 Today's Topics: Microcosm HELP !!! GUSPRO00.ARx files on epas Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #32 Trackers,Win95,SCSI+GUS MICROCOSM HELP !!!! Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #32 USS8/16/SAW help needed. Megaem 3.04b makes X-Wing have new audio effects. . . Gus PRO - Review Bureau 13 SSF2T location of Dope demo GUS & ASUS P54TP4 Problems/Line In Volume 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: del_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 20:51:41 +1200 Subject: Microcosm HELP !!! Hello, I just bought the above game and after I successfully installed it to my drive and proceeded to run SETUP I get the message: Abnormal program termination: Memory Protection fault CS:EIP=000Ch:0006C9C5h I did all sorts of things with the hardware 'coz I know it runs on other systems. I took out all the cards and left the basics, I fiddled with the CMOS settings and still no go. I tool out the SB16 SCSI card and my GUS card and added them one at a time and still no go. I also played around with the config and autoexec settings but nothing seems to @$#@# work. Does anyone have a clue or fixed this problem. If someone has Psygnosis' E-mail address can you send it so I can speak to them. I am desperate I like this game but don't want to have to return it. I know it's not the SB16 or the Gus card. I have a feeling it's the fact that I am using a SCSI II CD Drive.... Please send mail to: del_R@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz Thanks.... ------------------------------ From: campbell@fox.nstn.ca (Chris Campbell) Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 12:01:28 -0300 Subject: GUSPRO00.ARx files on epas GUSPRO v1.0=20 - -=3D=3D=F0=F0=F0=F0=F0=3D=3D- =FE Whole, self-contained package with full instructions and highest=20 compatability of all the parts. Everything you need. =FE GM replacement patches. Replaces about half of the standard Gus ones,= for better sound quality. The best from the bunch (well, there still is my unavoidable personal taste...). =FE Selection of drivers and emulators. Newest versions from the Net (I= think(?). =FE DOS and 1024K GUS/MAX/ACE only. =FE Dog friendly. Note: Get all GUSPRO00.* files.=20 Use ARJ X to uncompress the files! - --- Has anyone tried these out, they look cool, but I'd like to know if anyone has used them before downloading 6-8MB of files :) =20 IRC: Popcorn - TraxWeekly Editor / Hornet Chris Campbell - Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia... Canada -Check out the Hornet archive on ftp.cdrom.com in /pub/demos- -Check out the TraxWeekly homepage at= http://kosmic.wit.com/~kosmic/traxweek- ------------------------------ From: Matt@machine.demon.co.uk (Matt Robinson) Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 15:07:17 GMT Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #32 > From: D.W.Johnson@ppc.icl.co.uk > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 95 09:13:35 BST > Subject: MegaEm 3.04b > > Hi all > > I downloaded the latest version of MegaEm yesterday and pkunzip > reported CRC errors in the zip file. I crossed my fingers and > ignored these errors. > Unfortunately, my PC hangs when I try to run either mesetup.exe or > megaem.exe. I have tried deleting my old megaem.cfg and 512.bnk. > Has anybody had any success with this latest beta? Well, I had the same problem, but it took me 20 mins to download the corrupt little bastard. I looked the next day and there were two files: MEGA304.ZIP and MEGA304B.ZIP, MEGA304.ZIP is dated jun 1, and it isn't corrupt. MEGA304B.ZIP is dated jun 2, and is. Watch out! After my little downloading problem (20 minutes for 280K!!!!! This is ludicrous) I successfully installed MEGAEM, but I still can't get sound in Magic Carpet. I wasn't really expecting it, but when the manual says it works, it's reasonable to assume that it does, so if anyone HAS got it to run with both music & sound, please tell (I have GUS 3.4 1Mb). > T>When is Gravis going to have an internet node connected with its BBS?. > > Within a month. Cool! (Or is it?) Is that a month as in 30 days or a month as in OS/2 drivers will be released in about a month? ;) > From: -Vince- > Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 00:02:38 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Line out volume? DOS vs Windows > > Hi everyone, > > I have a GUSMax and I have been noticing that with the GUSMax in > DOS with line in enabled with UltraInit, the lineout volume is lower than > the line out from my CD Player but it is working correctly under > Windows. On my regular GUS, the volume for line out is correct in DOS. > Does anyone know how I to fix this problem? I am running the GUS v3.53 > disks. Thanks in advance! What about changing the settings in ULTRAMIX.INI and trying ULTRAMIX in DOS. Or use one of the millions of PD dos mixer programs for the GUSMax on the various GUS ftp archives. Matt - -- | * FDC & TLKMuck Chaka | Wait! There's no mountain too great, oh oh iyo | | * RADHost (Lion King) | hear the words and have faith, oh oh iyo, have faith.| | Ask me anything | Hela hey mamela. He lives in you, he lives in me, | | Lion King related! | he watches over everything we see. | | * X-Phile | Into the water, into the truth, | | * GUS Owner (& User) | in your reflection, he lives in you. | | * Chaka on IRC | Ingonyama nengw' enamabala | ------------------------------ From: gioragur@NetVision.net.il Date: Sat, 3 Jun 95 16:12:13 PDT Subject: Trackers,Win95,SCSI+GUS Hi, * Part 1 - Trackers Someone asked about trackers... Trackers are MOD type player/writers, though the actual .MOD format is rarely used in newer types of songs as it does not support the flexibility as Fast Tracker (XM)and Scream Tracker (S3M) formats. If you want a tracking composer get either the Fast Tracker (search archie for FT2), latest version is 2.03 (not 100% sure about that) Or, get the Scream Tracker v3.21. Scream tracker seems to be simpler to use, but Fast Tracker is much stronger, offering Sample editors, 16bit recording, Using a midi keyboard for input (gus only), and other strong features. I haven't seen many players play the .XM format tough. (90% of players play the Scream Tracker's format though...) Both Trackers work with the GUS, and i belive that the Fast Tracker was written with GUS in mind, as it only supports the GUS midi in (SB midi doesn't work). * Part 2 - Win95 beta Here's my input on the Win95 beta. It seems to work MUCH better than the older win (3.11), and responds faster, looks ALOT better, and i mean ALOT!. Unfortunantly for me, i use the Windows for Workgroups with Hebrew language support, which the beta of Win95 simply does not allow you to install from. I had to do a complete install from dos, which was kinda annoying. But i was successful in transferring the gus driver from the old windows, by doing this: 1. Telling win95 i want to install new hardware. 2. Telling it i don't want it to search for any hardware. 3. Telling it to look in my windows\system directory for the drivers (example: c:\windows\system\) And it worked fine... I tried to run mk2 from a dos window, and it got stuck, but within windows itself everything seemed to work fine. * Part 3 - Toshiba 3601 SCSI Someone asked about the Toshiba 3601 SCSI x4+ cdrom. By chance... i own such a CD-Rom, and... I connected it to an Adaptec Fast SCSI controller, and it works just fine, the thing is, that the controller came on IRQ 11, and caused havoc, so just switch it to IRQ 15, and you're fine. Also notice that the controller comes on port 330, which tends to cause all sort of wierd stuff to happen with roland emulation (switch emulation to 300 if possible). The only problem i couldn't solve is that for some strange reason i couldn't get CD-Audio to work well (sound played from music CDs), it played it only in one channel (left), but when i connected headphones to the CD-Headphone plug, the sound was stereo, i have an old GUS so the problem may be there, it may also be a faulty cable connecting the CD-Audio to the GUS-CD Audio connection, but this doesn't bother me, since im not actually playing music from the CD-Rom, and i only seen 2-3 games that played recorded songs via the CD-Audio cable. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was written by Yaron Gur (Bez), /^~~~^\ You may reach me at <| o 0 |> Date: 06/03/95 - ----------------------------------------+ | U | If your shrink tells you you're sick, | _\(=)/_ Time: 16:12:13 Run for office. (Y.G. 1995) | / | ~ | \ - ----------------------------------------+------------------------------------ ------------------------------ From: del_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 06:34:57 +1200 Subject: MICROCOSM HELP !!!! Hello, I just bought the above game and after I successfully installed it to my drive and proceeded to run SETUP I get the message: Abnormal program termination: Memory Protection fault CS:EIP=000Ch:0006C9C5h I did all sorts of things with the hardware 'coz I know it runs on other systems. I took out all the cards and left the basics, I fiddled with the CMOS settings and still no go. I tool out the SB16 SCSI card and my GUS card and added them one at a time and still no go. I also played around with the config and autoexec settings but nothing seems to @$#@# work. Does anyone have a clue or fixed this problem. If someone hasPsygnosis' E-mail address can you send it so I can speak to them. I am desperate I like this game but don't want to have to return it. I know it's not the SB16 or the Gus card. I have a feeling it's the fact that I am using a SCSI II CD Drive.... Please send mail to: del_R@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz Thanks.... ------------------------------ From: -Vince- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 15:40:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #32 On Sat, 3 Jun 1995, Matt Robinson wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I have a GUSMax and I have been noticing that with the GUSMax in > > DOS with line in enabled with UltraInit, the lineout volume is lower than > > the line out from my CD Player but it is working correctly under > > Windows. On my regular GUS, the volume for line out is correct in DOS. > > Does anyone know how I to fix this problem? I am running the GUS v3.53 > > disks. Thanks in advance! > > What about changing the settings in ULTRAMIX.INI and trying ULTRAMIX in DOS. Or > use one of the millions of PD dos mixer programs for the GUSMax on the various > GUS ftp archives. Hmmm, I thought Ultramix works only under Windows since in Windows, it works fine. DOS is where the problem lies... I have tried GUSMIX though and the same thing happens... Ofcourse, this may all have a problem to do with the Intel Triton chipset based ASUS P54TP4 P5-90 motherboard I used since two days ago since Windows would lock up one minute after I start it up or sooner if I decided to try MODUS or something. In DOS, I noticed when using GUSMOD, it sounds like static while MIDIDEMO would play the first note and lockup. I am using the v3.53 disks with a GUSMax v1.8 board so are there problems with the v3.53 disks? Any help would be appreciated... Thanks! Cheers, - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! GUS Mailing Lists Admin ------------------------------ From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 15:31:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: USS8/16/SAW help needed. The SAW demo doesn't work for me, perhaps because I have the regular UltraSound (8-bit recording). Can anyone tell me if this hard disk recorder works at least for the MAX? If it does, then I suppose I'll upgrade to 16-bit recording (perhaps wait for the Interwave). Failing that, I tried USS8, which is just a regular recorder, but at least it allows mixing. BUT, at 44100 khz sampling, I only get up to 45 seconds of recording, after which it stops automatically. I have *way* more hard drive space, so theoretically I should be able to record longer. Is there a work around for this, or is it just software limited? Does USS16 have this 45 second or so limit, or can those of you with the MAX or the DB have hard disk space limited recording? -Peter ------------------------------ From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 15:37:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Megaem 3.04b makes X-Wing have new audio effects. . . Did anyone try this combo -- Megaem 3.04b with X-Wing? Things I noticed are that the music can now fade in and out during transition scenes, and it quiets down when speech is played. Also, no more annoying high pitched squeals as X-Wings fly by. This is replaced by less annoying applause patch (which actually sounds okay for the shuttle, considering the cheesy cool sound effects in the movie anyway, such as an old truck engine mixed with a cow mooing for light sabers). But some problems arise now, such as notes getting clipped off, so lots of staccato played instead of desired orchestral legato in previous Megaem. Also, occasional random noises occur, and SB digital FX sometimes does not play at all (such as ordering wingman to attack -- he only speaks once, but doesn't afterwards). At least 3.04b now works with this particular LucasArts game; 3.03b didn't. -Peter ------------------------------ From: "Jurassic Mark" Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 21:51:35 +400 Subject: Gus PRO - Review GUS day everyone, I guess many of you are curious about the set of files called GUS Pro that appeared on Epas. I was too and downloaded them all, backed up my PAT files and installed it. It came with other thigs too like MegaEM 3.03 (useless since 3.04 is out) and a special BNK file for 1024K cards. But my concern was the quality of the patches that the author claims to be of higher quality and the ones given with the GUS. But my question is: He's distributing copyrighted materiel with his package so is that a legal package? Anyways, I did my testings with the following MIDI files: CATS_IN.MID (Cats In The Craddle - Ugly Kid Joe style) A definite yes! I love the guitar sound and the drums. If really gives the song a nice feeling. The song really has bass and that's something the GUS patches were missing. THE_WAY.MID No. One of the instruments is _really_ off note. And the snare drum, while sounding extremely good on songs like Cats In The Craddle, just doesn't fit there. SOCKHOP.MID This is where I disdovered how bad the piano patch is. With the GUS patches, it's a piano playing and the music is very very good. But with GUSPro, it's just crap. But to test the piano a bit more, I decided to play "Right Now" from Van Halen. RIGHTNOW.MOD The piano is _really_ disgusting. Good thing I backed up my old patches... Careless Whisper from Wham That copy that I have (one of many variations) sounds incredibly good on the GUS with the original patches. So I thought it would a great test for GUS Pro. It starts with an electronic piano that sounds just right with the old patches, doesn't sound good with GUSPro. The rest is okay, but I still prefer it with the GUS patches. ATSWANTS.MID (All That She Wants from Ace Of Bass) I used this one to test the bass. And bass I got! The author of GUSPro is on the right track here. Feeling that bass was _really_ nice! 2001.MID (Soundtrack of 2001:A Space Odissey) One of the trumpets had a background noise that was extremely annoying. I think that that particular patch has a quality problem. But that piece of music really sounded good with GUSPro and the bass added a lot to the power of that classic. OXYGEN4.MID Finally!!! A part that was sounding so bad on the GUS patches now sounds just right. But something else now sounds wrong. But the problems resides in the patch mapping. Where a nice synth sound is supposed to play, I have applauses (??!?) instead. I played with more MIDI files, but I think this post is long enough. I love the bass of some patches. They really add something to my MIDIs, but there are some (like the Orchestra Hit) that are way off-note. The snare patch also annoyed me in some MIDI files... I think I'll unzip my old GUS patches now... Jurassic Mark (Marc Y. Paulin) Where: markus@nbnet.nb.ca IRC: J-Mark The G-List is alive!!! WARPing & GUSsing "The 486 is RISC based!!!!" - someone I know... ------------------------------ From: mark.leung@cyberstore.ca (Mark Leung) Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 22:45:46 GMT Subject: Bureau 13 In Bureau 13, I hear ultra-click when ever sounds comes up in the game.. how come?? Is there a patch to get GUS working with Iron Assault? Mark.Leung@Challenge.com ------------------------------ From: mark.leung@cyberstore.ca (Mark Leung) Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 22:44:00 GMT Subject: SSF2T Do anyone know how to get SuperStreetfighter2turbo working with GUS? It doesn't work! If I choose SB and it works... (I got a SB too) but I really want the sounds come out from GUS Mark.Leung@Challenge.com ------------------------------ From: gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu (P.Chen) Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 23:39:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: location of Dope demo I've looked all over the place for the Dope demo (wuarchive, epas, and the mirrors) and haven't been able to find it. Could some kind soul point me in the right direction, or perhaps put it on epas? Thanks. - ------------------------ P.Chen gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu ------------------------------ From: -Vince- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 01:15:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: GUS & ASUS P54TP4 Problems/Line In Volume Hi everyone, I mentioned earlier I am having lots of problems with the GUSMax and a Intel Triton based motherboard, the ASUS P54TP4, it turns out that the motherboard doesn't support NMI since the Intel Triton chipset doesn't have parity checking so anyways, I have updated my GUS drivers to v4.11 and it still locks up in both DOS and Windows so does anyone know if the machine is supposed to lock up if it doesn't support NMI? What I don't get is that SBOS loaded fine since I thought SBOS was supposed to not load if there isn't NMI? Also, for the ultramixer, what should the correct line in volume be since at 0dB, it is alot lower than the signal from the source since when I directly connect the source to the AR Powered partners Speakers, it is alot louder while going through the GUSMax, it is alot lower. This happens in Windows as well... On the regular GUS, the volume is correct for some reason, any ideas? Cheers, - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! ------------------------------ End of The GUS Daily Digest V22 #33 *********************************** 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 (programmers, musicians, etc.).