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GUS Daily Digest Mon, 1 May 95 9:37 PST Volume 22: Issue 1
Today's Topics:
32 Bit Windows Apps + GUS
ACE and MOD for Win
Computer Music bibliography
Cyclones slow down
Drums in MIDI
Electric Guitar Patches...
GUS Daily Digest V21 #29
GUS FAQ Q*: Sound Effects Editing
Gus for sale2
GUS Josytick Port
Gus setup for Windows 95
I'm gonna do a no no...
MAXSBOS and GUS port number
Midi files/software archives on the Internet
Stuff
SUBSCRIBE
ULTRATRACKER v1.6 (Volume changes)
windows lockups
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.
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Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 07:24:58 -0500 (EST)
From: bill.hyman@ccmail.bsis.com
Subject: 32 Bit Windows Apps + GUS
OK, I bought my son _Freddi Fish_ by Humongous Entertainment the other day and
had problems with the sound card right off the bat (this is getting a bit stale
by now). I called Humongous (with my 3 year-old nearly in tears) and they told
me to get a patch from Gravis to fix the problem. I downloaded the GUS0048.ZIP
patch from the Gravis archive and copied it to \windows\system (like the
instructions said). No more traps, but the music and speech are royally messed
up. The speech cuts in and out, and the music does the same. I had the same
problem when running _The Farm_ demo that comes on the CD.
I finally decided to go back to my SBPro card when running Windows apps. The
sound is pretty crummy, but at least it works. I'm getting tired of all of the
problems I am getting with the GUS Max card. Does anybody know of a fix so
that I can get back to using the GUS Max under Windows?
Bill Hyman
bill.hyman@bsis.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 95 14:57:08 EDT
From: bbaskin@mail.utexas.edu (Bryan K. Baskin)
Subject: ACE and MOD for Win
Hey Y'all,
To ACE guy:
Looks like both IRQ's are set to 15. That ain't gonna work to well.
Set one to 11 or something like that. Also DMA 7 is available if you
want 16 bit DMA's for the ACE.
To MOD for WIN guy,
It sucks, dump it. It doesn't use the GUS natively which is why its
overworking your CPU. Modus is the only native mod player for win i
know about.
Later,
Baskin
UT Austin
Team OS/2
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Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 01:11:15 +0200
From: Piet van Oostrum <piet@cs.ruu.nl>
Subject: Computer Music bibliography
There is a bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and electronic
music that I have collected from various sources. I have tried to bring
some structure into it, but not all books will fit into a single subject.
NOTE: I haven't read these books, and the comments are from other people.
The latest version of this file can be obtained by ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl
[131.211.80.17] in pub/MIDI/DOC/bibliography or by mail from
mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (send a message with HELP in the body). From the
mail-server the filename without pub/ should be used.
The latest monthly version is also available in the various news.answers
archives around the world, in music/midi/bibliography.
Version: $Id: bibliography.pre,v 1.31 1995/04/11 12:04:33 piet Exp $
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Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 12:00:54 +0200 (MET DST)
From: ralam@cs.vu.nl (Lam RA)
Subject: Cyclones slow down
Hello out there,
Does anyone know anything to solve the incredible slow down in Cyclones (from SSI)
It is supposed te have "native" gus support (I believe it HMI) but when I select
the GUS I get an unplayable slowdown in the game. And when I select SB (which I also
have in my system) the game plays normal. Has anyone else experienced this? Or
is it just me.
For the record, my configuration is:
ultrasnd=240,7,7,11,5
Soundblaster=220 7 1
Since this is a dos extender game, I tried to just bypass my config file,
and the enter the right sets (ultrasnd & ultradir) run ultrinit
but to no avail.
Also I tried one other gus setup (240,3,3,5,5) but nothing worked.
Is there someone who has any idea?
Let me know, either here at the digest or at ralam@cs.vu.nl
Thanks
Remco Lam
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Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 11:44:44 +0100
From: engineer@mail.soc.staffs.ac.uk (Ian Silvester)
Subject: Drums in MIDI
Somebody last week asked about recording drums using Midisoft Recording
Session. The question I think they were asking was not 'How do you get drum
sounds out of the sequencer?' but rather, 'How can i audition drum
sounds/hear them as I am recording them?'. The reason I raise this again is
that I have exactly the same problem, except I'd widen it to all the
sequencers I've tried (WinJammer, MasterTracks Pro, Midisoft Recording
Session, Musicator GS). Is there a way to hear drum sounds as you're hitting
the keys in any of these sequencers? Or do I have to get a separate rhythm
package to be able to do drums easily?
I'll post the usenet music group as well and I'll forward anything useful to
here for the benefit of the guy who posted the question originally.
Yan.
------------------------- --------------------------------------
Ian Silvester, Phone: +44 (0)1785 353348
Research Associate, Fax: +44 (0)1785 353331
School Of Engineering, "He dreams... while he's not sleeping"
Staffordshire University. - The Chameleons
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Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 01:29:40 -0700
From: cmccart@cello.gina.calstate.edu (Dustin McCartney)
Subject: Electric Guitar Patches...
Well... Just uploaded to archive.epas.utoronto.ca
/pub/pc/ultrasound/submit/e_e-gtrs.zip
-- Begin Paste --
_ _
[_ [_
[_lysium [_ntertainment
Presents...
E_E-Gtrs.Zip
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A small collection of Guitar Patches for the Gravis
UltraSound/MAX/Ace/(InterWave??). =)
It has been a long... long time since I have released any
patches for the Advanced Gravis soundcards. College has
stolen most of my time. This will probably be my first/
last release for several months as I am going to be moving
to Sang-Nam She, South Korea, to further study Hapkido,
Yudo (Judo), and Gumdo (Kendo). Anyhow, here are the
patches contained in this archive :
CleanGtr.Pat (92k) Fender Strat., Clean Elec.
DistGtr.Pat (57k) Distortion Guitar, Kawai
MuteGtr.Pat (24k) Same ole' Muted Elec. Guitar
ODGuitar.Pat (57k) Overdriven Guitar, Elec.
Anyhow, enjoy these...
Dustin McCartney, cmccart@cello.gina.calstate.edu (New E-Address)
_
[_ Elysium Entertainment
[_ Coder/Musician/Patch Maker
PS: I will not respond to E-Mail after May 28th.
-- End Paste --
BTW: I was reading through some of the last few digests about how
the Sound Canvas sounds better than the GUS. Having both a GUS-MAX
and SC-55 (Sound Canvas) as well as more professional equipment, I
disagree that the Sound Canvas sounds better than the GUS.
Sincerely,
Dustin McCartney, cmccart@cello.gina.calstate.edu
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 19:51:17 +0100 (BST)
From: Sam <Samuel.Marshall@durham.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #29
> If Gravis releases Win 9x drivers BEFORE or at the same time as their
> OS/2 drivers, I'm gonna make it my business to tell everybody to avoid the
> GUS.
I were you, I'd tell everyone to GET one *whenever* the drivers come out
for their OS.
> > AMD licensed the technology from Gravis/Forte. They'll have to pay for
> > this. As far as I know they will still be using all Gravis' software
> > (drivers, MegaEm, patchmaker, etc) which they will have to pay for too.
>
> You have to be kidding! If AMD is STUPID enough to do their
> "backward compatibility" via software then I hope the InterWave dies
> quickly. What's next, it will still have the MASSIVE 1 MB RAM (384K more
> than Bill Gate's PC ];->) for patches?
IW will be 100% gus hardware compatible. SB and GM compat. will be with
megaem, (i.e. hardware-assisted software) same as it is now. The software
(drivers, patchmaker etc) will obviously be upgraded to support the extra
RAM, but I'm going with the assumption that it'll be the same software,
just newer versions.
> From: bovc@gladstone.uoregon.edu (Bo Van Cleave)
> Subject: mod4win and my gus
>
> I just got mod4win v2.0 shareware from wuarchive. It looks real nice and
> has bunches of interesting features. Only one problem. On my 486slc2/66 it
> takes over 100% cpu time to play a 28 channel mtm @ 44khz/16bit/stereo. It
> sounds like the program is using the cpu to do the channel mixing. I
Under Windows, to be compatible with the Gravis drivers (and to follow
the windows rules) you are not allowed to use hardware directly, so you
have to mix it on the CPU.
Win95 is supposed to fix this by allowing native access to RAM wavetable
cards (I think it's called DirectSound).
Until then, you could get MIDAS drivers (as mentioned elsewhere) which
support GUS directly. However this is only reliable if you uninstall the
GUS drivers - so you will lose MIDI and WAV playback. (also, I think they
only support .mod and .s3m).
Sam
[] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua <[ Web pagE ]> *NEW* Sysex Manager ! []
[] For Software Forge program information and downloads [] Including []
[] NETRIS 1.1 best Tetris game <[ For Win 3.1 ]> Sysex Manager 1.0S []
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 95 15:37:39 EDT
From: mlhoo@mtu.edu (Ivan Hoo)
Subject: GUS FAQ Q*: Sound Effects Editing
hi,
anyone out there knows where i can get public domain technical information
for sound effects editing such as echo, reverb, flanging, delay, stretching,
envelope, invert, and god knows what other special effects that exist.
thanks.
--
Ivan Hoo * Michigan Tech Univ * mlhoo@mtu.edu * Voice : (906)482-6740
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
"A hard working graduating student looking for | Resume available
an entry level Electrical Engineer position." | at my homepage or
http://pace1.cts.mtu.edu:8080/~mlhoo/home-page.html | upon request.
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EE Major * Linux Explorer * CTS Consultant * malaysia-l@mtu.edu * slp
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A can of worms full of Pandora's boxes.
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Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 03:55:00 -0400
From: Dennis-'t.Hart@lcnnl.sprint.com
Subject: Gus for sale2
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 22:46:51 -0300
From: Brad Spencer <spencer@ug.cs.dal.ca>
Subject: GUS Josytick Port
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.90.950430223620.2217A-100000@ug>
I know that Lucasfilm recommended not using the joyport on the GUS, but I
figured that it was just them. :) A bit of experimentation shows that
the GUS's joystick port isn't perfect, especially in Doom (uncontinuous
right turns are very annoying). The joystick port on my I/O card works
fine, but only has two buttons. :( Now, it isn't a multiple joystick
port conflict, and it didn't happen with my old GUS (v2.4, new one v3.7),
which had a jumper to enable/disable the port and didn't suffer from this
problem. So is this a known bug (at least in the new revisions of the
board) . . . or an unknown one? :) I have to buy a new I/O card anyway,
but if I didn't, I would be really pissed off. The GUS rules, but why
can't Gravis, being the king of joysticks, manage to make a proper
joystick port?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Brad Spencer - Bilbo - spencer@ug.cs.dal.ca - Dalhousie University
"Everybody is Kung-Fu Fragging. . ." http://ug.cs.dal.ca/~spencer/
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Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 09:50:33 -0400
From: demersc@lambto.lcbe.edu.on.ca (Chris Demers, Computer Services, Lambton County Board of Ed.)
Subject: Gus setup for Windows 95
I will be installing the latest Beta of Windows 95 on my PC soon and I wanted
to be clear about how I should go about installing the gus stuff for windows.
Some folks here have said that windows 95 should be installed over an old
copy of windows that already had the Gus working. Is this the only way of
getting the Gus to work with Win95? Or can the drivers and programs be
installed after I install Win95?
Thanks
Chris Demers
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 15:48:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Go <bgo@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: I'm gonna do a no no...
I know this is a no no, but can someone tell me the proper address to
subscribe?
Brian Go
bgo@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca
Organic Alchemyst
Displaced Montrealer in Ontario
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Wow... Come Visit my Cafe. Bring a Friend, and some creative banter.
http://sciborg.uwaterloo.ca/~bgo
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Date: Mon, 1 May 95 10:16:43 HKT
From: fma@VNET.IBM.COM
Subject: MAXSBOS and GUS port number
Hello all,
Is there any patch available to make MAXSBOS to recognise port number other
than 220?
Thanks!
Fermat Ma
fma@vnet.ibm.com
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Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 01:11:14 +0200
From: Piet van Oostrum <piet@cs.ruu.nl>
Subject: Midi files/software archives on the Internet
There is a list of ftp and mail server archives with MIDI documentation,
programs and music on the Internet. Also enclosed is a list of MIDI and
electronic music related mailing lists.
The latest version of this file can be obtained by ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl
[131.211.80.17] in pub/MIDI/DOC/archives or by mail from
mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (send a message with HELP in the body). From the
mail-server the filename without pub/ should be used.
The latest monthly version is also available in the various news.answers
archives around the world, in music/midi/archives.
Version: $Id: archives,v 1.122 1995/04/04 11:03:20 piet Exp $
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 19:07:58 GMT
From: Matt@machine.demon.co.uk (Matt Robinson)
Subject: Stuff
> > 2) Could the reason why the DOS based drivers SBOS and MegaEM aren't
> > progressing (no insult intended to the programmer, they are fine! But
> > development never ends...) is because with the end of MS-DOS, the
> > emulators are no longer needed (with WIN95)? Sure, PC-DOS and all could
> > use them (i think) but Gravis may think that what's out is all that they
> > need, and can concentrate on WIN95? Just a thought... I'm probably wrong...
>
> Edit IO.SYS of Win 9x to (BootGUI = 0) then tell me that MS-DOS
> is dead.
The win95 bootup sequence includes a command prompt so that realmode device
drivers can load. After they have loaded, win95 checks if a 32bit equivalent is
available and if so, it will replace it. If no realmode drivers are left, then
the "command-prompt" is removed and win95 runs completely in 32bit mode. The
prompt is there purely for compatibility. Read the preview program documentation
if you want proof, there's LOADS of detail.
> If Gravis releases Win 9x drivers BEFORE or at the same time as their
> OS/2 drivers, I'm gonna make it my business to tell everybody to avoid the
> GUS.
Why? If the win3.1 drivers work with win95 (like on my computer), then we can
all wait for win95 drivers to come out. It's not as if the GUS won't work under
windows or anything (I can run The Lion King in a window with native GUS support
and have the win3.1 drivers loaded, while formatting a floppy, on a 486, now
tell me win95 is crap.)
> I finally got Magic Carpet and maxsbos running today after two
> days of trying. Anyways, I just wanted to say that I was impressed with
> maxsbos. The game actually sounded better then my friends SoundBastard.
> That's a good deal! :) Just wanted to comment..
How?
Matt
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the velvet blackness of an African night |*RAD HOST(Lion King)
- at the hour before dawn when the land is full of dreams -|*FDC Nobody
a lone voice heralds the new day |*X-Phile & GUS user
|
As the red disc of the sun rises, |*Ask me anything
the one voice becomes many | Lion King related.
until the Pride Lands echo with song. |
__The Art of The Lion King___________________________Matt@machine.demon.co.uk___
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 19:21:03 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Bernd Schaefer (CIP 92)" <bdschaef@faui01.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Subject: SUBSCRIBE
subscribe
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 14:24:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marty Danko -Khertz- <mdanko@dhs.ucdavis.edu>
Subject: ULTRATRACKER v1.6 (Volume changes)
Hello gussers,
I have noticed something strange about ultratraker 1.6. When I
use the volume slide up or slide down I get a static like noise out of
my ultrasound. I ahve also noticed this same static like noise in
patchmaker lite for windows (when I use the envelope feature). Why does
the card do this. Is it because of the way the program is using the
card, or is it just the way the card works? BTW I have a GUS max with
1mb of ram, here are my settings:
ultrasnd=220,5,7,5,7
I have version 2.31 of ultrinit.exe and the latest windows drivers.
Anyone else have this problem?! It is really annoying. I would GREATLY
apritiate any feedback on this prob. feel free to e-mail me! Thanks!
L8tRz
-Marty
mdanko@dhs.ucdavis.edu
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Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 03:10:53 -0400
From: arg2@po.cwru.edu (Adam Glick)
Subject: windows lockups
hi all, I have win for workgroups. but if I run it without running something
that uses the gus first (like a demo or sbos) then it will work. otherwise
it locks up when It tries to play the opening sound. now I installed the new
drivers (4.11) and now sbos won't load (it gives me a dma or irq or
something ewrror) win won't work either. win used to work with the drivers I
have installed before. (not ones that came with it but a few upgrades ago)
then when I upgraaded it stoped working. anyone know how to fix this. its a
real prob. I can't use the mic input wither with this prob. any e-mailed
help will relally be apreciated. thanks again
-Adam
arg2@po.cwru.edu
'A person who believes one thing will solve all their problems
is a fool : they're twice the fool if they believe the thing
that will fix their problems is money'
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