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GUS Daily Digest            Wed, 13 Apr 94  9:37 PST     Volume 12: Issue  13

Today's Topics:
              8 or more channels/voices in Doom/Raptor?
                                 CWG
                          Cyberace Megarace
                   Daughter board in San Francisco?
                         Doom and 32 channels
                           GUS & Demo Scene
                     gus0041 -- v3.1 update quirk
                gus and qemm386 V7 / Re: DRAM for GUS?
                  GUS Daily Digest V12 #10 (2 msgs)
                       GUS Daily Digest V12 #11
                  GUS Daily Digest V12 #12 (6 msgs)
                       GUS Daily Digest V12 #8
                       GUS Daily Digest V12 #9
                               GUS FAQ
                        HELP for JOYSTICK PORT
                  help with Warrior of Doom install
                           ibm ps/vp & gus
                        Is the UMax THIS good?
                     Micro Center shows the GUS!
        possible fix for NMI problem (Non Maskable Interrupt)
                  Raptor - Configuration/Information
                           Seawolf (CD-ROM)
                              UltraWolf
                             UNSUBSCRIBE
                               Wolf1.4?

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: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 10:05:48 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Vic Serbe x237)
Subject: Re: 8 or more channels/voices in Doom/Raptor?

I've seen a lot of traffic about the number of voices supported by these
two programs, but more questions than answers.  I'd like to know if
anybody's ever verified that either one of these programs supports more
than 8 channels.  Has anybody ever really verified that Doom actually
supports more than 4 by editing the file?

If someone believes they've verified it without calling the company,
can they give me a test scenario to try?  I seem to remember setting
Doom to 8 and not noticing a difference (maybe I wasn't paying
enough attention before and/or after?).

I have a fast machine with plenty of memory and a 1MB GUS.  Never a problem
with Doom or the card, but I don't play many games, either.  I'm not much
of a PC gamer (don't have the time), but I couldn't help myself with
Doom... unbelievable game.  I haven't touched the SNES for weeks.

--
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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 11:17:51 +1000 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Simon Charles Murphy)
Subject: CWG



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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 10:15:17 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Dean Ross-Smith)
Subject: Cyberace Megarace

Ok, I panned Cyberace a while back.  Well, it still kinda sucks, but Cyberdreams
helped a little.  To get some semblance of sound, make sure the irq for SB
emulation is 5.  Anything else and the game chokes.  Sbos works ok as long as y
you have a 'puter faster then a Cx486dlc-40- mine burbles and grunts and jerks
with the sound effects on during races.  Dialog is ok during cinematic sequences
except for the ocassional stuhstutter at the beginning of each character's
speech.

Megarace (Software Toolworks) is fun.  Great graphics. Bad, Bad beat is well,
bad.  Adlib only.  Sbos -x2 -o2 works most of the time for me.  They took out
the midi driver (its mentioned in the install.exe code) but Megaem sounds
better for the digital stuff anyway.  It only choked once during 6 or so hours
of play with a "Call gravis- unsupported SB format 5B error" or something like
that.  I called tech support on why they didn't support the gus if the game
was so neato, and they said they were revising the CD-ROM and something should
work in a couple of months...
Oh well, the explosions are pretty good.  Maybe Gravis could give them a hand?

Lastly, has anyone heard anything more about Gravis/Forte's VR goggles?

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 23:24:40 +0200
From: "rjones.NL" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Daughter board in San Francisco?

Hi,

I'm currently on business in California: can anyone tell me where I might
find the 16bit Daughter board that Gravis announced recently? I'm in the
San Francisco area.

Thanks - Rod Jones

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 10:44:16 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Doom and 32 channels

About Doom and Raptor and 32 channels, I agree that it does make a
difference.  I bumped my Doom from 4 to 12 and hae to say it made a big
difference in the amount of stuff I could hear.

HOWEVER, don't forget that a minimum of 14 voices are allocated for music,
so there is no way you can get 32 voices of sound effects with the music
turned on... 18 would probably be the max.  I don't know if you would ever
notice the difference between 18 and 32 anyway.  There are _rarely_ that
many sounds playing in Doom at once.

Just my 0.02 worth.  Anyone know offhand how many voices Doom allocates
for music playback?  I would think 14, each at 44.1kHz.


Michael

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 18:00:31 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Jarkko Tapio Heinonen <[e-mail]>
Subject: GUS & Demo Scene

I might have written my question the wrong way.

I only wanted to ask how much the demo scene is affecting the GUS sales.
Nothing else. If someone thought that we would be quitting the GUS, he
thought absolutely wrong! That would be a BIG mistake! So, we will
definitely keep on supporting it in the future.

Long live the GUS!


Samuli "GORE" Syvahuoko
Assembly'94 coordinator
Future Crew PR

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 22:02:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (P.Chen)
Subject: gus0041 -- v3.1 update quirk

 I recently updated to the 3.1 GUS disks, but not without some
trepidation from all the complaints I read on the digest.
Basically there are two things to do to make sure that the
update installs correctly:

1) DELETE your ULTRANSND.INI file as mentioned by Phat.
   ------

2) Do NOT label the floppies that hold GUS0041x.zip.
   I'm referring to the volume label, not the sticky thing
   on the disk.

3) Pray.  Whoops, that's three.

Windows and DOS files are purring along.  The only complaint
I have is the new linear volume, which is only a complaint
because the older MIDI files, especially the ones that came
with the 2.06 disks, sound funny.
  Does anyone know of a volume re-mapper utility for MIDI songs?
What exactly is a v-mapped song?

PC

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 13:41:37 GMT+1
From: "F. Viktor" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: gus and qemm386 V7 / Re: DRAM for GUS?

> Date: Wed, 06 Apr 94 18:18:21 GMT
> From: [e-mail] (Simon Crute)
> Subject: gus and qemm386 V7
>
> Hi all,
>   I've been running with a GUS card for ages, but recently I've
>   installed qemm7 so I can play games, and use my other dos things
>   without having to re-boot. BUT since I installed qemm7, the
quality
>   the samples seems to have gone down hill, they "pop" more, and
also
>   sometimes sound like they have very small dropouts in them.
>
>   Has anyone else got a gus and qemm7 qorking well together ?

It depends on which QEMM you're using. Is it 7.02 or 7.03.
I had problems with 7.02 but not with 7.03.


> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 13:27:48 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Bill Park <[e-mail]>
> Subject: RAM for Gus?
>
> I just tested two ram chips that I had installed in my GUS which
> failed
> the diagnostic test. They are Sanyo LC324256BP-70. Are these
> appropriate
> chips? I had a friend who is a bench tech test them and he says
they
> are
> both hosed.

They aren't !!!  They are just sensitive!

> I'm entirely willing to believe that Fry's sold me quesstionable
chips
> but I'd like to have some confidence before I whine about $10 worth
of
> fried silicon.
&
> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 19:16:18 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Adding RAM to GUS
>
> I upgraded my GUS to 1 MEG using *100 nanosecond* chips (Samsung)
> from an
> old Trident 8900C video card.  At first, the setgus ram test failed
my
> chips, but then when I put the slow chips in the first bank, and
put
> GUS's
> own faster NEC chips in the last bank, the ramtest passed.  So far,
> there
> has been no problems, and the sound sounds great.  So my suggestion
to
> people with problems with Sanyo chip -- try swapping them in the
banks
> with GUS's own stock RAM.

It won't work either!

>
> Peter

I was told that the SANYO chip is built in a bit different way. It
has a little bit lower opening resistance(?) than other ones.
Therefore it is NOT working with sensitive cards (like GUS). (Or is
SANYO so sensitive?)
They are NOT bad just doesn't function in that card !!!
It uses a bit more power than other ones, and this little difference
doesn't make any problems normally. It is like the 486DLC CPU.
It gives a bit less power than an AMD(c) or INTEL(TM=Take Motorola)
one, and that's why it can hardly handle two Vesa-Local Cards. (To
have three VL-cards with the DLC is almost impossible!)
If you are going to by RAMs for your GUS then don't buy SANYO !
Or if you already have some and they aren't working try the ones
in your video card. The should work (it doesn't matter if 70 or 80ns).
Don't forget to put your SANYO chips into your video card. :-)
And don't try to mix them with other ones (coz it won't work!).

Hope I could explain SANYO chip-problems.


                            Viktor


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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 20:35:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #10

> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 08:52:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: [e-mail] (Sky Woo)
> Subject: How do you get SFX/MUSIC in PQ4?
>
>     Sorry if this is a FAQ...  But I have been look at the digest
> for awhile and assume no one has had the same problem I've been having.
> I can't get any sound or music out of PQ4.  I assume it uses the Windows

Be sure to preload a subset of the GM patches for the game.  Read
on Patch Caching in Ultrahelp for more information.

> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 23:12:05 +1000 (EST)
> From: Andrew See <[e-mail]>
> Subject: NHL Hockey
>
> I know this has been asked a thousand times, but what is the best way
> to run NHL hockey on a GUS?

The vote seems to go to Mega-Em.  You'll get good digital audio,
but no FM music.

> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 14:24:22 -0400
> From: [e-mail] (Hank Leukart)
> Subject: Re: Raptor!
>
> >From: Soo Wei Ming <[e-mail]>
>
> >Is it just bad programming, or is there any credibility to the claim
> >that the GUS can accept the data that fast?
>
>     Raptor uses the same sound code as DOOM -- software mixing.

Hardware mixing, according to iD.  However, the samples aren't
stored on the GUS (as they should be), but DMAed to the card,
several channels at a time.  The extra bus bandwidth consumed
might be what's causing problems.

> >It' also like to compare the speed of the game using the SB & the GUS, with
> >all the digital voices maxed out.
>
>     On my computer (386-40) the SB is significantly faster, enough
> so that I prefer to use the SB, although the GUS sound is much better.

I get no speed difference on my 386-33 with a GUS or with an SB.

Phat.

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 13:43:52 GMT+1
From: "F. Viktor" <[e-mail]>
Subject: GUS Daily Digest V12 #10

> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 08:52:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: [e-mail] (Sky Woo)
> Subject: How do you get SFX/MUSIC in PQ4?
>
>    Sorry if this is a FAQ...  But I have been look at the digest
> for awhile and assume no one has had the same problem I've been
> having.
> I can't get any sound or music out of PQ4.  I assume it uses the
> Windows
> drivers to do all its sound processing and I do get music and sound
> but
> only in the introduction.  For the rest of the game it is completely
> quiet.  I'm thinking of setting it up for PC speaker if it is
possible
> because I'm getting nothing from the GUS Windows drivers.  If
anyone
> knows why it craps out on me when I'm in Windows...  Please tell me.
> Or should I just wait until the Sierra GUS drivers arrive.  But who
> knows
> when that'll be.

If you like playing slow games run it under Winslows3.1.
Or just forget about it. (I'd choose the last one.)

> -------------------
> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 14:57:39 +0300 (EET DST)
> From: Jarkko Tapio Heinonen <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Just saying hello..
>
> I just wanted to say how much I like this digest. It has given me
(and
> the rest of our group) all kinds of useful information.
>
> Just one question: how much do you think that the demo scene is
> helping
> Advanced Gravis by supporting their awesome soundcard?

Just go to some stores and you'll see your 2nd Reality running all
day.
This is _THE_ demo in 99% of the stores for GUS. (And some mids of
coz.)
I'm sure that this demo convinced more people then any seller ever
did.
Did you any get money for it or just the help of John/AG?
(I don't mean the 1st price at Assy'93.)

> How much would it matter if all the demo groups suddenly just
stopped
> supporting it ?

They are just started last year.
(And 2nd Reality would have a long life as No1. demo on GUS)

> Just playing with the though..
             (You meant thought I think)

Don't play with your life! ;-)

> Samuli "GORE" Syvahuoko
> Assembly'94 coordinator
> Future Crew PR

        Viktor


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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 20:49:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #11

> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 18:19:15 EST
> From: "Joseph R. Granto" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: 32 channels; Raptor and Doom  ---  need help
>
> I read the mail on how 32 channels sounds cool with Doom and Raptor,
> and I would like to know a couple of things on how to do this.
>
> 1.  Do I need need to get the 32 channel AIL drivers?  If so, do I
>     still need to run ultramid, then loadpats?  I have never used the
>     32 channel ail drivers, you see.

What 32 channel AIL drivers?  DOOM and Raptor have very little to
do with AIL (nothing, in fact).

> 2.  I edited the configuration files in Doom and Raptor, and tried
>     Raptor, but there were NOT 32 channels.  What needs to be done?

Don't believe the 32 channel stuff.  There's likely a hard-coded
limit on how many channels can be used for sound effects, and it's
probably much less than 32.  First of all, trying to DMA 32 channels
of sound is crazy.  Secondly, the GUS driver is probably operating
the GUS with only 24 active voices, so there aren't 32 channels
to DMA sounds to.

> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 22:51:52 -0700
> From: Scott Rowin <[e-mail]>
> Subject: OPTI chipset fix -- where?
>
>     Just wondering where one gets the OPTI chipset fixer.. I've
> looked around and can't seem to find it anywhere.  Else send it direct
> to me uuencoded -- It would be much appreciated.

The optifix should be on archive.orst.edu.  The filename is gus0013.zip,
as I recall.

> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 15:04:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Eli Bingham <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: Raptor!
>
> The message from Apogee on the GUS does seem rather wrong headed but the
> assertion that the GUS can mix so many digital channels and STILL keep up
> with highly complex graphics is not always so. For example, just recently
> I was twiddling with my IPlay setup and I noticed that no matter what I
> do, when I play a module with a large number of channels (say,
> darkforc.ult), there IS significant slowdown in IPlay's graphical
> features. The GUS is not totally magical, especially if the mixing is
> being done in a strange way (this might be the case with Raptor).

The slowdown you're referring to has little to do with the GUS.  Mixing
32 channels on the GUS is virtually transparent to the CPU.  However,
plotting the oscilloscope displays is a CPU-intensive chore.  With
32 channels, the CPU has to draw 32 plots, so of course it's not going
to be able to update the screen as quickly as when it's playing 4
channels.  The CPU isn't being slowed down.  It just has a lot more
to do, and not because of the mixing, but because of the extra work in
drawing the graphics.  (On other soundcards, as the number of channels
goes up, the mixing chore becomes more CPU intensive _as well as_ the
graphing tasks.)

Phat.

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 21:19:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #12

> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 14:08:36 +0300
> From: Yossi Oren <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #11
>
> On the GUS (if you have enough RAM) mixing is done on-board, so the only issue
> for the sound code is whether that particular effect has been previously
> played back.  Thus, you can raise the maximum channel number to something

I don't believe that this is the case.  In fact, I'm pretty sure that
the sound driver doesn't cache sound that it already plays, but instead
just DMAs them as they are played.  For 4 channels, there would be
four small buffers in GUS RAM, and they would be emptied as they are
played, so even if you play the gunshot 20,000 times a game, it would
still have to be DMAed 20,000 times.

> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 10:49:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "George A. Montemayor" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: SB (BS) AWE32  is AWEful...
>
> I agree, for $399, AWE32 is not worth it. Who wants to spend an extra
> $200 just to get GM support with AWE32. AWE32 is AWEful compared to the GUS.

The AWE32 does _not_ get you GM support.  It relies on a driver like
the GUS' Mega-Em for GM compatitibility.  However, the AWE32's driver
takes up 48kB of conventional memory, and can't be loaded high.
Mega-Em, OTOH, takes up 0kB of conventional memory as it loads itself
into EMS, where space is plentiful.

Phat.

(I think I'm caught up...)

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 08:20:41 +0300
From: Yossi Oren <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #12

>Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 17:51:46 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Ryuzo Akano <[e-mail]>
>Subject: GUS with IBM PS/ValuePoint
>
>Hi, my IBM PS/ValuePoint doesn't seem to work with my GUS..
>Everytime I try playing some demo/music with GUS, it doesn't sound correctly
So you ARE hearing something?  This is important.

>even I set up the configuration properly, and worse, my GUS sometime hangs
>the computer...(That's what the repair man said)
Sock him.  Chances are he's never seen a GUS before your case.

>I didn't have any problem with my GUS and other system conbination.
>Does anyone know what the problem is?

Well Zowie, I fear it's TIME TO TANGO!
Fortunately the GUS can be reconfigured via the command line so you won't have
to unplug your system.  As a first step move to IRQ 5.  This one works on
nearly any system (set ultrasnd=220,1,1,5,5 in autoexec).  See if your games
work now.
HTH,
Yossi.

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 08:23:59 +0300
From: Yossi Oren <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #12

>Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 16:20:21 -0700 (PDT)
>From: ~noah~ <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Need some demos
>
>With all the talk of GUS demos floatin around, I just realised I've only
>heard a couple.  Anybody have any recomendations?
ftp to ftp.uwp.edu (which mirrors wasp.eng.ufl.edu which is as slow as hell)
cd demos.  Use the alpha listing (WATCH OUT FOR TYPOS, since you'll be
thrown into the lyrics area) and get:
Timeless (Tran)
Hell (Tran)
Unreal 1.1 (FC)
Panic (FC)
2nd Reality (FC) <- get this one!
Crystal Dreams II (Triton).

I have seen the lot except for CD2, but I hear it's amazing.
Yossi.

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 08:28:28 +0300
From: Yossi Oren <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #12

> (Wish we had an add-on like this for Doom ! - Is the developer of
>UltraWolf working on similar things for DOOM- the gun samples sound
>really lame compared to UltraWolf!)
Get DmAud, hack the sounds outta UWolf and hack them into Doom.  There are
F/X libraries for everything from the Marx Brothers to Terminator.  A Star
Wars archive (with graphics) is in the works.
Read alt.games.doom and alt.binaries.doom!
Yossi.

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 10:28:48 +0100
From: Nils Olav Brandstorp Bekken <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #12

> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 14:12:12 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <[e-mail]>
> Subject: 32 voices for DOOM/RAPTOR?
>
> actually be happening is that a)the program uses 8 (its maximum?) to try
> to follow best the instruction for 32 channels, or b) it is only looking
> for one digit, so it ignores anything after the first digit.  In this
> case, it interpreted 32 as 3 channels really.  I think it can still have
> the monsters scream their death throes with the plasma gun firing even at
> 3 channels.

I couldn't notice any difference setting it to 32, but if it is right
that it only read one digit, you should be able to hear som
difference setting it to 9 or what?

Nils Olav B. Bekken

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 15:09:18 GMT+1
From: "F. Viktor" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #12

> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 14:06:39 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <[e-mail]>
> Subject: all these 3.1 install problems
>
> I have disks v2.06, and I've heard about the v3.1 disks.  What's on them,
> that's special enough for me to upgrade?  Also, so many people are having
> problems installing them, is it worth it?  Better yet, what are some tips
> to help avoid the installation traps other people had?

Make a backup of yoyr prev. install somewhere on your HD. Delete
everything what belongs to GUS. (Even from your autoexec.bat and
config.sys) If you install 3.1 on your system now you should
have no porblems.

                    Viktor

Sorry about being late, I have a new addy and I didn't get all
the digest in time!




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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 19:59:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #8

> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 07:56:25 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Shane Conder <[e-mail]>
> Subject: GUS questions...
>
> Could someone tell me what the difference is between board revision 2.4
> and 3.7?  Also, when bought new, how much memory does the GUS usually come
> with?

The 3.7 revision has a new mixer to allow one to adjust the input
levels on the mic, CD, and line audio inputs.  This is about the only
significant functional difference.

GUSes come with 256kB installed.

> Would it be better to buy a new one, even if I get less memory, instead of
> this older one?

If you need the features of the new mixer, then yes.  If not, then
no.  In support of the older GUSes, they apparently use lower-noise
op-amps and larger capacitors than the new ones (although their
op-amps are probably still the best among soundcards).

> Does Advanced Gravis have a trade in policy for upgrading to newer revisions?

Not that I'm aware of.

> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 16:50:03 MST
> From: "Dean C. Johnson" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: PatchMaker Question
>
> I am planning to buy a GUS MAX when it comes out, but I'm curious
> about something.  I don't know much about pathes.  With PathMaker
> or PatchMaker-Lite, will I be able to make a patch of myself saying a
> sentence like "Hey You!", or coughing, or sneezing?  (this is what
> "SampleStore" of the Maui and Rio are supposed to do, right?)

Yes, you can do this on the GUS.  Yes, you can also do this on the
Maui, but its software tools are not as mature as the GUS' (and the
GUS' still need some more maturing).

Phat.

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 20:25:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #9

> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 94 18:05:38 +0300
> From: [e-mail] (THEO_JAKOBS TEL.62667)
> Subject: Gus0041  Midi Drivers
>
> Hi..
>
> last night i wanted to write a new song using my MT-32 with my SR-16 drum..
> I hadn't tried midi since i upgraded to GUS0041. But now nothing works at all,
> the only thing that works is the Gus MidiSynth, My Midi-In or Out doesn't work
> any more, But before i upgraded the drivers they were working.. Could somebody
> tell me what the hell is going on, because i don't want to use my gus for the
> Synth part (when i compose), but i want my own (good old) synths...

Since your MIDI port used to work, your NMI should be intact.  If that's
the case, then the only culprit I can think of is an out of date Ultrajoy
(which has been know to screw up the SB/MIDI IRQ).  Try removing Ultrajoy
from your autoexec.bat and see if your MIDI port works again.  Also, try
using older ultrinit.exes if Ultrajoy turns out to be innocent.  The new
MIDI port driver should be okay.

> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 17:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Soo Wei Ming <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #8
>
[re: Raptor]
> It's a pretty good game (for a shoot 'em up), but I am pretty peeved
> about the lockups when running 4 or more voices (on my machine at least).
>
> Is it just bad programming, or is there any credibility to the claim
> that the GUS can accept the data that fast?

It's more a bus issue, I think.  The ISA bus shouldn't be used to
transfer multiple channels of sounds.  This takes away bandwidth for
things such as screen updates, etc.  If the sound driver was programmed
the way it ideally should have been, then the most common sound effects
should be cached on the GUS instead of DMAed each time they are played.

Phat.

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:32:05 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Arun)
Subject: GUS FAQ

Hi,

I am trying to get the GUS FAQ. Any pointers will be appreciated.

Arun

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 13:51:22 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Thomas Baehler)
Subject: HELP for JOYSTICK PORT

For the guy (and his wife :)) ) who bought a GUS and can't figure out
how to handle his joystick problem...

I have to say that i got the same problem, and spent a whole week-end the
nose in my computer's-belly :) ... but the problem is now out.

There's 2 possibilities :

1) Maybe u have another sound card, or a joystick card, plus your multi
i/o card. U should try this :
       a) Remove your joystick card AND the switch on your i/o card
       b) Remove the GUS and your joystick card, leavin' your i/o card

2) other possibility : u only have a multi i/o card (that was my case). Then u
should remove ur GUS joy port by typing ULTRINIT -D, then reboot, then
ULTRINIT -D, then re-reboot (!) and then let's go, so only leaving your
multi i/o card enabled. To see if it works after that, just run GRAVUTIL,
it will also work with the multi i/o card...

Hoping this message will provide u any help... :P

    Sir "Scuba" Drake

P.S. Sorry for the language, but i'm only a good ol' swiss-lammer :)

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 10:11:52 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: help with Warrior of Doom install

hi

i have got Warrior of Doom but the install.exe file is damaged, so

i would like to play the game immediately but if i request the game to the

company i need to wait for long time (because i'm in italy) so if someone

can send me the install.exe file uudecoded to me i'll thanks all my life

my address is [e-mail]

thanks in advance and happy gusing, the gus is the best sound card (my opinion)

bye

zorro

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 14:12:23 CDT
From: [e-mail]  (Alejandro Cifuentes - IIC2212)
Subject: ibm ps/vp & gus

> Hi, my IBM PS/ValuePoint doesn't seem to work with my GUS..
> Everytime I try playing some demo/music with GUS, it doesn't sound correctly
> even I set up the configuration properly, and worse, my GUS sometime hangs
> the computer...(That's what the repair man said)
> I didn't have any problem with my GUS and other system conbination.
> Does anyone know what the problem is?
>
> The system: IBM PS/ValuePoint 486DX-33 VLB. 4MB RAM, S3 805 chipset.

I have a IBM ps/vp 433dx (but without local-bus), and my gus works really
great, maybe you can have trouble with other cards, like scanners...
Some time ago, i have a strange problem with the video card and my
ex-sound card (a PAS), and i solve it moving the card to other slot.
i know that's sound weird, but works! ...

    I hope it's help

    Alejandro Cifuentes H.
    [e-mail]

P.D.: Greetings from Chile (sudamerica)
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ryuzo 'Zowie' Akano
> [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 17:00:30 +0300
From: Yossi Oren <[e-mail]>
Subject: Is the UMax THIS good?

Bear with me for a minute now, let's see if this is as good as it sounds...
The UMax has hardware MSADPCM, m-law and u-law codecs, right?  Which means
you can compress wave files by as much as 4:1 while keeping their sound the
same, right?
Well, the 64 dollar question is : can the UMax use these codecs for PATCHES?
If it can, this means that with a bit of rudimentary intelligence you can
fit ANY patch bank on 1MB of RAM, with neglectible changes in quality - a
RAM-based ROM-based card, so to speak.
I hope this is true, since it's one motha of a selling point (Think about it -
LOADPATS puts the whole GM set on-board at 16 bits!).
Yossi.

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 15:14:18 EDT
From: David Steinberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: Micro Center shows the GUS!

Just got the latest ad book from Micro Center (a superstore
primarily in Ohio), and lo and behold on page 28 they're selling
the GUS for 129.95. There's a picture of the box and a feature
blurb too. I noticed that the description has no mention of
compatibility with other cards. When I called around six months
ago, none of the local stores carried the GUS (CompUSA would
special order it for an exorbitant sum).

A correction to an earlier post of mine regarding DRAM. Chip
Merchant sent me Mitsubishi parts, not NEC. They work fine.
--
David Steinberg                Allen-Bradley Company AGTE
[e-mail]        Cleveland, Ohio

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 00:12:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Danh Tran)
Subject: possible fix for NMI problem (Non Maskable Interrupt)

To make a long story short, I had problem with disabled NMI on my
motherboard.  Because of that I couldn't use my synth as a MIDI IN's
source (as well as running SBOS).  I just bought a new PC to replace the
old one.  And you can imagine how upset I was to find out that the GUS
card (used to work on the old system) won't work on the new PC.

The "NMI procedure on this PC is disabled" was really getting on my
nerve.  Well I decided to take a look at all the jumpers on motherboard
to see if there was any unusual setting.  The only mismatch I found
out was the jumpers for "CPU Type Select" was set for 486DX.  However
the CPU is a 486SX.  So I corrected the jumpers and rebooted the
system.  Phewwww..... No more anoying message "NMI ... disabled".
GUS MIDI IN is now working.  The problem is solved.

For the people who are having this NMI problem, you may want to check
your motherboard again to see if this case applies to your system.
Don't trust the dealer who assembled you PC.

Danh Tran



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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:25:49 -0230 (NDT)
From: Daniel Greenland <[e-mail]>
Subject: Raptor - Configuration/Information

First of all, I'd like to say hello to everyone subscribing to the GUS
digest.  I just joined up a couple of days ago and found that these
digests and FAQS really do help alot!

I've had my GUS for around 1 year.  I use the GUS on my 486-33 with 1 meg
on the GUS card.  I'm still confused about some of the terms used with
software, especially with that of Raptor.  What exactly are DMA
Channels?  What is the best configuration for GUS while playing Raptor?

Also, I was considering purchasing Police Quest IV, but after reading
last days digest, someone mentionned that the GUS doesn't seem to work
with it.  What about using the GUS drivers supplied by Sierra for the
General Midi driver?

Danny Greenland

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 10:15:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Drivers run for the nutrious taste of Renault <[e-mail]>
Subject: Seawolf (CD-ROM)

Does this game have some way to work with the GUS other than SBOS??

Jeff

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 13:42:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: "George A. Montemayor" <[e-mail]>
Subject: UltraWolf

Is UltraWolf Wolf 1.4+? What is the file called? What sites? Which directory?

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 10:37:39 BST
From: [e-mail] (Paul Hannell)
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE

Paul Hannell
PC/LAN HelpDesk
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UK: 44-0926-404742
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 18:31:09 -0500
From: Sesterhenn Steven J <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wolf1.4?

    Yossi remarked that Wolfenstein 3D had been released with native GUS
support and that it was on archive.orst.edu.  Well I checked and couldn;t
find it.  Anyone gotten it yet?  Where is it located???

    Steve Sesterhenn

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