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GUS Daily Digest Wed, 26 Apr 95 9:42 PST Volume 21: Issue 25
Today's Topics:
A midi-tracker?
CD ROM & GRavis Sound Card
Damn Magic Carpet.. (again.. :( )
Daniel LeBlanc's Msg
GUS + Cubase PC 2.6
GUS ACE got a great review
GUS Daily Digest V21 #23
GUS Daily Digest V21 #24 (3 msgs)
GUS Games FAQ
GUS Max + Win 95?
GUS MAX and Linux 1.2.1
lame-ass TEAC CD-ROM drive
LucasArts and GUS
MICROCOSM problems
new GUS software v4.11
Ramtracker
Stuff
Subscribe (2 msgs)
subscribee (11 th time)
The digest
tracker midi
Where is NordTracker
Wings of Glory with GUS
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: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 10:08:34 GMT
From: Clarke Brunt <clarke@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: Re: A midi-tracker?
>Someone has asked this before, I know ... Is there a tracker-style (like all
>those mod-trackers) midi-composing program for GUS? Somewhere I read of
>Ram-tracker but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Please let me now
>where I could find such a program if there is one.
I've never used a mod-tracker, so I don't know what they are like, but a while
ago someone said to try the demo version of Procyon - I think the file name
had 'prcm' in it (for Archie). I tried this - there is very little
documentation, and it doesn't say what is 'demo' about it (seems that
you can't save the results), but it seems to enable to to record
'patterns' and then repeat them and copy them wherever you want in the
song (maybe a bit like PowerChords, except more like an ordinary
sequencer too). If has staff display, and a drum rhythm editor too.
Is this what a mod-tracker lets you do? The full version didn't seem
too expensive (I seem to remember $30 or something).
Is anyone more familiar with Procyon, and what it can do?
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 21:20:28 -0300
From: bouchard@nbnet.nb.ca
Subject: CD ROM & GRavis Sound Card
Need some help in setting up acer cd rom to gravis sound card. Any input
would be appreciated.
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 00:24:00 +0000 ()
From: "Eric M. Busalacchi" <emb@herman.tiac.net>
Subject: Damn Magic Carpet.. (again.. :( )
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950426001517.200A-100000@herman.tiac.net>
Hello, I know this has been posted 100 times, because I have been
searching through the digests for the answer. Ok, so I got maxsbos .21
(or .20? I forget the exact number).. At any rate, here is the closest I
have been to getting anything, as far as sound: after I pick SoundBlast
for sound and music, I continue, it reads from the CD-ROM, I get the
famous 'Click' of the UltraSound being initialized, it reads a little
more from the CD-ROM.. and stops dead. *sigh* I am looking into getting
the VFX-1 Virtual Headset, so my friend gave me this game to try out.
Anyways, any help is greatly apreciated. Here is my setup:
Pentium 100 / Neptune Chipset (oldish)
32 Megs RAM
3,000MB Disk
Gus MAX, 1MB, new ultrainit, newsbos
ULTRA=220,1,1,1,5,7
Any help is grealty apreciated.. sigh..
--
Eric M. Busalacchi
emb@herman.tiac.net
http://herman.tiac.net/~emb/
- Big brother is watching the net..
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 19:31:07 PDT
From: Celtic Matrix <celtic@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
Subject: Re: Daniel LeBlanc's Msg
I fully agree with Daniel... or the message about
the timing problems... this SHOULD be in the FAQ....
It's a very common problem we've had too...
Anyway, ... I'm happy... I got Myst to work on my
4x Mitsumi .... and the Audio work fine on my MAX...
When are there going to be new adventures like Maniac Mansion ][ and
Monkey Island 2 ??? I'm looking forward for the next masterpiece by
LucasArts... I hope it supports GUS MAX....
Anyone knows the LucasArts Email adress?
------------------------------------
Name : Celtic Matrix
E-mail: celtic@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net
Date : 04/24/95
Time : 19:31:07
------------------------------------
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 11:30:20 +0200
From: Thierry.Loo@cediti.be (Thierry Loo)
Subject: GUS + Cubase PC 2.6
I recently mailed that stuff to the Cubase mailgroup, about Cubase 2.6
and the GUS sound card 1 Meg, but did not receive an effective answer:
-----------------------
> The latest version of Cubase (2.6) has just been shipped on my
> desk, and I was told it does support patch loading. I found nothing
> in the doc about that, and I found it doesn't work. More than that, it
> EMPTIES the patch memory when I preload it using the patch manager.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix that ???
>
More experiments during this WE showed that Cubase does load the patches,
each time the window is activated (i.e. it comes to the front).
But it loads only patches 1 to 36 in hi-fi mode, and 1 to 63 in
save-mem mode, regardless to the patches actually used in the song!
Do you folks at Steinberg have any idea about that ? (or anyone else)
-----------------------
GUS Gurus: Help please!
TL
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 19:37:51 EDT
From: Greg <BGUZ@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: GUS ACE got a great review
The Ultrasound Ace received a 5 star ***** rating in the May issue
of Multimedia World. This is the first positive review I have seen
in a long time.
Also in this issue, is an article on Wavetable sound cards.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 12:06:05 +0500
From: Chris Hillery <cjh@ebt.com>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #23
> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 01:07:42 -0400
> From: Chris McKillop <cdmckill@novice.uwaterloo.ca>
> Subject: TEAC CDROM drivers.....
> Another thing...should I get a TEAC???? I have heard good and
> bad things about it.....,,,Is their a better one at a comparible
> price??? Thanks....
Just a quickie since it's not directly GUS-related: Computer Shopper
recently did a round-up of quad-speed drives, and the Teac 55A (or was
it 55C?.. well, that one) was painfully slower than all the others
under many circumstances; in some cases it was scarcely faster than a
double-speed. The reason was that it only came with a 64k on-board
cache, whereas the rest had a 256k cache. With the amount of
competition there is in CD-ROM drives right now, I feel sure you can
do better - probably at a better price too.
--
Ceej
aka Chris Hillery
cjh@ebt.com
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 14:57:26 -0400
From: HumongousE@aol.com
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #24
Please unsubscribe me from this mailing list.
HumongousE@AOL.com
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 17:08:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: rodman@wizvax.net (Joshua S. Rodman)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #24
> From: Simo P Lankinen <slankine@cc.helsinki.fi>
> Subject: A midi-tracker?
> Someone has asked this before, I know ... Is there a tracker-style (like all
> those mod-trackers) midi-composing program for GUS? Somewhere I read of
> Ram-tracker but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Please let me now
> where I could find such a program if there is one.
CCCatch (Kenny), Mosaic (Ray) and I were discussing this at NAID. As far as
I know Ram-tracker is unusable, but I might be confusing it with something
else. If anyone on this list is interested it such a project and has
energy/time to contribute I might be able to get you in touch with other
people that are of similar mind. Who knows, something cool might happen.
IMHO, it should be implemented as an add-on to a conventional working
tracker since that would be a _LOT_ less work for all involved. Maybe you
could even make hybrids like in good ole MED on the Amiga.
--
Serve the Computer.
The Computer is your friend.
Be a happy Alpha Complex citizen.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 16:04:49 GMT+2
From: "Kobus Jooste" <S9425861@cosine.up.ac.za>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #24
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 05:02:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Daniel Gelinas <gelinas@CAM.ORG>
> Subject: USS16 where is it!!
> Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950424045740.23609B-100000@stratus>
>
> I'm a little disapointed about the reponses I've been getting off the net.
> I write a message to gravis, about what programs do ADPCM compression, they
> e-mail back saying USS16 is the only one, BUT THEY DON'T TELL ME WHERE THE
> SMEG TO GET IT!
They (Gravis) are quite correct, it is in the package.
If I'm not mistaken from version 3.52 of the GUS/MAX software and the
3.59 version of the CD/disks.
Normal USS supports ADPCM 4-1,a-law & u-law compression.
> I even wrote back a second time, I asked why it wasn't included on the
> cd-rom or in the installation diskettes, and _where_ could I find it. THe
> response I got was that it was too buggy to be included in the distribution,
> and... that's it. So can someone PLEASE tell me where I can get USS16, if
> it is at all available. Or ANY other program to us the ADPCM compression.
Normal Wave Programs for Windows does the same.. as well as more
expensive programs such as Quad Studio.
> I love my GUS but I'm a little ticked off to have paid money for
> something I can't use!
It doesn't sound like it..
Make sure you have a MAX.
And the ultra16 dos environment setting is set up correctly, e.g. :
SET ultra16=32c,0,0,1,0.
In USS click on the 8-bit button just below the VU meters and you'll
see 16-bit sampling and a choice of compression methods.
> Daniel Gelinas
> gelinas@cam.org
Koos
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 17:42:45 +0000 ()
From: "Eric M. Busalacchi" <emb@herman.tiac.net>
Subject: GUS Games FAQ
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950424173822.2455A-100000@herman.tiac.net>
Has anyone put together a list of games that may not have native
GUS support but can be made to work with the GUS and the steps that must
be taken? I have been reading the digest for a good six months, and it
seems that if there was a FAQ on this it might make life a little
easier. If there is one, could someone please tell me where to get a
copy? If not, I am interested in putting something like this together,
and anyone else that is please Email me so we can put together a little
team effort! Thanks!
--
Eric M. Busalacchi
emb@herman.tiac.net
http://herman.tiac.net/~emb/
- Big brother is watching the net..
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 09:32:24 -0900 (PDT)
From: Mark Colaluca <colalucm@tpd.eds.com>
Subject: GUS Max + Win 95?
Anyone got their GUS MAX to work for DOS games under Windows 95? Seems
to work OK with 16 bit Windows drivers for Windows apps, but no go for
DOS games like DOOM, etc. Plus, my line in doesn't work in DOS. So my
feed from my Sound Blaster 1.0 thru my line in is disabled as well. I've
tried running Ultrinit -el in the DOS box, but no luck. Any chance of a
native 32 bit driver for the MAX?
Thanks,
|------------------------|
| Mark Colaluca |
| colalucm@tpd.eds.com |
| Systems Engineer |
| EDS Technical Products |
|------------------------|
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 14:45 EST
From: "Neil L. Sharp" <0006796954@mcimail.com>
Subject: GUS MAX and Linux 1.2.1
Anyone using this combination? I had v1.1.59 of Linux and a GUS.
Then, I upgraded to GUS MAX. Linux seemed to boot fine and work.
Then, I tried to install the newer v1.2.1 off CD-ROM (Slackware) and
I can't access my Sony CD-ROM drive during the setup program.
I read somewhere that you can't use 220hex for the GUS or GUS MAX if
the Sony drive uses 340hex. But, I had been using that way all along
with no trouble!
Anyone have any ideas? I really need to get my Linux to work. Right
now, it's in a state of utter chaos and won't boot. Any ideas would
help. If the address thing is the problem, which address should I
change and to what?
Thanks,
Neil Sharp
679.6954@MCIMail.com
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 13:43:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bob Tinsman <bobti@sco.COM>
Subject: lame-ass TEAC CD-ROM drive
Message-ID: <9504241348.aa06948@kilauea.sco.com>
> I am probably going to be getting a TEAC CROM with my computer
> system next week (or two). I read that the drivers that come with it
> will be buggy and that I can get better ones from thier bbS...Anyone know
> the number (or better yet, a net site that might have them???) so I can
> get the3m when I get the CDROM.......
>
I got the TEAC a couple months ago and the drivers I got with it work fine
(I used the teeny interface card that came with it) but...
>
> Another thing...should I get a TEAC???? I have heard good and
> bad things about it.....,,,Is their a better one at a comparible
> price??? Thanks....
>
I regret being impatient and paying $300 back then for what has turned out to be a
pretty lame excuse for a quad speed (see recent CD-ROM/multimedia kit reviews in
recent Computer Shoppers) when the Mitsumi is a lot better and much cheaper
(US$180-200). It's not THE fastest (probably the Toshiba or Plextor 1M buffer
version is) but, again, it's cheap and doesn't require a SCSI host adapter.
Sorry for getting off the topic...
Bob
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 14:39 EST
From: "Neil L. Sharp" <0006796954@mcimail.com>
Subject: LucasArts and GUS
>A while ago I posted a message to ask if there would be GUS-support
>in the new LucasArts adventure 'Full Throttle'.
>I also posted a message to LucasArts and I got a reply.
>Full Throttle will contain native GUS-support !!!
>
>So I expect that every new game from LucasArts will support the GUS
>natively because all LucasArts games use the iMuse soundsystem and
>they've got it probably working for the GUS now. (We can
>check this with 'DarkForces', and soon with 'Full Throttle').
>I'm going to make an order for 'Full Throttle' and I will let it know
>how the support is.
>I suppose it will be great ! ;)
I saw a "preview" box for "Full Throttle" in a store the other day
here in Dallas, TX. Gravis Ultrasound support was in the listing.
Looks to be an interesting game.
Neil Sharp
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 10:55:20 +0000
From: "Salvador Macip" <macip@medicina.ub.es>
Subject: MICROCOSM problems
I bought Microcosm CD a few days ago and I haven't been able to play with it
yet. I install it following the instructions in my 486-66 (GUS max- 1MB), but
when I try to run setup or the game I get a memory protection fault, wich means
I don't have enough XMS memory, acording to the instructions. Since the game
only needs 2.5 Mb and I have 4Mb left this can't be the explanation. I installed it
in another 486-66 computer with 7 Mb free XMS and a SB and there
was no problem: it worked OK Then I tried with a Pentium with plenty
of XMS and a GUS Max 1Mb too and the game worked fine but there was no
way to get any sound at all (SBOS,Ultramid...). The instructions say that there's
GUS suport, and GUS owners must run a program named gravis.bat before
set up. The problem is that it is impossible to run the program (either
from the 486 or the Pentium): file not found error. And if you try to
read it through any editor you get nothing. The file is 50 bytes long, though.
On the other hand, a few weeks ago I played a Microcosm demo (a slide show)
with no problem at all (using SBOS).
Any clues? The memory problem seems easy to avoid if you really have
a lot free, but the sound problem is crazy, since the game says to suport GUS.
Has anybody solved it? Has anybody anywhere played Microcosm through
a GUS? Please help! BTW: please answer as quickly as you
can, I'm in a hurry!
Thanks a lot!
Salva
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 00:07:16 -0700
From: Ferdinand Mataragnon <stud001@athena.bcit.bc.ca>
Subject: new GUS software v4.11
Hello. What's new with the 4.11 base software over the 3.95 version?
Ferdinand
stud001@athena.bcit.bc.ca
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 16:03:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: gregor garlak <gregor.garlak@sheridanc.on.ca>
Subject: Re: Ramtracker
On Mon, 24 Apr -1, GUS Server wrote:
> Someone has asked this before, I know ... Is there a tracker-style (like all
> those mod-trackers) midi-composing program for GUS? Somewhere I read of
> Ram-tracker but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Please let me now
> where I could find such a program if there is one.
>
ftp.cdrom.com pub/demos/music/programs/trackers/ramtrack.zip
***********************************************************************
* Greg Garlak Sheridan College - Computer Science *
***********************************************************************
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 13:46:52 EDT
From: bbaskin@mail.utexas.edu (Bryan K. Baskin)
Subject: Stuff
Hey Y'all,
Few comments:
Latest build of Win95 i've seen is 445. Seems nice enough, but it's
got its problems...
To the guy with NT and no GUS sound... I heard that a guy might try
and write some drivers, but that might have been a rumour. To get
sound, you might have to write them yourself. And Win95 is not better
than NT. If you run NT, usually, you need its power and DOS ain't
gonna hack it.
On another note:
Gravis now has a slew of beta and alpha software out (OS/2 drivers,
MegaEM and SBOS...) Any word on when the next wave of software will
be? The OS/2 drivers are inadequate, MegaEM doesn't work with my 3.4
regular GUS very well, and neither does MAXSBOS. Gravis...?
Thanks.
Baskin
UT Austin
Team OS/2
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 08:33:41 BST
From: nwakefie@kirk.att.com
Subject: subscribe
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 06:44 CDT
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Subject: Subscribe
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 20:39:00 GMT
From: WILLIAM@mevis.demon.co.uk (WILLIAM ROY HOUGH)
Subject: subscribee (11 th time)
Is there any way of staying on the subscribers list for more than 1-4 days max?
Your help please.
william@mevis.demon.co.uk
--
WILLIAM ROY HOUGH
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 16:42:13 +0100
From: ct91@cityscape.co.uk (Damian Scully)
Subject: Re: The digest
Is it just me or have the last couple of digests been arriving late. I have
not recieved the last two at all. Could someone e-mail me and let me know,
as I am not sure if I will recieve the digest.
Damian.
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 20:56:23 +0100 (BST)
From: Sam <Samuel.Marshall@durham.ac.uk>
Subject: tracker midi
> From: Simo P Lankinen <slankine@cc.helsinki.fi>
> Subject: A midi-tracker?
>
> Someone has asked this before, I know ... Is there a tracker-style (like all
> those mod-trackers) midi-composing program for GUS? Somewhere I read of
Doesn't FastTracker 2 have MIDI output support? (MIDI IN didn't work for
me, but I don't know if that was our particular setup).
Sam
[] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua <[ Web pagE ]> *NEW* Sysex Manager ! []
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:02:03 +0800
From: light@singnet.com.sg (The Light Island)
Subject: Where is NordTracker
Is NordTracker still in the midst of beta testing and where can i find it.
it doesnt appear in any GUS directory anymore.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Light Island | This must be words from the forgotten wind
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 18:43:55 +0200
From: lemmen@IAEhv.nl (Frank Lemmen)
Subject: Wings of Glory with GUS
Has anyone got WOG working with their GUS
I tried sbos but this does not work properly.
Thanx
Frank Lemmen -=*=- lemmen@iaehv.nl
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