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Apparently-To: john.smith@gravis.com
GUS Musician's Digest Wed, 1 Dec 93 3:38 Volume 3: Issue 1
Today's Topics:
1st National GUS Bank (2 msgs)
2nd National Patch Bank
Midi Cables and printing from MidiSoft Recording Session
MIDI file format etc.
MIDI Sequencer
MOD TRacker
schematic
Where is GUSDELAY?
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, 30 Nov 1993 15:17 GMT+0100
From: RTHI%BTMA74@se.alcbel.be
Subject: 1st National GUS Bank
Eric explained the structure of ultrasnd.ini file for bank switching.
Now my question is how can I switch from bank 0 to e.g. bank 8.
Is the update of Power Chords Pro the only soft that supports
bank switching ?
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 93 09:51:03 EST
From: "Burns Fisher, VMS Engineering 30-Nov-1993 0951" <fisher@skylab.enet.dec.com>
Subject: Re: 1st National GUS Bank
Eric Bell writes:
>I've spent the last little while working on this, because we are doing a minor
>upgrade to Power Chords Pro, and I want to include GUS patch banks. It took my
>a while to get it all sorted out...
>
> <useful stuff about how to define banks, how defaults work, etc>
But Eric, you didn't tell us the $64,000 answer: How do you switch banks?
Burns
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Date: 30 Nov 93 10:05:18 EST
From: "Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems" <71333.2166@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: 2nd National Patch Bank
Here's a bit of elucidation on the patch banking issue - as Clark pointed out,
folks might think I got the bank stuff to work through MIDI - not the case. I
got it to work within the scope of our application by passing the bank number
to the driver with the patch cache call. The bank number is set in Power
Chords Pro through a dialog box.
I don't know at this point if the driver would respond to any MIDI messages to
change banks. I'm checking with the author.
Eric
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 93 11:21:37 -0800
From: fredh@hpcvusd.cv.hp.com
Subject: Midi Cables and printing from MidiSoft Recording Session
I am new to midi and would like to know if midi cables are just 5-pin
audio cables. I've ordered the midi box from gravis and would like
to have the cables when the box comes in. I see Musician's Friend
has "MIDI" cables. I also see in the local Radio Shuck some cables
that are labeled as "audio" cables that have the 5-pin connectors that
look to be the same size as the midi connectors on my keyboard.
I posted this next question to the general gus list but got no response
so I'll try here.
I just got my ultrasound card a few days ago. I've fooled around
with the version of midisoft recording session that comes with
the card but I haven't found a way to print the music score that is
displayed. Is there a way to print this score?
Thanks for any info,
Fred Handloser
fredh@cv.hp.com
Corvallis, Oregon
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 93 08:24:43 MST
From: dustin@edna.gse.utah.edu (Dustin Caldwell)
Subject: MIDI file format etc.
Hello!
I just finished a fairly extensive paper on the midi file spec and general midi
format. It includes 2 programs, one to textify a midi file and one to make a
text file binary. I'm not sure if there is much interest, but if there is,
I'll upload it to epas or wuarchive or something.... Or send me mail, and I'll
send you a copy.
-oh, I have the text of the paper in postscript or just ascii text. which would
people prefer?
Dustin Caldwell
University of Utah -Clock? Who needs a clock? let's make it
Computer Engineering ASYNCHRONOUS!!!!
dustin@gse.utah.edu
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 11:07:52 -0500 (EST)
From: gt5543b@prism.gatech.edu (Antonio C. Rodriguez)
Subject: MIDI Sequencer
Does anyone know of a MIDI Sequencer or anything that will print out music
in any form whatsoever.
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 07:26:32 -0800 (PST)
From: mikebat@netcom.com (Mike Batchelor)
Subject: Re: MOD TRacker
Not the GUS Musician's Server once wrote...
$
$ Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 11:54 -0500
$ From: WADLEIGH@PROCESS.COM
$ Subject: MOD Tracker
$
$ OK, now I need to go to MOD files. I haven't seen any MID to MOD conversions
$ out there (which should be fairly easy for 4-track MID files on a GUS) so I have
$ to find a MOD tracker. Is there anything as easy to use as, say PowerChords?
$
$ Don't even bother to mention ULT or FAR files--or even DMP. I need to produce
$ 4-track MODs compatible with all the usual game drivers. I hat having to go to
$ some other format--especially one with the limits of MOD, but it's necessary.
$ I hope there's something out there with piano-roll entry, etc.
$
$ Anyone?
$
$ Thanks,
$ Hal
There's GUSTRACK, on epas, and if you register Farandole, it will save in
MOD, 669 and a couple of other formats besides FAR.
--
Mike Batchelor |
mikebat@netcom.com | This space for rent
mikebat@qdeck.com |
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 93 18:10:31 -0500
From: hal wayne black <sylk@mik.uky.edu>
Subject: schematic
Okay, a 2nd year EE student gives this a try (which means I am just now taking
my first EE courses!) :
> >1] What part is this: |\
> > | o
> > |/
> > Is this the 7407 he refers to ?, if so is that how I refer to t
> > to buy it ?
>
> This refers to one of the inverters on the 74LS04. You buy a
> 74LS04, and use the pin numbers as on the second diagram. As the
> author says, the 74LS04 has 6 inverters - you don't use all of
> them. Ignore 7407 on top diagram - I don't know what it is,
> probably another type of inverter. You will notice the the circuit
> uses two inverters one after another - I assume this to to clean
> the signal or something, since two inversions is 'equivalent' to
> nothing.
I'm not sure what the 7407 is, but at the bottom of the schematic it says to
use the 74LS04 for the inverters (which that symbol is) and I would use the
7407 for the big triangle with no bubble.
Why does a circuit use 2 inverters in succession? To reduce the load on the
circuit that the signal is coming from.
And to the original poster: notice the numbers on each side of the inverter:
|\
----| o---
1 |/ 2
these are the pin numbers of the 74LS04 that you can use.
--
| sylk@mik.uky.edu | hwblac00@ukpr.uky.edu | Entitlements kill |
(tastefully short signature)
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 93 6:35:46 CST
From: William S. Rowell <wsrowell@wixer.bga.com>
Subject: Where is GUSDELAY?
I saw a program called gusdelay mentioned on .soundcard a while back and
I was wondering if anyone knows where it is at. I've looked, maybe not
hard enough. If I remember right, it's a realtime effects processor;
stuff like delay, reverb, ect... I would guess.
Thanks in advance, Seth wsrowell@wixer.bga.com
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