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Apparently-To: john.smith@gravis.com
GUS Musician's Digest Tue, 28 Dec 93 2:56 Volume 3: Issue 27
Today's Topics:
DIGEST ADMIN: Post-Holiday Warning
Patch caches, INI files, and bank switching
Patcher for Windows
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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, 27 Dec 1993 13:32:31 -0700 (MST)
From: Dave DeBry <ddebry@dsd.ES.COM>
Subject: DIGEST ADMIN: Post-Holiday Warning
Just to warn all of you, there have been a lot of new
subscribers in the past few days, and I'm expecting MANY more, as
people receive GUSes and modems for whatever holidays they celebrate
and discover the net.
Not only will this list be noisy for a while as newbies figure
out how to use mailers, what a FAQ is, etc., but the net will be. For
those of you new to the net, this flood happens all through September
as people start school, and again in January.
In other words: NEWBIE ALERT.
You have been warned. :)
--
Dave ddebry@ debry@ \
DeBry dsd. peruvian. | "All right! I admit it! I wash my socks in
es. cs.utah. | club soda so my feet will fizz!"
com edu /
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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1993 08:58 -0500
From: WADLEIGH@PROCESS.COM
Subject: Patch caches, INI files, and bank switching
Regarding the question on caching patches other than the
GM set: Windows only "knows" the patches named in the
INI file. For a custom patch without bank switching,
you have to replace one of the GM patches with the
custom patch. The version of IWANNAC on EPAS does just
that. You have to start Windows with the custom INI
file to use it properly.
The new Windows drivers support bank switching. This
would allow you to have the GM patch set as Bank0 and
custom patches as Bank1. The documentation shows how
to set up the INI file to support bank switching.
Unfortunately, it says absolutely NOTHING about how to
switch to a new bank.
I strongly suspect that bank switching on the GUS will
NOT behave as it does on ROM-based synths. Those are
literally bank switched, so that any active patches
change when you change the active bank. With patch
caching, it would be both impractical and stupid to
clear all of the on-board RAM when you switch a bank.
In this case, the GUS would have a strong advantage over
Roland GS devices in that you could load up several
patches from Bank 0, and leave them in RAM while you
switch to Bank 1 to load others.
Now if only someone will tell us HOW....
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Date: 27 Dec 93 12:33:12 EST
From: Erick Christgau <ECHRISTG@OSBORNE.MHS.CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Patcher for Windows
I uploaded this utility (patcher.zip) to the Gravis board. I don't
currently have ftp access so I can't get it up to epas yet. This runs under
windows and allows you to easily re-assign the midi->patch setup in the
ultrasnd.ini file. I'm working on the next version that will work with patch
banks. I need input though, so please respond with what you think of it and
any suggestions for further versions.
thanks...
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Date: 27 Dec 93 13:07:01 EST
From: Neal Brenard <76020.1665@CompuServe.COM>
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