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GUS Daily Digest Thu, 18 Nov 93 0:07 Volume 8: Issue 18 Today's Topics: About them s3m composers... EPIC Pinball shots Exiting Epic Pinball under OS/2 Future Crew's Sonic demo GUS Daily Digest V8 #17 (4 msgs) GUS Daily Digest V8 #17[3~ GUS GUS GUS!!!!!!! headphone impedances Jayeson's reply on Megaem 2.0023b problem LEMME GUS Mega-Em, X-Wing and QEMM ? Mega-em lock-ups MEGAEM23B (DAC) / WINDOWS MegaEm and memory MegaEm w/X-wing MegaEm Xwing/Pirates Gold/Master Orion MIDI 2 MOD ? Midisoft New GUS drivers New Mega-EM FTPable? New disks? New Mixer New releases new window driver new window drivers and megaem23b PAS + GUS printing scores from midisoft recording session those difficult shots in Epic Pinball Whereabouts of GUS Mailserver You know what sucks? 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 00:50:54 -0500 (EST) From: David Demski <the_gonz@access.digex.net> Subject: About them s3m composers... Well the bad news Lars is that there arn't any for the public... At least I am almost positive that if you're not in Future Crew you are not going to get one.(doen't that seem odd... theres at least 5 players for s3m's and I have only found 3 s3m files) About makeing MOD samples... I looked around briefly for something to make Amiga style samples to use in gustrack or mmedit and all I came up with was makeing a .SND file in USS8 or Gusmix and then useing convert to make it a .VOC. After that I used a mod composer called Creator (It's in German and under the file name creat36.zip) Inside that there is an option to turn .VOC's in samples in amiga format. I know this probly sounds like alot of trouble for someone who has a program that lets you record sounds directly into usable samples. If you do I would be grateful for any help in locateing it. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- - dAvID 'tHe GoNz' DeMsKi * * the_gonz@access.dig - -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 6:41:27 PST From: claliber@sfu.ca Subject: EPIC Pinball shots I've played Epic Pinball for a while now, and have found a "non-fluke" way of getting the ball into the right ramp, or even the right sink-hole. What you do is stop the ball on the left flipper (by keeping the flipper up when the ball's there), let the flipper down, and shoot 1/2 a second before it will fall off (when you first try this you will most likely shoot too early). To get the right sinkhole, it's slightly more difficult, as you have to shoot about 1/4 a second before it will fall off. I still have no sure-fire way of getting the left sink-hole, but I'm sure one of you have got a good method. By the way, I do not have a GUS, only an SB. SB seems to have just as many problems than the GUS does, and I believe the GUS is the best sound card out there. I can't even get sound on Epic Pinball, it just makes a loud, continuous "machine gun" sound. This may be due to the fact that I've got a SCSI card and HD installed... Anyways, if anybody's got some ideas as to why this is happenning, let me know! Sorry about the "non-GUS" subject, but it appears that many people wanna know how to play Epic Pinball better. Has anybody "won" it yet? I've only got up to the Database part. Happy GUSing. Curtis Laliberte (claliber@sfu.ca) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 1:47:26 -0500 (EST) From: JEFFREY J SKUBICK <29664453T@SERVAX.FIU.EDU> Subject: Exiting Epic Pinball under OS/2 I've gotten Epic Pinball to run under OS/2, except I have 2 problems (one minor, and one major). The major problem is that when I exit the game, the game never really ends. I can kill the task, but the sound just stays on whatever it was when I exited. The minor problem is that the screen gets snow (kind of like satellite tv sparklies) when it's not actually in play mode (i.e. options, credits, etc). Off the top of my head, I turned video_retrace_emulation, background_execution, both off, idle_sensitivity=100 (off), hw_timer is on, and video_rom_emulation is off. Does anybody else have any suggestions? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 21:40:47 EST From: nfdsouza@electrical.watstar.uwaterloo.ca Subject: Future Crew's Sonic demo Hey all! I FTPed Future Crew's Sonic demo, but just can't get it to run on my machine. I keep getting a message which says something like demo requires V386 mode of processor use a boot disk to boot without memory managers Seems simple enough. I had QEMM 386 v6 running, so I rebooted clean with NO memory manager (using DOS 6 F8 bypass start-up files). Tried running the demo. Same result. Tried again, this time loading HIMEM.SYS _only_. Same result. No matter which XMS/EMS managers are/aren't loaded, the program keeps spitting back "boot without memory managers". I took a look at the accompanying READ.ME file, which said that SONIC, like Second Reality, can run with EMS installed (but does not require EMS with a GUS present). The READ.ME says it can be run with EMS. The program itself says it can't do it. Huh? I tried to get it running on a friend's computer (he, unfortunately for him, does not have a GUS) just to see if the demo would get past this memory problem on another system. No such luck. My setup is: 386DX-33 w/math co-pro 4 MB RAM Trident video card 1 MB (yeah, I know, snore....) GUS w/1 MB IDE hard drive DOS 6, QEMM 386 v6 Any help much appreciated. Noel D'Souza ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 06:41:02 -0800 (PST) From: mikebat@netcom.com (Mike Batchelor) Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V8 #17 Not the GUS Server once wrote... $ ------------------------------ $ $ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 00:03:34 -0500 $ From: Martin H Rogers <mrogers@afit.af.mil> $ Subject: Megaem 2.0023b and SBOS 2.08 problems $ $ My problem with Megaem 2.0023b in X-Wing is this: $ $ When I press "r" or "t" to get a new target, the display freezes for up $ to a second. I think the game is continuing on, because the display $ jerks and catches up in a single bound to where it might be expected $ to have ended up if it hadn't frozen for the second. I get the same thing. It only happens when I use both SB DAC and GM or Roland music. If I use either one alone (either by turning off things in the game, or by disabling an emulation mode in MegaEm and choosing new options in XWing's Install) then all is well - no pauses. I also get garbled speech and FX, sometimes with FX coming out of a character's mouth. I was watching the intro, and when it got the the first scene between the Imperial officers, the first one said "Sir, our TIE fighters have <RRROOOAAARRR>" and a TIE fighter ROAR was heard while his jaw was agape. $ FWIW, my system is an Intel 386dx/33/64c, Cyrix 387, 8MB ram, 1MB GUS, $ MS DOS 6.2, Chips 82c206, all other chips by SIS. Cirrus 5426 video set, $ WD 2250 IDE hard drive. 486/33DX, 8Mb, 1Mb GUS, DOS 6.0, QEMM 7 (happens with EMM386 as well), OPTi 495SX chipset, GUS at 220, 11, DMA 7. $ ------------------------------- $ Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 21:54:00 BST $ From: f.graham@genie.geis.com $ Subject: User report on MegaEm23b... $ $ Hi all, $ Gosh, I missed a few digests there, but am back on I guess. $ $ Wayull, I got MegaEM23b, and......am not having any luck with it. $ Seems it's the SB DAC emulation as I tried it with MT-32 or SC and SB, and $ with only sb emulation for Xwing, Master of Orion and Task Force. All 3 $ eventually crashed, SIGH. Posted a msg to the rep on Genie, and HOPE I'm $ doing something wrong (yeh, like still being stuck at 256k! No flames, $ please!). StarHawk posted me and said he got MOO working (1mb GUS), but I $ don't know how far into it he went. He also reported tentative Xwing $ problems. Meanwhile, I'm feeling some serious Mega blues...Maybe when this $ post appears, it'll be next to glowing reviews from others, I can wap myself $ on the head and do the simple fix I overlooked. Alas, you are not the only one. But this is beta software after all, do try to be preciise when making reports about problems. If it's one that Gravis can reproduce, then it's one that Gravis will likely be able to fix. -- Mike Batchelor | mikebat@netcom.com | This space for rent mikebat@qdeck.com | ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 10:39:54 PST From: godfrel@sfu.ca Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V8 #17 Ok, this is to the fellow who's having problems with is Gateway 2000 and megaem. I think I have the same system as you, Micronics 486-33 VLB, ATI Ultra Pro with 2 MB VRAM. I'm not having any problems with what I have tried so far with Megaem so I don't think it would be a hardware problem. What's in your config and auto? Godfrey. s ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 18:10:21 -0500 (EST) From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca> Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V8 #17 > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 00:56:54 +1100 > From: adriano ennio raiola <adrianr@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU> > Subject: New windows drivers > > 2 questions: > > 1. To the author of vmap (phat was it?). If we run vmap in reverse mode to get > back to normal linear response, will it be exactly the same as it was before > vmapping, or does vmapping and then unvmapping a midi file change the volumes > a little in the process. > The volumes will _not_ be as they were before you ran Vmap on the file because of rounding errors (you can only store integer volumes in MIDI files). These rounding errors are magnified many fold because log and exponential functions are used in the conversion. Vmapping and then un-Vmapping tends to hurt the volumes quite a bit. > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 20:21:13 EST > From: BGUZ000 <BGUZ@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA> > Subject: Patch 44 > > In the Ultrasnd.ini file, what is patch 44? The .ini file > lists it as tremolostrings (I think tremstr is the term it > uses). This file, however, does not exist in the midi > directory. I had to change 44 to a different patch in order You can get tremstr.pat from the 2.06a update (I think the filename is gus0034.zip). Phat. ------------------------------ Date: 17 Nov 93 17:58:00 PST From: EBULALACAO@CSUPomona.Edu Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V8 #17 I tried the new MEGEM with Hardball III, and the Sound Blaster DAC doesn't work with it...only Roland MT32 mode...when I configured the game to MT32/SB, it says that I don't have an SB...even though the new MEGEM is installed. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 9:41:08 CST From: umcoyne0@CC.UManitoba.CA Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V8 #17[3~ Sorry about the subject Line, but I don't have a delete key at the moment. I am having problems with the New Megaem and NHL Hockey. I am using Megaem for SB/DAC support and it sounds great. The problem is, if I don't turn the sound off RIGHT before the end of a period, then period end == EMM386 exception error #13 and reboot. That's fine in exhibition, because with the sound on, I hear the 1 minute announcement, and can turn the speech/dig. sounds off. However, in League play you cannot change the settings from within a game, you can only SHOW LEAGUE SETTINGS, but not change them. Anyone have any suggestions? (Other than switching to QEMM. I bought version 7 a while ago and installed it and my machine wouldn't even boot. It gave me the illegal instruction, and said "QEMM is only reporting this error, not causing it. If you didn't have Qemm, your machine wouldn't have even booted." Yeah okay. I took Qemm out and the machine booted no problem. I also returned Qemm. Michael umcoyne0@cc.umanitoba.ca University of Manitoba Computer Engineering III ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 11:30:41 EST From: NABAHI NARIMANE MR <nanou@nermel.EE.McGill.CA> Subject: GUS GUS GUS!!!!!!! Hi! I'm .... Very *Happy*!! Yesterday, all works fine for me: I had the tnew Windoz Drivers, the new MeGaEm, the new Ultramid etc.,. WONDERFUL!!!!! ((((((BUT)))))))) - My problem with Microsoft arcade and MediaPlayer AVI are not solved. - And what is the Patch 44 (terms.pat or smthg like that)????? can I get it on EPAS? OH! yah... the voices in the intro of Prince 2 are INCREDIBLY SMOOTH!!! Great work for this version! ---> but I'd like to see the release version of MegaEm!!!! Bye! Xavier Rustom ----------- GUS? GUS?????? YES!!!!!!!! GUS FOR EVER!!!!!! ----------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 02:17:20 -0500 (EST) From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion) Subject: headphone impedances I have seen somewhere in the digest (hey i wont quote the whole thing just to find the text) somebody saying that headphones have 600 ohms impedance compared to the 4ohm speakers. Not so. Headphones typically have 16 ohm or 32 ohm when they are for walkman and bigger headphones may have small impedance too, but some pro headphones are in the 100-120 ohm range. I have Koss Pro2a with 116 ohm impedance. BTW, even if it's high impedance, by using the line level out with them, it is still a very painful experience at high volumes. (with amplified out i'd lose my hearing in about 10 minutes...). But anyway, all this to say that with the 2 watts/channel GUS amp there should be no problem with a headphone volume control with the typical 8 ohm speakers. BTW, there are some very nice Koss bookshelf speakers at Price Club. They are not shielded however... Ciao, -- Francois Dion ' _ _ _ CISM (_) (_) _) FM Montreal , Canada Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA (_) / . _) 10000 Watts Telephone no: (514) 343-7511 _______________________________________________________________________________ Audio-C-DJ-Fractals-Future-Label-Multimedia-Music-Radio-Rave-Video-VR-Volvo-... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 12:36:19 -0500 From: Martin H Rogers <mrogers@afit.af.mil> Subject: Jayeson's reply on Megaem 2.0023b problem Yesterday, I also forwarded a copy of my Megaem problems directly to Jayeson at Gravis. (His internet account works just fine, as opposed to some problems with tech@gravis.com, and he responded VERY quickly. Thank you Jayeson....) His reply follows. >From jayeson@gravis.com Wed Nov 17 11:40:34 1993 >Organization: Advanced Gravis, Burnaby BC Canada, (604)431-5020 >Subject: MEGAEM 2.23B PROBLEMS >To: mrogers@afit.af.mil ..(some unnecessary stuff deleted here)... >> My problem with Megaem 2.0023b in X-Wing is this: >> >> When I press "r" or "t" to get a new target, the display freezes for >> up to a second...(rest of my original msg deleted).... >There is definitely no registration stuff in Mega-Em. I have yet to figure out >why this happens with Mega-Em. It only happens with Roland Emulation, but, no >roland I/O is happening during the pause. Several people have also said it >happens with a real Sound Canvas. > >My theory is the slower your computer goes, the more likely it is to happen. >Since having speech will slow the computer a little bit.... > >I can get rid of the problem by using different Memory manager setups. > >Jayeson Oh well, I had just hoped there might be a simple answer to this problem, since the unregistered 1.00 showed the same problem and the registered version was totally smooth. If anyone figures out a fix, please let me know. -Martin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Oct 93 13:15:00 EET From: Saloranta Jari <saloranta@ncsbsr01ou.ntc.nokia.com> Subject: LEMME GUS The new windows driver comes with a new mixer, which has some unimplemented features like level control for cd, line-in and mic. I suppose these could be reserved for future use. MAX? JUS' GUSSIN' ... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 11:38:45 -0600 (CST) From: read@utpapa.ph.utexas.edu (Dave Read) Subject: Mega-Em, X-Wing and QEMM ? I just grabbed the new Mega-Em beta and plugged it into X-Wing. It sounds great...for about 45 seconds. I only get music for a few seconds during a mission, and then nothing except the digitized sounds. If I go to the mission screen or the setup screen, I get music while I'm there, but returning to the mission again kills it. The only oddball feature about my system is that I am running QEMM 7.01. Any ideas out there? Jayeson? Bueller? Anyone? Thanks! -Dave -- Dave Read (read@utpapa.ph.utexas.edu) "When in doubt, sheet it out." UT-Austin Heavy Ion Physics Grad Student PGP public key available by 'finger' G O B R A V E S ! ! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 9:09:53 PST From: joshuag@sfu.ca Subject: Mega-em lock-ups I just got the new Mega-Em. Kudos to Gravis for having the initiative to hire dedicated programmers like Jayeson! My problem (one that I've had since I first got mega-em) is that I get EMM386 exception errors (#13) after anywhere from 10 seconds to 20 minutes of playing any games (NHL hockey, XWing...) I have stripped my system to just himem and emm386, but still no luck. Any suggestions? System configuration: AMD 386-40, 4MB, 1MB GUS. Dos 6.0 with or without 4dos. I used to have lock-up problems with SBOS, but replaced my motherboard to fix those. I'd better not have to do that again! (Had a 386-25 before) - Josh Grant ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 09:42:54 GMT From: Ben Leamy <LEAMY@dhmain.east-london.ac.uk> Subject: MEGAEM23B (DAC) / WINDOWS For some reason MEGAEM 23b SB(DAC) doesn't work at all with Gary Robert Veduccio's machine (Yesterdays digest). Most people seemed to have had better luck but a few people had problems. I have only tried it with one game and guess what.... the DAC didn't work. The game 'Sherlock Holmes the lost files' the case of the serated scapel'. The game allows selection of seperate music and FX card... I selected ROLAND MT32 and S***Blaster. I ran megaem then emuset with MT selected. The game runs fine and the music is great (as it was with megaem v1.00). The SB digital FX are great for the first sound but from then on things progressivly get worse with inapprobriate sounds at great volume. Has anyone got this game to work? My machine is a ; Cyrix 486slc25, 4mb GUS 1mb (on defaults) Paridise VGA 1mb DOS 6 (Dblspace), EMM386 New subject: WINDOWS DRIVERS I know this will be covered by dozens of people but if you are having trouble with MIDI and the new WINDOWS drivers try copying the ULTRASND.INI file from your /ULTRASND/WINDOWS directory into you /ULTRASND directory. _____________________________________________________ Ben INTERNET = LEAMY%uel.ac.uk@earn-relay JANET (UK) = LEAMY@UK.AC.UEL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 08:41:32 EST From: "Burns Fisher, VMS Engineering 17-Nov-1993 0842" <fisher@skylab.enet.dec.com> Subject: MegaEm and memory I'm a bit surprised that no one has whined about this before (so now *I* will). I have a fairly small machine (4 meg) with no use whatsoever for expanded memory. The few DOS things that use anything above 640K use extended. In addition, I thought I understood that expanded memory was "the old thing" before we got 286's so that one could install more than 1 meg on systems whose memory bus did not understand it. So how come MegaEm wants expanded memory, not extended? This means I either have to sacrifice extended memory, or else complicate my life with multiple config files (which means upgrading to DOS 6, which means upgrading to DOS 6.2!) Is it really necessary to hide itself in EMS and not XMS? Thanks, Burns ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 19:56:05 -0800 (PST) From: I/We are Gaia <gaia@u.washington.edu> Subject: MegaEm w/X-wing First, I have to say, that it great that this program is around, and it does do quite nicely. But, some of the sounds are a bit off. I did replace patch 127 with pistol, and it helps. But some of the other stuff, like when the enemy is shooting, or the s-foils closing and opening, or when you get hit (bells???), is off. I have had some luck with changing other patches, like the timpani, and some of the string instruments. But I would like to find the others.. What I would like to know is. Which patches is Mega-Em loading for the GM set. I know it can't be all of them, so I want to find out, so I can look those up, and change them, and I will also give you all my results when I find something acceptable.. By the way. Another good patch to use for patch 127 is substite the SynthDrum patch or syntom, it is patch 118, but you can put it into 127.. Let me know!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 04:01:14 PST From: sbeier@icogsci1.UCSD.EDU (Steven Beier) Subject: MegaEm Xwing/Pirates Gold/Master Orion Just to let you know, I love MEGAEM. No problems (with the expection of Legacy). All of the above mentioned work great. YOU have to hear Masters of Orion, amazing! Thanks for the work Gravis ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 10:20:21 PST From: sjs@netcom.com (Stephen Schow) Subject: MIDI 2 MOD ? Ok, I have a few questions that maybe someone can answer. First of all, I just installed my extra memory and played the 2nd Reality Demo from Future Crew. I was totally blown away! Incredible stuff guys(if you are listening). What I want to know is what software tools I need to put music like that together? I am a composer/songwriter and I have a pretty decent little HOME MIDI studio. I have worked with MIDI for nearly 10 years. How can I write music with my MIDI tools and then convert it to MOD or whatever the heck these games and demos by the likes of Future Crew use for playback on the GUS? Is there a MIDI2MOD converter out there? Maybe I should write one(I'm also a programmer...that's my bread and butter). What's the scoop? Is ther a different composition environment that should be used instead of MIDI? I forget my other question now. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schow | But you don't need to use the claw, if you sjs@netcom.com | pick the pear with the big paw paw...... (415) 354-4908 | Have I given you a clue......? | - Baloo the Bear ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 20:25:37 -0500 (EST) From: Doug Nashold <nashold@WPI.EDU> Subject: Midisoft In the version of Midisoft Recording Session that came with GUS disks 2.06, how do you use patches other than #s 0-127? Also, has anyone played Terminator Rampage? Doug Nashold nashold@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester Polytechnic Institute ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 08:34:45 EST From: "Burns Fisher, VMS Engineering 17-Nov-1993 0835" <fisher@skylab.enet.dec.com> Subject: New GUS drivers >Has anyone experienced the same problem as I did with the new windows' driver? >I could load up the windows without any problem, I could play any wave file as >I want, but the new driver would not let me to load any patches onto my GUS. >I tried to load patches manually, but it won't let me do it. The available >memory of the GUS is 1016kb, I've no idea why the new driver would not load >the patches. I even tried to remove the old drivers from dos and reinstall the >driver twice, but still the driver don't respond to any patch loading. I had the exact same problem, until I decoded the instructions. Remember in the first line where he says ULTRASND.INI format has changed, and you have to edit it to put in your own directory? Well I thought it meant that the change was the it needed the directory, so I went to edit \ultrasnd\ultrasnd.ini and WOW! it already had the directory in it. Hmmmm. The install must have fixed it after all, right? WRONG! Turns out what he means is that you have to copy a NEW ultrasnd.ini from the zip file into \ultrasnd and edit THAT one. Voila! Works fine. Burns ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 01:02:19 CST From: Erick_Bergquist@edtng.Kenosha.WI.US (Erick Bergquist) Subject: New Mega-EM FTPable? New disks? Hello, I was wondering when the new Megaem, windows drivers, etc... were going to available on an upgrade disk? And how soon until they are available on the Gravis Support BBSs/Nodes? I don't have FTP access, and have had extremely bad luck with BBSs that say they support GUS, yet when I call they don't have what I'm looking for, and I don't feel like calling to find out they don't have the new programs/updates yet, or available first call. Could somebody email me with an answer to these questions, possibly even ship me a disk, I'll pay COD if I have to. Thanks... A happy GUSser with out the access to get new programs/upgrades. :( -- Via DLG Pro v0.995 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=//-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\\-=-=-= ITCnet: 85:872/203 -!- KENOnet: 10:11/0 // The Project Team '93 \\ T 9 Erick_Bergquist@EDTNG.Kenosha.WI.US // CIS Major - Happy GUSing \\ P 3 [------Insert Wise Saying Here------] // Programmer/Artist\Musician \\ T -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=//-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\\-= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 08:46:52 EST From: "Burns Fisher, VMS Engineering 17-Nov-1993 0848" <fisher@skylab.enet.dec.com> Subject: New Mixer 1) I see that the new mixer has some additional sliders for CD, line, and mike. John Smith also said that there were some features which were only applicable to board revs beyond a certain amount. Does this mean that newer boards actually have more than just on/off for line/CD/mic? Even w/o the 16-bit daughter? If not, what ARE the features that are only available on newer revs? 2) What does the "lock l/r volume" check box mean? I don't think there was a new help file to explain all this (or did I miss it?) 3) What is the purpose of the dual sliders for volume? I thought they were stereo left/right (relates to 2??), but only the left slider had any affect on my MIDI volume, and it affected both left and right. Thanks, Burns ps: !THANKS! for giving us the debug setting on the driver to turn off the file scan at startup! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 17:21:33 -0600 (CST) From: "Phil J." <pjohnso2@ua.d.umn.edu> Subject: New releases Well, thanks to the new software updates, I was able to convince a friend of mine to go with a GUS. :) Moohahaha... NEMO: the right sink hole shot is not too difficult -- stop the ball with the left flipper, and launch it JUST before the ball rolls into the gutter. The left lane is a little more difficult, and I usually get it mostly on luck. FYI, all: if you haven't tried it yet, Privateer has begun to sound much better with the new version of MegaEm.. the instruments sound more correct now.. still, those notes are sustained for an AWFULLY long time, and it's incredibly annoying. (I have an SB16 so I don't bother with the DAC emulation) Is there a fix that we might get to cut long notes off faster for games like Privateer? I'm impressed how MegaEm handles the changing music, though.. pretty darn well. M&M V: Darkside.. sounds MUCH MUCH better. Very impressive. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 15:18:45 pst From: Thomas Wang <wang@hpdmsjlm.cup.hp.com> Subject: new window driver I am glad Gravis released the window driver with linear volume response. My midi files sound even better now! I tested ultramid 1.05 with Warlords II. It still works. Thomas Wang wang@cup.hp.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 15:20:11 -0800 From: cliff@trifid.astro.ucla.edu (Cliff UCLA Astronomy) Subject: new window drivers and megaem23b Hi, I just downloaded the new windows drivers and now I'm stuck. I followed the directions for removing the old drivers, restarting windows, and adding the new drivers. .wav files play just fine but I can't get my configuration to play midi files. I went into Midi mapper to change channel 1 to be UltraSound MIDI Output Port but I still get no midi music. I've tried un- installing and re-installing several times and even edited the control.ini and system.ini files by hand. I know that the DMA and IRQ ports are set correctly. This happened to me on two different systems but I was able to get things to work on the first system by executing the c:\ultrasnd\winsetup command. That same command did help on the second system...... On a second, note: I was using the new Megaem with World of Xeen (M&M4 + M&M5) and found that using the MT-32 mode would crash after a bit. I switched to using just the plain Sound Canvas mode and that didn't lock up my computer. The lock ups seemed to affect my video display, I have a Diamond SS24X. My config.sys looks like: device=c:\dos\himem.sys device=c:\dos\emm386 ram m9 d=146 x=A000-C7FF 3072 dos=UMB,HIGH device=c:\dos\smartdrv.exe /double_buffer device=c:\ultrasnd\ultrinit.sys ultrasnd=220,6,6,11,5 lastdrive=E autoexec.bat looks like: c:\dos\smartdrv.exe c d /l path c:\dos;c:\ss24x;c:\mouse;c:\ultrasnd set ultrasnd=220,6,6,11,5 c:\ultrasnd\ultrinit.exe set ultradir=c:\ultrasnd set blaster=a220 i5 d1 t1 lh c:\dos\ mouse.com c:\ultrasnd\ultrajoy 16 c:\ultrasnd\sboshi.bat My system has a SCSI busmastering controller (UltraStor 14F) with it port address set to 340, IRQ=14, and DMA=7. Could there be a problem with this program trying to access MT-32 default hardware settings? cliff cliff@trifid.astro.ucla.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 08:58:00 PST From: rra@pcsi.com Subject: PAS + GUS Can anyone please post how to successfully get both a PAS 16 and an Ultrasound to coexist. I've seen it before on prior postings but I can't locate it in the FAQ. Thank in advance. -rra ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 01:51:08 -0800 From: fredh@hpcvusd.cv.hp.com Subject: printing scores from midisoft recording session 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 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 11:28:38 +1030 (CST) From: Gavin <SCARMAN@hfrd.dsto.gov.au> Subject: Re: those difficult shots in Epic Pinball Left lane shot: shoot the middle ramp, then as the ball comes out of the (physical systems) hole it will come out one of three speeds. Slowest speed it will hit the right triangular bumper's top corner (this is the rarest speed?) but if you don't hit the space-bar at the right time then the ball's down the guts. Fastest speed will hit the left flipper. Middle speed will fall on the right flipper and if you're good enough you can make the shot up the left lane - requires very exact timing. Physical systems hole: catch the ball with the left flipper, letting it roll down from this position ensures the slowest speed available - now you need to flip just as it is on the tip. You will lose a lot of balls on this one. I'd love to know if there are easier methods, but these are at least repeatable. Perhaps someone who reads rec.games.pinball? Has anyone registered this yet - how do the other table's sfx and music compare? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 15:12:24 -0700 (MST) From: "Christopher M Potash" <25636@ef.gc.maricopa.edu> Subject: Whereabouts of GUS Mailserver Does anyone know the status of the GUS mailserver? (mail-server@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de) I have been using it faithfully with asbsolutely no problems for about 3 weeks now. Suddenly, as of yesterday the 16th, it is not answering (it sends a reply first acknowledging your request before it sends whatever you asked for--usually within a minute) nor is it sending anything. Just wondering. (Ok...worried. I don't have FTP so if no more mail server, no more files. :( Btw, thanks to all those who sent me the back issue of the Digest I requested. Take care all, Chris- <From the desk of: Christopher M. Potash 25636@ef.gc.maricopa.edu> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 15:03:09 +0800 (PST) From: Francis Li <fli@nermal.santarosa.edu> Subject: You know what sucks? Now that we have the new, LINEAR volume Windows drivers, NOW I have to RE-VMAP a BUNCH of MIDI files...What I need is a program that detects logarithmic volume MIDI files and converts them automatically! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 10:51:06 EST From: "NEMO G DE FURIA" <cs911084@ariel.cs.yorku.ca> OK, last message on this...And please, don't mail me about this anymore! Thanks for the help, but things are starting to get repetitive! BTW, I still think there is too much chance involved, but here anyway, is one person's strategy: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Umm.... The shots you said can be intentionally made. I do it alot. For the left lane, you must first get it up the midddle ramp. When it comes out of that hole it can go to two places. Either the right flipper or it'll hit the R. Bumper and goto the left flipper. If it hits the right flipper (Which is most of the time), hit the flipper almost as soon as it hits the flipper to get it up the lane that leads back up to the bumpers. Hit it all the way at the end of the flipper to get it up the testing lane. To get the ball in the Physical systems hole, you must wait until it's almost falling off your left flipper before shooting it. I'm talking like if you have .ooop... Not have... wait more than a micron more, it'll just roll off the flipper even if you hit the flipper up. But I repeat, with a little practice, all the shots can intentionally be made. *** NOTE If the ball hits the R. bumper and goes to the L. flipper instead of going down to the R. Flipper, you can still make the test lane by hitting it the correct way. (It's too hard to explain that shot.) I would appreciate if you could either post this in the digest, or at least write a message acknowledging that it is possible to make these shots. CUL8R! - JPIERSON@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, sorry about posting it here. Let's call it case closed too. - Nemo De Furia. ------------------------------ End of GUS Daily Digest V8 #18 ****************************** To post to tomorrow's digest: <gus-general@dsd.es.com> To (un)subscribe or get help: <gus-general-request@dsd.es.com> To contact a human (last resort): <gus-general-owner@dsd.es.com> FTP sites: archive.epas.utoronto.ca /pub/pc/ultrasound wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/msdos/ultrasound archive.orst.edu /pub/packages/gravis theoris.rz.uni-konstanz.de /pub/sound/gus FTP mail server: mail-server@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to <gus-general-request@dsd.es.com> for info about other GUS related mailing lists (programmers, musicians, etc.).