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- GUS Programmer's Digest Fri, 7 Jan 94 3:50 Volume 8: Issue 7
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- Today's Topics:
- GUS and netBSD
- GUS Programmer's Digest V
- GUS Programmer's Digest V6 #15
- GUS Programmer's Digest V7 #1
- Well, actually...
-
- 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: Thu, 6 Jan 94 09:50:22 EST
- From: bobt@cognex.com (Bob Tillman)
- Subject: GUS and netBSD
-
- Hi all -
-
- Anyone out there know of any GUS drivers for netBSD (I'm currently running
- 0.9)? If not, perhaps the Linux drivers could be adapted; could someone
- point me to where I could grab them?
-
- Thanks,
- - Bob Tillman
- bobt@cognex.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 19:09:00 -0500
- From: colin.buckley@canrem.com (Colin Buckley)
- Subject: GUS Programmer's Digest V
-
- GU>We will probably be cutting a new version in a few weeks that incorporates
- GU>some of the changes/fixes that have been addressed so far. If anybody has
- GU>anything, let us know right away. Thanks a lot for your help.
-
- GU>Forte Tech Support
-
- In that case, I agree with Cornel, please add more on the patches. The
- card revolves around the patches, and we don't know how to use them. Granted,
- I have not see the latest SDK, as I don't have FTP, but the first one was
- worthless. Everyone knows how to write a MOD player for the GUS, but they're
- full of clicks.
-
- I don't know what is on EPAS, but I have seen only two third party programs
- using the patches without some FTS/Gravis driver. The other midi player
- (GMP?), which I believe Cornel wrote, and Mega-Em which Gravis now owns.
-
- Coming from a MOD playing world, I thought a patch would simply be a raw
- sample. I never thought there would be multiple samples per patch, and
- information such as tremelo and envelope. I have no idea what to do with
- those, I ignore almost everything in the patch as I have no idea how I'm
- to implement it. If the new SDK covers that great, but, if Cornel understands
- the patches, and still finds the SDK's patch coverage wanting, then you
- can be sure I will aswell, if not others.
-
- I joined this mailing list hoping to learn more about the patches, and this
- is the first time I've heard them mentioned, other then how to make them.
-
- When I gave up on the patches, I checked out UltraMid, hoping I could
- use that instead. I was expecting NoteOn, NoteOff calls, etc, not passing
- an entire MIDI stream. I've already got midi processing code loaded for
- other sound cards, I don't need it duplicated. I assume it was like this
- so you could patch cache and now ahead of time what patches would be
- required. How about another TSR (you guys seem to love them) that just
- provides NoteOn, VolumeChanges, etc?
-
- Everyone has jumped on the sound card bandwagon. It seems to me we need a
- AESA (Audio instead of Video) driver so it's up to the card manufactors to
- make them, and atleast they'd have automatic support instead of relying on
- "Sound Blaster compatible!"
-
- Anyways, just my opinion, and a loaded one, having not seen the new SDK,
- but MIDI is where it's at. Atleast when 50K TSRs are not required.
-
- Colin.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 94 19:40:31 EST
- From: stephen@csis.dit.csiro.au
- Subject: Re: GUS Programmer's Digest V6 #15
-
- the recent discussion of the sdk 2.10 is very timely for me. I have been
- writing several C++ classes as a basis for a device independant abstraction
- for describing sound. Im am using the GUS for the implementation and have
- come across the same problem as others in the need for patch support.
- I believe several people must have already tackled the problem of
- sending a patch to the GUS and wonder if any hhave or are willing to
- put their source code in the public domain? My intent is to write a
- Patch class, derived from a Voice and a Wavetable (this class is similar to
- the table of wave descriptors downloaded into gus dram described by someone
- else in this digest in the last week) and from the comments of chuth this
- may be quite difficult.
- My tuppence worth in the sdk debate is that the SDK is a low level interface
- and a higher level abstraction with patch support would be a great boon to
- application developers.
-
- Stephen Barrass,
- post-graduate student
- Visualisation Systems
- Division of Information Technology
- CSIRO, Australia
- stephen@csis.dit.csiro.au
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 94 19:17:38 EST
- From: stephen@csis.dit.csiro.au
- Subject: Re: GUS Programmer's Digest V7 #1
-
- how appropriate
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 11:56:57 -0500
- From: "Michael Grant Wilson" <Mcq@oti.on.ca>
- Subject: Well, actually...
-
- on Wed, 5 Jan 1994 22:50:00 -0500 gus-sdk@dsd.es.com (GUS Programmer's Digest) wrote:
- > No, I don't agreee with this at all. In his first message (about a week
- > ago) , he had some valid comments that we will incorporate. Granted, most
- > of the mail since then has not been productive, but that doesn't mean that
- > he may not have things in the future. I don't want to cut anybody off
- > from giving their feedback. Its the best way to improve it.
- >
- In truth, I don't either. I just thought that perhaps he needed to be
- kicked hard enough that he would think a little bit before posting his
- next message. This digest is *not* the place for him to work through
- his frustrations with life. Real content is always welcome, however.
-
- Sorry for wasting bandwidth,
- McQ
-
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