Ultrasound Daily Digest     Thu Jul 29 00:45     Volume 4: Issue  57  

Today's Topics:
						  Address of Gravis
				  Answers: WinJmr 2.1, Patch Caching
						best_of.zip midi files
							digital input
					  Dos Interrupt hooked msg.
						   Gus and Ultima 6
					GUS CDROM Interface D/Board???
			   help (SBOS unloading) [GUS-Dig. V4 #56]
					help with rehooking interrupts
		   Sherlock Holmes Vol. III & SBOS & Mitsumi CD-Rom
					Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #55
			   Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #56 (2 msgs)

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: Wed, 28 Jul 93 10:20:36 CDT
From: Albert Foo <C580503@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: Address of Gravis
Message-ID: <9307281526.AA06284@orca.es.com>

Does anybody has the address of Adv. Gravis company?  I bought the
GUS card in December of '92 and yet to receive any new disk from
them.  I mailed out my registration card as soon I got the GUS running,
and twice email to john smith but no reply from him.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Albert

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 11:59:54 +0000
From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: Answers: WinJmr 2.1, Patch Caching
Message-ID: <009702C7.2C6B8941.16987@lsl.co.uk>

Two posts yesterday seem to concern patch caching...

>I've seen references to people using the GUS with WinJammer.  I pulled
>2.1 off a local BBS, but can't seem to get it do anything with the
>GUS.  I've tried configuring the output port as the MIDI mapper and
>the direct GUS OUTPUT port to no avail.

You need a later WinJammer (2.24 I think?). It's on the GUS archives.
To use the old one, you would need to load the patches into the GUS
in advance using Media Player, or Patch Manager.

>I'm trying to run my Ultrasound from Master Tracks Pro4 along with my
>Korg Wavestation EX synth. I guess I was hoping for too much that a
>program change would load in an instrument to the card. Instead I loaded
>a MIDI file with the Windows Media Player which seemed to assign
>instruments to MIDI channels OK so that I could sequence them from
>MTPRO. These weren't the instruments I wanted however, and loading the
>ones I did want with the Patch manager doesn't seem to assign them to
>any specific MIDI channel.

Patches must be loaded into the GUS in advance, using Media Player, or
Patch Manager, if your sequencer does not load (cache) them itself.
They are not loaded for any specific channel, so once loaded, a
program change on any channel will select them. You say you got the
wrong instruments after using Media Player - do you mean the wrong
ones completely, or the right ones but not selected for the channel
you wanted? If the wrong ones completely, this would suggest that
you have a MIDI Mapper setup which is mapping one patch into another
(like say the GUS1024k (?) ones do) - so choose a MIDI Mapper Setup
which does not alter the patch numbers. If you've got the right patches
loaded, then you just need to send appropriate program change commands
for your channels.

I'm coming to think we need a FAQ on the use of MIDI Mapper - shall I
write one??

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 18:18:33 +0200
From: Guido.VanDenBerghe@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
Subject: best_of.zip midi files
Message-ID: <9307281618.AA02159@updike.esat.kuleuven.ac.be>

Hi all,

Does anybody know who has uploaded the best_of.zip file?
(by far the best midi files which I have ever found)


Thanks.

guido.vandenberghe@esat.kuleuven.ac.be

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 93 18:23:26 +0300
From: tjakobs@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl (THEO_JAKOBS TEL.62667)
Subject: digital input
Message-ID: <9307281523.AA12767@muxgw1.ms.philips.nl>

hi....
Someone told me that the gus had a digital input (for sampling), but i cant
find one....
Is the CD-IN digital??
and how can i connect a cd-player to the cd-in (the little connector on the
mainboard, not the external stereo connector)

THANK you

andre Jakobs
   MicroBrain Technologies Inc.
	   Son en Breugel
		   The Netherlands

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 93 13:20:55 GMT+0200
From: Walter.Prins@itu1.sun.ac.za
Subject: Dos Interrupt hooked msg.
Message-ID: <9307281120.AA17144@itu1.sun.ac.za>

tarik@cs.unlv.edu wrote:

>   Hi...I'm new to the IBM and the world of GUS sound cards, so I really
>dont know much.  I do need some help hthough.  My GUS card has been working
>fine, until recently.  Lately, whenever I try to unload my SBOS drivers using
>the SBOS -f option, it says:
> 
>UNABLE TO RELEASE SBOS
>DOS INTERUPT HOOKED
> 
>   WHat does this mean and how do I fix it?  Any help would be greatly
>appreciated.  Thank you...
Make sure you're using the exact same version of SBOS to unload it
that you used to start it up.  The only time I got that message was
when I tried to uninstall SBOS 2.08 using a SBOS 1.20 (or was it the
other way around?) Needless to say, it doesn't work, and produces the
same error. 

Ciao.

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Walter Prins                                  Email: prins@cs.sun.ac.za
Third year Computer Science                          prins@itu.sun.ac.za
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. 

`Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety'
											- Plato

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 93 16:34:05 PDT
From: brian@ccnext.ucsf.edu (Brian Huddleston)
Subject: Gus and Ultima 6
Message-ID: <9307282334.AA01299@ccnext.ucsf.edu>

Greetings all,

	Is there anyone out there that ever played ULTIMA 6 with their GUS????
	Yes I know that it is an old game, but I really would like to be able
	to get it working.  Can anyone Please help me????

				brian@ccnext.ucsf.edu

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 16:09:31 +0800 (SST)
From: IPACS COMPUTER  <pang@solomon.technet.sg>
Subject: GUS CDROM Interface D/Board???
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9307281631.B25143-9100000@solomon.technet.sg>

Hi guyz!

does anyone have any information about this?  Is it out?  How much?  Most
importantly, does it support the MITSUMI LU005?

Please help if you can, my Mitsumi is on order and will arrive in two
weeks - I need to know if the interface card is necessary.

Thanks!
(email me if possible, if you can help)

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 11:57:14 GMT+0100
From: "ALEXANDER MAJAREK"  <Alexander.Majarek@uibk.ac.at>
Subject: Re: help (SBOS unloading) [GUS-Dig. V4 #56]
Message-ID: <MAILQUEUE-101.930728115713.480@subz-nov>

This happens if you are loading TSR's (programs which use an 
Interrupt-vector and stay in memory until they're unloaded; like SBOS 
for example) after loading SBOS.

There are two solutions:
1. Don't load TSR's after SBOS
2. Unload the loaded TSR's (in reverse order) first.

Hope this helps,
SAM

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 93 15:54:37 MESZ
From: SGREENWO@mhs.novell.de (Scott Greenwood)
Subject: help with rehooking interrupts
Message-ID: <30EB533B019D4FD9@MHS.novell.de>

>   Hi...I'm new to the IBM and the world of GUS sound cards, so I really
> dont know much.  I do need some help hthough.  My GUS card has been 
working
> fine, until recently.  Lately, whenever I try to unload my SBOS drivers 
   > using the SBOS -f option, it says:
> 
> UNABLE TO RELEASE SBOS
> DOS INTERUPT HOOKED
> 
>   WHat does this mean and how do I fix it?  Any help would be greatly

	 The answer to this is that you are loading another TSR (terminate 
and stay resident program) after loading SBOS. In order to remove SBOS 
you must first remove the TSR that you loaded after SBOS then you can use 
SBOS -F to remove it. Alternatively you could load SBOS last i.e. after 
all the other TSRs have been loaded, check your autoexec.bat file to see 
if you are loading something after SBOS such as a network driver, disk 
cashe, VESA driver, CD-ROM driver etc. the list goes on. Hope this is of 
some use.

							  Scott.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 04:09:02 GMT
From: mike@batpad.org (Mike Batchelor)
Subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes Vol. III & SBOS & Mitsumi CD-Rom
Message-ID: <znr743918942k@batpad>

In your message you write:

> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 93 11:14:30 CDT
> From: Jon Holt <holt@holt.camax.com>
>
> Remember that bit about the Mitsumi allowing DMA or non-DMA drivers?
> Just for yucks, I install the non-DMA driver, load up sbos -x2, and
> voila!  It works, but CD access is very borderline...
>
> Can anybody explain this?  My GUS isn't using DMA 5 - so it should be
> free for the CD to use.  Is there a problem with too much simultaneous
> DMA on a PC?  Why does the sound just drop out?

Are you using a memory manager?  Any 386 EMM is going to have to 
virtualize the DMA controller.  This requires a buffer in 
extended memory of a size at least as large as the largest DMA 
transfer that your system will handle.  You can increase it with 
EMM386 using the D=??? parameter, where I suggest D=96 as a 
reasonably large value.  The default is 16K.  QEMM can increase 
it with DMA=96.  This is what I use, I find it works with 
anything I might want to do.

--
Mike Batchelor        | Windows : DESQview/X :: Solitaire : Network BlaqJaq
mike@batpad.org       |
Mar Vista, California |               This space for rent

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 93 01:15:00 EDT
From: n4zfd!frodo@rylos.n2idf.ampr.org (Jim Blakely)
Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #55
Message-ID: <743888794@rylos>

> 
> While this may well be the standard (and I'm in no position to argue),
> it does no harm to enable channels 11 to 16 as well as 1 to 10 for the
> GUS, if you have a MIDI file that uses them. Of course the GUS will
> play melodic rather than percussion on 16, so if that's a problem,
> then you could re-map 16 to 10 using MIDI Mapper. Isn't there another
> name (apart from base and extended) for devices like the GUS that play
> on all channels, with percussion on 10?

Actually, it can cause a bunch of problems if you don't remember to
un-enable 11 through 16. According to the multimedia specification,
the music on channels 1-10 can be a totally different arrangement,
even down to a different key - which obviously would wreak havoc if
you were listening to all 16 channels.

I can even think of an example. There's a really well done version of
the "Munsters" theme song on Compuserve. It sounds great as either a
base or extended level -- but is cacophony with all 16 channels on.

You're right, though - that *is* one of the functions of MIDI mapper.
I have several modified MIDI maps I use - the regular extended, an
"all 16 channels" - and one that maps files that were voiced for the
MT32 to general MIDI.

> 
> I would think that canyon.mid (supplied with Windows) would be a
> good file for experimentation, since it is designed to use
> *either* 1 to 10 with perc. on 10, *or* 11 to 16 with perc. on 16,
> so it might sound even better with all 16 enabled, but with 16 mapped
> onto 10.

Or worse. Actually, canyon sounds fine, since the base level follows
the extended level...

> 
> I think the consensus is that Recording Session occasionally misses out
> parts for other reasons (which have not been determined - i.e. bugs).
> 

One source of problems for Midisoft (including Studio) is midi files
with a bunch of Sysex data intended for other synths .. also there
are some files out there that do program changes every other note,
instead of having a separate track for each program ... what ends up
happening is it reloads the patch from disk every time a program
change happens. The IBM OS/2 demo midi files are famous for this
problem.

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 93 5:38:43 EDT
From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #56
Message-ID: <9307280938.AA24278@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>

> Date: Mon Jul 26 11:24:31 1993
> From: monty@butler.cps.com (Montgomery Kosma)
> Subject: bouncing gravis.com
> Message-ID: <2c540542.butler@butler.cps.com>
> 
> >I think the proper addresses are 
> > john.smith@gravis.com 
> > tech1@gravis.com and
> > tech2@gravis.com
> 
> Unfortunately, tech1 and tech2 also seem to bounce.  Any other suggestions?  I
> guess I'll have to dig out their phone number...
>

Okay, how about:

	paul.malcolm@gravis.com and
	matthew.arbeid@gravis.com ?

> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 07:52:01 CDT
> From: Robert Eden <robert@cpvax.cpses.tu.com>
> Subject: GUS and WinJmr 2.1
> Message-ID: <009701DB.60F76280.24302@cpvax.cpses.tu.com>
> 
> I've seen references to people using the GUS with WinJammer.  I pulled
> 2.1 off a local BBS, but can't seem to get it do anything with the
> GUS.  I've tried configuring the output port as the MIDI mapper and
> the direct GUS OUTPUT port to no avail.
> 
>                       What's the seceret?

Get WinJammer 2.24 from one of the GUS archives.  That version supports
patch caching for the GUS.

> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 22:12:31 -0700
> From: Tarik Abi-Karam <tarik@magic.cs.unlv.edu>
> Subject: help
> Message-ID: <9307230518.AA00405@orca.es.com>
> 
>  
>    Hi...I'm new to the IBM and the world of GUS sound cards, so I really
> dont know much.  I do need some help hthough.  My GUS card has been working
> fine, until recently.  Lately, whenever I try to unload my SBOS drivers using
> the SBOS -f option, it says:
>  
> UNABLE TO RELEASE SBOS
> DOS INTERUPT HOOKED
>  
>    WHat does this mean and how do I fix it?  Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.  Thank you...
>

Try not to load any TSRs after SBOS if you want to be able to free it 
later.  Reorganize your autoexec.bat so that SBOS is the last thing loaded.
  
> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 93 08:07:35 EDT
> From: Justin Liu <dondon@Athena.MIT.EDU>
> Subject: Multi-Boot
> Message-ID: <9307271207.AA03921@alfredo>
> 
> Hi,
>   I'm not sure if is the best place to ask about this, but it's the
> first place I thought of.  With all the different drivers, emulators, etc.
> for my GUS and other peripherals, I am in need of a utility which allows 
> the user to select config.sys/autoexec.bat pairs at bootup.  I have checked
> the archive at SIMTEL and found that there are a lot of programs like this
> and I had no idea of the merits and faults of each one and I didn't want
> to spend time DL'ing all that over my 2400 modem.  I was wondering if
> anyone out there is using such a utility and if anyone has any recommendations.

If you're looking for an excuse to upgrade to DOS6, then its powerful
multi-config feature may be it.  I haven't tried many multi-boot
systems, but I like the one in DOS6 since it's nicely integrated into
the OS.

> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 93 11:14:30 CDT
> From: Jon Holt <holt@holt.camax.com>
> Subject: Sherlock Holmes Vol. III & SBOS & Mitsumi CD-Rom
> Message-ID: <9307271630.AA28870@camax01>
> 
> Short version:
> 
> Sherlock Holmes V. 3 works using sbos 2.08 with -x2 parms.
> If using Mitsumi drive, use non-DMA driver.
> Anybody got a detailed DMA description/FAQ to send me?
>
[...] 
> 
> Can anybody explain this?  My GUS isn't using DMA 5 - so it should be
> free for the CD to use.  Is there a problem with too much simultaneous
> DMA on a PC?  Why does the sound just drop out?
>

I also have a Mitsumi using DMA 5.  I experienced problems playing a
wave off the CD-ROM if my GUS was on a 16-bit DMA channel.  The .wav
would play in short spurts separated by long pauses.  However, when I
configured my GUS for an 8-bit DMA channel (3, in my case), .wav's
played fine off the CD.  It appears that my MB can't handle two
simultaneous 16-bit DMA transfers.  So, if you had your GUS on a 16-bit 
DMA channel, try changing it to an 8-bit one and restore your Mitsumi's 
DMA driver.
 
Phat.

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 12:59:53 +0001
From: "Z. Horvat" <zh@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de>
Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #56
Message-ID: <93Jul28.130000dft.1036@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de>

> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 07:52:01 CDT
> From: Robert Eden <robert@cpvax.cpses.tu.com>
> Subject: GUS and WinJmr 2.1
> 
> I've seen references to people using the GUS with WinJammer.  I pulled
> 2.1 off a local BBS, but can't seem to get it do anything with the
> GUS.  I've tried configuring the output port as the MIDI mapper and
> the direct GUS OUTPUT port to no avail.
> 
>                       What's the seceret?
>                               Robert
> 

If i remember it correctly, there is a newer version out.
The problem is with patch caching - the older versions won't load
patches automatically into GUS-RAM. The newest version does.

> 
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 22:12:31 -0700
> From: Tarik Abi-Karam <tarik@magic.cs.unlv.edu>
> Subject: help
> 
>  
> fine, until recently.  Lately, whenever I try to unload my SBOS drivers using
> the SBOS -f option, it says:
>  
> UNABLE TO RELEASE SBOS
> DOS INTERUPT HOOKED
>  

Looks like there is another TSR loaded AFTER sbos which makes sbos
unable to remove itself. Try this : "Rem" - out the line in your autoexec.bat
which loads sbos. Then, after a reboot, load sbos manually and try to remove
it immediately afterwards. If it unloads correctly, then the above is true -
you will have to load sbos as the last program in your autoexec. If not,
tell us about the version of sbos you use.

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