Ultrasound Daily Digest     Thu, 28 Jan 93       Volume 2 : Issue  25 

Today's Topics:
					FPSF..Music fine speach echos
							 KBMIDI & MCI
							  Microphone
			   New uploads to the Gravis BBS (01/26/93)
				   New WinJammer uploaded to epas 
						   PlayDigi & Audio
			 Replacement WinJammer v2.24 uploaded to epas
					 To Chris Kalin of Babsage's
		  Ultrasound Returns at consumer electronics stores
							  Updates??

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 12:47:52 -0500
From: Greg Cummings - Computing Services <gcumming@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-Id: <9301271747.AA17095@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: FPSF..Music fine speach echos
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

 I had written earlier that while running the Front Page Sports Football
game the music was fine and the speech studdered. A better way to describe the 
speech is to say it echos. I'm sure its my lack of understanding etc. but how
can this happen. If the board is compatable with the Sound Blaster settup when
music is playing how and/or why does the speech echo. (HIKE..hike..hike..hike).
 I have tried any and all posible sbos options with no success. If this is a
problem which has no solution I believe the board should not be advertised as
'Sound Blaster' combatible. It would be a shame if this board could only be used by those people who have an indepth knowledge of computer hardware/software.
There are still people who like to plug and play.

enough for now..... Greg Cummings

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 14:27:12 -0700
From: LEE_YURI/HP2000_80@idacom.hp.com
Message-Id: <9301272127.AA18931@spiff.idacom.hp.com>
Subject: KBMIDI & MCI
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

>If you want the modified code, send email.  I only had to add about a
>dozen lines.

Modified code has been available at least for 4 months by now.
There's also modified MIDIDRUM on epas as well. :)

>1) The midiOutPatchCache call returns whether all the patches fit.
>However, I don't know how to use this information to keep accurate
>track of the memory available on the GUS.  Petzold's program only uses
>one instrument at a time, so they always fit.

Not necessarily. If you select channel 10 in KBMIDI, it'll have to
load all percussion patches into GUS' memory. I haven't looked into
this carefully because I have 1Meg on board, but people with less
memory will not be able to hear some sounds.

>2) Someone asked for an MCI command string to cache patches.  I can't
>find any information about how to do this in the SDK.  Is there a
>reason to suspect it's possible?

Hmmm... I don't know if there's such thing exists in MCI command set.
However, I'm sure that they included some sort of routine in new
set of Windows driver to identify what patches has been loaded to
Ultrasound's memory.

- Yuri

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 0:57:08 EST
From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion)
Message-Id: <9301280557.AA12243@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Microphone
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Hi, if you want to use any condenser mike or build one from scratch for 2$
(battery not included 8) ) or even use a macintosh microphone DO GET the
file:

micro.arj

on archive.epas.utoronto.ca. It took me several hours to design and give
very good results.

Last minute update: for those who dont want to cut the end of their macintosh
microphone, simply replace the microphone in fig.2 by a stereo minijack
female connector so you can plug the microphone in this jack and still be
able to use it for your Mac. If you do cut it and later you need it for
a Mac, just leave the switch to off and reconnect the black wires together
if you want to run them without battery, or simply disconnect the black and
white wires at the jack and use the battery. In any case it should be
fairly evident, but if you do have a question, you can email me.

Ciao,
-- 
Francois Dion
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 CISM (_) (_)  _) FM       Montreal , Canada       Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA
	  (_)  / . _)             10000 Watts          Telephone no: (514) 343-7511
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 7:52:47 CST
From: ibmpa!hartmann.austin.ibm.com!lance@ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com (Lance Hartmann)
Message-Id: <9301271352.AA11653@hartmann.austin.ibm.com>
Subject: New uploads to the Gravis BBS (01/26/93)
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Logging into Gravis' BBS last night (01/26 - Tues), I discovered a
number of new uploads.  Many of the files on the BBS have been 
available for awhile on various FTP sites here on the net, but having
them on the BBS sure helps those without FTP access (like me!).

Here's a listing of new sound-related files (there were other utilities, too)
on the BBS:

GENMIDI.ZIP   6610  1/26/93 <TEXT> Brief Overview of proposed general MID
PLAYSAM.ZIP  52941  1/26/93 GUS Sample Player - by Norman Yen
GUSMOD11.ZIP     24216  1/26/93 GusMOD Release version from Renaissance!
P669GU0.ZIP  74700  1/26/93 Gravis UltraSound 669 Player.
				669 is a 8 channel MOD format
WAVPAT02.ZIP     19404  1/26/93 WAV to PAT Convertor for Windows (Beta)
GUSDAC.ZIP  106433  1/26/93 GUS Driver for MOD PLAY PRO
DARETRO.ZIP 164254  1/26/93 The first VGA demo with UltraSound support,
				from Renaissance
GSET01.ZIP   10152  1/26/93 GSET v.0.1 utility to turn ON/OFF the output/
				line-level/mic lines from the UltraSound
SBOSPARM.ZIP      4196  1/26/93 SBOS command-line parameters for a number of
				games, along with the SBOS version used in
				each case
COMPSD13.ZIP     94880  1/26/93 Composer v1.3 plays/composes .669 files
SOUND2.ZIP    7472  1/26/93 Trakblaster 2.0 MOD file player
SOUNDCRD.TXT     27582  1/22/93 Soundcards compared
				(list made in Holland)
ULTRRAM2.ZIP     28154  1/26/93 A quick program that will clear all of the
				GUS's DRAM and reports the number of K bytes
				installed.  Good for checking of your memory
				upgrade worked.  Should also clear up SC2
				audio problems. dunno.
					 By:hadden Hoppert
MIDDIA.ZIP   19435  1/26/93 How to build a MIDI Cabel
GUS0013.ZIP  11329  1/26/93 Patch to fix problems with DMA controllers on
				some chipsets, including SOME OPTi chipsets.
				Disables DMA 0-3, so Floppy drives and
				SBOS will not run when fix enabled.
				  see Tech Note #7.
GUSMEM.ZIP   29372  1/26/93 Gravis UltraSound memory diagnostics


Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
			   Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address.
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 15:17:59 -0500
From: "It's your hand, Buckaroo" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Message-Id: <9301272018.AA23789@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: New WinJammer uploaded to epas 
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

> I have uploaded the latest version of WinJammer (v2.24) to 
>   klingon.epas.utoronto.ca (128.100.160.36)
>   /pub/pc/ultrasound/submit/wjmr224.zip
> This version fixes a few problems that were v2.23 (the first version to
> support the GUS). Shareware.

I got an error trying to unzip this, using both UNZIP50 and PKUNZIP v2.04c.
Is the kit broken or did it lose something in being FTP'd??

DDA

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:25:43 +0200
From: Shmuel Gazit <keeper@ccsg.tau.ac.il>
Message-Id: <9301271825.AA25221@ccsg.tau.ac.il>
Subject: PlayDigi & Audio
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Hi guys,

Since I bought my card two weeks ago, I didn't manage to get PlayDigi to work,
although Playfile works ok. I load audio, then playdigi with some file,
and nothing - the comp isn't stuck or anything, just silent as a grave.
I saw one mailed on yesterday's digest that he too couldn't get it to work - 

any idea ?

/Shmulik.

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:49:59 PST
From: bs@mda.ca (Bruce Sharpe)
Message-Id: <9301280449.AA23718@ mda.ca>
Subject: Replacement WinJammer v2.24 uploaded to epas
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

I have uploaded WinJammer v2.24 (again) to
  klingon.epas.utoronto.ca (128.100.160.36)
  /pub/pc/ultrasound/submit/wjmr224.zip
This replaces a previous upload that was corrupted.

WinJammer is a shareware Windows 3.1 sequencer that is GUS-aware, i.e., it
loads patches when it needs to.

Bruce Sharpe

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Date: 28 Jan 1993 15:26:17 +1100
From: "S.H. LEE (61) 49 21 5566" <PHSHL@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>
Message-Id: <01GU2288KYC28Y4Y00@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>
Subject: To Chris Kalin of Babsage's
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Hi Chris,
  Just like to let you know I'm happy with GUS.
Lee

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 07:47:52 PST
From: "Burns Fisher, VMS DECwindows  27-Jan-1993 1045" <fisher@decwin.enet.dec.com>
Message-Id: <9301271547.AA04318@enet-gw.pa.dec.com>
Subject: Ultrasound Returns at consumer electronics stores
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

I bought my GUS at Babbage at the local mall in Nashua NH just before Christmas.
They also carried it for $10 more in Electronics Boutique.  In any case I asked both 
stores about it.  They both claimed to have been getting in only 1 or 2 at a time,
and selling them immediately (for a total of 4-5 for each store), and to have had
no returns or problem reports.

Burns

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 18:59:07 PST
From: brian@ccnext.ucsf.edu (Brian Huddleston)
Message-Id: <9301280259.AA22269@ ccnext.ucsf.edu >
Subject: Updates??
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Greetings all...Does anyone here know anything about the Supposed upgrades/
fixes/patches???  I thought Gravis was going to be letting go the new Patches,
3d Driver, and the Latest Sbos (The one that needs no switches) on the 25th.
Can anyone confirm this?.....also my Nmachine gives a: "gravis.wimsey.bc.ca: unknown host"  does anyone know the Number ver of it? (I forget what it is reffered
to as..) Format of 111.222.333.444 or as such.....Thanks for any help....

							brian@ccnext.ucsf.edu

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