Ultrasound Daily Digest     Mon May 31 00:32     Volume 3: Issue  60  

Today's Topics:
				7th Guest w/ GUS ... 3D in MIDI (not)
					   Patches from keyboards?
						  Prince of Persia 2
				 Summary of Australian Prices for GUS
				 ultrasound/adaptec 154x/sb/net card
					  Volume bars in PLAYMIDI...
						   Where is 2.06L??

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: Sun, 30 May 93 11:13:23 PDT
From: cs64sbg@sdcc8.UCSD.EDU (Anthony Tang)
Subject: 7th Guest w/ GUS ... 3D in MIDI (not)
Message-ID: <9305301813.AA26930@sdcc8.UCSD.EDU>

First for the 7th guest problems, what version of SBOS are you
using?  I've been using vaired versions from 2.04 to the vurrent
2.08 (?) and I've had no problems.  In fact, it's one of the best
sounding SBOS games I've heard (digitized voices are crystal clear
and VERY good).  It _may_ be because I'm running music off my Roland
(mt-32), but I have run it with SBOS music to see, and had no
problems, either.  I'm running on  486/50 (not dx2), Diamond
Speedstar 24x.  Texel 3024. No command line options for SBOS.  What
kind of Graphics card do you have?  How does your system "rate" in
the beginning?  (I get 85% for the graphics, and 100% for the
CD-ROM)


Now, as for 3D MIDI file and fp3D, unless you write a custom MIDI
layer for the GUS which will load up 3D sounds that you make, you
just can't have 3D sounds in a MIDI file.  Maybe Gravis will do
something like his, but it won't be _too_ great for music.
Remember, each 3D sound takes up 6 voices (4 if it's only front and
back (no up and down)), which would limit the number of voices you
can have.  Also, unless someone figures out some special commands
(like SYSEX) which would position a 3D sound (x,y,z coordinates,
possibly?), then there really isn't a way to do this.

Perhaps with a MOD-type format, since those use straight samples
(instead of the patch format, which would be harder to implement 3D
in)...

Anthony 
aktang@ucsd.edu

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Date: 30 May 1993   00:25:11 PST
From: chrisw <chrisw@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Patches from keyboards?
Message-ID: <9305300724.AA25359@leland.Stanford.EDU>

ccastge@prism.gatech.edu writes:
>Well, now that we've all got the new GUS SDK, does anyone know of a
>way to convert patches made for keyboards like the K2000, Yamaha DX7, etc...
>to a format compatable with the GUS? 

Not a hope on the DX-7. Afraid to tell you this, but the DX-7 uses FM
synthesis. The only keyboard patches you'll be able to ftp that will
have anything useful for the GUS are the sampler patches, and even then
you'll probably only be able to strip out the raw sample. The most probable 
thing would be an EPS -> .wav convertor. This is the Ensoniq patch format.
Don't ask me what the exact format is though.

Chris.

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Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 09:28:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us (J.J. Pierson)
Subject: Prince of Persia 2
Message-ID: <ma8c5B1w165w@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us>

Does anybody know the SBOS settings for this game to get it to work 
right?

---
J.J. Pierson               Internet EMail: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us
							Prodigy Email: TVFF82B

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Date: Mon, 31 May 1993 15:33:34 +1000
From: Peter.Enzerink@FINANCE.ausgovfinance.telememo.au
Subject: Summary of Australian Prices for GUS
Message-ID: <343313310593*/G=Peter/S=Enzerink/O=FINANCE/PRMD=AUSGOVFINANCE/ADMD=TELEMEMO/C=AU/@MHS>

Here is a summary of mail I recieved from a request for Australian pricing. 
I only had about half a dozen responses so this is not all encompassing. In 
particular I don't have any info on the pricing in Perth.

I'm sure the prices will drop a little more as the card actually starts to 
sell, but you have to bite the bullet sometime! I'm buying mine in the next 
month or so. Hopefully there will be an update to the install program from 
2.06L that works even better!

				Normal          Sale

New South Wales
---------------
Egghead         $349.95         $299
Sydney
(02) 415 3355
The guy was going to sell me a card he had installed in his machine for 
their sale price of $299! So much for second hand discount.

Victoria
--------
Ozziesoft       $289            $269, Special $229 ($204!)
Ozzie Discount Software
133 High Street Prahran Vic.
Ph: (03) 521 2222 (008) 337 481
FAX:(03) 510 1485
I know those sale prices are confusing, but Ozziesoft apparently
had some spectacular deals at a sale recently.

Software Wizards $299       $275
The person was a bit vague as to any other details though I assume this is 
in Melbourne.


INTERNET: Peter.Enzerink@FINANCE.ausgovfinance.telememo.au 
SMAIL   : PO Box 165, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes 2600

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Date: Sun, 30 May 93 10:50:20 CDT
From: Michael J Stumpf <mjs7529@tamsun.tamu.edu>
Subject: ultrasound/adaptec 154x/sb/net card
Message-ID: <9305301550.AA11595@tamsun.tamu.edu>

Has anyone tried installing a net card, Sound blaster, GUS, and Adaptec 154X
card in the same machine?

I'd appreciate any feedback you can give me.  I've seen that a sb,gus, and 
adaptec can work together, but will I be able to throw a net card in there
(it was hard enough to get it to work w/out the sound blaster/adaptec.)

Thanks.

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Date: Sun, 30 May 93 12:45 GMT
From: EXT0012@VAX2.QUEENS-BELFAST.AC.UK
Subject: Volume bars in PLAYMIDI...
Message-ID: <9305301145.AA22375@orca.es.com>

Thomas Pearson wrote in yesterday's digest...
 
>I had the version with 2.04 and didn't notice any problems,
>but the 2.06L version doesn't show the channel volumes corretly.
>That is to say the white lines of the different channels are either
>on all the way, or off.
 
Yes, I had the very same problem - but was all my own fault.
 
I was messing the BIOS settings on my machine (AMI BIOS) and changed the
bus speed from CLOCK/3 to CLOCK/2. I was trying to get a wee bit more
speed from my video card.
 
PLAYMIDI then showed the symptoms you described - all or nothing volume bars.
 
I changed the bus speed down again, slapped my wrists, and everything worked
fine.
 
Jonathan Clark (ext0012@v2.queens-belfast.ac.uk)

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Date: Sun, 30 May 93 06:04:12 EDT
From: timkwan@Athena.MIT.EDU
Subject: Where is 2.06L??
Message-ID: <9305301004.AA07632@alfredo>

Thomas Pearson recently asked a question about 2.06L disks.
WHERE ARE THEY????  I don't see them listed on epas in the
00INDEX.ALL text file.

-Tim

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Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 15:10:02 SST
From: "FLAT^^TOP AT DISCS, NUS, SINGAPORE" <kohkhang@vms.iscs.nus.sg>
Message-ID: <0096D484.F59D59A0.5180@vms.iscs.nus.sg>

Hello people, can u all help me with this problem.

Product name is Gravis ULTRASOUND

Computer Specs.
OPTI chipset AMI BIOS 486dx/33 m/b
8mb RAM
SVGA ADAPTER Tseng Labs 400 (15bit colour)

Gravis S/w version 1.21

I just got my GUS, which is brought in from the USA by a fren of mine studying
there. He got it from Babages at 149.99 US$.
 
The Serial number is K28695 and the Board revision is 2.4.

the Following is a run down of the problems encountered. Please help me !

------------------ as follows...

I got my GUS this afternoon, opened it up to find, 1.21 disks, 256kb RAM, HUGE
GUS card (compared to the Sbpro2)

Opened up documentation, quite dissapointed by it's extreme sparseness... read
it and got to work changing the address from 220 to 240.

Disabled my Sbpro Joystick port, and plugged in the GUS.

turn on the machine, HORRORS !!!! No memory check click, no screen image, one
white screen, no boot up, harddisk spins and then stops forever, no seek to
drive A. NO NOTHING !

Must be a clash somewhere.... took out my sbpro2 (obvious culprit). happily
turned on the switch. HORRORS ! same sceanario ! *heat tumping 'ULTRA' fast*
What is wrong ? got the gravis out and turned on machine... works ! minus
sbpro2 and GUS, it works.... decide to put in sbpro2 to test... it works !
Change adress of gus to 210, try... cannot work... same sceanario.... change to
230, cannot.. change to 250, cannot... change to 260 ... CANNOT ! (all these
without my SBpro inside)

Whenever i took out the GUS, my machine boots up !!!! I was expecting the 16bit
DMA problem on my OPTI chipset M/b, but this is really ridiculus !

Tried to play around with my AMI BIOS settings, slowed down the bus speed to
1/6, then 1/4, from it's original 1/2.5... no chance ! Changed the memory wait
state from 0 to 1 to 2 respectively for all the combinations ! NO CHANCE !!
*heart bursting from chest*

Scan GUS documentation for such a problem... ZIP !!!! ZERO nothing !

THE CARD CANNOT WORK !
So i ran over to another fren's place... he got no sbpro, no sound card... i
put in the GUS...... oops ! Same problem ! Then went to another fren's place...
this time it works ! SHOCKED !!
All my fren's systems are similar to mine.... OPTI chipset 486DX/33 8MB on
board. ISA slots... no VESA.

PLEASE SEND ME HELP VIA EMAIL OR FAX (065-4485831) ASAP ! Btw, i haven't mailed
my registration card, cos i just got the GUS ! (AND IT CANNOT WORK! )and one
more thing... I live in Singapore, somewhere in south east asia !

regards

Jerry Koh
28/5/93

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