Ultrasound Daily Digest     Wed Jun  9 00:38     Volume 4: Issue   9  

Today's Topics:
						 Disks in the mail...
							  DOOM demo
							  GRAVIS PRO
				 GUS gets some exposure on the radio
						  GUS recording help
						  GUS v2.06 software
					 Loading patches in windows ?
							Memory upgrade
								 Midi
							 New Disks..
				 One Wintery Afternoon Down Under... 
						  Prince of Persia 2
				 Problem with Playmidi and 8bit mode?
							 system crash
					  ULTRASOUND DAILY DIGEST V
						  ultrasound digest
						  zone66 and patches

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: Tue, 8 Jun 93 13:09:26 CDT
From: ddebry@itchy (Dave DeBry)
Subject: Disks in the mail...
Message-ID: <9306081909.AA00027@itchy>

	I received my new disks last week (Friday), and I live in the
western half of the U.S. (Utah, to be exact).

	So the big Denver post office isn't being too careful about
keeping the disks from people with big ugly cowboy hats.

	(Disclaimer: I do not own a big ugly cowboy hat.  I prefer
fedoras, thank you very much. :)

-- 
Dave  ddebry@ debry@   \ 
DeBry dsd.    peruvian. | "This isn't the way Iacocca would handle it!"
	  es.     cs.utah.  |
	  com     edu      /  

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 18:53:29 -0400
From: <cs911084@ariel.yorku.ca>
Subject: DOOM demo
Message-ID: <9306082253.AA06824@iris.Ariel.YorkU.CA>

Hello guys,
Exactly where is this demo?  Somebody in todays (6/8/93) digest that it was 
at fpt.uwp.edu in /pub/msdos/games/id, but I checked in there, and all they
have are some pictures of scenes from the game, not anything actually playable,
and certainly no sound demo (was dying to here that).  The message said that
there was supposed to be the first episode available as shareware at that 
FTP site.  Has anyone actually found the playable demo?
Thanks, 
Nemo De Furia.
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"The bigger the better...In everything!"  - Freddie Mercury

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 17:23:41 +0200
From: rock@POOL.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE
Subject: GRAVIS PRO
Message-ID: <9306081523.AA22845@rama>

Hello Mr. Smith!
I was just reading a message from fido where a computerdealer talked
about the GRAVIS PRO soundcard. Is this a latfool's trick or
what ?
  Olli

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 10:55:32 -0400
From: aa344@yfn.ysu.edu (Joseph Maruschek)
Subject: GUS gets some exposure on the radio
Message-ID: <199306081455.AA01005@yfn.ysu.edu>

I was listening to my favorite radio show, "Dvorak on Computers,"
just this Sunday.  They were broadcasting live from the CES in
Chicago, from the Spectrum Holobyte booth.  Much to my amazement,
they had a rep from Advanced Gravis on the air talking about the
GUS!

I can't remember the rep's name, though I'm sure it wasn't John
Smith or Brad Craig.  He was a musician, and he made the point
that because the GUS uses RAM to store its sounds, it is not
limited to just the General MIDI patches.  As an example, he said
you could load in a whole meg of quality acoustic piano samples. 

He also talked about the 3D sound, especially the Turkey Shoot
demo.  Some of his comments: "You put these headphones on, and
you hear this turkey flying around you.  You try to shoot him
using a joystick.  Like if he is right behind you, you could pull
back on the joystick and get him.  It's really cool!"

He also shed some light on some future products.  The Ultrasound
Maxx (sp)  is simply a GUS which includes the 16-bit recording
section and a SCSI port.  List price: $299.  Due out end of
August.  He did mention that current GUS owners can upgrade their
cards by using daughterboards.  No mention of when these upgrades
will be available.

Well, I thought that this was some great exposure for the GUS,
espeically since no other sound card reps were on the show.

--
aa344 is Joseph Maruschek                   3      3      3      3      3 
IBM PC SIGop, Youngstown Free-Net             D     D     D     D     D
motto: Strive for the simplest and the best.    |    |    |    |    |
												  :   :   :   :   :

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Date: 8 Jun 93 16:00:13 EST
From: "Joseph R. Granto"  <GLOCK@chip.cba.ufl.edu>
Subject: GUS recording help
Message-ID: <MAILQUEUE-101.930608160013.448@chip.cba.ufl.edu>

I have recently received my GUS, have just begun experimenting with
recording.

My first attempt worked wonderfully; I recorded a CD by having my GUS
attached to the Tape 2 IN and OUT of my receiver.  I was using USS8.
Everything sounded just fine, but at the end of playback USS8
crashed, saying I needed to add the parameter D=64 to my EMM386 line
(of the config.sys file).

So I did this.  Now, whenever I try to record anything, the sound is
clipped.  However, the clipping sound occurs regardless of signal
level.  Even at very low signal levels there is this annoying
clicking.

I have reset my config.sys to what it used to be, and still the
problem persists.  I cannot figure out what the problem is.  I
have recreated the exact situation when the recording worked fine,
and still the sound sucks.  Can someone please offer some solutions?


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Joe Granto                                      GLOCK@chip.cba.ufl.edu

"When the going gets tough, the tough get a GLOCK!"
	--Guns & Ammo
"Don't clock'em, GLOCK'em!"
	--Miami Dade police officer
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 18:37:22 -0700
From: Eric N. Liao <liaoe@aero.org>
Subject: GUS v2.06 software
Message-ID: <199306090137.AA16302@aerospace.aero.org>

I finally received my GUS software on Monday.  It even included a note of
apology for the delay.

In the readme file, it stated that there were two versions of 2.06 (2.06 and
2.06L...2.06 was sent to the users, while the L version is on BBS.)  Basically
the 2.06L version includes more .MOD files (but no MIDIsoft recorder or
Power Chords.) 

If someone hasn't already done so, could someone extract just the MOD (and
MIDI) files that are in 2.06L, but not 2.06?

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 02:10:22 -0400
From: KWAN  RICHARD SIK YIU <kwanr@ecf.toronto.edu>
Subject: Loading patches in windows ?
Message-ID: <93Jun9.021030edt.6258@skule.ecf.toronto.edu>

Is there any way to know the exact patches required for the sierra games in
windows? Cause I tried load1024.mid and loadgm.mid on Eco-quest II, they both
come out different. I know they contain different patches, but neither one of
them got all the patches right for the game.

load1024.mid gives a very impressive introduction music, but lack of some 
birds and drums sounds during the game. loadgm.mid gives a very very soft
introduction music (almost unhearable!), but gives birds and some other
background sounds during the game. Unfortunately, some flute sounds near
the end of the game was totally missing. (I am not too sure it should be
flute or pipe, but I sure sound is missing there)

Both sets of patches aren't the right one for the game. Is there any way to
know what patches did sierra used in their new adventure games in windows?
especially "Freddy Pharkas".

Thanks in advance!

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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 05:50:46 EDT
From: timkwan@Athena.MIT.EDU
Subject: Memory upgrade
Message-ID: <9306080950.AA23893@carbonara>

Matthew Spewak wrote:

		Gravis is NOW offering a trully excellent offer for 
		memory upgrade.  I payed 38 bucks for mine, and now 
		dirrect from gravis you can get it for something like 
		10 bucks.

If it's so cheap and having 1 meg solves so many patch problems,
why not just make it a permanent part of the board??

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 01:19:37 EDT
From: eths1306@ele.etsmtl.ca.Wed.Jun.9.01:19:37.1993                (ethier styve)
Subject: Midi
Message-ID: <9306090519.AA10850@ele.etsmtl.ca>

Hi,
	I would like to know if the MIDI box for the Ultrasound is ready
to be shipped. We would like to know the price and the availability of it.

	I would like any suggestion for the software to buy. I would like
the software to run under windows, use full potention of my PSR-500 keyboard,
. I heard about ENCORE from PassePort, does any one in here use it? Is it
compatible with UltraSound midi? 

	Any suggestions regarding MIDI software, hardware etc. is welcome.

		Thank you,
				Styve

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 14:19:01 PDT
From: "JAMES HARGRAVE" <D1140167@BCIT.BC.CA>
Subject: New Disks..
Message-ID: <9306082119.AA00925@orca.es.com>

Just replying to who ever was asking about getting the new Disks in Canada.
I live about 20 mins (by car) away from Gravis and have not recieved my upgrade
disks yet.  I did recieve the RAM upgrade I ordered though so I'm sure they'll
come soon enough..
										 -James
========================================================================
==  JAMES HARGRAVE :      ==   A MAN WITHOUT GOD IS LIKE A FISH       ==
==  D1140167@BCIT.BC.CA   ==   WITHOUT A BICYCLE.                     ==
==  1:153/769@FIDONET.ORG ==                                          ==
==  BBS: (604)261-6144    ==============================================
==       (604)261-5735    ==  ALSO: UC177@FREENET.VICTORIA.BC.CA      ==
========================================================================

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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 11:28:39 -0400
From: "Momentary language, sexual situations" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: Re: One Wintery Afternoon Down Under... 
Message-ID: <9306081528.AA00429@magick.tay2.dec.com>

> YES!! To my utmost disbelief, the seemingly vainly awaited GUS Update Disks
> actually arrived to me, IN the mail, TO my door, all the way here in Australia!

Not bad! It's a sunny day here in New England, USA and there has been no
sign of the fabled Gravis Update disks. Kinda odd that they made it to
Australia, but not to the US...

DDA

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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 93 21:04:29 PDT
From: mike@batpad.org (mike batchelor)
Subject: Re: Prince of Persia 2
Message-ID: <mike01571930507210429@batpad.org>

> From: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us (J.J. Pierson)
> Subject: Got Prince Of Persia 2 to work.
> 
> I finally got Prince of Persia 2 to work perfectly on my computer. If 
> you're having problems, try this:
>  SET ULTRASND=220,1,1,3,3
>  SET BLASTER=A220 I3 D1 T1
> ------------------------------
> From: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us (J.J. Pierson)
> Subject: POP2 Not Working
> 
> Never mind about that message stating how I got POP2 to work. My 
> UltraSound Has now decided it no longer likes that setup and won't even 
> start the game. As soon as the first digitized sound is played, it locks 
> up. I am now proceding to take my ultrasound out, putting it back in the 
> box, and doing the best thing one can use it for. Throwing it off my roof 
> onto concrete pavement. I knew I should never have gotten the card unless 
> they built some SB emulation right onto the board itself. And for all 
> those GUSers who say the SB sounds crappy, at least it plays right.

Well, gee, if that isn't a "baby and the bathwater" solution, I don't
know what is...

POP and POP2 work fine for me if I run SBOS -o1.  No pause, no lockup.
Full-on QEMM stealth is active, and a whole lot of other stuff is
loaded, too.  Haven't tried it in DESQview yet, but that's about all I
have left to push it any further - it's hard to break!

Did you look in the manual at all?  How about the FAQ?  That's where I
got the -o1 switch.  Oh, and make sure you have SBOS v2.06 from
archive.epas.utoronto.ca or the Gravis BBS.



				   ///////////////////////////////
					//// Mike Batchelor ///////////
					 //// mike@batpad.org //////////
					  //// Mar Vista, California ////
					   ///////////////////////////////

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 16:53 GMT
From: "Jonathan D. Hall" <JDHALL@GENVAX.COMPUTER-CENTRE.GLAMORGAN.AC.UK>
Subject: Problem with Playmidi and 8bit mode?
Message-ID: <9306081722.AA03346@orca.es.com>

Hi All

I've only had my GUS a week and I've been collecting MID files
from all over. Obviously having only 256k on the GUS many fail
to load due to lack of memory. So I started using the -debug
option on Playmidi V4.07 to find out how much ram each of the
files needed. To my amazement many of the Mids I'd played
successfully, including some of the examples in the 2.06L disks,
need more than 256k of ram.

So the question is this, does anyone know if Playmidi defaults
to -8 (the 8 bit patch option), or is it just being clever and
loading the patches as 8 bit when there's not enough memory for
16 bit patches.

I also tried playing a tune that should fit into 256k (according
to the debug option it needs only 90k for it's patches) with both
the default and 8 bit patch options and I couldn't tell any
difference in the sound. I'm wondering if my GUS is actually
playing any 16 bit patches at all.


Jonathan
jdhall@glamorgan.ac.uk

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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 16:15:11 EDT
From: Stephen Ferguson <FERGUSOS@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Subject: system crash
Message-ID: <9306082022.AA00563@orca.es.com>

Can anyone explain this?...
I loaded SBOS, played World Circuit, then tried to unload SBOS (SBOS -f)
and wasn't able to (something about keyboard interlocks).  When I then
tried to run Windows, the system crashed with the message "off board
parity error at addr(HEX) = (0000:0002)  system halted"

It's a 486DX33, SBOS V2.08, 220,1,1,11,5
Original game port disabled.

I think the MIDI  side of this card is fabulous for the price
and that is why I bought it.  Good thing I wasn't looking for
reliable SB emulation because my set-up and running experiences
so far have been far from painless.

sjf

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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 93 16:06:46 
From: john.smith@gravis.com
Subject: ULTRASOUND DAILY DIGEST V
Message-ID: <9306071606.A9402wk@gravis.com>

>How many of you have received the 2.06 Disks from Graivs?  I finally
>got mine on Sat., the new recording sessions and power cords are pretty
>cool!

Glad you got them.  I know a lot of people in Europe and the Eastern
half of North America have gotten them but I haven't talked to anyone on
the West coast yet.

>But, what I really want is the Miles Drivers!  Anyone know the release
>date? SBOS is sooo, primitive....it's like puttin wagon wheels on a
>porsche!

In the works.  I'm still writing up the README file and waiting for a
good final (well at least most of the bugs worked out) copy of them.

John

---
 ~ QMPro 1.02 05-8925 ~ Press "+" to see another tagline.

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Date: 08 Jun 93 13:39:10 PDT
From: SIGNER@src.usbm.gov
Subject: ultrasound digest
Message-ID: <9306082038.AA00227@orca.es.com>

Could you give me info on the ultrasound digest.  Also, any FTP addresses?
Thanks
Steve Signer
					

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 15:26:32 +0930 (CST)
From: SCARMAN@hfrd.dsto.gov.au (Gavin)
Subject: zone66 and patches
Message-ID: <930609152632.2744@hfrd.dsto.gov.au>

Are the sound files for zone66 able to be played separately from the game, eg. 
mod/mid/snd/etc format maybe?

What's the best patch creating software available? I'd like to create patches 
for all the MT32 timbres I have (lots).

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