GUS Daily Digest            Fri, 24 Mar 95  9:37 PST     Volume 20: Issue  24 

Today's Topics:
			 Error when playing MIDI files in Cakewalk...
				  GUS Daily Digest V20 #23 (2 msgs)
					 GusMAX - play and record???
					 GUS patch file spec request
							 GUS version?
						Midi-in not available.
						 Nascar and Joysticks
					 printing music (MIDI) scores
Ultrasound Internet Archive Services - New Files Validated - March 23, 1995

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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 01:12:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Loren Kling (that's me) <lkling@rohan.sdsu.edu>
Subject: Error when playing MIDI files in Cakewalk...

I just added an upgrade chip for my Max but I am still having some 
problems when I play MIDI songs through Cakewalk Pro (2.0).  For many of 
the songs (larger ones), I get an error saying that there is no memory 
available for any more patches.  It is always the drums that get left 
out.  However, when I go into the Patch Manager (Windows, GUS disks, 
version 3.57), and I load the same .MID file, the drums load fine and the 
song will play as it should.  If I reload the file from within Cakewalk, 
I loose the drums again until I repeat the above procedure.

Does anybody have an answer to this one?

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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 12:54:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher McKillop <cdmckill@sail.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V20 #23

> Yesterday Len Moskowitz wrote
> 
> >The 16-bit DB only goes to 44.1 kHz.  The Max goes to 48.  If you do DAT
> >taping that matters.
> 
> 
> Incorrect on both counts I'm afraid. The DB uses the same hardware as the
> Max and therefore can record using 48kHz. The extra DMA it uses is for the
> CODEC chip; it uses the GUS's normal record and play DMA channels for, well,
> recording and playing! It can therefore record and play at the same time, as
> per standard GUS and Max.

	Nope, I am affraid that you are wrong on the first count...The 
GUS MAX uses the CODEC for the 48Khz and play back...Note that it is only
one channel of playback OR record at this rate.  It is only on the MAX, 
not the DB.

	As for this "extra" DMA the MAX has...Ummm, it only uses 2, just 
like the normal GUS.  The CODEC uses an extra PORT, not DMA....


		Chris

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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 95 09:16:18 GMT
From: nwakefie@kirk.att.com
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V20 #23

Lads and Lasses,
  I would like add something to the chip debate right now
Write-back is better, why, well it is because it is, i could explain but I will not because it will make you go to sleep.
  How do i know, i work for rather big company designing rather large chips, lets say 100,000+ gates for you techo's and write-back is the only way to go, though ther are others, but lets not worry about them.

  

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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 01:15:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Loren Kling (that's me) <lkling@rohan.sdsu.edu>
Subject: GusMAX - play and record???

I seem to be having trouble understanding what the use is for different 
play and record DMA channel settings (in Windows GUS config).  When I am 
in Cakewalk, for example, I can record on one Midi channel while others 
are playing back.  I have a feeling, though, that this "play and record" 
thing is not MIDI related.... or is it?

In other words, what does it do?  Also, what does changing the buffer 
size do?-- 
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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 11:37:56 GMT
From: "HUGHES.BF CBY825" <cby825@iserve1.infj.ulst.ac.uk>
Subject: GUS patch file spec request

Do you have a file spec for GUS patch files? I am writing a MIDI file to RIFF Wave file conversion program as part of my dissertation and urgently need this info. Could you please forward me details or a location where I might find it.
>       Thanks in anticipation,
>           Barry Hughes
>           University of Ulster at Jordanstown,
>           N. Ireland.

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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 21:01:07 +0100
From: emilr@ksnet.ksedb.no (Emil Rakoczy)
Subject: GUS version?

How can I find out what GUS version I have?

I think I have a pre 3.xx and find hard to believe that Gravis is dropping
us in the new PMODE megaem.
If they do: I'll break my GUS in two parts and ship it to africa in a little
black box with a white skull 
on it, and then I'll by something from Creative Labs.

Thanks in advance, Emil R, Norway.

P.s 
Drop those f.cking huge signatures. They are ugly and annoying.

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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 12:58:08 GMT
From: Clarke Brunt <clarke@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Midi-in not available.

>I hope someone can help me to solve my problem with MIDI. I am a 
>happy owner of GUS but when I tried to make use of my synthesiser 
>MIDISOFT Recording Session announced that "Windows reports no MIDI-in 
>devices available..........if needed reinstall using Control Panel"

The GUS Windows driver for the MIDI port is called ultmport.drv.
This should have been loaded onto your system by the GUS software
install program, and will probably be in \windows\system, although
it (or a copy) may still be in the ultrasnd directories.

The driver is specified in system.ini by a line like
MIDI1=ultmport.drv (the 1 on the end is for the second MIDI device,
since the first one is usually taken up by the MIDI Synth driver,
i.e. MIDI=ultrasnd.drv). The other UltraSound related component
specified in system.ini is device=grvsultr.386. If the files are
not in \windows\system, then their path should be included.

If you have these set correctly and it still doesn't work, then I have
heard that motherboards which do not support NMI (the non-maskable
interrupt) prevent MIDI in from working.

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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 21:00:29 GMT
From: ct91@cityscape.co.uk (Damian Scully)
Subject: Nascar and Joysticks

Someone yesterday wrote:

> I have had no problems using a joystick with Nascar (apart from the 
> usual ones of learning to drive with a stick not a wheel 8-) )

>Can't remember my settings, sorry. But Yep, I can handle the menus 
>without problems. In fact due to the cheap joystick I have, these are 
>much easier than the driving 8-) hmm, I have heard though that there is 
>a company in Canada or somewhere like that that makes good joysticks 
>though, maybe I ought to invest in one !! ;-)

I too have Nascar and cannot get my joystick to work properly, like just
about every other person writing to the Digest. How on earth do you get
yours to work?

Damian.

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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 12:43:20 -0500 (EST)
From: gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu
Subject: printing music (MIDI) scores

  Is there an affordable package that will print good quality MIDI scores
in sheet music form?  The MidiSoft program doesn't have any printing options,
and I'm assuming there's a "pro" version they sell for mucho $$$.  Are there
any shareware programs that do this?
  Thanks.  BTW, anyone hear about the word on GUS support for the upcoming
NBA Jam release for the PC?  I can't wait.

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Date: 24 Mar 95  1:18 -0800
From: Thomas Wong <twong@civil.ubc.ca>
Subject: Ultrasound Internet Archive Services - New Files Validated - March 23, 1995

			 GRAVIS ULTRASOUND INTERNET ARCHIVE SERVICES NEWS
==============================================================================


Hello all. Here we go! I've finally finish validating the latest batch
of new submissions for March 22, 1995.

The files have been updated in sites EPAS and Wuarchive.

Please allow 24 hours for all other sites to get updated.

Without muchado, here is the newly validated files listing:


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Subdirectory: .../demo

ltro.zip - LARStRO demo by LarsTr



Subdirectory: .../game

1994pool63a.zip - 94Pool Ver 6.3a Cool VGA Pool Game, GUS
1994card63a.zip - Flower Card Ver 6.3a Mahjongg/Card game, VGA, GUS
dscent-1.zip - Descent ver 1.1, Cool 3D flight/maze/blast'em game, GUS
dscent-2.zip /
dune2gus.zip - Dune II fix for GUS
esgusfix.zip - Metaltech: Earthsiege GUS fix from Sierra
gus1m2.zip - DOOM II 1 Meg GUS sound patch WAD
pga486us.zip - PGA Tour Golf 486 Patch for native GUS support
xwngsnds.zip - X Wing update for GUS



Subdirectory: .../gravis/patch

gus0044.zip - New Ultrasound Setup Ver 0.1 alpha from Gravis BBS
gus0045.zip - Ultrinit Ver 2.31 & Gravis Mixer from Gravis BBS
gus0046.zip - SBOS for Ultrasound Max ver 0.21 from Gravis BBS
gus0047.zip - Ultrinit Ver 2.26a NOT from Gravis BBS
gus0048.zip - Ultrasound Windows Driver Ver 5.50 NOT from Gravis BBS



Subdirectory: .../info

g0308.zip - G-List dated 03-08-95, programs + GUS info listings
gtwayfix.txt - Fix for Gateway Computers + GUS
gus-sb.zip - Info on using GUS & SB in same computer
midikit5.txt - MIDI products for GUS from PME Engineering



Subdirectory: .../sound/midi/files

ALLIANCE.MID, animezip.zip, macemid3.zip, macemid4.zip, macemid5.zip,
ripmids.zip (GUS), rlclf.zip, sewnui.zip, tubbell1.zip (GM)



Subdirectory: .../sound/midi/util

prcdm202.zip - Procyon Pro Ver 2.02 MIDI sequencer for Win 3.1



Subdirectory: .../sound/misc

EXPOZE-1.ZIP - Expoze, The Australian Music Disk, part 1 & 2
EXPOZE-2.ZIP /
IPLAY121.ZIP - Inertia Player Ver 1.21 multi-format tracker, GUS
hmputils.zip - HMP2MID Ver 0.9 HMP ripper & convertor to MIDI
tfmxplay.a01 - PMS TFMX player with lots of song files
tfmxplay.a02 /
tfmxplay.arj /
xmstr201.zip - X-Master ver 2.0, menu interface for player support compression



Subdirectory: .../sound/mod/files

msclfrdm.zip, myc.zip



Subdirectory: .../sound/mod/util

FIREST2A.ZIP - FireStorm 2, Mod Player + music disk for GUS with demos
FIREST2B.ZIP /
cmod222.zip - CapaMod Ver 2.22, awesome MOD & S3M player for GUS
cp095.arj - Cubic Player Ver 0.95 XM/S3M/MTM/MOD/NST/MIDI player for GUS
cp096l.zip - Cubic Player Version 0.96 lite, update files for Ver 0.95
ft203.zip - Fasttracker Ver 2.03 multi-format trakker for GUS
scrmt321.zip - Scream Tracker Ver 3.2 "modules" composer
starp203.zip - Starplayer ver 2.03 multi-Mod player for GUS
trkdesc.zip - Tracker File Descriptor Utility



Subdirectory: .../sound/s3m/files

about.zip, book.zip, fct_ghfr.zip, groove.zip, jjj-angl.zip, jjj-love.zip,
snight.zip, tlgrae.zip, wdrshns.zip, sky_blus.zip, sky_ethr.zip,
sky_jngb.zip, sky_saba.zip



Subdirectory: .../sound/ult/files

ESPERDIV.ZIP



Subdirectory: .../sound/wav/util

samdv2_0.zip - Samplitude 4 track demo wave editor/recorder/sampler for Win 3.1



Subdirectory: .../sound/xm/files

NUTCRACK.ZIP, STARGATE.ZIP, THE_RAIN.ZIP, WUTISLUV.ZIP, space-e_.arj,
syndream.zip



Subdirectory: .../util/dos

cds.zip - CDScratch Ver 0.5 Beta tries to read & play audio CD on GUS
dreamlvr.zip - Dreamlover cakewalk/MIDI-Karaoke file
gusdump.zip - GusDump Ver 1.0 dumps GUS DRAM to file
jale067h.zip - Jaleo Ver 0.67h super Audio system for DOS
midikar3.zip - MIDI Karaoke songs
onmyown.zip - MIDI/cakewalk/MIDI-Karaoke file
psr3.zip - Pitch-Shifting for GUS & GUS Max



Subdirectory: .../util/os2

ultra06d.zip - Manley's GUS OS/2 driver Ver 0.6d



Subdirectory: .../util/windows

p-eze-20.zip - PatchEZE ver 2.0 patch MIDI selector for GUS for Win 3.1



NOTES TO UPLOADERS:
===================

RULOMIDI.ZIP - Unzip error, please re-upload
WDOOM.ZIP - Not GUS related. not for our archive
modac120.zip - No GUS support, not for our archive
mtools.zip - No GUS support, not for our archive
nad009.zip - No GUS support, not for our archive
sky_sft8.zip - Unzip error, please re-upload
ultrinit.zip - already have it in gus0045.zip



COMMENTARIES:
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Wow. I know I was slow in validating files this time around. But what a
batch of files! There has been more files uploaded than approx the same
period last time. Looks like we are still growing exponentially! :)
Way to go GUS supporters/uploaders!

Once again, we have some really cool stuff for the GUS, many of which
are for GUS only! We have everything from more cool new games like Descent
and patches to make current games support GUS, to cool sneak previews
from Gravis for new cool software and all for free!! to cool new sound
file formats like XM which is design to really show off GUS's
capabilities hence notice the creation of the new subdirectories:

/sound/xm
/sound/xm/files
/sound/xm/util
/sound/xmi
/sound/xmi/files
/sound/xmi/util

to cool new utils from new sound file players, even one with dancing
people just for the GUS, to everything from a playing audio CD util to
Manley's new OS/2 driver, GUS DRAM dumper, pitch-shifter, Windows patch
selector......etc...etc....etc.... Way to go everyone! Thanks for
supporting the GUS and developing all these cool stuff for the GUS.
Looking at the ever growing mega-size GUS digests, we have tons of people
around the world who all appreciate it too! The among of members in the
GUS digests are also mushrooming. And now with AMD threatening to make
the GUS a standard, there is no where for the GUS to go but up! Up up
and away! :)

Anyway, enough blabbling. Once again, thanks to all GUS programmers,
supporters and GUS population as a whole! Happy GUSing!

And I'll just drop a small, little hint, that I may have another
announcement for you all soon.... ;)


Thomas.
Ultrasound Internet Archive Services Admin

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