Ultrasound Daily Digest     Tue Jul 20 00:07     Volume 4: Issue  48  

Today's Topics:
				   (SB+GUS) SETGUS cures problem..
						   669 & MOD files
							   Comanche
						Gravis MIDI Connector
					  GUS and Recording Session
					Number of voices under Windows
						  Speech recognition
					The GUS, the bad and the ugly
						   Two questions...
					Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #47
							 What is .arj
							  WinConvert

Standard Info:
	- Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest.
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 11:40:50 GMT
From: bre@os.is
Subject: (SB+GUS) SETGUS cures problem..
Message-ID: <9307191140.AA13737@blesi.os.is>

Hi again!

Well.. I've managed to get my GUS to live peacefully with my SB.. If I
remember to run SETGUS before using the SB.  Unfortunately any other GUS
software kills my blaster, so I have to do it over again...

I was just wondering.. is there any other program that does the same sort of
initializing as SETGUS, that won't require that I press ESC to get out of it?
Something suitable for .BAT files :-)  (Is this the SBOS load/unload trick?)

This is rather important for me, since I can't get SBOS to operate
reliably.. my NMI seems to be buggy.  Also I'd like to be able to program
both cards in their native modes (fun!).

I got it to work like this:
	GUS : 240h, DMA 3 and IRQ 7+11.
	SB  : 220h, DMA 1 and IRQ 5.

Replies by E-Mail/Digest are fine for me.. whatever you like.

 ..Thanx..


P.S.  If any gurus out there see something wrong with my DMA/IRQ setup
	  pleeze let me know.. I don't know much about these things, but
	  SETGUS and TEST-SBC give no errors with this config..
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 17:37:05 MDT
From: Scott_Greenwood@Novell.COM (Scott Greenwood)
Subject: 669 & MOD files
Message-ID: <002F533B019D4FD9@MHS.Novell.COM>

Hi,
	 Does anyone know where I can get 669 and mod sound files from. I 
have just FTP'd the 669 player from epas but I have no sound files.
			   Thanks.
							  Scott Greenwood.
:-)

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 12:17:00 +0000
From: FINK_MARTIN/HP2000_13@idacom.hp.com
Subject: Comanche
Message-ID: <dc7DXLm0000xzDqm@MHS>

Hi!

I installed the new GUS software I got in the mail,
which included SBOS 2.08.  Comanche still has great
sound but no more voices!  Anybody else get this
problem?  Any new options for Comanche.

Martin
EMail: mfink@canada.hp.com

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 12:04:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jerilyn Daniello <jerilyn@tenet.edu>
Subject: Gravis MIDI Connector
Message-ID: <Pine.3.03.9307191213.A29501-a100000@abernathy.tenet.edu>

I just called the Gravis sales line asking about the MIDI connector and
was told it will be available to Canadians by the end of this week. 
Americans like myself will have to endure another three or so week wait
while the box becomes FCC certified.  The price quoted to me was $40 plus
$5 shipping which seems pretty good.  You can order it directly from
Gravis by calling their sales line 1(800)663-8558.  

When I asked for a description I was told it has an in, out, and thru plus
two joystick ports.  I can't remember if it has one midi out or two though
(the Mediavision card has two outs but is priced $10-20 more and wasn't
designed specifically for the GUS).

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 15:18:53 +0000
From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: Re: GUS and Recording Session
Message-ID: <0096FBD0.7AAE21C0.15283@lsl.co.uk>

<kwanr@ecf.toronto.edu> writes:

> Has anyone experienced problems with the Midisoft which came with the GUS
> 2.06 diskettes? First, I could not select to output to midi port like
> winjammer could. Second, I've changed the patches of a midi and saved
> it, still I could not play the midi in the right patches. Anyone know
> what's wrong with the prog. or is the Midisoft that came with the GUS
> 2.06 diskettes is a limited demo version?? 

I agree that it seems strange that Recording Session doesn't allow choice
of MIDI device like WinJammer.

The way to select is to change your MIDI Mapper setting to use your
desired MIDI device, and make sure that Recording Session is set to
use MIDI Mapper.

If I remember, Recording Session also allows you to choose to bypass
MIDI mapper - in this case I don't know how it chooses from the
available devices, unless it just chooses the first one, or has
been amended to look for 'GUS Midi Synth'.

I don't know why you are getting the wrong patches - admittedly, I don't
remember actually saving a .MID from Recording Session, but wouldn't have
thought there would be a problem. I don't think that this version has
been specifically stripped down for the GUS, but we have heard people
complaining about the 'track exceeds 64k' error, and inability to
set time sigs with denominator other than 4.

Do I remember someone discussing upgrades to 'Recording Studio'? Does
anyone at Midisoft read the Digest? If so, I'm sure we wouldn't mind
hearing from them.

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 06:25:50 PDT
From: deraud@power.amasd.anatcp.rockwell.com (Robert Lee DeRaud)
Subject: Number of voices under Windows
Message-ID: <9307191325.AA14798@power.amasd.anatcp.rockwell.com>

There have been a fair number of comments about missing notes/voices 
when playing .mid's with Recording Session.  Is this REALLY a Recording 
Session problem or is it a Windows driver (i.e. Gravis) problem?
While debugging some hardware (CD-GUS-amp cabling), I was using the 
plain ol' Media Player to light off MIDI files...chris3.mid (one of my 
favorites BTW) lost most of the stuff in the bridge (the Japanese drums 
and the arpeggios) and generally sounded like shit compared to using 
playmidi.  What was interesting was that some of the 'missing' notes 
were for patches that could be heard in other portions of the song, so 
it was NOT a patch loading problem.  I've got the number of voices 
jacked up to maximum (30-32, whatever) and I don't THINK this song uses 
anything like that many: the bad section in the middle ends up with at 
most 6-8 note polyphony, mainly drums.
What's REALLY wierd is that this effect varies by song, software, phase 
of the moon, and what brand of beer I'm drinking at the time.  Any 
clues?

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 11:20:00 +0000
From: FINK_MARTIN/HP2000_13@idacom.hp.com
Subject: Speech recognition
Message-ID: <dc7DWvE0000xzDqm@MHS>

Hi!

Does anybody know about any speech recognition software
that will work with GUS.  Preferable WINDOWS based.  I'm
looking for one that will control the WINDOWS environment
based on voice commands.  I'm also looking for something
that would allow me to dictate a letter and import it into
WPWIN or even input directly into WPWIN.

Any suggestions or comments are welcome....

Martin
EMail: mfink@canada.hp.com

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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 00:38:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion)
Subject: The GUS, the bad and the ugly
Message-ID: <9307200438.AA07209@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA>

Is somebody doing a list of programs that work with ail drivers? and i mean
all of them (not just games).

If there is somebody like that, here's some data for you:
Waynes world works. Both demo and full version. Compared to SB or SBOS it's
pretty good... ( but the game is probably dumb... didn't tried it... a friend
reported it worked and i checked with the demo version and it works too).

On megaem: does this sucker work on everybody's machine? Not that i really
need mpu emulation when i have the real thing, but, still it hangs at
random times and reboot the machine, anytime between the first * from emuset
to up to 5 minutes in a game... Only could try Robocop3 and lemmings 2 and
it seemed to work, the short time before the machine rebooted...
There is a blurb in the docs about 16 MHz bus... i have not tried 8 MHz, but
why on earth wouldn't it work when ALL my other software (you name it) work
flawlessly with the GUS and the bus at 16 MHz...

Spacehulk, does it run with sbos 2.0b10? Electronic Arts is not very bright
of not supporting the GUS...

On patches, well i'm not yet satisfied with them... still tweaking the drums.
I am still looking for a few tr-909 kicks to complement. I'm toying with the
idea of doing a drum machine for the remote GUS (thru MPU401). Is there an
interest for that? would people be willing to pay for this?

As for patchgod, IdMEDIA is starting to be well know in the multimedia
consultation business so it may push the release date (still in alpha version).
If you have any wish lists, you can still send them to me, but dont hold your
breath... Patchgod will be released as shareware, btw.

Ciao,
-- 
Francois Dion
	'  _   _   _ 
 CISM (_) (_)  _) FM       Montreal , Canada       Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 13:46:38 +0001
From: "Z. Horvat" <zh@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de>
Subject: Two questions...
Message-ID: <93Jul19.134649dft.1034@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de>

1.) A few days ago, i finally managed to upgrade my PC with a new
motherboard (486-33) and found out that SBOS won't work anymore :
,The NMI procedure on this PC is disabled'.
Has anybody a hint except exchanging the board ?
(Yes, it's a new board and i could complain to the supplier
and maybe even make him exchange it...)

2.) Tried out the ,miles' drivers with dune. The music is
fantastic (!) but there is a problem : Every time digital 
sound is played, the currently played tone from the music
track drops out. The digital voices don't sound good,
i'm noticing crackles and such.

As nobody else is complaining (everybody seems quite
satisfied with the Miles-drivers!) i'm sure i'm doing
something wrong.
Any hints appreciated.

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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 01:30:53 -1000 (GMT-10:00)
From: Paul Murgatroyd <s1098@kowande.Bond.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #47
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9307200151.A17862-a100000@sand.kowande.Bond.edu.au>

> From: blevins@Athena.MIT.EDU
> Subject: GUS DRAM
> 
> I finally decided to upgrade my GUS memory from 256k to 1Meg.  I
> remember reading that some people had problems with some brands of
> DRAM.

I just went to my local electronics shop and bought standard 256Kx4 70ns
DIPs. They work fine for me. I can't recall the brand though. They only
had a T on them...Toshiba maybe?? I bought 8pcs, replacing the original
256K that I got with the board (since it was only 100ns, and I am wary of
mixing different speed chips together).

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 11:16:00 +0000
From: FINK_MARTIN/HP2000_13@idacom.hp.com
Subject: What is .arj
Message-ID: <dc7DWoj0000xzDqm@MHS>

Hi!

I got the gus-synd.arj (Syndicate patch) file off the
net.  Can someone tell me what is a '.arj' file and
what I'm supposed to do with it.

Martin
EMail: mfink@canada.hp.com

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 12:17:00 +0000
From: FINK_MARTIN/HP2000_13@idacom.hp.com
Subject: WinConvert
Message-ID: <dc7DXK00000xzDqm@MHS>

Hi!

I tried the shareware WinConvert that comes with the
new 2.06 disks, but I'm having a problem.  I used
the WINDOWS sound recorder to record some music
and got a .WAV file.  I used WinConvert to convert
it to .SND and edited my resulting sound file with
USS8.  Then I converted the result back to .WAV,
but the mediaplayer says I don't have a WAVE device
that can play the file.

Any ideas???

Martin
EMail: mfink@canada.hp.com

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