Ultrasound Daily Digest     Tue Aug  3 00:45     Volume 5: Issue   2  

Today's Topics:
				 .wav (etc..) to Mac .snd converter?
				 Hey you programmer types.. do this.
							I like my GUS!
							 latest SBOS?
							  no digest?
				   Ultrasound and Windows startup ?
					  using Goldwave and wav2pat

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: Mon, 2 Aug 93 9:04:42 CDT
From: Jon Holt <holt@holt.camax.com>
Subject: .wav (etc..) to Mac .snd converter?
Message-ID: <9308021424.AA22814@camax01>

Does anybody know of a sound file format converter that will convert .wav (or
other common ibm sound sample files) to any of the Mac .snd formats?  (Shareware
or Freeware, if possible)

-Jon


% Jon Holt.................................Internet: holt@camax.com
% CAMAX Systems, Inc.......................Phone: (612) 854-5300
%
%                 "Now, which one was Rosencrantz?" - A friend

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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 23:20:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: impster@umcc.umich.edu (Charles Budensiek)
Subject: Hey you programmer types.. do this.
Message-ID: <m0oNCvA-000A9IC@umcc.umich.edu>

Just another in the series of  'wouldn't it be neat if...' series.

Wouldn't it be neat if someone would program a spectrum analyzer thing so
we can see a nifty graphical display whilst playing a CD via the CD audio
input on the GUS. Windoze code would be best. :)


-- 
impster@umcc.umich.edu                     Charles.Budensiek@launcher.unc.edu
						  ab543@leo.nmc.edu
	"I'm pretty cool, Beavis. But I can't change the future." - Butthead
  Remember Grasshopper, the path of sanity is most often ignored by the sane.

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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 10:15:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hollyman <mikeh@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: I like my GUS!
Message-ID: <199308021515.AA26350@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>

Hi all, this is my first post here.

I just wanted to say that I enjoy my GUS a lot!

I am a recent switcher to pc's from Amiga and I have had no real problems even
though I am pc ignorant.  I had SCSI problems at first but everything has been
solved from the FAQ file.  Also, the GUS is a great sounding card, we have a
SBpro at work and it's a joke trying to play files on that compared to the
GUS.  It even sounds better than the Amiga did!!  I just want some more games
with native GUS support!!!!

Mike Hollyman

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Date: 2 Aug 93 20:17:40 EST
From: "Joseph R. Granto"  <GLOCK@chip.cba.ufl.edu>
Subject: latest SBOS?
Message-ID: <MAILQUEUE-101.930802201740.320@chip.cba.ufl.edu>

What is the latest version of SBOS, and what file(s) is it located
on?  I tried the .soundcard list, but have (as yet) not gotten a
reply...



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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: Mon, 2 Aug 93 09:14:06 -0500
From: Michael J Stumpf <mjs7529@tamsun.tamu.edu>
Subject: no digest?
Message-ID: <9308021414.AA21036@tamsun.tamu.edu>

I have not been receiving the u.d.digest and was curious if this is a local
system problem.. will someone drop me a note if they are receiving it so I
can work this out?

thanks.

:wq

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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1993 13:30:22 +1000 (EST)
From: int341m@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr K.S. Yap)
Subject: Ultrasound and Windows startup ?
Message-ID: <9308030330.AA24330@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au>

Greetings everyone,
   I'm sure that everyone of you has noticed that if you use Ultrasound
in Windows, it will slow the startup of Windows significantly, it seems
to be loading some "pat" file during every startup, I am just wondering
if anyone knows a way to disable/speedup this process, I am sure a lot
of us would like to know.
Please share with us if you know how. Thanks in advance. 

Shan.
int341m@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au

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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 93 13:51:25 +0100
From: zccaj19@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stefan Magdalinski)
Subject: using Goldwave and wav2pat
Message-ID: <9308021251.AA88128@link-1.ts.bcc.ac.uk>

I've seen several notes about using goldwave as an wave editor and
then using wav2pat to convert them to patches. It does not
work. I remember francois dion saying that this is because
goldwave does not deal with some of the wave header data
properly, so I emailed the author of goldwave with the problem
Here's his reply;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This should solve the problem.  Could you please forward this to the
gravis mailing digest? (And maybe to some commercial companies as
well! :-) )

GoldWave creates standard RIFF WAVE ".wav" files.  In fact, GoldWave
implements more features in the RIFF WAVE specification than some 
other programs do.  The problem is that these other shareware
and commercial programs DO NOT correctly implement the RIFF
spec.

Solution:
To remove the extra RIFF data from GoldWave files, you
can do the following:
1) Save the ".wav" file in GoldWave as usual.
2) Open the file with Sound Recorder (this program is included
with Windows in the Accessories group).
3) Save the file with Sound Recorder.
GoldWave includes and attempts to preserve text information
found in some wave files.  This information can contain
important copyright notices.

In the next version of GoldWave, preservation of text info will
be a configurable option.

For anyone who is interested, here is a clip taken from
the RIFF WAVE spec:

	"Programs must expect (and ignore) any unknown chunks 
	 encountered, as with all RIFF forms. However, <fmt-ck> must
	 always occur before <wave-data>, and both of these chunks are
	 mandatory in a WAVE file."

NOTE: It does not say that the "fmt" chunk must be first, only that
it must come before the data chunk!  Many programs wrongly assume
that the "fmt" ckunk is always the very first chunk.


Chris
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
If someone could forward this to the wav2pat author, that would be
useful, and I hope this
helps

peas,
stefan
zccaj19@ucl.ac.uk

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