Ultrasound Daily Digest     Mon May  3 00:07     Volume 3: Issue  33  

Today's Topics:
	 AC33MUSC.ZIP - Create music, print it, transpose it, play it
								Dune 2
						 GUS - Digest - More
				 GUS and SB co-exist problems. Help !
						   GUS bonus disks
				 I hate to ask game questions, but...
			   New Mid file written on and for the GUS

	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, 2 May 1993 05:25:21 GMT
From: kfischer@SEAS.UCLA.EDU (Kevin J. Fischer)
Subject: AC33MUSC.ZIP - Create music, print it, transpose it, play it
Message-ID: <9305020525.kp24853@tacom-emh1.army.mil>

ReprintFrom: comp.archives.msdos.announce

I have uploaded to WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil and OAK.Oakland.Edu:

pd1:<msdos.music>
AC33MUSC.ZIP    Create music, print it, transpose it, play it

ACCU Music System includes everything that you need to create your own
music on your computer.  It has a graphics-based (or text-based) editor
which allows you to enter notes and see them on the screen as well.  It
includes a transposer which will let you change the key signature of
your music as well as raise/lower your music by half steps.  It also
allows you to print out your music in traditional sheet music format.
It allows you to play your music on the PC speaker or on a sound card.
Finally, you can convert your songs to the .ROL format for distribution.
Your songs can range from simple one voice files to complex multiple-
voice songs with multiple instruments, etc.  Musical entry supports
multiple key signatures, a variety of clefs (Treble, Bass, Tenor, Alto,
and Soprano), tempo changes, etc.  The program includes several printer
drivers (including a laser printer driver) and has a utility for making
your own.  Version 3.3 fixes some bugs in the transposer and playback
routines as well as adding enhancements such as: playback of music while
in editor, ability to play specific measures on the PC speaker, external
editor support, icons for Windows and OS/2, etc.

Kevin Fischer
kfischer@SEAS.UCLA.EDU

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Date: Sun, 02 May 93 14:34:50 EDT
From: nhwrestler@aol.com
Subject: Dune 2
Message-ID: <9305021434.tn25647@aol.com>

Has anyone experianced any lock=ups with dune 2 like being dumped to dos and
having the system lock up.  Is there a patch or something around?

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Date: Sat, 1 May 93 21:47:21 +0200
From: chief@lysator.liu.se
Subject: GUS - Digest - More
Message-ID: <9305011947.AA03335@ruben.lysator.liu.se>

[Okay. This is the third re-post of this message. The first time, it
 got completely garbled, without headers and without subject-line.
 The second time, it didn't make it at all (but issues 30 and 31 were
 numbered 30 and 30). I don't know if I dare to post it again, but
 here goes. Lets see what happens this time. /Erik]


In GUS Digest Vol.3 Issue #28, his@hiogron.rhg.nl (Henk Hindriks) wrote:

> I experienced the same problem: Ultraram and Setgus telling me that I
> have a DRAM-failure while swapping the RAM's doesn't help anything.

You're the lucky one! My Setgus won't even run!

> After some research I found out that the failure is in the highest
> 128K of the memory independent of the IC's, so it's problably a wrong
> adres-decoding.

Well, it can't be that in my case though, as the GUS works fine with
the old set of disks (1.22) UNLESS (John Smith, you still out there?)
GRAVIS did something pretty nasty to the new set of disks, OR, SETGUS.EXE
and ULTRINIT.EXE, because I can't load anyone of them AT ALL.

> So please everyone try the Ultraram or the Setgus (advanced-
> diagnostics) to find out if Your ultrasound functions O.K.

I would if I could.

::::: (oh, by the way .. I guess the next digest won't be making it,
	  so I better save this letter too and re-mail it again. Isn't it
	  strange that both times the Digest have been completely erased
	  or whatever, previously, I sent stuff to it. And that's the ONLY
	  times I did send something too. So I better save this one or
	  just mail it twice and see what happens Then to the digest.
	  Hold on to your hats!)

 -/- Erik (with his v1.22 disks. Got mail from JS who said Gravis would
		   probably handle the distribution of the new disks to Europe
		   from the U.S. - Thanks.)

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Date: Mon, 3 May 93 14:50:31 EST
From: int341m@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr K.S. Yap)
Subject: GUS and SB co-exist problems. Help !
Message-ID: <9305030450.AA13773@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>

  Hi, 
	  I have a SB (version 1.05; I think) and a GUS co-existing in my
	  computer. I am wondering does anyone knows how to get the 
	  following games to use SB as their sound output instead of GUS:
	  
	  X-Wing - I had tried to use the "load and then unload SBOS" trick to
			   get it recognized SB and use it for the sound output,
			   but to no avail. (SBOS verson 2.04 does works with this
			   game on my computer, but the digitized sound just doesn't 
			   comes out clearly.)

	 U7.5 Serpent Isle - I can't get SBOS to work with it because of its
						 large memory demand. (if I use SBOS I will not be
						 able to use the Smartdrv cache. Moreover the UMBDRV   
						 driver which may help solve this problem, doesn't 
						 work on my system.)

	My current system configuration is as follow :
	GUS - A220, I=11, DMA=7. Set Blaster=A220, I=7, D1, T1

	SoundBlaster - A240, I=5, DMA=1.
   
	Please help me if you have a solution to these problems. Your help would
	be much appreciated.
	E-mail me if you can. Thanks !

	Shan. (int341m@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au)
	

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Date: Mon, 3 May 93 10:39:00 EST
From: adrianr@ecr.mu.oz.au (Adriano_Ennio RAIOLA)
Subject: GUS bonus disks
Message-ID: <9305030039.14354@ecr.mu.oz.au>

> Sorry, as much as I'd like to I don't think this would be a wise thing to
> do. After all, Power Chords & Midisoft Recording Session are both full
> pieces of commercial software, that would be much appreciated by owners
> of other sound cards. If anyone uploads it, it must be John Smith.
> Obviously, uploading GUS Installation disks is a different matter as
> they're specific to a piece of hardware and are not much use to anybody else.

Ohhh boy, what are us GUS users gonna do in Australia? In the UK your OK,
in the US and Canada youll get yours soon enough, but I fear we wont see
light of day in Australia.

If John Smith or someone else concerned is reading this, can you help?
I sent my registration card to Gravis in North America, should i have
sent it to a local distributor? Do you know if the local distributors
here are getting sent the disks, or is Gravis going to extend their
generosity infinitely and send the disks all the way to Australia?

Please let me know, I would be MOST grateful, I dont want to be
left out because of my locality

Adrian Raiola

-- 
| adrianr@ecr.mu.oz.au --------| Adrian -aka- Plugger | *  * *  *   *  |  _/_\
| adrianr@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au -| What time is love?   | *_*  * *_  *_  | / OZ |
| adrianr@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au --| I think its gonna be | * *  *   *   * | \__-_/
| -- I want more accounts! ----| long, long time.     | *  * *  *   *  |     v

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Date: Sun, 2 May 93 0:54:37 CDT
From: ddebry@itchy (Dave DeBry)
Subject: I hate to ask game questions, but...
Message-ID: <9305020654.AA24715@itchy>

	I know, I know, I don't want this to become a gaming-only
list, either, but I'm really getting annoyed at these two games.

	1] Star Ctrl. II: I'm still getting noise.  I run GUSCLEAR, no
dice.  I run the 669 player, and it locks up my system.  (Grrr...)

	2] Populous II: I'm not getting ANY noise.  I have to use the
SBOSDRV.SYS file so I can have enough memory to play the game (and
yes, I am still running SBOS to start the driver), but it didn't work
with the normal way, either.

	To quote Kevin Kline in 'A Fish Called Wanda':

	"DISAPPOINTED!!!"  :)

	Any clues?  I'm running on a Packard Bell 386sx box with 8 meg
memory, two IDE drives, and an internal modem that only works if it's
warm (don't ask, I'm still trying to figure that one out.)

-- 
Dave  ddebry@ debry@   \ "It was even less than a tuneup.  It was like
DeBry dsd.    peruvian. | the guy looked into the engine and said, `Well, 
	  es.     cs.utah.  | there's no cats`."
	  com     edu      /  

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Date: 2 May 1993   20:24:05 PST
From: chrisw <chrisw@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: New Mid file written on and for the GUS
Message-ID: <9305030326.AA01607@leland.Stanford.EDU>

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Hi everyone.

Just uploaded the fourth of my mid files to Epas. (as chris4.zip in submit).

This one's kind of special 'cause it's actually written on the GUS (not just 
some cheap and nasty transfer job like chris1,2 and 3).

I'd like to encourage everyone to check it out, 'cause I think it sounds pretty
good, but of course I'm kind of biased. Anyone care to give a third party 
endorsement?

By the way, don't know precisely but I wouldn't attempt this one with less 
than 756k of RAM and, if you're in Windows, a lot of voices enabled. (I'm
not sure what I've been using - 28-30?)

Really must get back to the non-GUS world ...

Chris.

P.S. GUSsers revenge -> I guess Soundcanvas users COULD play this one back,
but the sounds would never be quite how they were meant to be ...

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