GUS Daily Digest            Sat, 25 Mar 95  9:37 PST     Volume 20: Issue  25 

Today's Topics:
						   GUS Ace specs?!
						  help help help!!!
							   Joystick
						 Nascar and joysticks
					 printing music (MIDI) scores

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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 10:00:06 +0000
From: Samuel Audet <samuel@gmgate.vircom.com>
Subject: GUS Ace specs?!

Hi!

Anyone can gimme the full GUS Ace Specs? (for a friend)

And the Interwave one if you have it also (for me :)?

Thanks, Bye!

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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 09:02:55 +0800 (GMT+0800)
From: _the_JazZMaN_ <fongsiul@iscs.nus.sg>
Subject: help help help!!!

HI Gussers,

	Got a windows/norton-desktop3.0 problem. After installing 
ndw3, my windows was unable to initialize the gus...here are the 
errors:
1) ndw caused a GPF with ultrasnd.drv when I tried to run windoze in
   enhanced mode
2) under standard mode, says that there is a version mismatch between
   grvultra.386 and ultrasnd.drv
3) tried to restore the files in (2) but still gave the same errors.

	my question is this: will installing a newer version solve these
problems??? (yes, don't laugh but I am still using the 3.53 disks that
came with my GUSmax) Any ideas, suggestions anyone?? thanks.

_______              / DISCS National University of Singapore
	   )            /  Internet: fongsiul@iscs.nus.sg 
	   )RIAN FONG  /   a.k.a. the_JazZMaN_                 B')   
-Christian-GUSser-jazz-r&b-bassguitar-synth-tennis-ST&SW-Xmen-

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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:43:11 +0000
From: Samuel Audet <samuel@gmgate.vircom.com>
Subject: Joystick

Hi!

> 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 shall check up on the settings though, and let you know as soon as
> I can. By the way, i am using the CD version if that makes any
> difference.

Well, the compagny is actually Gravis!! hey! :)

The CD version has SVGA graphics.

Nway, hate those damn joystick probo when the game sound routine are made 
quickly.

Bye!

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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 12:24:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Buddy <cs3mh3dn@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Subject: Re: Nascar and joysticks

> 
> 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.

It seems that there are a few people that do not experience problems in 
the menus with the joystick but I think there are more who do than those 
who don't.

There are two things that you can do:

Press <J> in the menus and this will disable the stick for the menus 
only. This solution is documented in the NASCAR manual so obviously 
Papyrus knows something is wrong.

The other solution works for me but I don't know about others. It seems 
that the midi drivers interfere with the joystick somehow. If your 
calibration is very jumpy (left-to-right) then you should select <none> 
for midi driver in the setup program. It's no big deal, you just don't 
get the music at the opening and closing credits. This SHOULD let your 
joystick calibrate properly. You may still have to disable the joystick 
in the menus though since this seems to be more of a Papyrus problem.

Kevin

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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 95 12:21:43 PST
From: "Rod Jones" <RMJONES@us.oracle.com>
Subject: Re: printing music (MIDI) scores

In Yesterday's digest, <gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu> asks: 
 
> 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? 
 
Well the industry standard music notation package is Finale which cost you, 
as you rightly assume, 'mucho $$$'. 
 
But there are at least two other Windows based shareware programs that are 
worthy of consideration: Mozart and NoteWorthy Composer. They are both well 
configured programs enabling you to enter, edit and print music scores. The 
major differences (to the best of my knowledge) are: 
 
 - NoteWorthy Composer has the ability to import and export midi files,  
   whereas Mozart can only export 
 
 - You can 'audition' your compositions in NWC (but not with patch caching) 
 
 - Only Mozart allows you to enter lyrics. 
 
I recommend that you check them both out. You'll find them in oak.oakland.edu, 
directory /SimTel/win3/music as nwc11.zip and (I believe) MOZRT11A.ZIP and 
MOZRT11B.ZIP. 
 
Rod

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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 95 13:40:59 EST
From: ballen@ejv.com (Bill Allen)

> 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?

You're right.  For good quality scoring you will pay mucho $$$.  But for
adequate scoring, you might try Power Tracks Pro from PG Music (maker of
Band in a Box).  Additionally, you get a full-featured MIDI sequencer,
IMHO, the bargain of the century at $29.95.

Bill

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