Ultrasound Daily Digest     Sat Jun  5 00:34     Volume 4: Issue   5  

Today's Topics:
						   Creating Patches
							 FPTEST V.04
							 Gravis 2.06
			  GUS native patches for 7th Guest?  Please?
					 GUSPLAY Version 1.5 Probs...
						   GUS Strangeness
		New Version of GUSPLAY [Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #4]
				  Problem: no MIDI, and PED crashes
							sound to MIDI
					  Turtle Beach new products.
			 Wcharts on EPAS anyone else having problems?

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: Fri, 4 Jun 93 16:45:52 +0100
From: Steve <gei055@rowan.coventry.ac.uk>
Subject: Creating Patches
Message-ID: <27444.9306041545@rowan.coventry.ac.uk>

Many thanks to those who replied regarding my question about Cubase...

On a similar midi theme how do I go about creating my own patches for use
with the GUS card?  For the type of music I'm interesting in creating (i.e 
rave/dance music) the supplied patches are too limiting.  Are there any
public domain music creating proggies available, and if so can anyone recommend
any good ones?

Cheers

Steve
(University of Coventry)

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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 93 13:05:38 
From: john.smith@gravis.com
Subject: FPTEST V.04
Message-ID: <9306031305.A7914wk@gravis.com>

I released a 3D demo for the UltraSound today called FPTEST V.04.  It is
a simple demo that requires a GUS w/512K and an Analog joystick.  There
are 5 different sounds which you can choose and by using an ANALOG
joystick you can move the sounds around your head.  Below is the README
file included with this file (FPTEST04.ZIP).  It explains what you can
expect from this demo.

C'ya, and happy GUSing

John

 1.0.0 About this 3D Demo
 ========================

 This program is a small demo of 3D sound on the Gravis UltraSound.
 You have probably all heard about the UltraSound 3D sound by now.
 If not, please refer to some of the press releases or the
 documentation contained in our UltraSound software developers toolkit.
 Basically, it allows the UltraSound to place a sound in a 360 degree
 sphere around you, the user, from just two speakers/headphones.
 No other hardware is required, except a GUS of course <grin>

 One thing to keep in mind when listening to this demo is that we are
 NOT games or demos programmers.  So don't expect amazing explosions
 with awesome visuals to go along with it.  We'll leave that up to the
 professional game and demo publishers.  Yes, people are working on
 these types of programs and when they are available I'll be making
 them available on our BBS.

 We did supply a sample 3D sound file with our software developers
 toolkit called WARP3D.F3D.  This was simply a sample 3D sound file
 for developers to try and program for the 3D sound format, NOT a
 demo.  So don't thrash on it to hard.

 The sound samples in this demo are 16bit 44.1kHz sounds.  So unlike
 WARP3D you won't have any hissing.

 2.0.0 How to use FPTEST
 =======================

 To listen to this 3D demo simply type FPTEST at the command line.
 You will then be asked to calibrate your joystick.  Once that is
 done simply press a number between 1 and 5 to change the sound effect.

   #1 Bell
   #2 Engine (runs continuously until another sound is selected)
   #3 Footstep (this is a good one)
   #4 Laser zap
   #5 Explosion

 Note that at different frequencies the same stored sound could provide
 many different effects.  Although this demo is sound effects only,
 music patches could also be frequency shifted while maintaining 3D
 localization.

 3.0.0 Hints and Tricks
 ======================

 Here are some hints and tricks to get the best results out of this 3D demo

	  - Use headphones instead of speakers.  Yes, the 3D effects still
		work on speakers but the effect less pronounced. If you want to
		use speakers make sure they are level with your ears, about 3
		feet apart and aimed for the middle of your head.

	  - Use an ANALOG style joystick, not a SWITCH STICK.

	  - If you are having problems localizing the sound simply close your
		eyes and concentrate.

	  - You will NEED an UltraSound with at least 512K of memory and
		an Analog joystick for this demo to work.

 One very important thing to keep in mind, is that we are all surrounded
 by 3D sound EVERY DAY!  So don't expect mind blowing orgasmic audio.
 The big thing to keep in mind is that the 3D sounds you are listening
 to are being created ARTIFICIALLY.  With that in mind, enjoy the demo.

END

cc: ALL
---
 ~ QMPro 1.02 05-8925 ~ GRaViS ULTRASoUNd - 32 VOICES THAT SCREAM IN STEREO!

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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 10:41:55 PDT
From: jtang@chem.ucla.edu (James Tang)
Subject: Gravis 2.06
Message-ID: <9306041741.AA27825@argon.chem.ucla.edu>

Hello, I am a new owner of Gravis Ultrasound.  I am wondering what's
all these talk about Gravis disk release 2.06.  The disketts came with
my GUS is v.2.05.  How and where do I get my Gravis 2.06 disk?  I
looked at wuarchive, and it's not there.  Also, the SBOS 2.08 (I have
2.04), is it also in release 2.06 disk?  If not, where can I get a
copy of it (again, it's not at wuarchive).  Thanks for all your help.

James

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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 11:28:59 -0500 (EST)
From: sjm@se01.elk.miles.com (Scott Mark)
Subject: GUS native patches for 7th Guest?  Please?
Message-ID: <9306041629.AA22958@se01.elk.miles.com>

Christopher Allen Kalin <ckalin@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> writes:
> Subject: Summer CES info
> Message-ID: <9306040037.AA22867@csd4.csd.uwm.edu>
> 
> Well, just got back from my first day at Summer CES and boy do I have some
> Ultrasound news for you guys!
> 
> Second, the Miles Drivers (.ADV) should be ready in a few weeks.  They
> already have betas (7th Guest in native GUS mode sounds INCREDIBLE) but
> nothings being released for now.

OK, who do we petition?  At first when I played 7th Guest I got all the music
through SBOS, and all the speech.  The music didn't sound real good, but at
least I got all of it.

Now as I get further into the story, the music seems to break up and cut out
every now and then.  Speech is still fine.

So I'd be very interested in getting native mode for 7th Guest.

Who should I bug?

Scott
Scott Mark      (219) 262-7452      8:00 - 4:30 EST
sjm@se01.elk.miles.com

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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 16:47:52 +0200
From: d91-sme@nada.kth.se
Subject: Re: GUSPLAY Version 1.5 Probs...
Message-ID: <9306041447.AA26802@dront.nada.kth.se>

>Anyhow... I was wondering How you make that little nifty text file that
>appeared on the 05-21-93 editon of the Ultrasound Daily Digest into a
>program.. I tried to E-mail the author but got no response... and help
>you can offer wil be greatly appreciated!

You use a UNIX program called "uudecode".
But the new version of GUSPLAY is now on epas, so you can get it from
there as well.

By the way, I am also a friend of the author of GUSPLAY, Robert
Adolfsson (Cascada), so if you have any comments or bugreports
concerning the player you can contact me, and I'll forward the mail
to him.

/Smedis (Niklas Smedberg, d91-sme@nada.kth.se)

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Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1993 17:02:49 -0700
From: Steve Smoot <smoot@gumby.cs.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: GUS Strangeness
Message-ID: <9306050002.AA29710@orca.es.com>

I was booting my PC today, and the headphones I have plugged into the GUS
were playing music!
AM reception perhaps?  This happened to anyone else?

Another thing, I am having a problem where I can have either the GUS or my
TV hooked up to my stereo, if I do both, then I get a 60 cycle hum
superimposed on both lines!  Any electronic whizzes have fixes?
(FYI the computer and TV are out of the same plug, and I believe all of the
plugs are directional (i.e. 3-prong or one-side-longer), the stereo is on
another plug (though perhaps the same house wires, I dont know)

-s

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Date: 4 Jun 93 16:09:57 GMT+0100
From: "Alexander Majarek, Sascha, SAM"  <Alexander.Majarek@uibk.ac.at>
Subject: Re: New Version of GUSPLAY [Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #4]
Message-ID: <MAILQUEUE-101.930604160957.352@subz-nov>

Hi!
The stuff in the letter which should contain a file is UUENCODED.
That means that - in order to send an 8-bit(binary)-file with 7-bit
mail - the bytes are manipulated to fit the mail-format (otherwise
they would have been stripped off!).

To get the file back, simply do the following: copy the 'weird'
section (beginning over the 'BEGIN'-statement and ending under the
'END'-statement) to a separate file (filename.UUE) and run UUDECODE
with filename as parameter. Afterwards you should have the right file
on your disk.

UUDECODE-Utilities are available from most FTP-sites.

HTH
SAM

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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 23:01:08 GMT+3:00
From: iddos@math.tau.ac.il
Subject: Problem: no MIDI, and PED crashes
Message-ID: <9306042001.AA03393@virgo.math.tau.ac.il>

I got my GUS, I got the MIDI box assembled, ftp'ed editors and 
"interim" MIDI drivers. Yet I encounter some serious problems 
unmentioned in the faq that you may be able to help solve:
 
1) I have no MIDI in/out *at all* to/from the box. 
The box was constucted by a pro according to faq 1.25.
 
2) Ped (0.2) loads my .WAVs but crashes on saving as .PATs
   BTW, how can I *hear* the sound I edit on Ped?
 
Similiar experiences, anybody? - guesses?

-- 
Ido Amin                                               iddos@math.tau.ac.il
3rd World Fox                                          fax/voice +972-3-5172713

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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 09:40:20 +0100 (BST)
From: Dave Ingles <davei@central1.lancaster.ac.uk>
Subject: sound to MIDI
Message-ID: <7827.9306040840@central1.lancaster.ac.uk>

> Hmmm. All I know is I hooked an IVL Pitchrider guitar-to-midi converter
> up to my GUS and it worked just fine (other than the fact that the
> Pitchrider, like almost all guitar-to-midi converters, has lousy
> tracking). Kinda cool to play the guitar and hear piano chords
> come out, or synth, or whatever. I plan to experiment more, but
> this thing is old, borrowed, and doesn't track worth a crap, so it's
> pretty much useless for wild, whacked-out leads. It's an interesting
> tool to voice chords differently, but that's about it.

Electronics Today International magazine recently had a sound to MIDI project.
I don't know how good it is though.

Davei
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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 14:39:51 -0400
From: "M.C. Ng" <mcng@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Turtle Beach new products.
Message-ID: <93Jun4.143953edt.43335-1@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>

Well folks Turtle beach has released there  new products to compete with all sound boards out there, and that includes the GUS.  
If you haven't read the comp.ibm.pc.soundcards group..

1.  Tahitti
	"Everything that made the MULTISOUND famous minus the  synth..."
	runns for aobut 400 US suggest price.
- Yeah still expensive ... but
2.  Maui
	A   Low cost windows comp. sound device - 128 voices 16bit, on 2 megs ROM and
 256 K ram upgradeable to 8 Megabytes ( Iguess SIMMS)
	Suggested price is 200 US.  but released in September 93 so Gravis has some time to grab as much market share as possible.  
More info on these cards are in the comp.ibmpc.soundcard group

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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 10:40:39 EDT
From: Mike Ellis <mikee@seas.gwu.edu>
Subject: Re: Wcharts on EPAS anyone else having problems?
Message-ID: <9306041440.AA27184@sparko.gwu.edu>

Hey there folks.....

	Has anyone else experienced problems with wcharts? Its like
a software mag. that has sound etc. Awesome stuff!!

As usual the CODING is INCREDIBLE, but I seem to have trouble with the sound.
I have a 1-mb gus, and there is just a HELL-of-a-lot of Static/Cracking
noise in the music. I dont know why? Other GUS-specific demos sounds great,
I'm not sure what went wrong. Can anyone else confirm this?

Thanx,
	MikeE

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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 17:28:37 +0200
From: rock@POOL.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE
Message-ID: <9306041528.AA26363@messua>

Hi Folks!
This will likely be nothing new to you, but...i must say it (scream 
it out) : I hate SBOS !
Ok, ok, the games i tried worked with SBOS...but how!
Monkey 1+2, X-Wing, Strike Commander, just forget it with SBOS!
I heard Strike C. on a stupid SB2.0 and it was much much better than SBOS.
So only 4 games that don't work very well, you say. Yeah, but i wanted 
this(!) sound so badly...
Thats it, i just hope midpak/digpak won't be as disappointing as SBOS.
A frustrated Oliver.

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