GUS Daily Digest            Sat, 28 Jan 95  9:37 PST     Volume 18: Issue  27 

Today's Topics:
                             3.59 HORROR
                       bosenl patch won't play
                       Choppy video in Windoze
                              CODEC/RAM
                              gus clone
                             Magic Carpet
                               MAXSBOS
                       Microphone with GUS MAX
                             Piano Patch
                        Problem w/ sb16 & GUS
                       SBOS, Star Trek, and NMI
                      Sound Problems w/ Descent
               System Shock Digital Sound (CD VERSION)
 Ultrasound Internet Archive Services - New Files Validated - January

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, 27 Jan 1995 12:21:09 -0700
From: Paul Tucker <tucker@homer.fc.hp.com>
Subject: 3.59 HORROR

Fellow GUSers,

This is unthinkable.  Horrible.  Baaaaaad.

When I updated to 3.59 stuff, I was pleasantly surprised to find
that everything worked just fine, including the reason I am alive:
DOOM  ;)     

To my horror, though, >modem< DOOM no longer works with the GUS!  It
hangs my system after a connection has been made and DOOM is "setting
up heads up display."  So, I have to use my Soundblaster16.   Not a 
big deal, but I do have to turn the music off because it sounds so,
well, stupid.  

This took me a long time to figure out because I stupidly blamed my modem, 
cables, COM ports, etc..  After swapping all of this stuff around to no 
avail, it dawned on me that I had updated my GUS stuff since I played modem
DOOM last (about 3 weeks ago).  Turn off sound - Bingo! - modem DOOM OK.   

I wonder if the new drivers have something like this in them:
  If (COM_PORT_INTERRUPT_NOT_RELATED_TO_GUS_INTERRUPT) {

    do_something_stupid(HANG_SYSTEM);

  }

Has anyone tried modem DOOM with the 3.59 update?  Does it work for
you?  

Just wondering.......

Paul Tucker
tucker@fc.hp.com

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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 13:09:55 GMT
From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: bosenl patch won't play

I've seen this asked over the last day or two, but am yet
to see the answer.

The Bosendorfer patch (bosenl.zip, 800-900k) won't play,
either in PatchMan or PatchMaker Lite. No error messages,
just no sound. I have an old non-MAX GUS, with 1MB. I
haven't got new Windows drivers for some time, in case
this makes any difference - I think I'm still on the
3.53 set or something like that. As someone said yesterday,
if you delete one of the samples (I tried the top one) in
PatchMaker, then stretch out the next lower sample to play
the high notes, then it plays, but of course then the
high notes are useless. What gives? It surely must play
for someone.

While writing, is there an 'Index' for the Propats. There
are several sets, all huge, but what is in which?

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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 03:29:45 -0330
From: Aaron Cameron <acameron@europa.cs.mun.ca>
Subject: Choppy video in Windoze

> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 09:24:54 +0100
> From: Martin Laukkanen <martin@triode.apana.org.au>
> Subject: Win Video Playback.
> 
> I have seen a lot of questions refering to choppy playback of 
> video with sound in windows. This is a problem i had for quite a while as 
> well, The solution is simply to change the playback buffers in windows to 
> a lower value, to do this just go to the config of the gus in control 
> pannel/drivers (or whatever). I think that this is an answer that should 
> be in the GUS faq, it would save a lot of these replys!

What version of Video for Windoze are you running?  1.0 or 1.1?  If you 
only have 1.0, then the choppy video is caused by a bug in the Vid4Win 
program which is fixed in v1.1.  By patching Vid4Win, you don't have to 
mess about with the GUS settings for all of Windoze.  If you want it, 
I'll be putting the fix on epas as soon as i can, or get it from the 
Gravis BBS.

Cheers,
AC

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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 17:58:00 -0500
From: tom.klepl@canrem.com (Tom Klepl)
Subject: CODEC/RAM

Hi.. I have never posted on any sort of mailing digest before, so this
is my first one.

I have a GUS MAX and I'm aware that it can compress and decompress audio
in real time using the built in Crystal CODEC.  My question is, how can
I get Windows to take advantage of it?  Currently, Windows is using the
VFW software CODEC drivers.  I thought I could get it working by
removing these drivers, but compressed audio will not play at all if I
do this... Any ideas?  If it's not possible, does gravis have plans to
incorporate such a feature into the next windows drivers?

Also, after looking at my GUS MAX card, I was curious about the blank
RAM socket spaces on it.  I don't mean actual sockets, but soldering
holes where sockets could be installed.  Is it true that the GUS MAX has
the capability of more memory?  The 1MB limit is not awful, but I would
like very much to be able to use some of those 500KB+ piano patches
simultaneously with the rest of the patch set to play midi files and
such.

Lastly it would be great if replies could be sent to
tom.klepl@canrem.com because I still haven't figured out how to use the
mailing list.  I downloaded the digest from the files section.. it seems
that the GUS digest has not been set-up properly over here at
canrem.com.

Thnx for reading and I hope this will start some interesting
discussions..

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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 13:51:52 WET
From: MAMMET Jean-Francois <mammet@univ-mlv.fr>
Subject: gus clone

Someone wrote in yesterday's digest that he saw a gis clone in
Hong kong .

I can say that's true, this clone is available here in france in some shops.

It's a gus, with 512 ko on board and the triple cd-rom interface.
If you prefer it's a gus max without the 16 bit recording.
The trouble is that is costs as much as a regular gus.

The software are gravis's software, and the docs even (even if you don't
have the nice pics and the cover 8)

I don't thing this a goos card to buy because it costs to much, but perhaps
that's only in France !

I think it's a good new for all gravis users that there is a gus clone,
it prooves that the gus is a really interesting market for the asian,
so that may be a good card ! (I thing gus is the best card available, and
lots of people in France do think so too).

--
Mamos Of Lego System, Aka Jean Francois Mammet

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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 95 16:01:02 -0500
From: Hartmann_Thomas_J/agt_openmail@dms2.agt.gmeds.com
Subject: Magic Carpet

Item Subject: Message text
I have been able to get the GUS to work with magic carpet. To get it to
work you need to run the program main.exe which is in the \DATA\
subdirectory. The trick to get this to work is that you must run it
from the root directory of the CD-ROM. i.e. L:\DATA\MAIN.EXE 

This runs an alpha version (A6) of magic carpet which lo & behold does
have selections for the gravis ultrasound. On my computer the only
problem I encountered was the top of the screen where the status bars
are shown had several lines making it hard to see. Most likely that is
a function of the video card you have installed. I have a diamond
speedstar 64 ISA.

Hope this helps.

Tom Hartmann
(Bruised by the Ultrasound, but not yet defeated)

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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 10:25:24 EDT
From: Huy_Nguyen@eyenet.north.net (Huy Nguyen)
Subject: MAXSBOS

For all you people who want MAXSBOS, it's availiable on Gopher, and the
address is shown at the end of the digest. 

But I have a different concern.

HOW BIG is MAXSBOS, really? I tried getting it, but I only have a 2400 with
compression. And the thing looks like it's 900KB!!?! Isn't it more like
100KB?
I don't want to spend all this time downloading this huge file, unless
that's how big MAXSBOS actually is.. Please help.


___

TTYL.... Huy Nguyen
North York, Ontario, Canada

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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 15:43:06 -0800 (PST)
From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: Microphone with GUS MAX

>I just replaced my GUS with the GUS MAX and everything works great but 
>with one
>puzzling difference. My stereo microphone now only picks up sound from the
>right microphone and plays it in both speakers.
 
I think in previous digests, people said that Gravis decided to make 
microphone input mono.  It's weird that going from GUS to MAX gave 16-bit 
recording but allows only mono microphone input.  You may be able to get 
around this by putting your stereo mike into a stereo system and then 
putting line out through the line in jack, but avoid putting the stereo 
mike in directly in line in.  It may blow up.

-Peter

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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 11:50:11 -0800 (PST)
From: George <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>
Subject: Piano Patch

> I currently have a very large collection of MIDI files.  Many
> of these files use only Grand Piano or Strings 1.  Does anyone
> have a good Grand Piano or Strings 1 patch that I can use when
> playing these files?
> I have a 512K GUS Max, so not TOO big, please, but a really
> good patch would make these files just kick!  Thanks!

Ooops, 512k limit?! Guess I can't help you there, but if you do upgrade 
to 1Meg, try my idea.  My suggestion only applies to the grand piano but 
here goes:

Download the 900k Bosendorfer patch (bosen_l.pat)
I know the patch is pretty big, but from my ears, I don't notice that 
much of a difference when switched to 8-bit mode.  The patch may need 
some envelope tweaking to give it a 'reverb' type effect when notes are 
turned of so you will need to use Patchmaker Lite v1.13 (e-mail me if you 
want a decent envelope).  Finally, the patch may sound a bit dry probably due
to the lack of a special effects processor but making a copy of the track
using the piano (don't forget to change the channel) and altering the pans
for both tracks so one piano track is set to PAN:0 and the other track is set
to PAN:127 will give it a pretty good effect.  

My GUS playing this piano patch makes my $5k upright-piano cringe.

-George
<EOT>

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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 21:56:30 -0500 (EST)
From: efinkler@sun1.iusb.indiana.edu (Codeine Glue und Du)
Subject: Problem w/ sb16 & GUS

Okie, I got a brand new Pentium w/ CD-rom etc.  I came installed with a SB16 
Value card and a double speed cd-rom hooked up to that.  It also has a hayes 
internal modem.

Anyway, I can't seem to get the system to recognize the GUS.  No matter what 
setting I try, it says "No card detected", even when I rem out all the SB16 
stuff and remove the card, just to make sure there's no conflicts.

Any ideas?

plz email... I seem to get this list infrequently.
-Ed
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 15:57:30 -0800 (PST)
From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: SBOS, Star Trek, and NMI

>If I try to load SBOS v3.57 it gives me a message stating that my PC
>doesn't have NMI enabled and SBOS cannot load.  I've read about this

What about MAXSBOS?  Try using that, and disabling the NMI with the 
switch (it's explained in the doc).

-Peter

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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 17:58:14 -0500
From: hansonka@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu (KrisJon Hanson)
Subject: Sound Problems w/ Descent

I am having problems w/ Descent. The midi is really full of static and there
is no digital sound. I have a GUS w/ 1MB and settings of 220,5,5,7,5 When I
use SBOS the game just reboots.  Any help would be appreciated.
-KrisJon Hanson
hansonka@orion.rose-hulman.edu
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"There is no greater self-delusion than to imagine that one can render unto 
 reason that which is reason's and unto faith that which is faith's. Faith 
 cannot be circumscribed or delimited; to surrender one's consciousness by an 
 inch, is to surrender one's consciousness in total."       -Nathaniel Branden

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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 14:12:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Matt Bachand <raistlin@cts.com>
Subject: System Shock Digital Sound (CD VERSION)
Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.91.950127141223.17461E-100000@crash.cts.com>

Does anyone know how to get Digital sound w/System Shock CD via GUS?
Thank you.

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Date: 28 Jan 95  0:14 -0800
From: Thomas Wong <twong@civil.ubc.ca>
Subject: Ultrasound Internet Archive Services - New Files Validated - January

28, 1995


             GRAVIS ULTRASOUND INTERNET ARCHIVE SERVICES NEWS
==============================================================================

Hello everyone! Just did the latest batch of GUS submission validations
for January 28, 1995. LOTS of EXCITING stuff as usual. More on this
at the end of the listing where I do most of my yakking. So anyway, here
are the details.

The files have been validated and have been moved to the appropriate
directories in our archive in EPAS. Old validated files deleted.

Please allow 24 hours for all archives to get updated.

Here is the listing and subdirectories for the files validated:
__________________________________________________________________________


Subdirectory:  .../game

1995card63a.zip - 1995 Card Ver 6.3a Oriental Card Game (VGA) (GUS)
1rott.zip - Apogee's Rise Of The Triads: The Hurt Begins Ver 1.0 (GUS)!
bbugs.zip - Patch for Battle Bugs to play native MIDI-sound with Ultramid
cd115.exe - Warcraft: Orcs and Humans CD revision 1.15 patch for (GUS)
flop115.exe - Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Floppy revision 1.15 patch for GUS
ht_gus1m.zip - Game WAD file for Heretic for 1MB GUS
htic_v10.zip - Heretic Ver 1.0 fantasy combat game (GUS)!
usnfgus.zip - U.S. Navy Fighters Patch for GUS from Gravis BBS



Subdirectory:  .../gravis/disk

gus359.lbl - Ultrasound/Max Install Disk Ver 3.59 labels
gus359a.zip - Ultrasound/Max Install Disk Ver 3.59 disk #1 from Gravis BBS
gus359b.zip - Ultrasound/Max Install Disk Ver 3.59 disk #2 from Gravis BBS
gus359c.zip - Ultrasound/Max Install Disk Ver 3.59 disk #3 from Gravis BBS
gus359d.zip - Ultrasound/Max Install Disk Ver 3.59 disk #4 from Gravis BBS
gus359e.zip - Ultrasound/Max Install Disk Ver 3.59 disk #5 from Gravis BBS
gus359f.zip - Ultrasound/Max Install Disk Ver 3.59 disk #6 from Gravis BBS



Subdirectory:  .../gravis/util

gusdk222.zip - Gravis Ultrasound/Max Software Development Kit 2.22 from Gravis
os2_031a.zip - Gravis Ultrasound OS/2 driver Alpha release, from Gravis BBS



Subdirectory:  .../gravis/patch

maxsbos.zip - SBOS for Ultrasound Max Ver 0.10 alpha, from Gravis BBS
usail310.zip - Audio Interface Libraries 3.0 from Gravis BBS
usnd548.zip - Latest GUS Windows driver Ver 5.48 from Install Disks 3.59



Subdirectory:  .../info

ace.txt - GUS Ace announcement from Gravis
g1218.zip - G-List dated 12/18/94, Ultrasound info sheet
gusmbds.zip - GUS compatible motherboard list
midikit4.txt - PME MIDI Kit for GUS



Subdirectory:  .../sound/midi/files

bestmid5.zip (GUS), matao.zip, moz_fm.zip (GUS), mycmidi.zip



Subdirectory:  .../sound/midi/util

cgtab14.zip - Comp-G-Tab Ver 1.4 converts MIDI file to guitar TAB sheets
midlst09.zip - MIDIlist Ver 0.9 index filer for MIDI collection
procdemo.zip - PROCYON PRO midi sequencer for Windows



Subdirectory:  .../sound/misc

TRJOY094.ZIP - Trackjoy Ver 0.94 beta, low-profile music editor player for GUS
convert14.zip - Convert Ver 1.4B, convert between many sound formats
dale.zip - Cakewake Pro 3 song files
f10_pck1.zip - Force Ten Pack #1, S3M/MOD songs and player for GUS
f10_pck2.zip - Force Ten Pack #2, S3M/MOD songs and new graphical interface
f10_pck3.zip - Force Ten Pack #3, S3M/MOD songs and new Force Ten Player
f10_pck4.zip - Force Ten Pack #4, S3M/MOD songs and new Force Ten Player
jnxm_tgk.zip - 16 track .XM file
mompark.zip - .XM file



Subdirectory:  .../sound/mod/util

tmpv098b.zip - The Module Player for GUS Ver 0.98b, MOD/S3M/MTM!
mikm200.arj - MikMod Ver 2.0 sound system for GUS with C source code



Subdirectory:  .../sound/mtm/files

mm-cant.zip, mm-terro.zip



Subdirectory:  .../sound/patches/files

BRITOK.ZIP, e_piano.zip



Subdirectory:  .../sound/s3m/files

nin_clsr.zip, nin_head.zip, ptdr2s3m.zip



Subdirectory:  .../sound/ult/files

sadness.zip



Subdirectory:  .../util/dos

apollo.zip - Apollo Ver 0.092b digital delay program for GUS
icsmix.zip - ICSMIX Ver 0.01 mixer control for GUS board Ver 3.74 and up
jale067g.zip - Jaleo Ver 0.67g super audio system for DOS, support OS/2
kardp13.zip - KaraDOS Ver 1.3, Karaoke player for DOS (GUS)
midikar2.zip - Superset of MIDIKARA collection of MIDI Karaoke songs
psr20b.zip - Pitch-shifting ver 1.3 & 2.0 for GUS & GUSMAX!
r1nfopb3.zip - Ruckus 1 for PowerBasic 3.0, information only



Subdirectory:  .../util/windows

sampdemo.zip - Samplitude Demo for Windows wave editor, recorder, sampler
spectrap.zip - Spectra Plus 3.0 demo, spectral analysis for Win
wmidas13.zip - MIDAS for Windows ver 1.03, Windows MOD & S3M MCI device driver




NOTE TO UPLOADERS:
==================

1994pool63a.zip - Can't unzip. Please re-upload.
GUSDLY10.ARJ - already in our archive.
GUSFAQ.TXT - already in our archive.
awe32doc.zip - Can't unzip and AWE not GUS related.
cp09.zip - No GUS support.
descent2.zip - Can't unzip. Please re-upload.
gus_os2a.zip - duplicate of Gravis BBS' os2_031a.zip file.
modac111.zip - No GUS support.
rukc110.zip, rukq110.zip - already in our archive.
stgprv1b.mov - No movie in GUS archive
xfiles1.zip - zero file size, please re-upload.
sky_jung.zip - zero file size, please re-upload.


Commentary:
===========

Great work GUS supporters! Another tens of megabytes of GUS files. In fact,
mostly "GUS only" files! Great work on Advanced Gravis part for they
themselves have released MANY new updates and programs for this validation
period. And all freely for downloading! Many thanks for releasing all
these free stuff from constantly upgrading and updating the free SDK for
GUS developers to constantly updating and upgrading the GUS install
programs and drives for free! Great work Gravis!

And for all the gamers, NICE JOB! Not only are all the new games coming
out with GUS native support, many games are releasing updates so that we
can play the older games with GUS support. And as you can see above, a
good many cool games being released. And I'd also like to thank all the
commerical games that are now being released with native GUS support but
can't be released onto our free archive. Nice job! Just check out the
latest G-list, g1218.zip, for all the cool commercial games out there with 
GUS support!

And to all the programmers writing everything from Mixer to new fancy
graphical tracker for the GUS, to documents and info files....etc,
well done! Great job! Just checking out all the cool stuff above from
Pitch-shifting for the GUS to Karaoke for the GUS! Great to see our
archive continually getting increasing support! Just a month since my
last validating period and look at how many tens of megs of new and 
cool stuff we're getting. We're still accelerating in our growth! And
with commerical software industry finally starting to pick up steam with
GUS support, I think we're going to need new harddrives soon for all of
our GUS Internet Archive Services sites! ;)


Happy GUSing!

Thomas.

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