Ultrasound Daily Digest     Thu, 30 Oct 92       Volume 1 : Issue   4 

Today's Topics:
					   Comments from Gravis...
							Digest Admin.
							 EA shipping.
					Excellent Gravis Tech Support!
								hello.
							  My Gravis
							 Questions...
							to newsletter
				Ultrasound Daily Digest V1 #3 (2 msgs)

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						  To post to tomorrow's digest.

Request Server Address:   ultrasound-request@dsd.es.com
						  To subscribe, unsubscribe, and request files.

Owner Address:            ultrasound-owner@dsd.es.com
						  To contact a human if the server has troubles.

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 14:07:23 MST
From: ddebry@itchy (David DeBry)
Message-Id: <9210292107.AA05402@itchy>
Subject: Comments from Gravis...
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

	
	I just got this message from Gravis.  I thought you all might
want to know of alternate routes to get in touch with them.  (Of
course, we still want you to tell us what they say to you!  :)


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Greetings,

	I'm sorry for the lengthly delay in this reply. I've been away
on vaction since Oct. 16

	Thank you for your interest and help with the information on
Internet and USENET. We are very aware of the increased aware ness and
interest in UltraSound from the users of these systems and have taken
steps to address thisin a more appropriate manner than routing email
through CompuServe.

	Advanced Gravis now has a representative on Internet. His name
is Chris Yuzik and he can be contacted at <chris_yuzik@sfu.ca>.  Chris
will be happy to answerany product information questions you might
have.

	Technical questions should be directed to our CompuServe
support forum, our Gravis BBS or our Tech Support phone line.

	...CompuServe, type <GO PCVENB> at any main (!) prompt.
	...Gravis BBS, (604) 431-5927
	...Tech Support phone, (604) 431-1807

	Thanks again for all your help ;-)

+++ Ron H. +++
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 19:01:40 MST
From: ddebry@itchy (David DeBry)
Message-Id: <9210300201.AA07043@itchy>
Subject: Digest Admin.
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

	Two matters of business, really quickly:

	1] The text files for the server are up.  Here's the help file
from the server so you can know how to request what you want:

======================================================================

Ultrasound Request Server
=========================

	Thanks for using the Ultrasound Request Server!  Here's a list
of the current commands you can use here:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

	add-to-list     Add your name to the mailing list.

	remove-from-list    Remove your name from the mailing
				list.

	card-review     A compilation of several different
				reviews of the card by members of
				the mailing list.  It also covers
				many problems in getting the card
				going, and how to get past them.
				THIS FILE IS A MUST FOR ALL SUBSCRIBERS
				TO THE LIST!!! (44k)

	gravis-talks        One of the members of the list
				carries on occasional question/answer
				sessions with a contact at Gravis.
				This is the results of those talks.
				(11k)

	midi-connector      Instructions on how to build your own
				MIDI adapter for the Ultrasound,
				instead of buying a high-priced
				retail one.

	midi-demo       This is a MIDI file contributed by
				Yuri Lee.  Lzh'ed and uuencoded for
				mailing.  (22k)

	wavetable       An explanation of Wavetable Synthesis,
				the technology behind the UltraSound's
				synthesizer. (4k)

	undigest        C source code for "undigestifying" the
				digests.  There is also a hook in Emacs
				to do this. (6k)

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

	To use the server, just put your command in the subject line of
your message.  Don't put anything else in your message, and only one
command per mail request.  

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

	If you don't see what you want here, you have a few choices:

	1] Post to the digest asking for what you want.

	2] Post to news asking for what you want.

	3] Peruse the various FTP sites for what you want.

	When you do find it, PLEASE SEND IT HERE!  (Specifically, send
it to ultrasound-owner@dsd.es.com.)  I'll put it up on the request
server for everyone.  That way everybody doesn't have to spend their
time repeating your actions.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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	IMPORTANT NOTE: Just because you received this file, it does
not necessarily mean that you are on the mailing list!  (You can tell
if you're on the list if you've been receiving digests every night.)
To subscribe, you must send an add-to-list command, and the server
will respond and let you know you have been added!

	If you don't know if you are on the list or not, please feel
free to write to the owner address below, and ask.  We'll respond
ASAP.

************************************************************************
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

	The addresses that you can mail that are associated with the
list are:

ultrasound@dsd.es.com  -  General line.  All people on the
	list will hear you when your messageis echoed in the next
	digest issue.

ultrasound-request@dsd.es.com  -  Automated request line.
	Use this line to join or abandon the Digest.  Also, it can be
	used to request files from the Mail Server.

ultrasound-owner@dsd.es.com  -  Direct line specifically
	to the owners of the list.  Please send all problems you are
	having with the list to this address.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

	please, Please, PLEASE send me anything you think should go up
on this server.  Text files, music files, etc., etc., ad nauseum.
Chances are that someone else out there could really use what you've
got, and vice versa.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

	Thanks again for using the Ultrasound Request Server!

======================================================================

	2] Sorry to all you folks who got that chain letter in your
digest yesterday.  I had no idea it was in there... the digest builds
itself late at night when I'm (supposed to be) sleeping.

	It wasn't sent by anyone on the list.  Probably just some
idiot reading news and deciding to be annoying.


	Enjoy!


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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 7:41:58 PST
From: aktang@sdcc13.UCSD.EDU (I should be studying)
Message-Id: <9210291541.AA26605@sdcc13.UCSD.EDU>
Subject: EA shipping.
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Any new info on when EA is shipping the second shipment?  Last time
I called (yesterday (Tuesday)), they still had no idea when it was
coming in.  I don't feel like calling anymore, because I'm afraid of
getting the samne 'ol answers.  <sigh>

Does anyone have a GUS coexisting with a MIDI card?  I had my
soundblaster living with my PC-MIDI card (at IRQ's 7 and 5
respecitively), but it sounds like the GUS has a requirement for 2
IRQs, and I'm afraid of running out.  If anyone has success/horror
stories, please respond so I'm (semi-)ready when it's time to
install my GUS.

Anthony Tang
aktang@sdcc13.ucsd.edu

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 16:29:58 MST
From: Stuart Yoshida <yoshida@elektra.fc.hp.com>
Message-Id: <9210292329.AA26506@elektra.fc.hp.com>
Subject: Excellent Gravis Tech Support!
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

  Today I received a call from Alan Alvarez of Gravis Technical Support.
  I'd sent him mail concerning the Gravis Ultrasound Windows drivers,
  and he emailed me a reply (thanks!) and then followed it up with a phone
  call.  The interesting part is that I don't even own a GUS yet!  Now
  *that's* service :-).  Seriously, though, it was a very nice gesture
  on the part of Gravis, and I'm *definitely* looking forward to
  receiving my GUS.

  Alan demo'ed the GUS over the phone, and even with the poor audio
  quality of phone lines I could tell that this card has awesome
  potential (especially at the price I paid of $132 from Telemart)!  He
  also gave me the inside scoop on the GUS patch-loading mystery.
  Apprently there are only a handful of programs that use the MME MCI
  extensions that are available for patch loading of wavetable cards.
  This is understandable since the GUS is the first affordable one for
  Windows.

  The bottom line is this:  under Windows, unless the sequencer program
  you use has built-in smarts to load patches into the GUS, you have to
  rely on the Media Player applet to load patches into the GUS's memory.
  Once the patch is loaded, then you can access them with your favorite
  MIDI application.

  But not to worry, Gravis is working on a Windows applet called Patch
  Loader that (surprise, surpise!) will load any patch you so desire.
  It will also demo the patch for you so you can decide if you want to
  keep it.  Gravis is also nearing release of the General MIDI patch set
  (yeah, yeah, any day now :-).

  Things are getting exciting!  Now where's my GUS?! :-) :-) :-)

--

  Stuart Yoshida

Internet: yoshida@elektra.fc.hp.com
   Voice: (303) 229-2324

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 15:57:49 -0500
From: reznick@acf3.NYU.EDU (Daniel Reznick)
Message-Id: <9210292057.AA25910@acf3.NYU.EDU>
Subject: hello.
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Hi.  I just received my Ultrasound yesterday, (FINALLY!) and have a few
questions.

1> The MIDI Files are amazing.  Is there any Shareware availible on the net
   to produce/sequence/whatever-you-call-it files of this sort?  I have
   WinJammer, but it doesn't work with the current version of the Win 3.1
   Ultrasound driver.  Gravis says this will be fixed when the new drivers
   are released, but who wants to wait?

2> Are there any .MOD players out there that sound decent?  I only have found
   WinMod, some german or finnish (I'm not sure which I just can't read it)
   program which produces output that sounds HORRIBLE, especially when 
   compared to the Midi demos.

3> Has anyone got ANY sequencing program to work?  I have a copy of Whacker-
   Tracker, but it won't recognize the Ultrasound as a Soundblaster, no 
   matter what options I feed into SBOS.  I seem to remember someone saying 
   that they know the CodeBlasters, and Ultrasound support is forthcomming
   for Whacker Tracker.  Anyone know anything about this?

4> I just went back and re-read the first issue of the Digest that I received,
   from perhaps 5 or 6 days ago, and it has a bunch of stuff from someone
   named "Dion" who seems to know pretty well what he is doing.  He mentioned
   that MIDI In doesn't work, "because gravis says so."  Does this mean I 
   can't hook up my keyboard with a proper connector and play away?  Is there
   any projected time for having this fixed?  Writing music was one of the
   main reasons I got this thing..

I'm new to soundcards, the Ultrasound being my first, so please excuse my 
ignorance.  Thanks.

Daniel Reznick
reznick@acf3.nyu.edu

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 20:46:57 MST
From: kdorff@NMSU.Edu
Message-Id: <9210300348.AA10723@NMSU.Edu>
Subject: My Gravis
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

I just received my Gravis Developers Toolkit + Ultrasound card today.

Installation.  Pretty seamless (took a while).  "Setup" bombed with
QEMM, so I took it out, ran out, put it back it (QEMM) and everything
appears to work fine.

Any questions, you can mail me.

Kevin

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 17:44:33 MET
From: Tri-Genius <ser645@cdc835.cdc.polimi.it>
Message-Id: <9210291644.AA29863@orca.es.com>
Subject: Questions...
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Ciao!
 
 I've read about you inside NetNews, and I realized You've got a GUS...
Nice: I'm waiting for the Ultrasound since May, but here in Italy it
hasn't been thrown on the market yet.
I spoke with Raffaella Ettore months ago, and after I kept speaking 
with Logitech Italia in the person of Mr.Altichieri, who has always
been very kind to me, but, being a sales Director, couldn't know too
much technical infos.
Unluckly I could never spoke with someone really knowing the GUS...
I saw a working GUS in SMAU fair 3 weeks ago , but I couldn't have any
infos nor I could test it (sigh!), because Logitek people told me not
to touch the PC with the soundcard, 'cos they were afraid of viruses...
Stupid people! How to get viruses out of their safe programs???
So I only heard a sample of Midi file, but it didn't impress me...
I had a SB, then I bought a SB Pro and I sold it right for buying a GUS,
but after months spent waiting for nothing I bought another SB Pro (this
time v.2.0 , and note that I've bought it for about 160$ and I sold my 
old one for 270$... 8-)) .
Now I'm waiting to sell even this SB Pro2 (for more than 160$) and buy
a GUS.
Sorry if I've bored you.... 
 I own a 386dx-33Mhz :
1. Does the SBOS emulating TSR slow down my PC a lot?
2. Memory used by TSR?
3. Emulating a SB Pro2?
4. Is Midi cable included?
5. Windows 3.1 drivers and OS/2 ?
6. Do you know about sw made right for the GUS (excluding those given when
 you buy the board...), something like MOD players, sequencers, games
 (ludic and stupid question, but sometimes I like even to play with my 
 PC... I will always thank Origin for WingCommander 1&2 !!!) ?
7. Now I use to program my SB Pro with Turbo Pascal 6 libraries: do
 exist any for the GUS? 

Thanx a lot if you'll be able to answer any of my answers (and thanx even if
if you won't).

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 09:06:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Adam K. Rixey" <ar2w+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Message-Id: <720367569.9767.0@unix3.andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: to newsletter
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Well, I finally received my Gravis from Electronic Arts the other day.
However, I've missed a couple issues of the digest when this may have
been discussed - how do you get the Windows Midi Mapper working with the
Ultrasound?  I've tried, but so far to no avail.

And, to the guy who was making the list of programs that work with SBOS:
Cosmo's Adventure by Apogee works
Keen 4, Goodbye Galaxy by Apogee works [sounds are actually better]
Kiloblaster by Epic MegaGames works, but experiences slowdown when the
   digitized sounds are used
Blaster Master did not work right
Fishtro did not work [seemed to play all the sounds in the card's memory
   followed by a loud "crash" noise and then silence]

That was all that was on my hard drive. . .

	- AkR
	- ar2w@andrew.cmu.edu
___
Art is anything you can get away with.
	  - Marshal McLuhan

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 3:27:19 CST
From: cowles@hydra.convex.com (John Cowles)
Message-Id: <9210290927.AA02317@hydra.convex.com>
Subject: Ultrasound Daily Digest V1 #3
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

What kind of garbage was at the end of the digest? Were you aware of what
went out?

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 11:04:18 -0500
From: schles@server.cs.jhu.edu
Message-Id: <9210291603.AA28937@orca.es.com>
Subject: Ultrasound Daily Digest V1 #3
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Please folks - don't send chain letters to the digest.  I don't need the disk
space being used for that.  And chain letters ARE prohibited on the machines hhere at jhu.  - Phil

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