GUS Daily Digest            Tue, 24 Jan 95  9:37 PST     Volume 18: Issue  23 

Today's Topics:
                    @GUS & Diamond & os/2 warp!!!
                          CD Audio thru GUS
                         CDROM AUDIO READING
                    EPAS acting weird (FTP server)
                  GUS Daily Digest V18 #22 (4 msgs)
                           GUS MAX Stealth
                      GUS with The Magic Carpet
                           help for gusser
                         HMI driver problems
                          HMI Driver probs.
                            King Quest VII
                          Lion King Software
                               Marcato
                            Marcato patch
                         OS/2 version of SBOS
                            os\2 WARP+GUS
                Problems with MIDI on a Ultrasound MAX
                     sound cutting out in Doom II
                         WC3 and xx-bit sound

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: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 23:41:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Gunnar Swanson <gunnar@email.unc.edu>
Subject: @GUS & Diamond & os/2 warp!!!

Fellow GUSers,

Excuse this note.  To the fellow who wrote in about the Diamond Stealth 
and the GUS not working in Warp I have answers for both of your questions 
please write to me at 

		gunnar@mail.unc.edu

and I will get you the correct info you need regarding the Stealth the 
GUS and Warp.  

Sorry for the bandwidth.

Gunnar Swanson

end.

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:13:45 GMT
From: "Mark D. Billinge" <PPYLMDB@ppn3.physics.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: CD Audio thru GUS

> Also, someone mentioned that it might be possible to route digital 
> audio directly to the GUS rather than recording to disk and then playing 
> it as a .wav file.  Has such a program been developed yet?  Thanks.

I wrote just such a program a while back, for a project I never 
completed.  Anyhow, it plays sound from the CD in 16 bit stereo at 
22Khz, 44.1Khz or 88.2Khz, depending on the speed of the drive of 
course.  The sound is not particularly good since it clicks and 
skips.  This is because I don't know how to write a double-
buffered clickfree playback routine like the one in playfile.

Any masochists want to nick my (awful) source code and fix it up?  
Email me if you do.

Mark

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:15:47 +0100 (MET)
From: Dick Verweij <hpverwei@cs.ruu.nl>
Subject: CDROM AUDIO READING

> 
> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 21:44:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
> Subject: CD digital through SCSI bus -- where are FTP sites?
> 
> I have been directed to try these programs to sample audio through my 
> Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM drive.
> 
> > CDDA       -> For some SCSI-CDROM's
> > DA2WAVxx   -> Newer version of CDDA ??
> > CDGRAB     SCSI also (?), demo-version available for testing only
> > CDGRAB-PRO ?
> > CDDAREAD   ?
> > CDINFO     Non scsi and maybe also scsi
> > CDMON      ?
> > CDAR       ?
> But my archie reveals no sites for them (or they're other things that 
> have the letters "cd" in them).  Can someone tell me which sites have 
> them?  Also, someone mentioned that it might be possible to route digital 
> audio directly to the GUS rather than recording to disk and then playing 
> it as a .wav file.  Has such a program been developed yet?  Thanks.
> 
> 						-Peter
> 
For the people that missed the music-digest here it is again:

Subject: PLAYING CDROM AUDIO DIGITAL THROUGH GUS

About the last discussion about CDROM audio. 
I have made a program which reads CDROM audio data through the MSCDEX 
interface.
(CDINFO)
For some time I am working at a program which reads (in real time) CD audio 
into memory & plays it on the GUS.
Just as Klaas Hemstra mentioned you can be able to do nice tricks:
* SCRATCH with your CDROM (working on it)
* Play BACKWARDS!!  
* Play as slow/quick as the device can handle.

The program is in VERY-alpha-state.. so I do not know if I get all of these 
tricks done.

But anyone who has suggestion, please write. (hpverwei@cs.ruu.nl)


Here's some extra info about CDINFO..

CDINFO can read some drives which are hooked up using SCSI (hardware) and have 
an interface with DOS through MSCDEX (software). But the program was made for 
drives which have only the MSCDEX interface. (Non-SCSI)
Beware of some facts:
* Some CDROMs do not have the capability to READ RAW AUDIO!! (Due to copyright
  issues)
* Many CD AUDIO GRABBERS DO NOT SYNCHRONIZE THE SOUND DATA. Resulting in skips
  & pops during play. Also the frequency is not quite right!
  - CDINFO has a synchronize-scheme allowing you to read the sound
  data in superior quality.

AUTHOR: DICK VERWEIJ
internet email: hpverwei@cs.ruu.nl

Main purpose is to download CD digital audio data straight from your
cdrom to your harddisk. Without any sampling errors/hiss/destortion.
In full 16bit, 44100 hz stereo sound. no need for a soundcard!!

Everything can be entered in redbook mode/ high sierra mode... easy
Reads raw audio data through mscdex interface (no scsi needed)
Up to zillion tracks.. handy for sampler disks
Audio channel manipulation .. panning
Saves in wav.. great compatibility
Gives info about your cd.. see if your data CDROM has an audio track
Plays cd audio on background...also in DOS/WINDOWS
Nice graphic drawing.. ahem
Graphic and text interface.. for old monitors
Synchronized read of CD audio data... error free
Etc...

ONLY $5 to register!!!!!


Uploaded to:
FTP: archive.epas.utoronto.ca
DIR: /pub/pc/ultrasound/dos/util
FILE: cdinfo14.zip

FTP: ftp.cdrom.com
DIR: /pub/cdrom/incoming
FILE: 14cdinfo.zip (NOT CDINFO15.ZIP!! IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROGRAM)

Also uploaded to ftp.cs.ruu.nl
dir: /pub/MIDI/PROGRAMS/MSDOS
file: cdinfo14.zip


Drives with success:

cdrom drive [SONY CDU33A]
driver name [SLCD.SYS version 1.71a]
MSCDEX version [2.22]

cdrom drive [ MATSUSHITA / CREATIVE]
driver name [SBCD.SYS]
MSCDEX version [2.23]

cdrom drive [Panasonic CR-562-B]
driver name [ CDMKE.SYS]
MSCDEX version [2.23]

cdrom drive [SONY CDU-55E]
driver name [ATAPI.SYS v2.17a]
MSCDEX version [2.23]

No success:
cdrom drive [SOME MITSUMI FX Series]
Error: Sector not found errors, also with other cdda-readers!



-- 
DickyDick
email: hpverwei@cs.ruu.nl  
ONLY A DICK MAKES IT POSSIBLE

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 13:54:28 +0100 (MET)
From: Dick Verweij <hpverwei@cs.ruu.nl>
Subject: EPAS acting weird (FTP server)

Why is EPAS acting weird.. it asks for a email address as password but 
the password it accepts is only 8 characters wide..

-- 
DickyDick
email: hpverwei@cs.ruu.nl  
ONLY A DICK MAKES IT POSSIBLE

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 10:35:46 -0800
From: drkszk@ocf.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V18 #22

//--- forwarded letter -------------------------------------------------------
> Date: 23 Jan 95 18:18:31+0100
> From: Vincent RAYMOND <vincent@orsay.icdc.fr>
> Subject: OS/2 is not my friend for now
> 	Please, I've just try to install OS2 WARP and:
> 	My GUS MAX is not recognised....,
> 	My DIAMOND STEALTH 64 is not recognised ... etc,etc...
> 	Is anyone of you, my GUS friends, could HELP ME or
> 	indicate me a mailing list on OS2 or DIAMOND...
> 			Thanks for all in advance.
> 					Vince. (vincent@orsay.icdc.fr).
	The GUS is not recognized because Gravis' OS/2 drivers are still in
testing.  Warp's install only detects hardware for which it has drivers (of
course).  I'm surprised the Stealth 64 isn't found, though.  I don't recall
whether the drivers ship with Warp, but I'd think it would find some sort of
S3.
	In any case, without true Plug-and-Play, no autodetect is going to get
everything.  Just install with VGA and no sound for starters.  Once you get
drivers, use Selective Install to change your video display and Multimedia
Install to add the GUS drivers.
	Both drivers should be on ftp-os2.cdrom.com.  You can also get the
Gravis alpha drivers from their BBS.  Don't know about Diamond, though you
could just call their tech support line.

Derek
drkszk@ocf.berkeley.edu

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 22:11:51 +0200
From: sniiran@freenet.hut.fi (Samuli Niiranen)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V18 #22

>From: nwakefie@kirk.att.com
>Subject: Help With Grand Prix?
>
>I have just bought an Ultrasound Max and i am trying to get it to work with
>Grand Prix (Micropose), using the roland emulation. But when I use Mega-em
>with emuset all i get is a rather dodgey theme tune and then a couple of funny
>notes when I play. I'm using Qemm and a Cyrix DX40 processor, so if someone
>could tell me what i should be doing I would be very thankfull.
>
>Nick
>
   Have you tried the new SBOSMAX? It should work OK.. And BTW, the notes
   you get when using megaem are normal; megaem just doesn't support the
   roland SYSEX (it's used to modify a instrument patch to a sound effect)

--
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Samuli Niiranen PML Turku, Finland + Mein Beutelmaus hat verstopfung.
sniiran@freenet.hut.fi             +  -a quote from a German book meaning:
samulin@walli.uwasa.fi             + "My Wombat has constipation":)

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 95 9:04:01 CST
From: Mike Laster <lasterm@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V18 #22

> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 21:44:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
> Subject: CD digital through SCSI bus -- where are FTP sites?
> 
> I have been directed to try these programs to sample audio through my 
> Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM drive.
> 
> > CDDA       -> For some SCSI-CDROM's
> > DA2WAVxx   -> Newer version of CDDA ??
> > CDGRAB     SCSI also (?), demo-version available for testing only
> > CDGRAB-PRO ?
> > CDDAREAD   ?
> > CDINFO     Non scsi and maybe also scsi
> > CDMON      ?
> > CDAR       ?
> 
> But my archie reveals no sites for them (or they're other things that 
> have the letters "cd" in them).  Can someone tell me which sites have 
> them?  Also, someone mentioned that it might be possible to route digital 
> audio directly to the GUS rather than recording to disk and then playing 
> it as a .wav file.  Has such a program been developed yet?  Thanks.

I know the CD player that comes with OS/2 MMPM/2 is capable of direct
digital transfer.  At least, it works with my Toshiba SCSI CD (4101 model
I believe).

--
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  Mike Laster   |     lasterm@hpserv.utulsa.edu     |  1:170/300.23@fidonet
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     GCS d? -p+ c++++ l(!) u++ e+ m---/+ s n--- h/--/* f? g+ w+ t(+) r y?
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Despite the cost of living, it remains popular.
==============================================================================

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 11:02:01 -0600 (CST)
From: Reginald Atkins <ratkins@comp.uark.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V18 #22

I have a question about the 3.59 disk set...I downloaded and installed 
them and everything is fine except Doom II it does not play. It locks up 
after the ultrasnd is initilized giving me a black screen. I'm going to 
reinstall Doom II and reinstall the origional Doom to see if it a problem 
with the Doom engine or if it is specific to Doom II.

also... in responce to the person talking about the Sony CDU55E audio cd 
problem.. if your audio cord was like mine it was, left empty right 
ground, the pinouts for the gravis are, left grnd grnd right, so I 
studied the connector and pushed down the tabs holding the individual 
metal plugs in the adapter in place and slid out the individual plugs and 
connected them directly to the cd audio of the gravis and it's working 
fine I have an origional gravis 2.4 revision board. In windows remember 
to install the cd audio driver in the control panel or you will hear 
nothing. Just remember that if you take this direct approach to 
connection the audio cable to insulate the cabel plugs or problems could 
arise if the connection is not secure.

reg.

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:30:25 +0500
From: rroyer@vt.edu (Bob Royer)
Subject: GUS MAX Stealth

	Please, I've just try to install OS2 WARP and:


	My GUS MAX is not recognised....,
                there are some drivers  in a file called
                os2_031a.zip should be able to get from Gravis ftp site
	My DIAMOND STEALTH 64 is not recognised
                try using the S3 86C864 setting 
                is the generic driver for most 64 bit cards.


rroyer@vt.edu
 

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 00:02:42 +0200 (EET)
From: Matti Toikkanen <mato@krksun.krk.fi>
Subject: GUS with The Magic Carpet

Has anyone succeeded in getting any digisound out of this game?
I've tried it with MAXSBOS (I've got regular GUS) and the fm-musics work ok.

The game seems to use older versions of HMI-drivers and its internal
setup is 'hard-coded (doesn't allow you to select gus, even if you've
copied newer versions of the HMI-drivers over the old ones).

So..
Is there a hex-trick to enable gus-support in this marvellous game or do we
have to wait for another patch. (if they care to make it)
 

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 14:41:05 EST
From: hallo276@osiris.elte.hu
Subject: help for gusser

I have problems with the following games: Warcraft, Beneath the steel sky, 
Aces of the deep, Theme Park, All new world of Lemmings< this one is 
listed gus compatible!>. Please, can anybody help me? < I know i already sent 
for Warcraft and Beneath, but i ****ed up my responses somehow.
                            Thanks 
                                         Herpai Gergely

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Date: Mon, 23 JAN 95 19:24:02 BST
From: ERH6HALLS@CLUSTER.NORTH-LONDON.AC.UK
Subject: HMI driver problems

Date sent:  23-JAN-1995 19:22:30 

Simon says: I won't do what you tell me  

I've recently got a CR562b cd-rom drive (double-speed), and have started 
playing some of the backlog of demos I've built up... However good the demos 
are, I cannot get any sensible sound from *any* game which uses the HMI*.386 
drivers. There is either no sound, or the sound is badly cut up. The demo of 
CyberWar, which uses newer HMI*.DRV drivers, works fine, but the NASCAR demo, 
which is wonderfully smooth with no sound, removes all it's detail and locks my 
joystick (plugged in the i/o card) when I enable sound. This is a pity, as I 
now don't know whether to buy the game in the hope that it has newer drivers, 
or whether to sigh and let it pass. The WC3 demo didn't work with sound, 
either..
My system:
	Generic 486/33dx, Opti m/b with bad DMA.. AMI bios, ISA bus. 8Mb ram.
	Trident 1Mb video card.
	Tekram ISA IDE cache controller.
	Unknown 83Mb hard drive.
	Quantum 340Mb hard drive.
	
	1Mb v2.4 Ultrasound.
	3Com 3c503 NIC on IRQ 5.

	DOS 6.2, Ultrasnd v3.56 (probably) install.


I've tried all combinations of DMA and IRQ, with as many games/demos as 
possible. I've tried with and without loadpats. I bought the Ultrasound new, 
so I'm not a beginner with it..	It's been trouble before but never this badly 
and never with no sign of a solution. Is there a problem with these old cards 
and the newer drivers? Gravis?. Looking through the driver libraries, the 
Gravis HMI drivers seem to have been written in 1992.. 	Is it a problem with 
DOS4GW ? I tend to keep the newest version I can find on my path and delete the 
others (v1.97).

This problem is concerning me.. I don't just use the card for games, I write 
music and program the thing, but I had thought that the software support was 
*finally* improving.. but this "improving" software support means no support 
for me! one of my housemates has just spent 3 days configuring his new AWE32 
(hah!) but now it finally works, it works all the time! why can't I have the 
same trouble-free life?

Thanks in advance,

S.

|====================================================================|
| Simon R.Hall  North London University  |    erh6halls@unl.ac.uk    |
| Nothing much to say....		 |    rsh@zodiac.unl.ac.uk   |
|====================================================================|

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Date: Tue, 24 JAN 95 11:58:10 BST
From: ERH6HALLS@CLUSTER.NORTH-LONDON.AC.UK
Subject: HMI Driver probs.

Date sent:  24-JAN-1995 11:45:05 

Simon says: I won't do what you tell me  

>Via: uk.ac.unl.clstr; Mon, 23 Jan 1995 19:15:19 +0000
>Date: Mon, 23 JAN 95 19:15:50 BST
>From: ERH6HALLS@UK.AC.NORTH-LONDON.CLUSTER
>To: gus-general <gus-general@edu..orst.ucs.gaia>
>Subject: Problems with HMI drivers
>
>Date sent:  23-JAN-1995 18:54:02 
>
>I've recently got a CR562b cd-rom drive (double-speed), and have started 
>playing some of the backlog of demos I've built up... However good the demos 
>are, I cannot get any sensible sound from *any* game which uses the HMI*.386 
>drivers. There is either no sound, or the sound is badly cut up. The demo of 
>CyberWar, which uses newer HMI*.DRV drivers, works fine, but the NASCAR demo, 
>which is wonderfully smooth with no sound, removes all it's detail and locks 
>my joystick (plugged in the i/o card) when I enable sound. This is a pity, as I
>now don't know whether to buy the game in the hope that it has newer drivers, 
>or whether to sigh and let it go into the bin that is Gravis missed 
>opportunities. The WC3 demo didn't work with sound, either..
>
>My system:
>	Generic 486/33dx, Opti m/b with bad DMA.. AMI bios, ISA bus. 8Mb ram.
>	Trident 1Mb video card.
>	Tekram ISA IDE cache controller.
>	Unknown 83Mb hard drive.
>	Quantum 340Mb hard drive.
>	
>	1Mb v2.4 Ultrasound at 0x220
>	3Com 3c503 NIC on IRQ 5. (not usually in use)
>
>	DOS 6.2, Ultrasnd v3.56 (probably) install.
>	OS/2 2.1 (sometimes)
>
>I've tried all combinations of DMA and IRQ, with as many games/demos as 
>possible. I've tried with and without loadpats. I bought the Ultrasound new, 
>so I'm not a beginner with it..	It's been trouble before but never this badly 
>and never with no sign of a solution. Is there a problem with these old cards 
>and the newer drivers? Gravis?. Looking through the driver libraries, the 
>Gravis HMI drivers seem to have been written in 1992.. 	Is it a problem with 
>DOS4GW ? I tend to keep the newest version I can find on my path and delete the 
>others (v1.97).
>
>This problem is concerning me.. I don't just use the card for games, I write 
>music and program the thing, but I had thought that the software support was 
>*finally* improving.. but this "improving" software support means no support 
>for me! one of my housemates has just spent 3 days configuring his new AWE32 
>(hah!) but now it finally works, it works all the time! why can't I have the 
>same trouble-free life?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>S.
>
>|====================================================================|
>| Simon R.Hall  North London University  |    erh6halls@unl.ac.uk    |
>| Nothing much to say....		 |    rsh@zodiac.unl.ac.uk   |
>|====================================================================|
>

My apologies for mailing that before reading a weeks worth of digests.. 
providing it got through, of course. 

I tried the bus speed reduction, even put it down to CPUCLK/6, which on a 33Mhz 
machine is *tedious*. Still no change. Does anyone know if the revised HMI 
drivers will be compatible with programs which use the present ones? The HMI*.
DRV stuff from the Cyberwar demo crashes the games which use the *.386 drivers, 
so I guess they're completely different?

My housemate's started playing with his AWE properly.. I was hoping to get a 
new trumpet patch off him, put the built-in patches sound *terrible*.
Has anyone seen any new brass patches? there's none in PROPATS..

And: I would like to congratulate Gravis on the OS/2 driver.. The MIDI side 
sounds amazing! why it sounds so much better, I don't know.. The D/S playback 
is OK, but seems to work rather erratically.. probably my rather cobbled-
together OS/2 setup.. roll on the Feb. Warp!

Thanks etc..

S.


|====================================================================|
| Simon R.Hall  North London University  |    erh6halls@unl.ac.uk    |
| Nothing much to say....		 |    rsh@zodiac.unl.ac.uk   |
|====================================================================|

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 20:28:48-010
From: amfg@cic.teleco.ulpgc.es (Angel Fern'andez Gonz'alez)
Subject: King Quest VII

This game has the best soundtrack I have ever heard from
any game. I am using a GUS MAX with 1mb. under Windows but 
I have to use 1024.mid to first load the patches.But during the
install process the midi capabilities of the card are tested
and a midi file is played, but the patches are the loaded from
the hard disk although during the game any patch is loaded
from it. Does anybody know of any way to get patch caching or
of any patch or upgrade to make it GUS NATIVE PATCH CACHING AWARE?.
	Thanks in advance.

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:28:37 -0500
From: AdvGravis@aol.com
Subject: Lion King Software

I have seen many postings regarding the game "THE LION KING".  

Since this game is currently in development by Virgin Interactive and has not
yet been released, I am wondering what game the rest of you are referring to?

Bryan

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 14:07:15 -0800 (PST)
From: George <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Marcato

>>     I don't think the marcato.pat is messed up.  I've been in an 
>> orchestra and seen many.  The violins are on the left, the voilas and 
>> cellos middle and near right, and the basses are on the right.  If the 
>> patch is played the other way, _then_ one will be sitting _in_ the 
>> orchestra.
> I agree with you about the arrangement you say - if you re-read 
>the original message, I said exactly what you said - that is the 
>violins were on the right in marcato.pat and should be on the left - 
>I'm not entirely uncultured myself either!
>As the patch stands, the bass strings are on the left.  
>That's wrong, surely, if you are in the audience.  Which is the 
>obvious place you would be.
>Mark

Wait a minute, what is the String Ensemble 1 (marcato.pat) composed of?  
Surely all of those stringed instruments playing at the same time right!? 
So why is there any panning when all of them are played at the same 
time?  This L-R panning for marcato.pat can sound ridiculous on some midi 
files, ie. allegro.mid, where the patch has to switch from left to right 
when it plays certain notes as if the violins, cellos, bass strings are 
taking turns.

-George

<EOT>

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 18:37:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Thomas Ngo <tngo@netcom.com>
Subject: Marcato patch

On Mon, 23 Jan -1, GUS Server wrote:
> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 09:51:32 GMT
> From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Marcato patch
> 
> There's been a lot of discussion lately about MARCATO.PAT having
> the orchestra reversed left-to-right. Am I going mad? I thought
> that patches were *NOT* in stereo, and that they just consisted of
> a single sample whose pan position could be set somewhere between
> left and right i.e. your left and right are the same, except
> that one might be louder than the other. What gives? While
> stereo patches would be technically possible, they would use
> up two of the GUS voices rather than one, so you would only
> be able to play notes on a maximum of 16 at once, rather than 32.
> 
	The waves that make up the patch are not stereo.  But they are 
set at a default panning position.  There are two(2) waves that make up 
the marcato patch.  One is the lower octaves, which should be set to the 
right but is _not_.  The other is the higher octaves, which should be set 
to the left, but again is _not_.
							Thomas

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 05:19:00 -0500
From: dave.stubbs@canrem.com (Dave Stubbs)
Subject: OS/2 version of SBOS

It seems that OS/2 Warp provides a great environment under which
DOS games can be run, when they wouldn't be possible under DOS.
I have 2 IDE hard drives, 2 SCSI hard drives, a SCSI floptical,
and a SCSI CD drive.  Obviously all the required drivers make it
impossible to play many games under DOS.

Now here's the point.  Gravis should be working their hind ends off
creating an SBOS-like SB emulator for OS/2.  In a setting where a
TSR is needed to make a certain piece of hardware accessible, OS/2
really shines.  They should call the driver SBOS/2.


 * OLX 2.1 TD * All wiyht.  Rho sritched mg kegtops awound?

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 10:56:21 +0000 (GMT)
From: D.Kho@bi.HES-RDAM.NL
Subject: os\2 WARP+GUS

This is to vincent who mailed that os\2 didn't detected GUS MAX,

Anyway I've had the same problem with my GUS + OS\2 WARP; it didn't 
detected my GUS either but, did you use the MANLEY drivers for os\2 WARP???
or the alpha drivers from gravis??? They SHOULD work with them, but it 
didn't with mine as well as my video card ( = HERCULES STINGRAY ).
Anyway , a friend of mine used the manley drivers and it worked okay with 
his os\2 but not mine( and by the looks of it, so did it with others' )
Perhaps someone has a solution to our problems,I would be very thankful as 
well as others.
And if someone knows where to find the OS\2 WARP drivers for my video card 
on the NET, please tell me and i wouldn't be worthy to yall
Anyway, HAVE A NICE GUS!!!

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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 95 23:36:10 GMT
From: Alan@alanog.demon.co.uk (Alan O'Grady)
Subject: Problems with MIDI on a Ultrasound MAX

Please help!......
I've got a Ultrasound Max (fitted with 1024k ram) and I'm having a strange 
problem playing midi files both in DOS and Windows.

Basicly...... the Gravis is installed and working, MOD files, game music / FX
and WAV files play fine. MIDI tracks load ok, but when played all the voices
sound damaged and distorted (with lots of white noise and junk in each 
instrument on playback). As mentioned earlier, this happens when using both 
the DOS and Windows MIDI software that comes with the MAX.

Thinking that the .pat voice files might be corrupt I re-installed the software
with no luck in solving the problem. To check the integrity of the supplied
disks I pulled down a few libraries of PD voices via FTP from one of the Gravis
archive sites, still no luck (voices still sound corrupt).

But here's the wierd thing..... If I take a WAV file and put it through
Patchmaker LITE converting it to a .pat it plays as a MIDI instrument in the
supplied software perfectly, no distortion - just pure sound (the way those
nice people at Advanced Gravis intended.... :) ).

The problems really got me stumped and I don't think I can face the prospect
of having to create all my own instruments. So if you can help me, please get
in touch (personal e-mail would be best - hardware settings available on 
request). 

Thanx in advance.......
 
Alan.

Smoke me a kipper!... I'll be back for breakfast

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                     **   alan@alanog.demon.co.uk   **
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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 14:20:16 EST
From: "NEMO G DE FURIA" <cs911084@red.ariel.cs.yorku.ca>
Subject: sound cutting out in Doom II

Hi,
I've been loosing sound effects in Doom spontaneously and I don't know why.
At first I thought it happened only when I load a saved game, but even after
I start a new game, the sound effects just stop.  I've checked the Doom FAQ
(version 6.666 I believe, the latest), and there's no solution.  I've 
upgraded to Doom operating system 1.7a, and still no solution.  Is this a 
well known problem, and if so, is there a solution or patch file to fix it?
I have one of the original GUSes, with 3.57 version software, 256K.  Sound
worked without a hitch in version 1 of the game, using Doom operating system
version 1.2.
Any help would be appreciated,
Nemo De Furia.

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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 14:46:45 CST
From: Steve Sesterhenn <sesterhs@Janus-ccm.zenithe.com>
Subject: WC3 and xx-bit sound

     Hey all,

     I've seen a few others ask this but there have been no responses that
     I have read.  On the Wing Commander 3 box, the Ultrasound Max is
     starred as having 16-bit sound playback, and the regular Ultrasound is
     labeled as only playing 8-bit.  ALSO, if anyone has ever played
     Descent, the setup program also recognizes the Ultrasound and the Max
     as 2 different cards.  I own a rev 2.4 regular GUS, and set up Descent
     for the Max.  Nothing came out; but setting up the game for regular
     GUS sounds awesome.

     What gives?  Anyone know?  I thought the regular GUS was supposed to
     have full 16-bit playback!

     Has anyone heard any news from Gravis or Origin or anyone else
     regarding this?

     Steve

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