GUS Daily Digest            Mon, 17 Jan 94  0:07         Volume 10: Issue  17 

Today's Topics:
			 Clicks in patches, using filters in GoldWave
					   Doom, Address, New stuff
				  GUS Daily Digest V10 #16 (2 msgs)
						 GUS Mixer - Windoze
					  lock-up and unending noise
							   Mech II
					 Midi box and joystick ports
							 MW2DEMO.ZIP
						PatchDir problem fixed
							Sample dumping
						  Syndicate and SBOS
						   TERMINATOR 2029

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: Sun, 16 Jan 94 20:07:14  GMT
From: aswani@sound.demon.co.uk (Robert Aswani)
Subject: Clicks in patches, using filters in GoldWave

I used GoldWave's Expression Evaluator to create a pure sine wave,  using
the formula sin(2*pi*66.551*t), and it was then converted into a patch using
Patch Maker Lite. When a add a loop to it it sounds fine, all I ever wanted
it to be: a bass patch. Just one problem, there is an annoyong click at the
start when the patch is played, and another annoying click at the end.

I can get rid of the click at the end by selecting the 'reduce volume
quickly while note is turned off' envelope option.  Does anybody know how to
get rid of the click at the begginning?

In GoldWave.wri, an example of a low-pass filter is given, but there is no
mention of any other filters like a high-pass filter. Does anyonbody know
the formulae for any other filters or effects that I can add to a sample
using the expression evaluator?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Robert Aswani              \    Patch Maker Lite - WARNING : Can only help
aswani@sound.demon.co.uk    \    slimming as part of a controlled diet.
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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 14:27:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Doom, Address, New stuff

> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 94 17:02 GMT
> From: DAVE <D.AUGHEY@queens-belfast.ac.uk>
> Subject: Doom & GUS query...
> 
> Could I ask some kind soul to send me a suitable GUS setup parameter list to get this great game to play music and/or sound FX.

If you're using version 0.99 (aka 1.0) of DOOM, you'll need to get
dmxgus.ini from Epas or copy ultramid.ini to dmxgus.ini in your DOOM
directory.  If you have version 1.1, then you don't need to do this.

However, for both versions, you need to set your GUS IRQs to lines
less than 8.  For example, I set my GUS IRQs to 5 (GF1) and 7 (SB/MIDI)
for DOOM.  You can make a batch file to automate this for you:

set ultrasnd=220,7,7,5,7  ; My settings -- use your own if they differ
ultrinit
doom.exe
set ultrasnd=220,7,7,12,5 ; My normal GUS settings
ultrinit

You need to use IRQs less than 8 because the DOS extender that DOOM
uses does not support the high IRQs.

> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 11:11:23 -0500 (EST)
> From: Peter Joseph Guillaume <guillau1@student.msu.edu>
> Subject: Gravis Address
> 
>      This to any Gravis rep OR anyone who's had a problem (and more hopefully
> a solution) with Gravis's address.  I'm about to send in my registration card
> and remembered reading something about the address changing.  Does anyone know
> where I should send it so I don't have all the problems I've read with others?

I think, since you're in the US, that you're supposed to send your card
to Gravis' US dist. centre:

1790 Midway Lane
Bellingham, WA
USA 98226

I'm not sure about that, so check your manual to see where you're supposed
to send your card.  The change of addressed occurred over a year ago, so 
if your GUS package is fairly recent (has a 3.4 GUS or 2.06 disks), then 
the addresses found within it should be up-to-date.

> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 94 23:59:12 CST
> From: Jim English <jenglish@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu>
> Subject: New Windows Drivers? Mega EM?
> 
> hello all, I just discovered the daily digest and want to know about the
> new windows drivers everyone's talking about and Mega EM.  I got the
> 2.06 install disks off of a CD-ROM.  I looked in reference to some msg
> about the ultrasnd.ini file and i guess it seems i dont have these new drivers.
> what site can i get them from? and what are the filenames?  Also do I get
> mega EM from a seperate file?  Are there new versions of the Patch Manager
> or the Mixer or new windows stuff?  Please E-Mail any answers.  Thanks for
> all help!!!

You can get the new Windows drivers in pmak110.zip, which is on 
archive.epas.utoronto.ca in the /pub/pc/ultrasound/submit directory.
The newest Mega-Em can be found in /pub/pc/ultrasound/submit/gravis.bbs
as megem202.zip.
The newest Patch Man is version 1.07 (I think) -- a new one hasn't been
released recently.
The new mixer is included with the new Windows drivers in pmak110.zip,
which, incidentally, is Patch Maker Lite, a patch making utility for
the GUS.

Phat.

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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 00:23:41 +1100 (GMT+1100)
From: "Mr. Michael P. Daniel." <mdani@wilbur.mbark.swin.oz.au>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V10 #16

Has anyone been able to get Indycar racing (papyrus publ.) to work with
the gus?  It has both 32bit and normal AIL drivers.  It locks up with sbos
(2.08 I think: whatever came on the 2.06a disks)  Also in the installation
section it says "adlib/sb reqd. to hear engine noise"  This seems to me to
mean that it uses FM sysnthesis for engine noise therfore it won't work
with the gus, even with AIL drviers.  


				-Michael Daniel-
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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 10:07:48 -0500 (EST)
From: fwang@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Frank Wang)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V10 #16

> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 94 23:59:12 CST
> From: Jim English <jenglish@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu>
> Subject: New Windows Drivers? Mega EM?
> 
> hello all, I just discovered the daily digest and want to know about the
> new windows drivers everyone's talking about and Mega EM.  I got the
> 2.06 install disks off of a CD-ROM.  I looked in reference to some msg
> about the ultrasnd.ini file and i guess it seems i dont have these new drivers.

When is Gravis going to start releasing Mega-Em on their distribution disks?
They're big time shooting themselves in the foot until they do so.  You'd
think that with the official 2.02 release, and Gravis buying Mega-Em they'd
do it already.

			- Frank Wang
			  fwang@sbcs.sunysb.edu

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 19:00:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Telepathic Surgery <yaga@u.washington.edu>
Subject: GUS Mixer - Windoze

I just recently installed the new windoze drivers (I know, I'm lazy...), 
and can get everything to work (i.e.  no probs with midi/patches etc.). 
	
	However, I'm having a problem with the GUS mixer now.  Everytime I start 
up, the volumes are low - the .wavs and the midi are way too quiet, and the 
right midi channel is totally silenced - so I have to go into the mixer 
and adjust the volumes.  I was under the impression that windoze was 
supposed to save everything upon exit, so why won't it record the volume 
levels and keep them constant?  What can I do to keep the volumes the 
same?  

Any and all help is appreciated.  Thank you vey much!

chris
yaga@u.washington.edu

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 11:00:31 -0500
From: ak016@freenet.carleton.ca (John Collins)
Subject: lock-up and unending noise

I've had my GUS for a while now, and I think I've gotten all the kinks
worked out, except one rather thorny one.  Occasionally, when playing a
game (most notably X Wing, RTZ), my machine will lock up solid (requiring
hard boot) and the GUS will give me a lovely rendition of all of its
patches, cyclically and unceasingly, until my computer's reboot
re-initializes the card.

This happens most frequently when running mega-em; for instance, it always
happens in one particular spot in X Wing when running mega-em, but does
not happen in that spot if I'm using SBOS.

In RTZ, I'm using Ultramid, etc., and the problem seems to happen after
I've saved my game.  I have a suspicion that I may be conflicting with my
hard drive in some way, here, because it most often locks up if I try to
move too soon after I've saved, and not given the disk caching enough time
to finish what it's doing.  I can't tell if I have a DMA conflict with my
hard drive, because I don't know how to find out what DMA my hard drive is
using; setup won't tell me, and I can't find a utility that will either
(apparently it's usually "1", but I can't tell for sure).

So, sorry for the length of this post, but I would really like to solve
this problem, and feel sure that someone here can help me.  Thanks.

ak016@freenet.carleton.ca (John Collins)

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 13:46:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Joerg Bashir <spinoza@shamu.micro.umn.edu>
Subject: Mech II

I know that it comes with Ultramid, and you can select GUS from the
DIGI-PAK testing module.. BUT

DIGI-PAK can't seem to find its .SND file.

The ultramid that comes with it doesn't run because it can't find the
$ULTRAMID/midi files or something to that effect.

When I use ultramid from Rampage, and then load the digipak driver,
erything works, except there is no sound in MW2.  Does this have anything
to do with the fact that the GUS is not in the install programs soundcard
menu?

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 14:25:28 -0500 (EST)
From: "K.S. Holly" <u8843389@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca>
Subject: Midi box and joystick ports

Hi all,

Does anyone have or know where to find a schematic for the midi box that 
includes the pinouts for the second joystick port? The diagram I have 
only shows one joystick port and I know that a standard y-cable will not 
work.

Any and all help very much appreciated.....

Kevin

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 94 08:52:55 -0500
From: liaor@churchst.ccs.itd.umich.edu
Subject: MW2DEMO.ZIP

Unfortunately, the demo is a beta-version.  I couldn't get it running on my
system.  Furthermore, someone told me the demo isn't very good (slow and
poor control...left-right is very coarse, so it's possible to not be able to
target a small mech simply because it's width is less than the granularity
of your movement.)

At least it does left/right panning if you have a stereo-equipped card
(GUS).

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 05:30:16 -0700 (MST)
From: jhender@nyx.cs.du.edu (djkc)
Subject: PatchDir problem fixed

OK, I installed pmak110 (patch maker lite), and put ultrasnd.ini in the
/sound/gus/windows directory (equivalent to /ultrasnd/windows), but not
the /sound/gus (/ultrasnd) dir...!

This was my problem!  So, I copied the pmak110 ultrasnd.ini into it and
EVERYTHING WORKS FINE NOW!

do try this at home  :)

-djkc

p.s.- why does ultrasnd.ini have to be in both /ultrasnd and 
	  /ultrasnd/windows ?

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 94 2:11:49 CST
From: Jay Stelly <jay@csccat.cs.com>
Subject: Re: Sample dumping

> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 00:51:30 -0700 (MST)
> From: jhender@nyx.cs.du.edu (djkc)
> Subject: Sample dumping
> 
> I'd like to know which options I have in dumping samples off of and on to
> my Ultrasound.
> 
> I have an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler which has Digital I/O and MIDI.
> Is there a way to transfer samples (ASR <-> PC) digitally, instead of
> through the audio lines?  I don't want to lose any quality in my samples.
> 
> I've heard of MIDI dumps, and that they take a long time to do.
> Is there any software for doing this on the Ultrasound?
> 

I don't know of any software that supports MIDI sample dumps to/from the ASR
10, but they are painfully slow anyway, so you probably don't want to do this.

I think the program EPSDISK supports the ASR-10 in some way.  It allows you
to transfer data to/from EPS/EPS-16+ disks using your standard PC 3.5" drive
you can get it from ftp.reed.edu.  I'm sorry I don't know exactly where it
is.  There is also a mailing list for EPS/EPS-16/ASR10 owners that you can
subscribe to.  There is probably some info on it on ftp.reed.edu as well.
(I'm subscribed, but I don't have the address handy - there are some others
on this list who are there too, so maybe one of them can fill you in).

Jay Stelly
jay@cs.com

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 00:47:53 -0800 (PST)
From: wyattc@sfu.ca
Subject: Syndicate and SBOS

I'm having trouble getting Syndicate to work with my Ultrasound.

I used the GUS-SYND program, with SBOS loaded, and I can get the
music, but not the sound effects.

I tried loading SBOS with the -o2 and -o3 options as well, with
GUS-SYND, and without.  If I don't use GUS-SYND, I don't get any sound
at all, although I do hear an initialization "pop"

Port: 240h
IRQ: 7
DMA: 1

Can anybody figure out why I'm not getting any sound effects?


-- 
Wyatt Cheng
wyattc@sfu.ca

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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 94 15:13:20 +0200
From: tjakobs@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl (THEO_JAKOBS TEL.62667)
Subject: Re: TERMINATOR 2029

hi..

you can use the AIL drivers with this game... It worked for me, and all the
sounds and music sound great...

Just follow the instructions that came with the Gravis Ail drivers and the
game should work...

Thank god for AIL drivers!!!!!!

Andre Jakobs
  MicroBrain Technologies Inc.
	The Netherlands

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