Ultrasound Daily Digest     Wed, 25 Aug 93       Volume 5: Issue  24  

Today's Topics:
						How to play .au files?
		  MidiSoft Recording Session Difficulties  (2 msgs)

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	- Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest.
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 7:58:42 EDT
From: Ferd Brundick (ACISD/CTD/MSB) <fsbrn@BRL.MIL>
Subject: Re: How to play .au files?
Message-ID: <9308240758.aa06705@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>

Haah,

Greg Maier asked about playing .au files.  If you're running Windoze,
get a copy of the shareware program Goldwave.  Or get sox7dos.zip from
epas.  It will convert several sound formats, and I think you can use
it to change to a format play-whatsit understands.  (It's too early for
me and my GUS is at home :-)

btw, underdog.au isn't a wonderful recording, but it is recognizable.

										dsw, fferd
										Fred S. Brundick
										USARL, APG, MD.
										<fsbrn@arl.army.mil>

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 13:23:06 -0400
From: "Momentary language, sexual situations" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: Re: MidiSoft Recording Session Difficulties 
Message-ID: <9308241723.AA11380@magick.tay2.dec.com>

[tale of woes using Recording Session deleted]

>          Come on Gravis, either include software that works and is well coded
> (not a quickly stripped down version of a commercial product), or don't
> include any at all.

I'd like to echo this message and direct it to both MidiSoft and Howling
Dog. Charging big bucks (I consider $75 to be big bucks) for the "Pro"
version of your program when you've stripped out the more useful features
in the "free" version, isn't exactly a cool thing. I've seen a few
responses from Eric Bell saying basically, "Oh, you can't do that with
PowerChords, get PowerChords Pro [out real soon now] for $75." Or the
hacked up helpfile in Recording Session that lists options that don't
exist.

Either include full-featured versions of software that WORKS or don't
include anything. Getting shareware (wconvert.exe) or "stripped" programs
doesn't reflect well on anyone, especially Gravis...

DDA

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 18:48:18 -0400
From: jericho!gord (Gord Wait S-MOS Systems Vancouver Design Center)
Subject: MidiSoft Recording Session Difficulties
Message-ID: <9308242248.AA17419@smos.bc.ca>

I too had lots of problems with MRS, I stopped using it. Too bad,
cause it looks like a decent user interface. I'll be spending my 
cash on PowerChords Pro in a few weeks. 

My message to Midisoft is that I won't be purchasing their
"full blown" version based on my experience with the freebie version.
I think the demo version kind of backfired...

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