The GUS Daily Digest Wednesday, 13 December 1995 Volume 26 : Number 008 Today's Topics: Re: Ultrasound Plug&Play Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 SCSI, CD-Rom and GUS ProPatches Lite - a critical opinion Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Wav from CD?! GUS/SBOS and Darkseed? ProPatches Lite - a critical opinion How much memory does my GUS have? temporarily unsubscribing from individual mailing list RE: The GUS Daily Digest V25 #34 RE: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Wanted: WAV converter FT2 vs MIDI keyboard - More Q. MIDI docs for GUS MAX Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 Installation of GUS sound for LINUX ?? Re: GUS and win95 Sound in AVIs Full Duplex Pro Pats Lite WPatmenu Re: Some cuestions [none] Computer Music bibliography Where has it gone?? RE: Tie Fighter RE: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 Re: Full Duplex Midi files/software archives on the Internet Re: gus / scsi card conflict Re: The 11th Hour and Gus Civilization (was: Some cuestions) Re: Some cuestions RE: gus / ultrastore 34f conflict... RE: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 SCSI, CD-Rom and GUS [none] Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 temporarily unsubscribing from individual mailing list MIDI docs for GUS MAX Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 GUS/SBOS and Darkseed? Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 Wav from CD?! RE: Tie Fighter RE: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 Re: GUS and win95 Sound in AVIs How much memory does my GUS have? RE: The GUS Daily Digest V25 #34 Installation of GUS sound for LINUX ?? FT2 vs MIDI keyboard - More Q. Wanted: WAV converter ProPatches Lite - a critical opinion ProPatches Lite - a critical opinion Wanted: WAV converter wave playing problems Interwave Question CakeWalk 4.0 Volume changes in Win Re: Installation of GUS sound for LINUX ?? 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 01:45:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Ultrasound Plug&Play What's Gravis' 800 number? --Caephus On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, Brian Curran wrote: > Just to let everyone know (if we can trust Gravis.. I know, a BIG if..) > Gravis is claiming through their 800 number that the Ultrasound Plug&Play > should be ready for shipment in two weeks. Maybe even before Xmas. > > As someone who never got around to improving his original GUS, I > can't wait to upgrade. Let's just hope they've worked most of the bugs out. > > Brian > brian@marva4.ncsc.med.va.gov > ------------------------------ From: John Patrick Lestrade Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 08:33:03 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 What is the current status of the original gus and win95? i tried installing the latest drivers (gus0411?) and first I had to boot into DOS (beurk) and second there wasn't enough 640k available for the install. is gravis planning a win95 install? does it already exist? thanks - -- John Patrick Lestrade | Lestrade@batse.msfc.nasa.gov | Lestrade@cesr.cnes.fr | ------------------------------ From: ricky@creative.lt.flashnet.it Date: Sat, 09 Dec 95 08:01:04 EST Subject: SCSI, CD-Rom and GUS To Yossi: Thanks about the tip of moving the base address from 210 to 240. Anyway I dont have this problem at the moment.. I sold my old GUS and I'm waiting to buy the P'nP :))). ------------------------------ From: Gerd Reichinger Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 21:00:26 +0100 Subject: ProPatches Lite - a critical opinion As the author of the biggest _quality_ collection of MIDI files for the GUS, I felt that I had to try out the highly acclaimed Propatches Lite (PPL). First of all I want to say that Eero Raesaenen did a great job compiling this new patch set. It is well-balanced and it seems to be a big improvement when playing MIDI files from commercial games software. However, I cannot agree with the enthusiastic opinions posted by various people in this digest. I tried out a lot of high-quality MIDI files from my collection, and I must say that I'm a little disappointed. With PPL our beloved GUS tends to sound like an ordinary wavetable board - without getting close to the better ones (Roland SC-10, SC-15 etc.). Not much is left of the often-mentioned brilliant sound quality. Even though the new patches are well chosen many of them sound a bit muffled and dull. Some patches have grown bigger and still sound worse than before (the overdriven and distorted guitars for example). I guess the problem is that Eero does neither have the equipment nor the skill to produce high-quality patches like the professionals (Roland, Terratec etc.). This is not meant as an offence but as an explanation. And what is worst: Some of the best MIDI files available - the ones that (probably) sounded better on the GUS than on any other card - now tend to sound mediocre. My conclusion: PPL makes the GUS sound better on an average, but you lose the brilliant sound quality that made some MIDI files so special on a GUS. Greetings, Gerd. - -- The "Very Best of GUS MIDI" Collection is available at: http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e8925292/bestmid.htm ------------------------------ From: Chris McKillop Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:29:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Hey!@!! There is a new version of Tie fighter out, Tie Fighter Deluxe, and I am wondering LA decided to ad Native GUS support in it...Does anyone here know???? Thanks!!! Chris ------------------------------ From: Mark Notarus Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:23:53 -0600 Subject: Wav from CD?! >From: ricky@creative.lt.flashnet.it >Date: Thu, 07 Dec 95 22:41:09 EST >Subject: Wav to CD.. > >Hi. >As you know there are many programs that can take the audio data >>from a CD track and put it into a 44Khz,16bit stereo Wav file. >I need exactly the opposite. I have some 44Khz 16bit stereo Wavs >and I want to convert them into audio tracks to put on a CD. >Do you know if there is any program that can do that? Heck. Can someone point me in the direction of a program that works cd->wav file?! Never seen one. (ok, i didn't _look_ hard, but still. :) thanks! mark ------------------------------ From: ken@austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach IBM) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 09:44:47 -0600 (CST) Subject: GUS/SBOS and Darkseed? Hi all, I know this is an oldie, but is there some secret to getting Darkseed to work with the GUS, especially for digital audio? The game is locking up, but that may be unrelated to the GUS. It locks up even if I don't use SBOS or have the GUS initialized. Thanks, Ken ken@austin.ibm.com ------------------------------ From: Gerd Reichinger Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 21:00:26 +0100 Subject: ProPatches Lite - a critical opinion As the author of the biggest _quality_ collection of MIDI files for the GUS, I felt that I had to try out the highly acclaimed Propatches Lite (PPL). First of all I want to say that Eero Raesaenen did a great job compiling this new patch set. It is well-balanced and it seems to be a big improvement when playing MIDI files from commercial games software. However, I cannot agree with the enthusiastic opinions posted by various people in this digest. I tried out a lot of high-quality MIDI files from my collection, and I must say that I'm a little disappointed. With PPL our beloved GUS tends to sound like an ordinary wavetable board - without getting close to the better ones (Roland SC-10, SC-15 etc.). Not much is left of the often-mentioned brilliant sound quality. Even though the new patches are well chosen many of them sound a bit muffled and dull. Some patches have grown bigger and still sound worse than before (the overdriven and distorted guitars for example). I guess the problem is that Eero does neither have the equipment nor the skill to produce high-quality patches like the professionals (Roland, Terratec etc.). This is not meant as an offence but as an explanation. And what is worst: Some of the best MIDI files available - the ones that (probably) sounded better on the GUS than on any other card - now tend to sound mediocre. My conclusion: PPL makes the GUS sound better on an average, but you lose the brilliant sound quality that made some MIDI files so special on a GUS. Greetings, Gerd. - -- The "Very Best of GUS MIDI" Collection is available at: http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e8925292/bestmid.htm ------------------------------ From: Bruce A Haugh Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 23:37:07 -0600 (CST) Subject: How much memory does my GUS have? I have a GUS Max 1.8 with, I thought, 1MB DRAM. Running programs like gusdrive and IPlay with the auto memory detect say I only have 512K installed. If I manually change the setting in IPlay to 1024K, it accepts it and allows me to play large MODs. I wanted to get into writing S3Ms as MIDI files just can't cut it (for me anyways) for instruments and quality patches. The only MIDI modules I really liked are the AVM Summit and the Roland SC-88, but I digress. I want to use Scream Tracker which auto detects the memory on the card as 512K. Is this normal? Should it not say 1024k? This would be a big limitation for making a nice S3M file... ________________________________________________________________________ | Bruce A Haugh B. Sc. M. Engineering Talented Amateur | | The Conserver Group | | Engineering Consultants | | (204) 956-2129 | | yrp456@freenet.mb.ca Japanese Anime Fan Club Member | | VE4 VFR In Ultrasound | | Down with UPS!!! | |________________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------ From: Michael P Yee Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 20:27:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: temporarily unsubscribing from individual mailing list Greetings fellow GUSers! I'm going home for the holidays and won't be checking my mail for a few weeks. i successfully unsubscribed from the digests, but I am still receiving the individual mailings. Over the summer I remember subscribing to this mailer when the digest was down for a while, but I can't remember where to send an unsubscribe message! I appreciate anyone's input. Thanks and happy holidays! Michael Yee myee@tools.ecn.purdue.edu ------------------------------ From: gioragur@NETVISION.net.IL Date: Sat, 9 Dec 95 20:03:42 PST Subject: RE: The GUS Daily Digest V25 #34 - ---------------------------------------------- Hi all, Maybe it's been said before but I can't rememeber. I just bought the game Privateer (ok it's an oldy but so are Larry games and they are still great!!!), and with SBOS it starts ok but when in a dog fight the game stops and starts in intervals (so it stutters). It's become unplayable. Now I've downloaded the AILPATCH.ZIP and that says i have to run it on the SOUND.TRE file. This file doesn't exist however!!! Has anyone had the same problems and could you fix it? You can directly mail me. Thanks all in advance, Dennis menace@lcnnl.sprint.com - ---------------------------------------------- Well, i played privateer with SBOS, FX worked fine, music sucked. About the SOUND.TRE, i think it's from the Privateer speech disks, not sure though. Cheers, Yaron Gur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /\/^~^\/\ Star Date : 12/09/95 \|~o o~|/ | U | Point : 20:03:42 _\{-}/_ / | ~ | \ - -----------------------ooOo|-----------|oOoo-----< Ascii Art by >------ - -------------------------o---------------o-------< Yaron Gur >------ ------------------------------ From: "Mark.Carline" Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 13:16:06 GMT Subject: RE: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Does anyone know if the Win95 drivers have been released yet ??.. If not : FOR SALE ~~~~~~~~ Gravis ultrasound card installed with 3/4 Meg of memory Only 50 quid !!. Phone Mark on (0191) 281 4549 - UK Only!! Will swap for a Creative labs SB16 p.s. the gravis 16 bit drivers used with win95 are c**p ! ------------------------------ From: "Mario D'Alessio" Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 09:40:15 -0600 Subject: Wanted: WAV converter I am using a utility called CDDA which reads sound data directly off of audio CDs. These files are 44 KHz stereo WAV files. I'd like to know if there is a utility which can convert these files to mono WAV files, and possibly change the sampling rate and even the bit resolution (CDs are what? 16 bit? I forgot). I tried using the SOX program to convert the file to mono, but the resulting sound came out crappy (I think I did it right). Also, the files I read off of the CD can be very large (a short song came out to ~35MB). So, the utility will have to be able to read and write directly to the hard drive. Any help/suggestions appreciated. Mario *********************************************************** * ___ ____ ____ * * /o o\ //oo\\ ( oo ) Mario D'Alessio __/\__ * * \_O_/ \__/ \__/ dalessio@cig.mot.com \RUSH/ * * WooWoo Work: (708) 632-2323 |/\| * * Woo 9am to 6pm Central Time * * * *********************************************************** ------------------------------ From: Tuomas Kuosmanen Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 18:43:34 +0200 (EET) Subject: FT2 vs MIDI keyboard - More Q. > I'm trying to use a Fatar Studio 49 MIDI keyboard with FastTracker II (V2.03 > and 2.04) and a GUSMAX, but I'm having a few problems. When I first press > a key, it usually sounds OK and records correctly, velocity information and > all. But then that key seems to go dead. I can play the one next to it, or > just about any other and it will work, but the original key stays dead for > an indeterminate amount of time. Peter, I have same kind of problems with FT2. My hardware is quite same: GUSMAX, Gravis midiadapter & Goldstar GMK-49 -midi keyboard. The problem is that sometimes notes "stay on" forever (until I press space twice to kill the sound). This is worst when using the "keyjazz" -feature to play many voices simultaneously (chords etc.). Just as in your case the MIDI hardware works ok on other progs (Recording session etc..) but FT2 seems to dislike our hardware. (I think the problem is not so bad on FT 2.03 as in 2.04?). I also get wrong notes, for example: I play something on the lower octaves of the keyboard and hear a C#-6 on the speakers.. (of course sticking on forever... No fun :/ ) Has anyone solved the problem? Tuomas - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >") Tuomas Kuosmanen (tuviku@utu.fi) ( \\ Student of Computer Science " \\ University of Turku, Finland - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: John Curtis Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 10:48:12 -0500 Subject: MIDI docs for GUS MAX Where can I find documentation for how the synth in my GUS MAX responds to MIDI control messages? For example, I might send ``modulation'' or ``portamento time'' messages and I want to know what the GUS MAX does in response to these. On a completely unrelated subject, is it possible to receive this list undigestified? Thanks. ------------------------------ From: Eero R{s{nen Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 14:57:51 +0200 Subject: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 I Just uploaded v1.33 update for Pro Patches Lite 1.31 into EPAS. It should fix the problems I resently wrote about and there is also more ... ;) - Fixes corrupted instruments in MegaEm bank file. - Fixes corrupted instruments in games with 512 KB GUS (hopefully all of them). - Includes version 1.0 of Patmenu (dos and windows). Includes "BIVBX11.DLL". - New "Muted Trumpet" instrument. Eero - author of the Pro Patches Lite. ------------------------------ From: lawrence.ko.0503771@nt.com Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 11:59:32 +0500 Subject: Installation of GUS sound for LINUX ?? Does anyone know how I should be able to get my Gravis Ultrasound to work in Linux using Slackware 2.3 ? The kernel is 1.2.8. When I installed it, everything works fine but I did not see any reference to GUS drivers. I read the FAQ for the SOUND HOWTO but I admit, it was intimidating. Can someone clarify the steps I should do ? Do I really have to do a make config? I tried the make config halfway and aborted because I knew only 3/4 of the answers it was asking. The default was always (y) ?? All I wanted was to just go thru the make config till it reached the sound config but I chickened out when I began not knowing the answers...!!! HELP !! If anyone has a GUS and managed to get it going in Linux. Please reply and explain the installation in "newbie format" so I don't get lost. I know Linux but am pretty rusty. Thanks for any help. It would be much appreciated. Thanks again. Cheerios. - -- __________________________________________________________ LawMAN (lawrence.ko.0503771@nt.com) "When death beckons, silence covers us like a dark shroud". Nortel Transport and Broadband Networks (Montreal, Canada). ------------------------------ From: Piet van Oostrum Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 12:16:39 +0100 Subject: Re: GUS and win95 Sound in AVIs >>>>> ee4ge (T) writes: T> Hello :) T> Right I've got a question. Has anyone noticed the file VFW11A.EXE on the T> SRC ftp site ? It claims in the 00Index file to be a fix for audio in T> AVIs. My question is, does it fix the 'sound volume/buffer size problem T> ??' T> Is it worth trying ? This is the only problem I really have with my T> win95 setup. .MOV and .MPG file audio is fine, it's just the AVIs that T> play back at a decreased volume (due to some quirk of the DMA buffer T> size). I'd like to fix this. I don't know about Windows'95, but on 3.1 I had to install VFW11E to get rid of the problems with AVI's, although some people have reported in the past that VFW11D also solved them. Maybe it depends on the speed of the machine or some such. These can be obtained from Microsofts ftp site. Or maybe also from simtel or cica. - -- Piet van Oostrum http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet Season's MIDI songs: http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/SONGS/CHRISTMAS/ ------------------------------ From: Geir Knutsen Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 02:18:24 +0100 Subject: Full Duplex I have a Gravis Ultrasound hardware version 2.4 with 1 Mb RAM. I recently discovered that the card is capable of playing and recording at the same time (full duplex). I first found some info in the GUS-Digest Monday, 19 June 1995 Volume 23 : Number 019 Most of the time when advices on settings are given in this digest, people write only one number for the DMA setting. This mean that they will not be able to play back and record at the same time. I tried the DMA setting 5 for playback and 7 for recording. In my autoexec.bat file I have this line: SET ULTRASND=220,5,7,11,7 In Windows 95 Ultrasound Setup (driver version 5.51) I have these settings: Patch and Playback DMA: 5 Record DMA: 7 Buffer Size is 4096 on both. After that the Internet Phone program (http://www.vocaltec.com/) reported back that I have a full duplex card. Unfortunately my 486 DX33-prosessor is too weak to run it properly. (I am waiting for the 133 Mhz pros. from AMD being released in January). However, in Digest V25 #23 2/2 toe@shadow.net wrote: >Yes I have a copy of IPhone and that's another reason I need a new sound >card. IPhone stinks on an Ultrasound. > >Forget the fact that the sound keeps changing volume at random. The early >Ultrasounds had the ouput mixed back into the output and even though the >card is full-duplex, you can't use it that way because the other party gets >their speech echoed back. > >Milton >toe@shadow.net >http://www.shadow.net/~toe/ Is this correct? Isn't my card good enough for full-duplex conversation on the Internet? Geir. Geir Knutsen | Arkitekt Christiesgt. 1b | 7013 TRONDHEIM | Tlf:47 73518861 NORWAY | E-mail: geirkn@oslonett.no ------------------------------ From: mpool@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Pool) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 22:57:50 -0600 Subject: Pro Pats Lite WPatmenu I can not run the Wpatmenu program. I get the Application Error message: Exception EVBXError in module WPATMENU.EXE at 0001:222B. Could not load 'Guage.VBX'. I am using WIN95. Does anyone know how to get this to run? Michael Pool mpool@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu ------------------------------ From: Dan Merillat Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 06:57:54 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Some cuestions On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Dewi Daniels wrote: > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 95 15:47:01 GMT > From: Dewi Daniels > To: gus-general@apollo.COSC.GOV, prietom@galileo.fie.us.es > Subject: Re: Some cuestions > > > > * Why does MT emulation sound so strange in a lot of games? Most of the > > instruments sound where they souldn't in the melody channels, although the > > drum channel sounds great. If it's a patch problem, couldn't there be a > > patch set for MT and another for GUS and GM? If it's possible I hope some M= > > T > > user could digitalise it's instruments and make a 512 and 1024 set for GUS > > users. We could make a batch file that changed the GM set for the MT one. > > The MT32 was a rather unique card. As far as I know, the GUS does as > well as any other card (and better than most) in emulating the MT32. > The main problem as far as game sound is concerned is that the MT32 was > programmeable (rather like an FM synthesis card), so that the games > writer could create new sounds, for example engine noise or gun shots. > Whilst the GUS can have a reasonable stab at emulating the built-in > MT32 sounds, it can't emulate the commands to reprogram the > synthesiser. An example of this kind of problem is the piano sound you > get when you fire the cannon in Falcon 3! Even the mighty Roland SCC-1 > suffers from this problem when emulating an MT32. Hmm? So it dosn't load patches, but makes an FM synth datum for the noise it wants? Urk. Anyone wanna make a mt-32 dump TSR that saves all the reprogramming a game sends, then figure it out? Since there should be docs on it... Of course, the easier way would be to dump the MT32 before and after you play. (can it be dumped? I.E. pull the sounds back out?) If not, then you need to play each one and sample it (yecch.) > The problem could be overcome by creating new patch sets for specific > games -- the GUS's RAM gives it a big advantage over other wavetable > cards in this respect. I was always hopeful that some kind, Unless some game got fancy and started reloading different sounds at different parts of the game: Oy! > I've often been tempted to have a go at producing some game-specific > patch sets. Does anyone know how you find out which MIDI channels are > used by a particular game? I suppose you'd ideally need access to an > MT-32 as well, so you'd know what the game was supposed to sound like. Dump the midi data? This takes hacking skills and a _REALLY_ good sence of humor. > As far as MIDI files for the MT32, I agree they sound a bit odd. You're > probably right in saying that the GUS patch set is optimised towards > General Midi. I *really* like the idea of some kind MT-32 owner > recording the MT-32 sounds and creating a GUS patch set. Better yet, > the patch set could include some of the game specific sounds, such as > gun fire, etc. Well, iffin I had a MT32 and some real solid info on both the gus interface and the MT one, I'd do it. Seeing as I have none of the above, I can't. :-( Workin on it though. (Actually, I have gus interface info, just havn't totally dug through it.) > The thing is, though, that MT-32 support is rapidly becoming of historic > interest only -- I can't remember the last game that supported MT-32, > but not General Midi (or GUS native). I'm still interested, I like some of those old games (read civilization, first edition) Anyway, what this takes is the following: Figure out the MT32 autodetect routines, and make a TSR that does that, but ignores anything else. Take that, then find the specs on the MT32 reprogramming. (I.E. what means what) play a game, dumping any reprogramming info to disk, then use that to make a patchset for the GUS. Anyone spot a fault in that? I take it that the MT dosn't use digitised sounds, but some sort of synth based on values the program sends? If it's digitised, I'd imagine gravis would have done it allready. Dan ------------------------------ From: Date: Subject: [none] ------------------------------ From: Piet van Oostrum Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:21:46 +0100 Subject: Computer Music bibliography There is a bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and electronic music that I have collected from various sources. I have tried to bring some structure into it, but not all books will fit into a single subject. NOTE: I haven't read these books, and the comments are from other people. The latest version of this file can be obtained by ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] in pub/MIDI/DOC/bibliography, on the WWW by http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/DOC/bibliography or by e-mail from mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (send a message with HELP in the body). The latest monthly version is also available in the various news.answers archives around the world, in music/midi/bibliography. - -- Piet van Oostrum http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet Season's MIDI songs: http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/SONGS/CHRISTMAS/ ------------------------------ From: morshuis@utctu18.ct.utwente.nl (Martijn G.H. Morshuis) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:48:21 +0100 (MET) Subject: Where has it gone?? Hi, Where has the digest gone? I used to get it every day, until last weekend... Please, any info on whether the digest still exists. I really like it :) MOSH ------------------------------ From: Chris Thauberger Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 23:59:51 -0600 Subject: RE: Tie Fighter Yes the new Tie Fighter CD supports the GUS natively( and very well I = might add), it also adds 640X480 In Flight graphics. Looks & sounds = GREAT!! Chris Thauberger - ---------- From: Chris McKillop[SMTP:cdmckill@novice.uwaterloo.ca] Sent: Friday, December 08, 1995 5:29 AM To: gus-general@apollo.COSC.GOV Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Hey!@!! There is a new version of Tie fighter out, Tie Fighter Deluxe, and I am wondering LA decided to ad Native GUS support in it...Does anyone here know???? Thanks!!! Chris ------------------------------ From: Chris Thauberger Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:04:01 -0600 Subject: RE: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 I pulled down th eupdate and I get a problem with the WPATMENU.EXE. It contually gives an invalid operation with an error loading GUAGE.VBX??? Could someone help me? Chris Thauberger - ---------- From: Eero R{s{nen[SMTP:cseera@uta.fi] Sent: Friday, December 08, 1995 6:57 AM To: gus-general@apollo.COSC.GOV Subject: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 I Just uploaded v1.33 update for Pro Patches Lite 1.31 into EPAS. It should fix the problems I resently wrote about and there is also more ... ;) - Fixes corrupted instruments in MegaEm bank file. - Fixes corrupted instruments in games with 512 KB GUS (hopefully all of them). - Includes version 1.0 of Patmenu (dos and windows). Includes "BIVBX11.DLL". - New "Muted Trumpet" instrument. Eero - author of the Pro Patches Lite. ------------------------------ From: Miles Lott Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:17:12 -0600 Subject: Re: Full Duplex In my experience, the Ultrasound works fine for full-dup Iphone. At 02:18 AM 12/12/95 +0100, Geir Knutsen wrote: >I have a Gravis Ultrasound hardware version 2.4 with 1 Mb RAM. >I recently discovered that the card is capable of playing and >recording at the same time (full duplex). > >I first found some info in the GUS-Digest Monday, 19 June 1995 Volume 23 : >Number 019 > >Most of the time when advices on settings are given in this digest, people >write only one number for the DMA setting. >This mean that they will not be able to play back and record at the same time. > >I tried the DMA setting 5 for playback and 7 for recording. > >In my autoexec.bat file I have this line: >SET ULTRASND=220,5,7,11,7 > >In Windows 95 Ultrasound Setup (driver version 5.51) I have these settings: >Patch and Playback DMA: 5 >Record DMA: 7 >Buffer Size is 4096 on both. > >After that the Internet Phone program (http://www.vocaltec.com/) >reported back that I have a full duplex card. >Unfortunately my 486 DX33-prosessor is too weak to run it properly. >(I am waiting for the 133 Mhz pros. from AMD being released in January). > >However, in Digest V25 #23 2/2 toe@shadow.net wrote: >>Yes I have a copy of IPhone and that's another reason I need a new sound >>card. IPhone stinks on an Ultrasound. >> >>Forget the fact that the sound keeps changing volume at random. The early >>Ultrasounds had the ouput mixed back into the output and even though the >>card is full-duplex, you can't use it that way because the other party gets >>their speech echoed back. >> >>Milton >>toe@shadow.net >>http://www.shadow.net/~toe/ > >Is this correct? >Isn't my card good enough for full-duplex conversation on the Internet? > >Geir. >Geir Knutsen | >Arkitekt Christiesgt. 1b | >7013 TRONDHEIM | Tlf:47 73518861 >NORWAY | E-mail: geirkn@oslonett.no > > > Miles Lott A.A.S. E.E.T./SBE BCST ENG Channel 20 - Home of the Rockets! http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/milos ------------------------------ From: Piet van Oostrum Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:19:49 +0100 Subject: Midi files/software archives on the Internet There is a list of ftp and mail server archives with MIDI documentation, programs and music on the Internet. Also enclosed is a list of MIDI and electronic music related mailing lists. The latest version of this file can be obtained by ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] in pub/MIDI/DOC/archives, on the WWW by http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/DOC/archives or by e-mail from mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (send a message with HELP in the body). The latest monthly version is also available in the various news.answers archives around the world, in music/midi/archives. - -- Piet van Oostrum http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet ------------------------------ From: Dewi Daniels Date: Fri, 8 Dec 95 16:23:45 GMT Subject: Re: gus / scsi card conflict > Under DOS when I try to play any games that use the Sound Blaster > for digital sounds it locks up my scsi card. Using megaem and tie > fighter I have narrowed the problem to the SoundBlaster DMA 1 setting. > I see from the gus manual that this setting is hard coded. Unfortunately > I see no reference of a particular DMA in the Ultrastores manual. I can't believe that this problem is specific to the GUS. The reason SBOS and MegaEm hardcode the DMA channel setting is that on an 8-bit SB (which is what they're emulating), the DMA channel really is fixed. On the SB16 (and the SB Pro, for all I know), you can change the DMA channel assignment, but even so, many games expect an SB to be on DMA channel 1. > I would like to keep my ultrasound but if I can't resolve the conflict > then I will have to change to a different card. That seems a little extreme. I should have thought you could change the DMA setting on your SCSI card. After all, it's hard to believe they've managed to produce a controller that doesn't work with what is (sadly) the industry-standard sound card. If you get really desperate, you could always buy an SB16, but I'd recommend you use it *as well as*, rather than *instead of*, your GUS. Dewi Daniels ------------------------------ From: Dewi Daniels Date: Fri, 8 Dec 95 16:25:44 GMT Subject: Re: The 11th Hour and Gus > Also I Have A SBawe 32 Sitting Outside of my machine how hard is it to > set them up so they work together? Dead easy. Go for it! We'd all be interested to know how you think the AWE32 compares with the GUS! Dewi Daniels ------------------------------ From: Dewi Daniels Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 08:42:58 GMT Subject: Civilization (was: Some cuestions) > I'm still interested, I like some of those old games (read > civilization, first edition) Microprose have recently bought out a patch for Civilization so that it supports General Midi. I forget the filename ('civsnds' perhaps?). It should be available at any of the GUS sites or at ftp.microprose.com. I thought the GUS did pretty well at reproducing the MT-32 sounds for Civilization, but the GM version does sound a little better. Dewi Daniels ------------------------------ From: Dewi Daniels Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 08:46:22 GMT Subject: Re: Some cuestions > Anyway, what this takes is the following: Figure out the MT32 autodetect > routines, and make a TSR that does that, but ignores anything else. > Take that, then find the specs on the MT32 reprogramming. (I.E. what > means what) play a game, dumping any reprogramming info to disk, > then use that to make a patchset for the GUS. Judging from the other replies to your original posting, especially Yossi's, I suspect this would be much more difficult than I first thought. Dewi Daniels ------------------------------ From: "Bryan S. Maher" Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 03:20:32 -0800 Subject: RE: gus / ultrastore 34f conflict... [D. Todd Hildebrand wrote:] >I have a Gravis Ultrasound and a Ultrastore 34f vlb bus-master >scsi card. The two cards coexist under windows 3.11 with no problems. > >Under DOS when I try to play any games that use the Sound Blaster >for digital sounds it locks up my scsi card. Todd, I have two U34f's and I have had some trouble with my GUS but definately from the Windows side and not DOS. In fact, I have been doing some extensive digitizing lately and I have been using USS from DOS to do my recordings. I can play and record files of 20 or 30 minutes in length without a problem. The U34f uses the VLB DMA which is 32 bits (if I am not mistaken) and therefore is not using one of the normal DMA channels. I have found that using the lower port addresses for the 34f works better with the GUS than the 3xxh addresses. I general, the GUS card seems to dislike busmastering SCSI controllers. I have had 3 different busmastering SCSI controllers both ISA and VLB and the U34 has given me the least trouble with the GUS. Good Luck Bryan Maher - --------- Bryan S. Maher Informedia Project Carnegie-Mellon University ------------------------------ From: "Mark.Carline" Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 13:16:06 GMT Subject: RE: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Does anyone know if the Win95 drivers have been released yet ??.. If not : FOR SALE ~~~~~~~~ Gravis ultrasound card installed with 3/4 Meg of memory Only 50 quid !!. Phone Mark on (0191) 281 4549 - UK Only!! Will swap for a Creative labs SB16 p.s. the gravis 16 bit drivers used with win95 are c**p ! ------------------------------ From: ricky@creative.lt.flashnet.it Date: Sat, 09 Dec 95 08:01:04 EST Subject: SCSI, CD-Rom and GUS To Yossi: Thanks about the tip of moving the base address from 210 to 240. Anyway I dont have this problem at the moment.. I sold my old GUS and I'm waiting to buy the P'nP :))). ------------------------------ From: Date: Subject: [none] ------------------------------ From: Chris McKillop Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:29:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Hey!@!! There is a new version of Tie fighter out, Tie Fighter Deluxe, and I am wondering LA decided to ad Native GUS support in it...Does anyone here know???? Thanks!!! Chris ------------------------------ From: Chris McKillop Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:29:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Hey!@!! There is a new version of Tie fighter out, Tie Fighter Deluxe, and I am wondering LA decided to ad Native GUS support in it...Does anyone here know???? Thanks!!! Chris ------------------------------ From: Michael P Yee Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 20:27:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: temporarily unsubscribing from individual mailing list Greetings fellow GUSers! I'm going home for the holidays and won't be checking my mail for a few weeks. i successfully unsubscribed from the digests, but I am still receiving the individual mailings. Over the summer I remember subscribing to this mailer when the digest was down for a while, but I can't remember where to send an unsubscribe message! I appreciate anyone's input. Thanks and happy holidays! Michael Yee myee@tools.ecn.purdue.edu ------------------------------ From: John Curtis Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 10:48:12 -0500 Subject: MIDI docs for GUS MAX Where can I find documentation for how the synth in my GUS MAX responds to MIDI control messages? For example, I might send ``modulation'' or ``portamento time'' messages and I want to know what the GUS MAX does in response to these. On a completely unrelated subject, is it possible to receive this list undigestified? Thanks. ------------------------------ From: John Patrick Lestrade Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 08:33:03 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 What is the current status of the original gus and win95? i tried installing the latest drivers (gus0411?) and first I had to boot into DOS (beurk) and second there wasn't enough 640k available for the install. is gravis planning a win95 install? does it already exist? thanks - -- John Patrick Lestrade | Lestrade@batse.msfc.nasa.gov | Lestrade@cesr.cnes.fr | ------------------------------ From: ken@austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach IBM) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 09:44:47 -0600 (CST) Subject: GUS/SBOS and Darkseed? Hi all, I know this is an oldie, but is there some secret to getting Darkseed to work with the GUS, especially for digital audio? The game is locking up, but that may be unrelated to the GUS. It locks up even if I don't use SBOS or have the GUS initialized. Thanks, Ken ken@austin.ibm.com ------------------------------ From: Eero R{s{nen Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 14:57:51 +0200 Subject: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 I Just uploaded v1.33 update for Pro Patches Lite 1.31 into EPAS. It should fix the problems I resently wrote about and there is also more ... ;) - Fixes corrupted instruments in MegaEm bank file. - Fixes corrupted instruments in games with 512 KB GUS (hopefully all of them). - Includes version 1.0 of Patmenu (dos and windows). Includes "BIVBX11.DLL". - New "Muted Trumpet" instrument. Eero - author of the Pro Patches Lite. ------------------------------ From: Eero R{s{nen Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 14:57:51 +0200 Subject: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 I Just uploaded v1.33 update for Pro Patches Lite 1.31 into EPAS. It should fix the problems I resently wrote about and there is also more ... ;) - Fixes corrupted instruments in MegaEm bank file. - Fixes corrupted instruments in games with 512 KB GUS (hopefully all of them). - Includes version 1.0 of Patmenu (dos and windows). Includes "BIVBX11.DLL". - New "Muted Trumpet" instrument. Eero - author of the Pro Patches Lite. ------------------------------ From: Mark Notarus Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:23:53 -0600 Subject: Wav from CD?! >From: ricky@creative.lt.flashnet.it >Date: Thu, 07 Dec 95 22:41:09 EST >Subject: Wav to CD.. > >Hi. >As you know there are many programs that can take the audio data >>from a CD track and put it into a 44Khz,16bit stereo Wav file. >I need exactly the opposite. I have some 44Khz 16bit stereo Wavs >and I want to convert them into audio tracks to put on a CD. >Do you know if there is any program that can do that? Heck. Can someone point me in the direction of a program that works cd->wav file?! Never seen one. (ok, i didn't _look_ hard, but still. :) thanks! mark ------------------------------ From: Chris Thauberger Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 23:59:51 -0600 Subject: RE: Tie Fighter Yes the new Tie Fighter CD supports the GUS natively( and very well I = might add), it also adds 640X480 In Flight graphics. Looks & sounds = GREAT!! Chris Thauberger - ---------- From: Chris McKillop[SMTP:cdmckill@novice.uwaterloo.ca] Sent: Friday, December 08, 1995 5:29 AM To: gus-general@apollo.COSC.GOV Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V26 #7 Hey!@!! There is a new version of Tie fighter out, Tie Fighter Deluxe, and I am wondering LA decided to ad Native GUS support in it...Does anyone here know???? Thanks!!! Chris ------------------------------ From: Chris Thauberger Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:04:01 -0600 Subject: RE: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 I pulled down th eupdate and I get a problem with the WPATMENU.EXE. It contually gives an invalid operation with an error loading GUAGE.VBX??? Could someone help me? Chris Thauberger - ---------- From: Eero R{s{nen[SMTP:cseera@uta.fi] Sent: Friday, December 08, 1995 6:57 AM To: gus-general@apollo.COSC.GOV Subject: Pro Patches Lite - update v1.33 I Just uploaded v1.33 update for Pro Patches Lite 1.31 into EPAS. It should fix the problems I resently wrote about and there is also more ... ;) - Fixes corrupted instruments in MegaEm bank file. - Fixes corrupted instruments in games with 512 KB GUS (hopefully all of them). - Includes version 1.0 of Patmenu (dos and windows). Includes "BIVBX11.DLL". - New "Muted Trumpet" instrument. Eero - author of the Pro Patches Lite. ------------------------------ From: Piet van Oostrum Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 12:16:39 +0100 Subject: Re: GUS and win95 Sound in AVIs >>>>> ee4ge (T) writes: T> Hello :) T> Right I've got a question. Has anyone noticed the file VFW11A.EXE on the T> SRC ftp site ? It claims in the 00Index file to be a fix for audio in T> AVIs. My question is, does it fix the 'sound volume/buffer size problem T> ??' T> Is it worth trying ? This is the only problem I really have with my T> win95 setup. .MOV and .MPG file audio is fine, it's just the AVIs that T> play back at a decreased volume (due to some quirk of the DMA buffer T> size). I'd like to fix this. I don't know about Windows'95, but on 3.1 I had to install VFW11E to get rid of the problems with AVI's, although some people have reported in the past that VFW11D also solved them. Maybe it depends on the speed of the machine or some such. These can be obtained from Microsofts ftp site. Or maybe also from simtel or cica. - -- Piet van Oostrum http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet Season's MIDI songs: http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/SONGS/CHRISTMAS/ ------------------------------ From: Bruce A Haugh Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 23:37:07 -0600 (CST) Subject: How much memory does my GUS have? I have a GUS Max 1.8 with, I thought, 1MB DRAM. Running programs like gusdrive and IPlay with the auto memory detect say I only have 512K installed. If I manually change the setting in IPlay to 1024K, it accepts it and allows me to play large MODs. I wanted to get into writing S3Ms as MIDI files just can't cut it (for me anyways) for instruments and quality patches. The only MIDI modules I really liked are the AVM Summit and the Roland SC-88, but I digress. I want to use Scream Tracker which auto detects the memory on the card as 512K. Is this normal? Should it not say 1024k? This would be a big limitation for making a nice S3M file... ________________________________________________________________________ | Bruce A Haugh B. Sc. M. Engineering Talented Amateur | | The Conserver Group | | Engineering Consultants | | (204) 956-2129 | | yrp456@freenet.mb.ca Japanese Anime Fan Club Member | | VE4 VFR In Ultrasound | | Down with UPS!!! | |________________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------ From: gioragur@NETVISION.net.IL Date: Sat, 9 Dec 95 20:03:42 PST Subject: RE: The GUS Daily Digest V25 #34 - ---------------------------------------------- Hi all, Maybe it's been said before but I can't rememeber. I just bought the game Privateer (ok it's an oldy but so are Larry games and they are still great!!!), and with SBOS it starts ok but when in a dog fight the game stops and starts in intervals (so it stutters). It's become unplayable. Now I've downloaded the AILPATCH.ZIP and that says i have to run it on the SOUND.TRE file. This file doesn't exist however!!! Has anyone had the same problems and could you fix it? You can directly mail me. Thanks all in advance, Dennis menace@lcnnl.sprint.com - ---------------------------------------------- Well, i played privateer with SBOS, FX worked fine, music sucked. About the SOUND.TRE, i think it's from the Privateer speech disks, not sure though. Cheers, Yaron Gur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /\/^~^\/\ Star Date : 12/09/95 \|~o o~|/ | U | Point : 20:03:42 _\{-}/_ / | ~ | \ - -----------------------ooOo|-----------|oOoo-----< Ascii Art by >------ - -------------------------o---------------o-------< Yaron Gur >------ ------------------------------ From: lawrence.ko.0503771@nt.com Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 11:59:32 +0500 Subject: Installation of GUS sound for LINUX ?? Does anyone know how I should be able to get my Gravis Ultrasound to work in Linux using Slackware 2.3 ? The kernel is 1.2.8. When I installed it, everything works fine but I did not see any reference to GUS drivers. I read the FAQ for the SOUND HOWTO but I admit, it was intimidating. Can someone clarify the steps I should do ? Do I really have to do a make config? I tried the make config halfway and aborted because I knew only 3/4 of the answers it was asking. The default was always (y) ?? All I wanted was to just go thru the make config till it reached the sound config but I chickened out when I began not knowing the answers...!!! HELP !! If anyone has a GUS and managed to get it going in Linux. Please reply and explain the installation in "newbie format" so I don't get lost. I know Linux but am pretty rusty. Thanks for any help. It would be much appreciated. Thanks again. Cheerios. - -- __________________________________________________________ LawMAN (lawrence.ko.0503771@nt.com) "When death beckons, silence covers us like a dark shroud". Nortel Transport and Broadband Networks (Montreal, Canada). ------------------------------ From: Tuomas Kuosmanen Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 18:43:34 +0200 (EET) Subject: FT2 vs MIDI keyboard - More Q. > I'm trying to use a Fatar Studio 49 MIDI keyboard with FastTracker II (V2.03 > and 2.04) and a GUSMAX, but I'm having a few problems. When I first press > a key, it usually sounds OK and records correctly, velocity information and > all. But then that key seems to go dead. I can play the one next to it, or > just about any other and it will work, but the original key stays dead for > an indeterminate amount of time. Peter, I have same kind of problems with FT2. My hardware is quite same: GUSMAX, Gravis midiadapter & Goldstar GMK-49 -midi keyboard. The problem is that sometimes notes "stay on" forever (until I press space twice to kill the sound). This is worst when using the "keyjazz" -feature to play many voices simultaneously (chords etc.). Just as in your case the MIDI hardware works ok on other progs (Recording session etc..) but FT2 seems to dislike our hardware. (I think the problem is not so bad on FT 2.03 as in 2.04?). I also get wrong notes, for example: I play something on the lower octaves of the keyboard and hear a C#-6 on the speakers.. (of course sticking on forever... No fun :/ ) Has anyone solved the problem? Tuomas - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >") Tuomas Kuosmanen (tuviku@utu.fi) ( \\ Student of Computer Science " \\ University of Turku, Finland - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: "Mario D'Alessio" Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 09:40:15 -0600 Subject: Wanted: WAV converter I am using a utility called CDDA which reads sound data directly off of audio CDs. These files are 44 KHz stereo WAV files. I'd like to know if there is a utility which can convert these files to mono WAV files, and possibly change the sampling rate and even the bit resolution (CDs are what? 16 bit? I forgot). I tried using the SOX program to convert the file to mono, but the resulting sound came out crappy (I think I did it right). Also, the files I read off of the CD can be very large (a short song came out to ~35MB). So, the utility will have to be able to read and write directly to the hard drive. Any help/suggestions appreciated. Mario *********************************************************** * ___ ____ ____ * * /o o\ //oo\\ ( oo ) Mario D'Alessio __/\__ * * \_O_/ \__/ \__/ dalessio@cig.mot.com \RUSH/ * * WooWoo Work: (708) 632-2323 |/\| * * Woo 9am to 6pm Central Time * * * *********************************************************** ------------------------------ From: Gerd Reichinger Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 21:00:26 +0100 Subject: ProPatches Lite - a critical opinion As the author of the biggest _quality_ collection of MIDI files for the GUS, I felt that I had to try out the highly acclaimed Propatches Lite (PPL). First of all I want to say that Eero Raesaenen did a great job compiling this new patch set. It is well-balanced and it seems to be a big improvement when playing MIDI files from commercial games software. However, I cannot agree with the enthusiastic opinions posted by various people in this digest. I tried out a lot of high-quality MIDI files from my collection, and I must say that I'm a little disappointed. With PPL our beloved GUS tends to sound like an ordinary wavetable board - without getting close to the better ones (Roland SC-10, SC-15 etc.). Not much is left of the often-mentioned brilliant sound quality. Even though the new patches are well chosen many of them sound a bit muffled and dull. Some patches have grown bigger and still sound worse than before (the overdriven and distorted guitars for example). I guess the problem is that Eero does neither have the equipment nor the skill to produce high-quality patches like the professionals (Roland, Terratec etc.). This is not meant as an offence but as an explanation. And what is worst: Some of the best MIDI files available - the ones that (probably) sounded better on the GUS than on any other card - now tend to sound mediocre. My conclusion: PPL makes the GUS sound better on an average, but you lose the brilliant sound quality that made some MIDI files so special on a GUS. Greetings, Gerd. - -- The "Very Best of GUS MIDI" Collection is available at: http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e8925292/bestmid.htm ------------------------------ From: Gerd Reichinger Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 21:00:26 +0100 Subject: ProPatches Lite - a critical opinion As the author of the biggest _quality_ collection of MIDI files for the GUS, I felt that I had to try out the highly acclaimed Propatches Lite (PPL). First of all I want to say that Eero Raesaenen did a great job compiling this new patch set. It is well-balanced and it seems to be a big improvement when playing MIDI files from commercial games software. However, I cannot agree with the enthusiastic opinions posted by various people in this digest. I tried out a lot of high-quality MIDI files from my collection, and I must say that I'm a little disappointed. With PPL our beloved GUS tends to sound like an ordinary wavetable board - without getting close to the better ones (Roland SC-10, SC-15 etc.). Not much is left of the often-mentioned brilliant sound quality. Even though the new patches are well chosen many of them sound a bit muffled and dull. Some patches have grown bigger and still sound worse than before (the overdriven and distorted guitars for example). I guess the problem is that Eero does neither have the equipment nor the skill to produce high-quality patches like the professionals (Roland, Terratec etc.). This is not meant as an offence but as an explanation. And what is worst: Some of the best MIDI files available - the ones that (probably) sounded better on the GUS than on any other card - now tend to sound mediocre. My conclusion: PPL makes the GUS sound better on an average, but you lose the brilliant sound quality that made some MIDI files so special on a GUS. Greetings, Gerd. - -- The "Very Best of GUS MIDI" Collection is available at: http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e8925292/bestmid.htm ------------------------------ From: "Mario D'Alessio" Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:30:12 -0600 Subject: Wanted: WAV converter I am using a utility called CDDA which reads sound data directly off of audio CDs. These files are 44 KHz stereo WAV files. I'd like to know if there is a utility which can convert these files to mono WAV files, and possibly change the sampling rate and even the bit resolution (CDs are what? 16 bit? I forgot). I tried using the SOX program to convert the file to mono, but the resulting sound came out crappy (I think I did it right). Also, the files I read off of the CD can be very large (a short song came out to ~35MB). So, the utility will have to be able to read and write directly to the hard drive. Any help/suggestions appreciated. Mario *********************************************************** * ___ ____ ____ * * /o o\ //oo\\ ( oo ) Mario D'Alessio __/\__ * * \_O_/ \__/ \__/ dalessio@cig.mot.com \RUSH/ * * WooWoo Work: (708) 632-2323 |/\| * * Woo 9am to 6pm Central Time * * * *********************************************************** ------------------------------ From: Brian Brock Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:08:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: wave playing problems about 50-75% of the time i play wave files, i get an error message saying "wrong length difference", and am unable to play them. i'm using wavplay under linux 1.3.45, but i don't think this is related to my operating system. thanks for any help you can offer! Brian Brock -------------------------------------------------- | brian@ziggy.resnet.jmu.edu / brockbw@jmu.edu | | http://ziggy.resnet.jmu.edu/ | | finger for PGP public key | -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Mr R H Kavanagh Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 18:23:05 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Interwave I have followed most of the 'discussion' on the Interwave chip, but I just checked the AMD web site and noticed something that I don't remember being mentioned here before. On the information page for the IW chip under hardware developers kit, it says that the package includes "SBOS"! Sorry if that's already been said but I found it interesting to say the least (not that good emulation ISN'T possible!) Russell ------------------------------ From: kpm@pt.com (Ken Maier) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 95 14:13:54 EST Subject: Question CakeWalk 4.0 When I try to run Cakewalk pro audio 4.0 on my computer it displays a message "Failed to initialize the audio device" and exits. I have the Ultrasound (8 bit recording). There seems to be a problem with the Wave Device. Any suggestions ??? Many Thanks To All, Ken Maier kpm@pt.com ------------------------------ From: Eric Shoup Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 15:38:08 -0500 Subject: Volume changes in Win At 02:18 12/12/95 +0100, you wrote: >>Forget the fact that the sound keeps changing volume at random. The early Yeah! I have this same problem, only w/ using Real Audio (v1.0) on the Internet. I also experience it w/ Media Player playing AVI files some times. Is this a problem with the GUS drivers? (v5.51) ...if so, is there going to be a fix for this (soon)? Thanks Gravis. - Eric Shoup - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzBWRCUAAAEEAO11X61LDzDD8wcZwZ0froBSXtQPsFnaQOBI4LPDqD3vRSxW qkUenEblpidCVrohV5sfrJQLH8Xje1pPqXnfkdtvTqO0FYvZadTmnFRb7/tZt7P+ NB9zcTkXZxAHDPW2mQYRtvGA32bEbDhHSezm6p3I58HqnsXUVIiyMX+AAOhVAAUR tCtFcmljIFMuIFNob3VwIDxqYW1lc2JuZEBwb3N0b2ZmaWNlLnB0ZC5uZXQ+iQCV AwUQMFZFIoiyMX+AAOhVAQFHEAP/cVRTPslWTzjQQZZt5W4UXgtAzM7/IyQJIaIf pOViEn8fBgDF8/WH8EQsxAvUrhYmHkIxzznQFqSMC/zAnmUTTO3c2Xs2ttaAUxuY /4RItnZIy0AeCeDBqiOIKW+zyagVm09OA06FerVJvuMbDTrYF7xFxb6RxQ7ZtXwE xFbjBhQ= =hzYw - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- ------------------------------ From: Tony Smolar Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 17:26:09 -0500 Subject: Re: Installation of GUS sound for LINUX ?? > HELP !! If anyone has a GUS and managed to get it going in Linux. Please > reply and explain the installation in "newbie format" so I don't get lost. > I know Linux but am pretty rusty. The config script can be intimidating. If you don't know what the answer a question should be, go with the default. Near the end of the script, it will ask you if you want soundcard support, answer this yes. Before the script finishes, you will be asked all sorts of questions about your soundcard's configuration. The first question is "Do you want to include the complete sound driver" (or something like that) Answer that no. It will then ask you if you want to include specific soundcards, the GUS is the second choice after SB. You will also need to know IRQ, Base Address and DMA channel. I'm assuming that you know how to install the kernel after it compiles, if not, ask me. You will also need to configure your sound devices. The file /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/Readme.linux contains a script to do this for you, just edit out the script, save it to a file, do a chmod 777 to it and run it as root. After you complete this, everything should be set, just boot your new kernel and away you go! I recommend getting gmod for playing MODs and Playmidi for playing midi files. Tony Smolar ------------------------------ End of The GUS Daily Digest V26 #8 ********************************** To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP Sites Archive Directories --------- ------------------- Main N.American Site: ftp.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/ibmpc/ultrasound Main Asian Site: nctuccca.edu.tw PC/ultrasound Main European Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound ftp.pwr.wroc.pl pub/ultrasound Main Australian Site: ftp.mpx.com.au /ultrasound/general /ultrasound/submit South African Site: ftp.sun.ac.za /pub/packages/ultrasound Submissions: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound/submit Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound Mirrors: garbo.uwasa.fi mirror/ultrasound ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au pc/ultrasound ftp.luth.se pub/msdos/ultrasound Gopher Sites Menu directory ------------ -------------- Main Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound WWW Pages --------- Main Site: http://www.xmission.com/~grue/gus.html Main European Site: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/ Main Australian Site: http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html Mirrors: http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/ GUS Digest Archives: http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~itam/digest.html http://www.student.adelaide.edu.au/~godfathr/gus/gus.html MailServer For Archive Access: Email to Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (programmers, musicians, etc.).