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From: benny@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Kaidi Weng)
Subject: SBPro and Winjammer
Organization: Florida State University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 02:00:49 GMT


Hello people, I've been play the soundblaster pro for past few days and it
worked pretty nice until tonight.  I installed Winjammer that I downloaded
from wuarchive and start to fooling around.  After I finish playing,
I choose jukebox and trying to play few pieces of music.  Strange things
happened:(well, may be not too strange,but anyway) on some pieces, the
music is out of tune.  It was pretty normal before tonight.  I wonder if
it's because of the card failure, or something kind of weird about winjammer,
or may be even Windows3.1..  Anyone of you out there play with the winjammer
(beside the programmer) and soundblaster pro?  Anyone expierence this before?
I would be very appreciate if any of you can answer me soon because I have two
days to return this product if the card is defect.  Thanks all.

kaidi

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: tabaer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Troy A Baer)
Subject: PAS-16 and Sound Tool 2.6 for Win3.1
Summary: need a .sll file?
Keywords: PAS-16
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 17:44:54 GMT

I just picked up the PAS-16 last night, and I'd like to use it with Sound Tool
2.6.  The problem is that there's no "sll" driver for the PAS-16 with the
program, so  I can't record through it.  Does anyone know of an FTP site where
I could find such a beast?

Also, I've had some problems playing .wav and .snd files through Sound Tool.
They tend to play ridiculously fast compared with Sound Recorder and Pocket
Recorder.  The conversions work perfectly, but I have to use another program
to make sure.  Would this have something to do with my clock speed?  (I'm
running a 486DX-50)

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

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From: dt89cwp@brunel.ac.uk (Christian W Petzny)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Try this...
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:42:04 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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You might want to set all the interupts and DMA channels and what-not 
to the defaults, because had the same problem with my SBPro...All I did
was to reset the jumpers on the card the reconfigure it with the software
provided.  Links used to do exactly what you described, but all my software
works perfect now...

Chris
From: aruggeri@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony Robert Ruggeri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Classical .MODs (?)
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:10:07 GMT
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@nimaster


Does anyone know of an ftp site that has a good selection of MODs of classical
music, or for that matter any at all?  Aside from one Bach piece that I've
found at a couple of different sites I've had no luck at all in getting any.
-- 
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From: ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Tim Tschirner)
Subject: PAS-16 DOS Drivers ?
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 09:28:48 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.

After downloading the new PAS-16 Windows drivers (V1.4b) I am now curious
if new programs and drivers for DOS also exist! On my disks it says the 
drivers are V1.2 and my mvsound.sys has version number 03.07! If someone has
new drivers or knows if they exist, please contact me!
Another problem is that I can`t record in AudioMate. A friend of mine has the
same problem too! I tried everything, all the drivers are loaded of course,
but on the menu only appears `Press F3 to playback sound`. According to the
manual, there should also be written `Press F4 to record sound`!
Any help would be appreciated !

Thanx in advance,

Tim Tschirner

ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: davecole@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David Cole)
Subject: What is wrong with Roland Corp??
Summary: Roland Wrong Roland Wrong Roland Wrong 
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 13:50:32 GMT


Anybody know what is wrong with Roland Corp?  Why was there never an LAPC-2??
Why can't they get a DAC and ADC onto their cards to play and record digitized
sound?  Why don't they sell through normal computer card distribution
channels?  Why don't they bundle software like everyone else rather than
selling a product that absolutely REQUIRES 3rd party support and buying
software in order to use it?

Roland knows how to make synthesizers (and plotters).  But something is wrong
at Roland.  An engineering department does not a company make.  They
should get with the program (and make with the programs) or listen to a nice
short decay in the amplitude envelope applied to their market share.

Dave Cole
From: os@IKP.Uni-Koeln.DE (Oliver Stuch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: DSP on disk recordings
Date: 8 Oct 1992 16:43:23 GMT
Organization: Institute of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, Germany
Distribution: world
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In article <1992Oct7.195337.10670@muddcs.claremont.edu>, jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu (John H. Kim) writes:
|> johnf@scd.hp.com (John Flowers) writes:

|> This is not going to be fast, especially on a PC.  A board with this
|> function built into hardware would probably be a better choice than a
|> PAS 16.  Post in comp.dsp for more info.  If you want, I can dig up
|> some companies that make DSP boards, but they aren't cheap ($500 up
|> to $20,000).

Yes, please dig and post!
I know Turtle Beach (MultiSound)

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From: jhays@boi.hp.com (John_D. Hays)
Subject: Re: GRAVIS ULTRASOUND-At Vancouver BC, (14: 00 PST), Oct 6, 1992
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 19:12:02 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise Printer Division

In article <1992Oct7.180948.23189@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) writes:
>>

>>Does this mean the US price is going to be US$136.00 ???  Anyone know where
>>I can place an order for one of these cards?  I don't imagine they will
>>hit Boise as fast as some other places...
>>
>heheehehhe
>
>I don't know if you were trying to be funny or not, but that just cracked
>me up!  sorry...
>

I said "order one" --- not that I would get delivery in any reasonable timeframe :)

>
>Try calling TELEMART, they are a national store that advertises in
>comptuer rags.  They are saying October 15th, AND they are selling the
>card for $125!!
>
>

I'll look for 'em --- though phone numbers would help the "comptuer rag" (sic :))
challenged :)

Thanks for the lead...

John

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From: seah@ee.rochester.edu (David Seah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: THE GRAVIS ULTRASOUND
Date: 15 Oct 92 07:00:47 GMT
Organization: Univ of Rochester, College of Engineering and Applied Science

In article <Bw2Fz6.I6z@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> mfleig@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Mark W. Fleig) writes:
>In article <0HRksB3w165w@billapc.UUCP> baustin@billapc.UUCP (Bill Austin) writes:
>>So, despite any glowing reviews I might read (not just here, but any
>>other place).  If I didn't see quite a few software houses (of
>>interest) supporting the card.. why buy it?

Perhaps some of us are getting the board because it's cool and cheap, but
others may be banking on it's appeal to developers.  The GUS offers some
really new capabilities for the PC that must have developers drooling.
It also is at a price that can appeal to the mass market, which makes
support for the board more practical economically :) 

Once you have the developers hooked in, you are almost guaranteed support
if nothing caasttropic happens.  The Amiga, for example, was so cool that
programmers embraced it (despite Commodores continued bungling in its
marketing).  It's still here because of that.  The NeXT probably wouldn't
be around anymore if it wasn't for its sexy hardware and operating system
impressing would-be developers with its sophistication and ease-of-use.

IMHO :)

>Looking back on the Roland MT-32, one of the first companies to
>support it fully was Sierra, (Remember Silpheed. Great Orch. Hit for
>the title screen. :) and a good many companies followed. Granted there
>was little else to choose from back then, soundcard-wise. But also
>consider the expense of the MT-32. Developers obviously decided the
>work to integrate support for the module was worth targeting the
>possible small Roland community.

I wonder if the developers hoped to promote the MT-32 instead.
I get the impression that many of these developers really want to
put on a good show and impress the hell out of people.  Why else be
in the gaming industry?  :)  The MT-32 and LAPC soundtracks really 
do add to the gaming experience...take the excellent LucasArts adventures
for example. 
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: tarjan@iastate.edu (Scot 'ONE T!' Kight)
Subject: The Gus..
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 08:11:58 GMT

Ok I am out to purchase a sound card. and I am pretty much set on the gus..
(please excuse my typing.. it is three in the morning..! But theres never
a time like the present) 

The only thing I need to know. Where the hell can I get it from?
No places seem to have ever heard of it..

Cya and thanks.. And post the responses Id figure that everyone else is
wondering about the same stuff..

tarjan@aistate.edu
Scot








Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: dedmunds@selkirk.sfu.ca (Darran Edmundson)
Subject: GUS comments
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 17:07:07 GMT

Someone asked via email:

> I imagine you're getting quite a bit of mail ;)  I ordered from EA about a
> month ago, so I probably won't see my GUS for a couple weeks at least.  I 
> also have Links386 and a couple Dynamix games and am curious as to what kind 
> of problems you're having and if you were able to fix them.  

My problem with the Dynamix games was simply getting them to recognize
that a SoundBlaster was present.  This was as simple as making sure
the TSR was loaded before running the install program (my stupidity).
Links386 I have not sorted out yet.  Everything else works great, especially
Indy500 in Adlib mode.  As expected, the music sounds great but some of
the sound effects are a little off (why does my machinegun sound somewhat
like a snare drum).

>   How big is the TSR for SoundBlaster compatibility?
>   How much RAM does it come with, 256k or 512k?  Someone posted that they
>   were shipping it with 512 instead of 256.

The TSR takes up 16k and the box said the card came with 256k of RAM although
I didn't count it on the card before installation.

Regards,


-- 

Darran Edmundson
darran@chaos.phys.sfu.ca
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 14:50:13 EDT
From: <DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: More notes on GUS
 <1992Oct11.154356.11721@tc.cornell.edu>

In article <1992Oct11.154356.11721@tc.cornell.edu>, orb@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu
(Randolph Turner) says:

>In article <1992Oct11.045352.4804@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> ramsey@spot.Colorado.EDU
>(Mad Poo Bandit) writes:
>>In article <gting.718625865@sfu.ca> gting@fraser.sfu.ca (Gabriel Sii Kuok    )
>Ting
>writes:
>>>
>  I don't know all of what the GUS is capable of in hardware, but if it can
>only change the rate of the sample during playback (pitch, whatever), that's
>not enough to unburden the processor for .MOD playback. For instance, how
>would the hardware deal with something like arpeggio all by itself?

Ok, everybody knows that .MODs originated on the Amiga. So, a quick look at
the Amiga sound hardware will tell you what you need to play mods without
CPU-loading.

Amiga sound hardware:

4 independent 8-bit DACs (note: this is equivilent in dynamic range to one
10-bit DAC). DMA-driven of course.

Each DAC has 65 volume levels. (No overall volume control however).

The pitch of a sample is changed by simply changing the sample rate. (The
Ultrasound I guess is a fixed sample rate design...which is OK if done
properly).

There are some special modulation modes but I don't think MODs use them...so
that's it! Pretty simple.
From: mic@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Marc Clarke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Gravis Ultrasound - Links386 Pro - Internet
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:27:44 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Ft. Collins, CO

Your offer to forward Internet mail is generous, but sounds time consuming.
Perhaps Gravis has a CompuServe address?  If so, we Internet users can send
e-mail to Gravis from Internet via the Internet to CompuServe gateway.
From: baustin@billapc.UUCP (Bill Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Sound Blaster cards
Date: 11 Oct 92 12:36:23 GMT
Organization: Ground Zero Group, Columbus, OH 43227

Could someone (not everyone though please), please list/describe the
versions of the Sound Blaster cards which I've seen described as 1.5,
1.6, 2.0, etc.  I own/use a Sound Blaster Pro which was purchased very
recently.  Which/what version do I have (with relation to this
numbering system vs SB-Std/SB-Pro)

Could someone point me in the right direction for favorite .mod
players?  I am currently using Promod version 1.1 (is there a newer
version?) for sterio playback and TrakBlaster 2.0 for pretty screens
(no sterio unfortunately)

Finally, I have a chronic problem with init noise on the FM channels
which card reset (SBP-mix and/or cold booting) won't always get rid of.
(FM-Mute works though)  I was told (by my dealer) that perhaps I should
try a different address.  (I haven't tried this yet)

Where is the serial number on a SB-Pro? (for the warranty card which I
need to send in).. If its on the card itself I'm going to have to open
the machine up again (I was expecting the serial number on the disk)

Finally (yes, it should have been a separate message), while I consider
my 386-DX 40 MHz to be moderately speedy.. I'm getting lousy response
from dos-based .mod players (above mentioned) in OS/2 2.0
Is there an OS/2 specific player that might do better, or are my .mod
enjoying times doomed to perfect playing under True-Dos?
Thanks for any and all information
Bill Austin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
Subject: Re: GRAVIS ULTRASOUND-At Vancouver BC, (14: 00 PST), Oct 6, 1992
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:09:48 GMT

>>The Gravis Ultrasound is at Software Alley, Vancouver, BC.
>>Price: $169.95 (C$ - Approx .8 US$ = 1 C$)
>>
>>Just arrived, and I was told to get there fast, as they're
>>"Moving really Good."
>
>
>Does this mean the US price is going to be US$136.00 ???  Anyone know where
>I can place an order for one of these cards?  I don't imagine they will
>hit Boise as fast as some other places...
>
heheehehhe

I don't know if you were trying to be funny or not, but that just cracked
me up!  sorry...

Anyways, people have been saying that it won't hit the USofA until October
15th.

Try calling TELEMART, they are a national store that advertises in
comptuer rags.  They are saying October 15th, AND they are selling the
card for $125!!
From: ehammers@stein.u.washington.edu (Alison Blais)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Sound Source emulating SB?
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:47:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Oct15.004712.28843
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


Is there any way to use the Disney Sound Source with games that support the
Sound Blaster?  (I'm sure many of those on the net can sympathize with
the budgeting requirements of a student... :( )

Erick.
From: ismith@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Chris Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: New mod
Date: 11 Oct 92 04:27:52 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1b6tlrINNth@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> br326@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Raphael Pungin) writes:
Whacker Tracker is a mod editor which lets you do real time editing. You can pick it up (I think) at

wuarchive.wustl.edu
in mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/sounds

I beleive it stored as whack101.zip.

If its not there, let me know.
>
>
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From: daly@ecs.umass.edu (Bryon Daly, ECE dept, UMass, Amherst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Yet more GUS questions
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:42:44 GMT

I have a few questions that I haven't seen covered yet for all you lucky 
GUS owners:

1) Is it a 16-bit or an 8-bit card? (ie: does it use a 16-bit slot?)

2) Does it use 256K DRAMs (256Kx1 single chips) or SIMMs (256Kx8 or 256Kx9 ?)
How fast do they need to be?

3) Is there any mention in the packaging about availability dates/costs for the
daughterboards?

-Bryon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: kjelljf@dhhalden.no (KJELL JORGEN FLOBAK)
Subject: GUS & Falcon
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 09:31:21 GMT

I got my GUS yesterday, and I tested it with my falcon 3.0d.
The music, if I can call it that, didn't come out right. It sounded like it 
was randomly generated.
The sound effects sounded better on the internal speaker than through the 
GUS.
Has any of you, who have got GUS and falcon, configured the system so that 
the sounds come out right??

KJF
From: phj@gestalt.austin.tx.us (Patricia Ju)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: "Real notes" sequencer Was: Re: I'M After the Best MOD editor
Keywords: sequencer, notation
Date: 13 Oct 92 11:15:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: ut-emx.81587

Finale for the PC and for Macs is a well-established music transcription/
notation program.  It will "write" out near-instantly your input from a
synthesizer or other MIDI controller (provided you are correctly set up
with the MIDI) as well as play back... It has powerful editing capa-
bilities for the music as well as the lyrics of a song; transposition,
features abundant.

It is geared towards the professionals - and I believe the price is
something in the $500-$700 range...  which is one reason I've only
gotten my hands on the demo.

I just got back from Sam Ash today and, of course, came home with a
pile of brochures - just for the pictures (:

Encore is a program by Passport - also notation, music composition,
transcription and publishing... mac, IBM PC/Windwos

Musictime Desktop Composing & Notation (Also from Passport)

oh  almost forgot - Cakewalk is a good one too.  An actual sequencer
(not sure about the notation/transcription capabilities) which allows
you to switch between piano roll and standard music notation.

Patricia
phj@remus.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: edb9140@tamsun.tamu.edu (Ed Boling)
Subject: Re: THE GRAVIS ULTRASOUND
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 13:52:26 GMT

We'll that's all real nice with those prices that you have listed, but the GUS is NOT 16 bit at that price, nor does it have a SCSI ability at that price.  You should compare apples to apples and not compare apples to oranges.

just my $0.02 worth

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From: ylam@fraser.sfu.ca (Yau Ha Elina Lam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Is the Gravis Ultrasound's MIDI MPU-401 compat?
Date: 8 Oct 92 09:17:49 GMT
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada

colleyck@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Buckweat) writes:

>I guess the title says it all... I need to  find a soundcard with 
>MPU-401 compatibility. Also, does anyone know if I could sync to 
>tape with any of the soundcards (hopefully with a MPU-401 compat).

The Ultrasound has a standard MIDI implementation (with UART 6850).  It
is probably not MPU-401 compatible, like the SBpro.

Timothy
From: terryh@cae.wisc.edu (Terry Henning)
Subject: Re: DSP on disk recordings
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:08:00 CDT

In article <1992Oct7.162623.27062@netcom.com> alvin@netcom.com (Alvin H. White) writes:
>
>Some time back I was studying the problem of time change without pitch
>change. As I vaguely understand it pitch change without time change is
>near the other side of the coin.  I eventually wound up downloading
>big code from MIT called csound that had in it PHASE VOCODER sections.
>
[Stuff deleted]
>
>alvin
>
>Postal:  Alvin H. White, Gen. Sect.
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>
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>E-mail:  alvin@netcom.com
>
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>
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>

This is *exactly* the kind of stuff I've been looking for.  What I want to be
able to do is sample parts of songs, slow them down but keep the same pitch.
This is very helpful for learning to play songs by ear.  

If anyone has *ANY* more information on this sort of thing, such as software
that has this capability I would be more than happy to receive it.

Thanks,
Terry Henning

terryh@cae.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: What a bargain for a PAS-16!
From: <DT8QC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 1992 23:59:45 EDT
Distribution: usa
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

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