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From: stephen@cs.tu-berlin.de (Steffen Hauser)
Subject: Wanted:  MIDI Fileformat
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:05:29 GMT


Hello all!

Does anyone have further informations about the Fileformat as
specified in the MIDI 1.0 Standard?  Any hints (line ftp sites etc.)
are welcome!  

Thanks in advance

Steffen
From: chow@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Christopher Chow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Roland MT-32 system, but no DAC
Date: 29 Jul 92 01:21:29 GMT
Organization: Cornell Theory Center

In article <1992Jul28.213855.12682@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> smsmith@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M Smith) writes:
>scw@fig.citib.com (Steven C. Wolfe) writes:
>
>The SB-Pro has a built-in mixer that will allow you to plug the output
>of your MT-32 into one of the inputs in the SB-Pro card, mix the
>sounds, and put them out together.  BUT, the mixer needs a DOS TSR
>that takes up something like 70k!  I almost upgraded my SB 1.5 card

This is not true! You only need to use the DOS TSR if need to be able
to change mix levels on the fly by pressing a hot key. Otherwise just
run the sbp-set program to set the mix levels and they will remain 
set that way until you reboot.

I routinely mix my TV and Soundblaster Pro sounds together using 
the SBP's onboard mixer and have had no problems. I just run the
sbp-set program in my autoexec.bat.

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From: ishikawa@ds5200.personal-media.co.jp (Chiaki Ishikawa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: SCSI HD with the PAS-16?
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:06:01 GMT
	<1992Jul21.211427.11148@pixel.kodak.com>
Reply-To: ishikawa@personal-media.co.jp
Organization: Personal Media Corp., Tokyo Japan
In-reply-to: hutton@ssd.kodak.com's message of 21 Jul 92 21:14:13 GMT


>>>>> On 21 Jul 92 21:14:13 GMT, hutton@ssd.kodak.com (Mike Hutton) said:

>In article <1992Jul21.175205.11071@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> chris@zork.cc.binghamton.edu writes:
>>I'm movingto SCSI and was wondering if the SCSI controller on the 
>>PAS-16 can support hard drives as well as CDROM drives?
>>-thanks
>> chris

>I also, am looking at that. From what I have read it will, BUT you will need
>to buy additional drivers and a SCSI cable kit.

It seems a company called Trantor sells the software driver for the
hard disk connected to SCSI interface of PAS16.

Does anyone know details or have experience. I am curious myself since
I plan to buy a PC system with MPC features.


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From: thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: PRO AUDIO SPECTRUM FAQ v1.0 Information
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:23:49 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Well, here is the finalized version 1.0.  It grew to be a bit long. 
I may go through and condense it in the future--but not at least for
a month--my head is swimming with PAS this and PAS that.  #:-]

I didn't go through the trouble shooting stuff with a fine toothed
comb, so there may be a few errors in there.  Just notify me and I'll
correct them.

Have fun!


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From: joepwro@tellabs.com (Joe Wroblewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Video card/grabber
Keywords: VIDEO GRABBER SOUNDBLASTER
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:23:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: tellab5.1992Jul23.132300.15325
Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL

Creative Labs had a big display of the Video Blaster at
Windows World in April.  The demo had a camcorder connected
to the board.  The video image is displayed in a true
window which can be resized, reduced to icon, etc.

The windows program also support several special effects
including freezing frame.

I am not really sure, but I think the board is available 
or will be soon.

Joe Wroblewski
From: ghartzog@terapin.com (Garrett Hartzog)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Looking for a good sound card
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:29:05 GMT
Organization: BBS

Go with the PAS-16. It can handle 8, 12, and 16 bit samples. It has windows
drivers and utilities and it's the only sound board company that's working on
OS/2 drivers (it sent some people to IBM to help with the drivers)

Garrett Hartzog
ghartzog@terapin.com
From: warren@pws.ma30.bull.com (Warren Lavallee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Music software for SBPro
Date: 21 Jul 92 14:23:55 GMT

Hello all,

I'm looking for a windows 3 program for my Soundblaster Pro.  Basically
something that will let me type in sheet music, and it will play it for
me.

Does such a beast exist?  How much is it?  Please EMail, I will summarize
if anyone else is interested...

Warren Lavallee
warren@beloved.unidesk.com

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From: pjb@cci632.cci.com (Phil Busardo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Multi-Track Recording for PAS-16
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:09:03 GMT
Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY

Does anyone know if there is a multi-track recording program available
for the PAS-16.

How'bt a multi-track recording program for any sound card?

Is anyone using a sound card for music production/remixing?

Thanx.
From: taylor@castor.cs.uga.edu (Brad Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Software sugestions...
Date: 26 Jul 92 04:53:26 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

I wanted to get some opinions from some who you who have been playing with 
sound stuff for awhile....
I want to be able to record fairly long sample 4mins+, but all the software
that I have worked with does not support EMS or XMS; my sample size is limited
to around 500-550k.  I have 8 megs of ram and I would like to use it with
samples and editing.  Could someone recommend the best program to accomplish 
this or am i expecting too much?  Thanks...

brad -> taylor@castor.cs.uga.edu

oops....forgot to metion that I'm using a Soundblaster Not-a-Pro on a 486/33..
thanks for sugestions....
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.music
From: siffert@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Thunder-Thumbs)
Subject: Is MPU-401 only needed for one of two soundcards?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 02:20:11 GMT

My question involves a hypothetical arrangement of a Roland SCC-1 
and a PAS-16.  (I have the Roland).

The Roland is MPU-401 compatible, but the PAS isn't - does this make
it impossible for me to use them both at once in my sequencing or
my synthesizer performances?  Or will I only be able to use the SCC?
The ability to map a sample to a key on a keyboard is important to
me, can the PAS do that without the MIDI?

Related question: If I have a sequence worked out on my MIDI card,
and also a routine of sounds made from the PAS, would I be able to 
mix them both down on to a regular tape deck at once?  Or since they
are from different cards, would I have to use an actual four-track?
(I have one).

Finally, are there any sampling cards out there that are midi compatible?
I know the Gravis is UART 1650 (supposedly), but the only other one
I hear of that will be MPU-401 compat is the SB-16, and who knows when
that will be released.

Thanks for any info you give me

Curt Siffert 

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From: calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:19:06 GMT
Subject: Re: Opinions on Open vs. Closed bidding? (was SBPro forsale)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard

One person's opinion: I won't buy anything if the seller plays the
"make me an offer" game.  Either tell me what you want for it, or
keep it yourself.  Life has too many time-wasting "games" as it is.

Frank Calloway
From: huangx@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Xiuqing Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: INFO ABOUT SOUNDBLASTER OR PAS-16 WANTED
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:20:00 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Hi,
	I want to purchase soundblaster or something like that which
	could be used in my educational software.  I have heard that
	there is another kind card (synthisizer?) which could compose voice.
	Could anyone who is familar with these forwards the info please.
	Many many thanks.

 	
	huangx@ccu.umanitoba.ca
From: cti@weber.ucsd.edu (CTI)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Wanted: Sound Blaster Microsoft C sources/libraries
Date: 27 Jul 1992 21:53:30 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu
Summary: .VOC playback, voice synthesizer, MIDI
Keywords: Microsoft C, Sound Blaster card

If anyone has sources which compile under Microsoft C  (We're using
V. 6.00A) to play back audio files to a Sound Blaster card, or
libraries we could link w/ MSC, I'd appreciate it if you'd drop
me a line.

Of particular interest is playing back a sound file and directly
driving the voice synthesizer from within our own application.

Vender inquiries & shareware welcome.  We do pay for shareware.

Thank you very much.

Please e-mail me, as I don't usually read this group and our system
has received no news under this group.


cti@weber.ucsd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: protein@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Chris Blackmon)
Subject: Re: FTP sites for .VOC, .SND, .NST, .CMF SB
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:26:18 GMT

tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Tim Villa) writes:

>I've been looking around for the above type files to play on my Sound
>Blaster. I've found just a few so far. Anyone know any? Particularly
>NoiseTrackers (.NST)...or any PD music makers
>TIA
>Tim Villa
>tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au

There are a few at garfield.catt.ncsu.edu

Maybe others can tell you more places.







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From: bre@os.is (Bjarni R. Einarsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Soundblaster sampling
Summary: souped up headphones..
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:31:05 GMT
Organization: Orkustofnun

In article <1992Jul24.170221.19520@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, ai830@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robertson G. Davenport) writes:
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how to connect alternative sources to my
> SoundBlaster mike jack.  Mikes haven't been giving me the quality I'm
> looking for.  I'd like to be able to connect to my stereo receiver/amp
> and pick up from my CD player, radio, tv and VCR.  It doesn't have a
> line out, unfortunately.  What other possibilities are there? I assume
> the headphone jack is amplified and I don't know how to compensate for
> that.  Any advice is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Rob

I did something like this once..
I took my walkman (no REALLY :) and chopped and hacked the headphones' 
wire to pieces and soldered a mic jack on the opposite end.  The I got
REALLY fancy..I hooked up the headphones to the whole mess again so
I could listen to the samples.  It also cuts the volume down quite a 
bit.  I suppose people could use a DISKMAN insead of a WALKMAN for 
better sound quality.. but almost anything is better than a mic.

Do this and turn the volume WAY down and you can sample off anything
you happen to have on tape.  If you are using VOXKIT then you will 
know if you have the volume to high, the samples turn totally sh$%ty
if you do :)

This would probably work connected to a full blown stereo amp. with 
everything.. just watch the volume.

Hope this helps.. 

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From: ghartzog@terapin.com (Garrett Hartzog)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Software sugestions...
Date: 29 Jul 92 18:56:58 PST
Organization: BBS

In article <1992Jul26.045326.9796@athena.cs.uga.edu>, taylor@castor.cs.uga.edu
(Brad Taylor) writes:
>I wanted to get some opinions from some who you who have been playing with 
>sound stuff for awhile....
>I want to be able to record fairly long sample 4mins+, but all the software
>that I have worked with does not support EMS or XMS; my sample size is limited
>to around 500-550k.  I have 8 megs of ram and I would like to use it with
>samples and editing.  Could someone recommend the best program to accomplish 
>this or am i expecting too much?  Thanks...
>
>brad -> taylor@castor.cs.uga.edu
>
>oops....forgot to metion that I'm using a Soundblaster Not-a-Pro on a 486/33..
>thanks for sugestions....
I have some unfortunate news...you're going to have to move to Win 3.1 if you
want to do that currently. Windows has a set of okay utilities for digitized
sound. If you had a PAS-16, you'd have some better utilities for windows.

Garrett Hartzog
ghartzog@terapin.com
From: vanhaesk@cs.Helsinki.FI (Jari Vanha-Eskola)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: SoundBlaster public domain programs?
Keywords: SoundBlaster
Date: 25 Jul 92 19:13:24 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki, Finland

I'm thinking of buying the SoundBlaster Pro card, but before making that
final decision I'd like to know about available PD (or ShareWare)
programs. I'd like to be able to write notes on a scale and then have SB
play whatever I've composed (something similar to Amiga's Creator /
Notator). Is there any software for this purpose (preferably Windows,
but anything will do) ?

			Jari	(vanhaesk@cs.helsinki.fi)
From: bsb@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Brett Baumberger)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 20:10:39 GMT
Subject: Re: How does the COVOX speech thing work?
Organization: the HP Response Center, Atlanta
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard

Hi,

The speech thing has a CVSD - Continuous Variable Slope Delta modulator.
The US Air Force also uses this technology in the talking cockpits.

Brett
From: eb2b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward Rosales Bella)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: MOD files?
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:45:40 GMT
Organization: Junior, IM - H&SS Track, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I an new to sound files and I don't know much about them.  I have a
soundblaster and I just found some files with the .MOD extension.  What
type of files are they and how can I play them?  Please send mail to : 
eb2b@andrew.cmu.edu 

Thanks,

Ed
From: edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Opinions on Open vs. Closed bidding? (was SBPro forsale)
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:58:47 GMT
Organization: The RAND Corporation

Perhaps I'd be more sympathetic if I were still a starving student, but
it seems to me that an open bid isn't worth the bother, especially when
one is using the resources of the net.

What I'd do is set a reasonable price, advertise at that price "or best
offer," and sell it for the highest offer I got over a week's time.

A good place to start for a "reasonable price" on computer gear would be:

	P*0.75^(Y+1)

where P is the original purchace price, and Y is the number of years
you've owned it.  Yes, that's right: after a year, expect only about
half of the original price (give or take a bit).

Consider this the price of technological progress...

		-Ed Hall
		edhall@rand.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: albertw@netcom.com (Albert Wong)
Subject: Re: Software sugestions...
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 22:57:33 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <92208.142133MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu> MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu (Matthew E. Bernold) writes:
>>
>>oops....forgot to metion that I'm using a Soundblaster Not-a-Pro on a 486/33..
>>thanks for sugestions....
>
>Why not try putting that 8 Megs of Ram to good use...
>
>Make a LARGE Ram disk (7 Megs or so) and use software to sample directly to
>disk instead of to memory.  Set the destination to the RAM disk, and voila...
>7 megs of fast hard disk space to hold your sound files... :-)
>
>With a 22k sampling rate on 8-bit sounds this should give you enough room to
>get over 5 1/2 minutes of sampling on the ram drive.
>

Well, he's using a classic Soundblaster card, so I guess he'll end up
with 10 minutes of 11Khz samples.  Now, how do you put that on
floppies... ^_^
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: franki@prso.pttnwb.nl (Frank van Ierland)
Subject: ATI stereo F/X card ??
Keywords: soundcard multimedia advice
Organization: PTT Telecom b.v. The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 11:35:05 GMT


I'am thinking of buying a ATI stereo F/X soundcard. Has anny anny experience 
width it. Is is anny good ?.

	Thanks,
		Frank.
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From: M02449@mwvm.mitre.org (Joe Gems)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: MPU-401 Sound Card?
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:56:01 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102

In article <1992Jul21.151708.20964@devildog.att.com>
jdalin@devildog.att.com (Jimmy Dalin) writes:
 
>
>I have a series of interconnected questions that I hope someone can help me
>with.
>
>1. Is there a sound board on the market that supports the MPU-401 MIDI
>standard?  I believe the PAS 16 does NOT.  The reason this is important to
>me is that I own a synthesizer and would also like to use programs for
>sequencing (like CAKEWALK) and composition (like SCORE and FINALE).
>
don't know the answer to your question, but sequencers are now coming with
drivers that enable them to work with sound cards directly - i.e., no MIDI
interface required; for example, Cakewalk for Windows comes with AdLib and
Soundblaster drivers, among others (don't know for sure about PAS)
 
>2. Are there versions of the programs I mention above that support whatever
>MIDI interface that the PAS 16, SB PRO, etc. do support?  Or are there
>comparable programs written specifically for the more popular sound boards?
>
newer MIDI software packages come with support for several different types of
MIDI interfaces -- again, Cakewalk is one such.
 
>3. Assuming that there is a sound board that supports MPU-401, will I be
>giving up any important "generic" sound board features that, for example,
>the PAS 16 offers (such as high quality digital sound, SCSI interface, etc.)?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
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From: mayos@aix.rpi.edu (Stephen David Mayo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Windows & SB problems
Date: 31 Jul 92 06:39:46 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Help. I am using a SB 2.0 and the new SB 2.0 Driveers from creative labs on
a 486-33 running windows.
 The problem is that sometimes the soundboard works and sometimes it doesn't
Sometimes after stating windows I get the "tada.wav" over the board, and it is 
properly connected for all aplications taht use it. Other times I get no sound
when I run windows and the wav and midi player say that no sound device is 
present. The boot log for windows shows that all drivers are properly conected.
 The problem is that it is completely random. I can have windows running with 
sound, exit and restart with sound sometimes and w/o other times. Re-installing
the drivers usually ixes the problem for the next boot, but I don't think that this is a solution.  Any Suggestions would be appreciated.
   Steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: scw@fig.citib.com (Steven C. Wolfe)
Subject: Roland MT-32 system, but no DAC
Originator: scw@ibism
Organization: Citibank IBISM
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:01:47 GMT


Hi:

Forgive me if this was previously discussed, but I am new to this news group.

I presently have a Roland MT-32, had it for a couple of years, absoulutely 
love it, I have it installed on a 386 20Mhz system (DELL 310).

I would like to have the DAC voice capability for games, but want to keep the
sound quality of the MT-32, can anyone suggest the best way to go.

I was thinking of getting the Sound Blaster Pro (V2), and getting some
external mixer for blending the two together.  If anyone can speack from
experience, please email me.

Thanks,
SCWolfe
From: edwards@world.std.com (Jonathan Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Noisy SoundBlasterPro
Date: 31 Jul 92 02:11:09 GMT
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

I just got a SBPro for my 386/25. It generates a lot of buzzing, clicking,
and hissing. Disk accesses are quite noticeable, but even just the idle loop
among a number of Win3.1 386-mode DOS processes produces an annoying amount
of noise. Creative Labs tech support was clueless, and suggested a replacement,
which may only marginally improved the problem at best. If I keep the volume at
a discrete level, its not noticeable. But if I crank up the volume to a
satisfying level, I am left with an unacceptable amount of background noise.

Is this a known problem with all sound boards, or with SoundBlasters in
particular?
thanks - Jonathan