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From: Corey.Roome@mixcom.mixcom.com (Corey.Roome)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: DIGIStudio... the Ultimate MOD editor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 29 Aug 92 04:29:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Aug29.042956.26141
Distribution: usa
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.



  This message is preceding a UUENCODED version of DIGIStudio.

  DIGIStudio is a MOD editor that requires VGA graphics.  I'm not sure
what processor speed/memory options are best... I know that it does not
support XMS/EMS.  I have seen it run on a 486DX 33, and on my 386SX 25.
There is NO difference.

  The program is VERY easy to use... I recommend using a mouse.  I'm
going to UUENCODE it and post it to this group due to numerous
requests for it.  I'm VERY sorry if this is annoying to you, but I have
no way to get it on an archive.

  DIGIStudio was made by COVOX, and this posting is a DEMO of it.  ALL
options are enabled, except for SAVE.  DIGIStudio comes with an integrated
Sample editor/recorder.  This allows special effects and fine tuning.  It
is capable of playing TrackBlaster compatible MOD files... it WILL NOT
edit Whacker Tracker MODS.  

  There are NO bugs in DIGIStudio, unlike Whacker Tracker.  It is similar
to Whacker Tracker, in that it is a real-time editing station.  Its
description is as follows:

  "An Amiga ProTracker Clone for the PC"

  It is compatible with COVOX, SoundBlaster.  There is an international
address and phone number telling how to order the entire program.

  Here's a little hint:

  Click on the DIGIStudio logo several times... each time you click, you
get a different display... when you play your song/play notes, these displays
become active...  Check it OUT!!!

  Oh, I almost forgot:  You should use the CONFIG option the first time you
run DS15DEMO.EXE

  Select the CONFIGURE button on the screen, set your sound device, set your
sampling rate, ports, etc...  click on SAVE.  Click on EXIT.

  If you can post this to an archive, go for it!

  This UUENCODED version of DIGIStudio by COVOX has been PKZIPed with an
older version of PKZIP.  It does NOT require the new version of PKUNZIP.

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All products mentioned above are trademarks/copyright to their respective
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Once again, I am sorry if the 1300 line message to follow annoys anyone.
I had no other way to get this on the net.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: Upgrading SB to 2.0
Originator: smintz@alamo
Organization: Intel Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:02:25 GMT


download it, cl bbs 408-428-6660...enjoy!!
From: hamish@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au (Hamish Moffatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Sound Blaster Pro driver for Windows 3.1
Date: 24 Aug 92 06:23:32 GMT

Saturday August 08 1992 02:37, Mr. Dustin Fu wrote:

 ET>    Where can I find SoundBlaster Pro driver for MS Windows 3.1?  I loader
 ET>    the softwares come from SB Pro, but Windows driver installation could
 ET>    not find the driver (with the driver, SB Pro will make sound when
 ET>    opening Windows and exiting Windows).

 ET>    Does the driver come with the hardware? If not, where can I find it?
 ET>    Any info is appreciated.

VIA Internet mail, you can get it from the fileserver at cloud.pub.uu.oz.au.
Send mail to fileserv@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au. Subject is ignored. In the text, put

/GET /sound/sbpro.arj


The file (47K) will be sent to you uuencoded via internet mail.

Please do not abuse this service. Our link to the net is a daily 2400bps UUCP
call. :-(


Regards,
Hamish


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From: grossnik@iam.unibe.ch (Bruno Grossniklaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: unreal?
Keywords: unreal demo
Date: 3 Sep 92 13:00:50 GMT
Reply-To: grossnik@iam.unibe.ch
Organization: Dept. of CS, University of Berne, Switzerland

Hi there 

I just wanted to run unreal (386DX DRDOS 6.0 QEMM).
mem reports 634KB free memory but unreal does
not run. It says there are still 9920 Bytes needed.
(634 - 600 = - 9 ???).

So what am i doing wrong?

Bruno Grossniklaus

grossnik@iam.unibe.ch

(Sorry still no footer ...)
From: williamss@topaz.ucq.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Selection of Soundcard - Audiomaster?
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:08:37 AET
Organization: University of Central Queensland, Australia

I am currently in the market for a soundcard and multimedia kit.  Can anybody
recommend a good setup.  I have heard that the SBPro has an upgrade kit and it
is very popular.  
A local dealer recommends a card called "Audiomaster" and says that it is much
better than SBPro.  Any comments. 
Thanks

Steve Williams

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ptran@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran)
Subject: Re: Advanced Gravis Ultrasound... I like it!
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 08:37:52 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.030329.2515@ee.ubc.ca> jthornto@ee.ubc.ca (Johan Thornton) writes:
>Well, I got my Ultrasound yesterday (I'm a software developer) and I thought
>you guys might want to hear about it... 
>
>I'll tell ya what the non-disclusure agreement allows me to tell.
>

[stuff deleted]

Thanks for giving us some solid facts!  However, I have a few questions
that I was wondering if you can answer:

1. How many DACs does the GUS really have?  Certainly not 32!  I heard 
   that it has 4 pannable stereo channels through which each of the
   32 voices can be directed... so I assume it has 4 DACs?

2. What the heck is a YAC?  I heard that the Ultrasound has one.  Maybe
   I heard wrong.

3. The samples are all stored in RAM and are all redefinable, are they
   not?  Somebody was trying to tell me that it had a fixed library
   of instruments.

4. Is the resampling, amplitude envelope shaping, and voice mixing all
   done in hardware?  In other words, is it a 32 voice MOD machine?

5. Does the TSR slow down programs, as some people have claimed?

6. Are developers as enthusiastic about support for the Ultrasound as 
   Gravis would have us believe?

Phat.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: tracyb@bnr.ca (Tracy Blomquist)
Subject: Re: Gravis, Gravis, and more Gravis.
Organization: Bell Northern Research
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 01:38:28 GMT

Re: Will Gravis ever deliver?

I don't think we'll see Gravis go the way of Adlib.  After all, they
don't just make sound cards, they also make one of the best analog
joy-sticks on the market (IMHO).  They're making a card, it will come,
maybe a bit late, but if it's quality is anything like their joystick,
it'll be worth the wait.

Re: Adlib's demise...

Although Adlib messed up (by falling too far behind too fast, I believe),
they deserve credit for being the company who pioneered affordable game
sound for the PC.  Remember, the Sound-Blaster was after the Adlib and
was originally toted as "Adlib Compatible" for a reason.  Creative
simply went further and added the voice/record capability.  That's where
they got the edge.

Besides, Adlib is back now with a partly German owner (now called Adlib
Multi-media, I think).  So they were down for awhile, but I don't think
they're done.

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From: bill@solaria (Bill Neisius)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Upgrading SB to 2.0
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:38:18 GMT
Distribution: na
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Andrew MacLean (andrew@sparky.waterloo.edu) wrote:
: I currently have a sound blaster card, and the test-sb command reports
: that I have version 1.1? chipset. How do I upgrade this to version 2.0?
: Does anyone have the email address of the company, or a mailing address?
: Does anyone know the cost involved?

The following message describes how to upgrade the SoundBlaster DSP
to version 2.0.  This will significantly improve the card's performance
under Windows; no change under DOS however...


: From: ST802200@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Rob Ryan)
: Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
: Subject: SoundBlaster and Windows 3.1
: Message-ID: <9204062259.AA25678@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
: Date: 6 Apr 92 22:56:53 GMT
: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
: Organization: Brown University
: Lines: 14
: 
: My apologies if this has been pointed out before, but apparently Windows 3.1
: requires v2.0 of SoundBlaster's DSP chip.  You can find out what version
: you have by running the program TEST-SBC included on your SoundBlaster
: disks.
: 
: If you want a upgrade, you can call Creative Labs Sales at 1-408-428-6600.
: It costs $30 (plus $5 shipping).  Apparently the old chip waited for the
: buffer to fill before sending output whereas the new chip sends data as it
: gets it.  The result is that older chips produce delays when you implement
: the .WAV sounds for system events in Win 3.1.
: 
: Hope this helps.
: 
: -- Rob


Bill Neisius
bill@solaria.hac.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ehchua@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Eu Hin Chua)
Subject: Re: Assembly'92 Demos
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:11:05 GMT

amigo@milton.u.washington.edu (The Friend) writes:

>jms20@po.CWRU.Edu (John M. Sully) writes:


>>In a previous article, amigo@milton.u.washington.edu (The Friend) says:

>>>
>>>	Just wondering if anyone knows if there's a FTP site for the
>>>Assembly'92 demos? The first one released is definitely the best demo
>>>done on a IBM-class machine, and some of them blow anything to date away
>>>(Amiga demos even). Its called "Unreal" and is a whopping 2.4 megs, lasts
>>>>5 mins. Its on wuarchive (128.252.135.4) in the uploads area. Hopefully
>>>we'll see more!
>>>

>>What's the file name?  I looked in the uploads area but didn't see
>>anything that looked like it...


>	under "unreal.zip" in /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS.
	       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	Is it my imagination, or have all the files in this directory
been deleted? I logged on today and was confronted by a further set of
subdirectories, examples being "Links386games","EURODEMOS" and "Hacker".
Most of the directories were empty...
	Is this just a temporary situation? I would REALLY like to get
my hands on that demo! ;)

	Eu Hin Chua
	 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: peteo@trillian.wpd.sgi.com (Peter Orelup)
Subject: Best Sequencers for SB Pro
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:14:31 GMT

I've got the SB Pro and the SP sequencer that came bundled with it.
I'm interested in upgrading to a better sequencer that is compatible
with the SB Pro.  I understand that Voyetra offers several upgrades
from the SP sequencer I'm now using.  Anyone using the higher end
SP sequencers?  Is the "Gold" sequencer significantly better than
the standard SP?  What other sequencers support the SB Pro and which
are the best?  I'm interested in patch librarians as well.

Pete

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From: km4c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ke-Wei Ma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Can't record on Stereo FX
Date: 25 Aug 92 08:33:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.Ieaa3Q200WBOQ61=8Y
Organization: Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


   I have an ATI Stereo FX card and have tried to record off it for the
last week using the provided drivers and with various CMOS
configurations, to no avail.  Can anybody out there with the same card
give me their configuration (CMOS & drivers loading sequence) so I can
get the damn thing to record?

Ke-Wei
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: jholdern@casper.cs.uct.ac.za (J E Holderness)
Subject: Re: STM file format?
Keywords: STM, format, MOD
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:56:38 GMT

In <1992Aug30.191127.13113@ccu.umanitoba.ca> ummackse@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Macksey) writes:

>Exactly like the subject says... does anyone have documentation on the format
>of .STM files?  If so, is it publicly available (via FTP, etc.)?

I have a file (Norton Guides format) that describes various file formats
including STM, MOD and other music stuff. If you are able to acess such a 
file, I can ftp it somewhere - just tell me where and how.

Better email me in case I miss the reply here.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: coteb@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: Re: Why can't I record on my PAS16 ?
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:17:58 GMT

In article <Btpp8s.HyJ@unx.sas.com>, sasjaa@morticia.unx.sas.com (James Adams) writes:
> 
> I went home last night and messed with something. All I had to do to turn
> the Mic on was turn up the volume. I wrote a little macro that said:
> pas set mic to 100
> 
> Talking into the mic then came out the earphones. I am pretty sure that I
> then recorded (using recfile) with no problems.
> 
> -- 
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Could it also have something to do with my mic?  It is only a $5 Radio Shack
mic.  In the meantime, I'll try your suggestion.  Thank you very much!

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: brownp@viper.rtp.dg.com (Peter Brown)
Subject: Re: BBS copied to FTP sites
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 16:58:39 GMT
Reply-To: brownp@viper.rtp.dg.com (Peter Brown)
Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC

In article <1992Aug28.133148.12890@Newbridge.COM>, rchan@Newbridge.COM (Richard Chan) writes:
|> In article <92241.082521MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu> Matthew E. Bernold <MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
|> >In article <1992Aug27.101306.13701@pwa-b.uucp>, you say:
|> >>
|> >>The phone number for media vision is 1-800-348-7116 and ask for developer
|> >>relations.
|> >
|> >I just called this number, and the recording says to call 1-800-472-6147
|> >for developer relations.  I called that number, and got no answer.
|> >
|> >       Matthew E. Bernold             MEB117@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
|> >         <<APOCALYPSE>>                  meb@haydn.psu.edu
|> Maybe you didn't take into account the time zones?  I thought I did, but got the
|> same result... no answer.  ( Maybe its in Australia? :-) )
|> 
|> There was a previous posting here about how Media Vision wants to be so open
|> wrt the hardware and software so that they can become more of a defacto
|> standard.  It seems to me that if they just post the developers kit to an
|> anon ftp site they would get PAS-16 apps coming out their ya-yas.  Better for
|> them, better for PAS-16 owners...
|> Anyone knows if they have programming libs/docs/tools on their BBS?  If so,
|> why not get it on a ftp site?!  I posted the original article in this thread,
|> and got a couple of "me toos" from other interested programmer. (  Well so far
|> I have no further info.  Anyone want to start a PAS-16 site? ).  
|> But this shows there is demand for it.

I just called the 1-800-472-6147 and got an answer right away.  I asked about
a "free developers kit for the PAS16", after a bit of confusion, and being transfered
to another person, they took my address, and are sending me one.  I asked if it
was public domain, and the said no, so I won't be able to send it to anyone or
upload it to a ftp site, sorry.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: hsiaoe@aix.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao)
Subject: Re: Advanced Gravis Ultrasound... I like it!
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 13:40:33 GMT

In article <BtsFz6.F94@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> ptran@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran) writes:
>3. The samples are all stored in RAM and are all redefinable, are they
>   not?  Somebody was trying to tell me that it had a fixed library
>   of instruments.
From Edmund Taylor, perhaps?  I don't think he knew what he was talking
about...with Wave Table synth, you probably load up more samples into that
256K that comes on board.  I'm really curious as to how many IRQ's & DMA's
this board needs.  It should probably co-exist with a PAS-16, assuming that
it doesn't need too many IRQ's & DMA's.
                - Eric

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From: ebu@vipunen.hut.fi (Erik Bunn)
Subject: Re: Stacker 2.00 with Soundblaster
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
	<1992Aug30.050757.28852@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
Date: 31 Aug 92 13:08:15

>>>>> On 30 Aug 92 05:07:57 GMT, swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver) said:

> Stacker isn't screwing up because of your Sound Blaster, it's screwing up
> because of Wing Commander II.

DW> Anyone with the knowledge care to explain why this happens (as a game
DW> designer/developer/publisher, I'd like to know the pitfalls)

As testified by several people in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, WCII works
fine with Stacker 2.0. Maybe we're just lucky and everybody else's
hardware is screwy? =)

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From: jleon@usc.edu (Juan Leon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: SoundBlaster 2.0 & C/MS chip kit.
Date: 29 Aug 1992 15:51:29 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu
Keywords: soundblaster

Hi everybody!, I'm a new owner of a Soundblaster 2.0 (I just want it for games
and sounds in Windows).  I saw that there's three chip sockets in the board for
the C/MS chip kit, it supose that this upgrade give stereo sound to the board.
Have anybody of you made this upgrade in your board?  The manual also says that
this upgrade will allow me to run games for the GameBlaster board (first time I
heard about this board).
I'll really appreciate any information about this.

Thanks!

Juan Leon
jleon@usc.edu



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From: dannyl@fraser.sfu.ca (Danny Sui-Kit Leung)
Subject: Utilities for PC speaker
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 05:40:23 GMT

    Hello all,

    I'm looking for some utilities to play whatever types of sound files 
out of my pc speaker (yech!). This is simply so I can start accumulating
utilities and files while I shop for a soundcard. Therefore, when I finally
do get one, I'll be all set. Well that's the theory anyways :).

    So if you know of any sites which contain such apps, I would much
appreciate the information. Or uuencoded files posted to alt.binaries.ibm.pc
would also be suitalbe. 

    Thanx in advance.

      Dan Leung
    dannyl@sfu.ca
From: thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: PAS-16 pricing still circa $280
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:39:11 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <18406.9209031330@uk.ac.pel.sol1>, james@sol1.poly-east-london.ac.uk (James Andrews) writes:
>> tld@moon.base.bellcore.com (Terry Davidson)
>> Subject: Re: ***PAS-16 forsale or trade***
> ........
> 
> How does that leave me, outside of the US?  Waiting for the Gravis "next week" 
> Ultrasound, I do believe.
> 
> Pah!  And there I was getting all excited that I could afford a nice sound card
> to make trance tapes with.
> 
> There isnt another sound card that has better sampling than a SBpro but costs
> less than a PAS-16 is there?

You can get the PAS-16 for $215 from Computability.  I'll post their
phone number (the regular one and the 800 one) as soon as I can.  If
you have the PAS FAQ, the number is in it.


> 
> james@sol1.pel.ac.uk
> It makes a feature out of a pizza, its really wild with rice
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From: lemieux@eecg.toronto.edu (Guy Gerard Lemieux)
Subject: Ad Lib is bought and reopening!!!
Date: 27 Aug 92 01:49:09 GMT

Ad Lib has been purchased by a German company.  It is being
renamed Ad Lib Multimedia Ltd. or something like that.

They will be shipping the series 1000 GOLD cards "real soon now".
Apparantly, they just have to get the business straightened out
after being closed for so long...

Many of the old employees have been rehired.

Guy