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From: graham@cs.utexas.edu (Ralph Arnold Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: GUS with CD-ROM kit/daughterboard (cheap?)
Date: 20 Dec 1992 23:03:50 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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I also recently purchased the Mitsumi drive from CompuAdd Express in Austin.
The avg. access time is over 600ms, but the drive was only $169 about 2
months ago.
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From: cliff@astro.ucla.edu (cliff UCLA Astronomy)
Subject: GUS on an OPTi 486 motherboard and StarCon II
Keywords: GUS OPTi StarControl II
Reply-To: cliff@astro.ucla.edu (cliff UCLA Astronomy)
Organization: UCLA Department of Astronomy
Distribution: na
Date: 18 Dec 92 08:32:54 PST





 Well, I finally got around to replacing my 486 motherboard that has an OPTi
 chipset ( 486-WB motherboard with OPTi chips  82C392 82C493 F82C206 ) with
 a new EISA motherboard that has a SIS chipset.  My old motherboard worked
 fine with playmidi and the media player in windows but failed when I ran
 StarControl II.   In StarControl II, I would get a load scratchy-whinning
 noise when I changed to different items in a menu and eventually the game
 would slow to a crawl and lock up my computer.  Well, last night after swap-
 ping the motherboards, I noticed that I get the same whinning noise less
 frequently when I'm switching to different items in the menu but now I can
 play with absolutely no system slow downs or lock ups....  I should also
 state that my GUS has 1 Meg of memory on it and I've noticed postings from
 others that this could cause problems with StarControl II.  Hopefully, Accolade
 will post a patch to fix this.  I've also noticed that the game will sometimes
 play incorrect patches like battle sounds when I'm out crusing by myself.

 cliff

 cliff@trifid.astro.ucla.edu

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From: turkstra@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Screwtape)
Subject: Re: Sbos!=SBPRO
Organization: Hope College Dept of CS
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 06:33:19 GMT

From article <BzC3A3.GpF@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca>, by ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran):
> In article <1992Dec15.212342.1919@cs.hope.edu> turkstra@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Screwtape) writes:
>>*THEREFORE*  The GUS is only capable of 11 stereo voices.  As fas as 
>>what SBOS does, I won't touch that, I haven't listened hard enough.  But 
>>if gravis says that it supports SBpro stereo, I'd believe it.  I'm 
>>not flaming (at all!!)  but this is a dictionary (and functional)
>>definiton of stereo. 
> 
> Correction.  The GUS is, at least, capable of 16 stereo voices if we
> assume that the 32 voices can only be placed right or left, thus
> requiring that we pair them to reproduce true stereo.
> 
  Oy, the math,  must have something to do with the accounting exam
I've got to take in 7 hours.  You are indeed correct and I am indeed dumb.

> BTW, anybody considering implementing temporal displacements between
> the left and right channels to reproduce "truer" stereo?
> 
> Phat.
Is the GUS hardware sophisticated enough to implement temporal 
displacement?  Also, I don't see how this method would produce 
a "truer" stereo than 32 voices playing (16L - 16R).  The only cool
stuff I've seen done with this is in surround sound, which is 
impossible with the GUS. Unless we could program it to send 16 voices 
out of the line out and 16 different ones out of amp out! Hmmmm. :) 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: mmeltzer@wam.umd.edu
Subject: Should I buy a GUS?
Reply-To: mmeltzer@wam.umd.edu
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 03:40:19 GMT


Is there any reason that I should wait a few months before going out and  
buying one of these?  Or, reworded, should I go out and buy a GUS now, or  
will there be better revisions in the near future?

I'm just curious to know, because I'm in the market for a soundcard.

Also, what does the GUS package come with, and what's the best price  
you've seen?

Thanks!

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From: sasaer@broadway.unx.sas.com (Andy Ravenna)
Subject: SB vs. SBPro
Originator: sasaer@broadway.unx.sas.com
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:49:38 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


Hi Net Land,

Sorry if this question has been hammered to death, but I just peaked 
into this news group for the first time, so have mercy.

I have a SB and want to know what the advantages of selling it and 
upgrading to a SBPro would be.  Will there be any sound difference at 
all ?  I've got the impression (from these multimedia kits that are 
being sold) that I would have to have a SBPro if I wanted to by a CD 
player and upgrade from WIN 3.0 to 3.1... is this true ?  Or will 
multimedia stuff (games in particular) work with a SB ?

Thanks for your help.
Andy.

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From: swkgohw@nuscc.nus.sg (Sir Launcelot Du Lac)
Subject: Re: SB16 Released at Last!
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:32:25 GMT

Well met Gabriel

gting@fraser.sfu.ca (Gabriel Sii Kuok Ting) writes:
: 
: If the Wave Blaster can be connected to your present SBPro, I see no reason
: why you would want to go for the SB16. As I understand it, the SB16 is 
: nothing more than a 16bit version of the SB Pro, and at that price, one
: wonders when native support for the SB16's DSP will come about. Certainly
: not as fast as those coming out for the GUS. (Star Con 2 is a fine example)
: 
Nay, the Wave Blaster canst only connect to the SB16.  Does the GUS have
prebuilt MIDI sounds?

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From: ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran)
Subject: Re: GENERAL MIDI FTP SITE
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:33:55 GMT

In article <724432228.AA00025@ship.wimsey.bc.ca> John.Smith@f7050.n153.z1.ship.wimsey.bc.ca (John Smith) writes:
>Can anyone suggest an FTP site to get general MIDI files?  Trying to archie on
>MID, or MIDI is a nightmare.  Would be nice to have more than just the sample
>MIDI files to play on my GUS.  Thanx.
> 
>John
>

There are good MIDI files on archive.epas.utoronto.ca (aka klingon.epas...)
in the /pub/pc/ultrasound/submit and ../midi directories.

Phat.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: isc30158@nusunix1.nus.sg (WEE LEE SENG)
Subject: Text to Speech
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 08:25:59 GMT


I like to find out the following things:
 
	1. What is the name of the company that produces Monologue
   	   (That piece of software that comes with Sound Blaster)?
 
	2. Is there any distributor of Monologue in Singapore?
	   If so, can you supply me with the address and contact number?
 
	3. Is there any other commercial/public domain software that
 	   does the same thing (convert text to speech)? What is the
	   hardware requirement? 
	
Thank you!

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From: bx955@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Todd Glazier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Emagic Soundcard (Ensoniq)
Date: 13 Dec 1992 01:19:30 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bx955@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Todd Glazier)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I was leafing through the January Keyboard Magazine and saw an ad for the
Emagic Soundcard, which is the one being distributed (and designed, although
they take only dist credits) by Ensoniq.  As it's been mentioned, this
card uses a simlar chipset to the GUS, as the GUS is based on the Ensoniq
chipset.  It's sposed to be directed more at the pro musician, but the added
sound proecessing abilities and Soundblaster Pro Hardware Compatibility I
think would make it an ideal ameteur digital studio, and fine game card...
if you know what i mean.:-) (and the several megs of memory you can load it up
with.)

I've been thinking about starting an Emagic mailing list....email if you think
that'd be cool.  IT IS NOT A SUBSCRIPTION...just let me know if your cool with
it. This would be for folx interested in the Emagic soundcard, not just
the chipset....if it was the chipset..there about 10 different cards we'd be
talking about (all in development.)

Michael Todd glazier
lovesexy@umich.edu
 

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From: ddoherty@ics.uci.edu (Donald Doherty)
Subject: Re: Microsoft's Sound Board
Reply-To: ddoherty@ics.uci.edu (Donald Doherty)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 08:53:54 GMT

In article <rdippold.724551631@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>jeb@fig.citib.com (James E. Bergman) writes: 
>>Hi. Does anyone know if Microsoft's sound board supports emaulation
>>of other more popular sound boards? e.g. AdLib.
..
>>I want to know if this sound board is useful from DOS.
>
>It comes with no DOS software.  However, it should be usable from DOS
>if you can get the SDK.  I wouldn't count on much DOS game support
>unless this really catches on, as I think this might be seen as more
>of a "business" card.  So not now, maybe later.

  I may get the Microsoft sound board but only because I do not use
any DOS programs to speak of and I don't use any games (yet...but when
I do buy a game it must run under MS Windows).

  The MS sound board, as far as I can tell, is mostly for people like
myself who principally use Windows and are not major game players (if
I only had the time :^(   ).  For instance, there is no port for a joy
stick.

Don

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: sherman@ecadsr.enet.dec.com (My name is...)
Subject: Re: Microsoft's Sound Board
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:09:34 GMT


In article <rdippold.724551631@cancun>, rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes...
>jeb@fig.citib.com (James E. Bergman) writes: 
>>Hi. Does anyone know if Microsoft's sound board supports emaulation
>>of other more popular sound boards? e.g. AdLib.
> 
>They're not claiming such in any literature I've seen about it.  I
>suspect that Microsoft doesn't need it to be compatible - all they
>care about are that the Windows drivers work.
> 
>It does have 16-bit sampling, and a synthesizer chip, so it's not just
>digitized stuff, but I have yet to see any specific mention of the
>synthesizer they're using.
> 
> 

According to my brother, who works for Microsoft (but could be wrong, as far
as I know), the Microsoft sound board is Adlib compatible but not Soundblaster
compatible.

Steve
From: jorgense@plains.NoDak.edu (Lee A. Jorgensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: GUS v. PAS-16
Keywords: help .....
Date: 13 Dec 92 22:01:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: ns1.Bz7x5r.AJu
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

Ok ... I've looked at soundcards for the past few months and
I've decided on either a PAS-16 that I can get locally, or
a GUS through mail-order.

The biggest drawback that I have, is that I cannot get the GUS
locally, nor can I see what it comes with.  I know that the
PAS-16 can support up to two joysticks, SCSI compat., etc.

What does the GUS offer in the way of hardware 'accessories'
like the above?  I do know that you can get daughterboards
for SCSI, and 16-bit sampling.

Also, could someone send me 'all' of the GUS-related info (ie.
GUS-FAQ, Gamelist ... etc.) .. or where can I find it? (I do have ftp)

Any installation/horror stories also welcome.

Thanks ... Lee.

BTW, it's going into a 286 w/ 4Megs of Ram, SVGA, etc etc ...

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From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: --->DEMO UPDATE<---
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:27:22 GMT

andy@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com (Andy Young) writes:
>Ron Dippold (rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com) wrote:
>>I do... the big questions are: a) is there enough support?  To be created
>>the group needs 100 more yes votes than no votes, and the yes votes
>>must be at least a 2/3 majority.  b) how much traffic would there be -
>>is it worth the two months it takes to create the group? 

>I think so. It seems that a lot of people (myself included) cannot FTP; it
>sure would be nice to get all of the latest and greatest demos (not only
>sound but games, applications, etc) without having to use ftpmail or
>(worse) beg someone to email a copy.

Whoops, that's something else entirely.  comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos would
have to be a group discussing demos.  If you want to post binaries to
it it needs to go in the comp.binaries. hierarchy, probably
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.demos. (and a .d group for discussion).

Or there's the alt.binaries. hierarchy.
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From: etcmng@iitmax.iit.edu (Michael N Goldshteyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: I NEED MPU-401 driver for windows
Date: 15 Dec 92 03:14:20 GMT
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology


I am in desperate need of an MPU-401 driver for windows 3.*, the one
on my windows disks is corrupt and I just got a program that needs it.
If anyone can refer me to an FTP site that has such a driver or if anyone
can just e-mail me the one off the windows disks, i would GREATLY
appreciate it!

Thanks

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From: cmetz@thor.tjhsst.edu (Craig Metz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Linux sound driver 0.4 out, includes PAS 16 support, full source
Date: 19 Dec 1992 20:43:24 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


	Just to spread the news for those who are interested in seeing
(mostly) working source code for using a PAS 16 to its capabilities in a
non-DOS environment, version 0.4 of the sound card driver for Linux has
been out for a couple of weeks. The primary author of the driver is 
Hannu Savolainen (hsavolai@cs.helsinki.fi), and I wrote some of the PAS-
and PAS 16-specific code. It is distributed in source-only form as
nic.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/xtra/snd-kit/snd-driv-04.tar.Z. In the same
subdirectory, one can obtain high-level client programs that use the
driver such as a modified version of the str module player program. 

	The code should be a good reference for people working to get
the PAS2-series cards supported under other 386 UNIXen and other non-DOS
operating systems. Not supported at this time are the National Semiconductor
volume and mixer chips on the non-PAS 16 boards (which we plan to support
if we can get tech info on them) and the original PAS cards (which there are
no plans to support). 

	Note that there are a few known bugs in this package that will be
fixed in a future release. Feel free to contact me for info on what we've
found to be unreliable or the code in general. Since Media Vision is going
to a good length to open the innards of their boards up to programmers who
wish to support the card, people writing drivers should seriously attempt
to support their products. 

	And again, I reiterate the call for people to ignore those 
manufacturers who believe that by only providing detailed information on 
programming their cards to game companies and providing a minimal SDK for 
people willing to sign a nondisclosure agreement barring the licensee from 
developing software using the information in the SDK. Not to name anybody in 
particular, mind you. No joystick manufacturers some to mind at all.

								-Craig
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From: markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca (MARC PAULIN)
Subject: Re: Sbos!=SBPRO
Organization: Universite de Moncton
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:01:55 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.225755.6360@news.ysu.edu> aa344@yfn.ysu.edu (Joseph Maruschek) writes:
>From: aa344@yfn.ysu.edu (Joseph Maruschek)
>Subject: Re: Sbos!=SBPRO
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:57:55 GMT


>However, SBOS does automagically "stereoize" the music and sound
>effects that were originally meant for a mono Sound Blaster. 
>Does this constitute SBPro compatibility?  Hardly.  If you want
>to have stereo effects on a SBPro, you are going to have to program
>some things differently than you would for a normal SB.  I submit
>that SBOS will not recognize the stereo commands of a SBPro.  I
>submit that it will not recognize the 4-operator commands of the
>OPL-3.  Since SBOS does not support these features, it cannot
>claim to emulate the SBPro.

>Like most of the game companies do already, SBOS ignores the
>special features of the SBPro and concentrates solely on SB
>emulation.  

	About time!!  I've been writing the same thing over and over but 
nobody listens.  The SBOS _sounds_ like the SBPro with 11 voices but doesn't 
support it.  It supports *ONLY* the original Sound Blaster.
	When I say '_sounds_like', I mean the stereo effects.  The sound 
itself it totally different from the SBPro.
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From: ngan_m@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: SB-16
Date: 11 Dec 1992 21:52:47 GMT
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
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In article <1992Dec11.183400.8808@ichips.intel.com>, smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~) writes:
>
>According to creative Labs; the sb-16 won't be releases till Jan 93...so where
>did you get yours?
>Stephen
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We've got them right here in New Zealand (Noo Zeeland for all those in the 
States) They retail for about NZ$700 (~ US$300). It is the SB 16 ASP.
16 bit Stereo Rec/Playback
MPU401 Midi Interface
plus lots of software (includes a microphone. Wow!)

MiltMan (ngan_m@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz)

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From: cschen@csie.nctu.edu.tw (Chih-Shen Chen)
Subject: WANTED! Info. about Ballade
Organization: National Chiao Tung University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:21:20 GMT

Hi, there

	I am wondering if anyone out there uses or knowes about Ballade.
Somebody told me that it's a nice software for composing, etc.  Being 
new to this field, I will appreciate any further information about it.

	Please reply via E-mail, thanks in advance.

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From: sullivan@nodename.dec.com (Greg Sullivan)
Subject: Corrupt MIDI using SB Pro/Voyetra & external SGU
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 06:42:51 GMT


Has anybody else experienced corrupt MIDI data when using an external 
keyboard and MIDI synth? I find that every few minutes, I get either stuck
notes, incorrect, or missing notes. Creative Labs say that they have reproduced 
it, but progress is slow. They seem to think that it's the Voyetra driver
(TAPISB/VAPISB), and they even said that the version dated FEB 92 *should* fix
the problem. I have copied the latest version (V1.4, OCT 92) from the Voyetra
BBS, but the problem still occurs.

Just thought I'd throw this out to the network, in case anybody can offer some
insight.

Here's my configuration:
16 MHz 386sx (DECstation 316sx)
DOS 3.3
Voyetra Sequencer Plus Pro V4.06
VAPISB (MIDI driver) version 1.4 (have tried 1.27, 1.29, and 1.31 also!)
Soundblaster Pro (2OP version)
Keyboard: Roland RD300S

A couple of other points. The problem occurs on the receive side, since the
same errors are present in MIDI recordings when replayed. Also, the RD300S
keyboard sends an 'all notes off' whenever one lifts their hands completely off
the keyboard. I understand that this is not common. Also, I have a utility
called MIDITHRU, that simply forwards MIDI - this utility WORKS PROPERLY. It
uses the same Voyetra driver. This would tend to suggest that *maybe* 
the problem lies with the actual sequencer software, rather than the driver.

Greg.
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