From: mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy)
Subject: One long MUDDA PUCKA!
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 02:36:42 GMT

> Is there any information available on the specs of the daughter
> board and when it will be available? Thanks
> 
>    George
 
Should be out sometime this month or Feburary.  If not I 
should think it'd still be out before the end of the 1st 
Quarter of '93.  This is just my opinion.
 
Uhm, all I've heard from around here and there is it'll let 
you record at 16-bits, 44.1Khz in Stereo, and have some fancy 
schmancy control over inputs.  Someone mentioned 48Khz DAT 
quality recording but again, I'd only believe it when I see it.
 
> The mod is 725,464 bytes long.  Any ideas?  Should I get an Amiga?
> Dave Angus
 
I have two not "Should I get an Amiga" suggestions.
 
1) Use a windows mod file player like Winmod or Winmod Pro
2) Leave me E-mail stating where you ftp'ed the mod (including 
sub directories) and I'll uuencode some of my teeniest 
weeniest mod file players for you, ones which are smaller than 
pp.
 
> The chip, Precision Monolithics Inc., PM-7528 has 20 pins, 8 for
> data, one for DAC select, V   for 5-15 V, V   A, V   B, V  A V  B,
> data and and analog 
>              DD              REF    REF    FB   FB
> GNDs, WR and CS, and OUT for both DACs.
> 
> CMOS and TTL compatible, it says.
>                      _____                __           __
> Dac select is marked DAC A / DAC B, WR is WR and CS is CS.
> 
> So, can a Stereo-In-1 (to be used with MODPLAY or other) be built
> around  this, I have my own thoughts, but I think they would just
> confuse you :-)
 
You already have!
 
> (1) I can't get the GUS working with 16-bit DMA channels (5, 6, 7).
> I've tried it out with QEMM and EMM386, with different DMA buffer
> sizes and even with a 'clean' system (i.e. no drivers). I can use
> DMA 7 for the DAC but not for RAM, i.e. SET ULTRASND=220,1,7,11,5
> works o.k., but SET ULTRASND=220,7,7,11,5 does not work o.k. The
> MIDI songs sound terribly! Any clues on how to solve this problem?
 
Make sure none of your other cards are using those DMA 
channels and try again.  If not then maybe your motherboard 
just can't hack it.
 
> (2) I have installed the new Windows drivers. I can record and
> playback .WAV samples, but I can't get the MIDI working. I've tried
> Media Player, Patch Manager and WinJammer. Patch Manager gives an
> empty list of patches, the other are playing, but I don't hear a
> sound! It worked o.k. with the v1.10 drivers. I've installed it as
> described in the readme-file and after that I've copied the
> midimap.cfg and ultrawin.cfg to the \windows\system directory.
 
Install 1.21 drivers.  You can get them from 
klingon.epas.utoronto.ca (128.100.160.36) in the 
\pub\pc\ultrasound\gravis-disks directory and give er a go 
again.
 
> (3) Does anybody know the difference between the rev. 2.2 and rev.
> 2.4 board? And the difference between the v1.10 disks and v.1.21
> disks?
 
Ya, 1.21 is good 1.1 is bad.  1.21 has more patches and bugs 
fixed etc.
 
> (1) I really like the 669 player! Sounds very good (and loud...
> ouch!)
 
Use the plus and minus keys on the keypad section of your 
keyboard.  Usually they are grey.  They'll control the volume.
 
> (2) SBOS 1.23 seems no real improvement over v1.22. The digitised
> sounds are too
 
I agree.  Just use 1.22 unless something better comes up.
 
> (3) I tried out three MOD players: MOD.EXE, GUSMOD.EXE (or was it
> MODGUS?) and MODULATR.  The first is not working. I think it is not
> meant as a MOD player. The
 
PUSH.MOD is hardcoded into MOD.EXE. Three things you can do:
1) re-compile the source code with the filename of the mod you 
want
2) use a disk editor to rename PUSH.MOD in the executable file
3) the simplest, rename the mod you want to play to PUSH.MOD 
and copy it to the directory in which MOD.EXE resides.  I just 
made a little batch file to do this for me.
 
> GUS only? *snicker* Hey, they sound just fine on the SoundBlaster
> and the Composer works great on the SB too! Since Renaissance made
> the package completely free you can compose and save now! Cool,
> huh?
 
Ya, I know you can play them with the composer but ah, I 
uploaded the 669 files with GUS users in mind, not SB users.  
Oh, Ya, I'm sure 669's sound fine on your SB (ha ha ha - 8 
channels mixed into 1 stinky mono channel). Just kidding, I 
hope you enjoy them.
 
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  - Da Lazer!
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