From: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (Tobin M. Creek)
Subject: GUS + SBPRO coexist story
Originator: tmcreek@c00100-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (Tobin M. Creek)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:49:44 GMT


You may remember my post of about a two weeks ago where I detailed my
story about getting a GUS, SB 2.0 and Adaptec 1522 to coexist.  Well, I traded
up to an SBPro Basic 2.0, and now I am going to detail another story.

Since the SBPro was hooked up at the same address, IRQ and DMA as the SBPro
I was instaling (default:220, 7, 1), the installation was a breeze.  
I get nice stereo from the SBPro (don't get ruffled GUS fans: I use it to demo
to everyone I see how much better the GUS sounds than the SB).  

For those not wanting to use an external amp (I am going home on Sat, so I
don't want to drag the whole stereo), here's what you do: 
	
	1.  Make a 1/8" stereo to 1/8" stereo patch cable, using about 6"
		of wire (in my machine, the cards are phsically right
		next to each other, and this is plenty).  
        2.  Run this cable from the GUS line out to the SBPro line in.
	3.  Connect your speakers to the SBPro amplified out.  (I am using a 
		1/8" stereo plug that terminates in 2 speaker connections,
		so this is easy.  I use JBL titanium tweeter and 5 1/4" 
		bookshelfs.  They are from Circuit City, bought for $59
		each on sale.  Very nice.)
	4.  Use the SBPro mixer or sbp-set to set your line vol to 15 and
		master vol to 15.  
	5.  Voila!  Your GUS comes through the line, and the volume is 
		controlled via the SBPro mixer.  I use OS/2, and I got the
		0.91 Arizona shareware driver with the PM mixer utility, so
		adjustment is easy.  In Windows, I use the SBPro mixer.  The
		GUS is installed as the Wave and MIDI device, but the SBPro's
		drivers are installed as well.  But the best part?  I can 
		hook a CD player into the GUS line in and listen to music
		while playing sound through BOTH cards!  With the video card 
		at the other end to the machine from the GUS, there is no 
		noise from the SBPro's little amp, even at full volume.

A few questions though:

1.  In wolf3d, the SBPro won't be recognized unless SBOS is loaded.  This 
diasables the fading of the door sounds, so even if it is down the hall, you 
still hear it like it is right there.  With the GUS out, the SBPro works fine.
With the GUS in, the Pro is not recognized unless SBOS is loaded.  
* GRIN * I get both the FM music and the GUS music with SBOS and the Pro
together, but the digitized sounds come through the GUS.  Is there a way to
make the GUS only AD-Lib compatible, and leave the SB digitized portion out?
I may be able to make it fade this way.

2.  For my demos, I need to be able to play MIDI files through the GUS and the
SBPro.  Is there a MIDI player out there that will allow me to send it to
either device without copying the midimap.cfg and editing the system.ini
to switch them?  WinJammer?

3.  Is anybody else running a GUS and an SBPro?  I want to hear from you.

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