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From: rick.franks@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Rick Franks) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: NEW MEMBER
Date: 24 Dec 92 13:16:00 GMT
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Reply-To: rick.franks@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Rick Franks) 

The folks down here in Myrtle Beach SC, would like to say hello
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From: timothy.folkins@rose.com (timothy folkins)
Subject: GUS & Links 386
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:01:28 GMT
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Date Entered: 12-31-92 14:58
I am having a problem trying to get Links 386 and the GUS to
work together. My Links 386 version is 1.08, my SBOS version
is 1.22 (From GUS0011.ZIP, I believe).

Quick background
----------------
486-33 ISA, 8 MB RAM, 160 MB HD, DOS v5.0

Links 386 works fine without SBOS loaded. When I load SBOS, (with 
-o1 and -x2 options (as mentioned in the compatibility list),
Links, and my machine experience a seizure, followed by a 
complimentary re-boot!

If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it. Thank you in 
advance.

regards,
tef

(timothy.folkins@rose.com)

p.s., HAPPY NEW YEAR, (for those of you that celebrate New Years.
      Otherwise, Happy January 1st.
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From: esther@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Pe-Mei Esther LIM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: GUS: is it Avail. in AUSTRALIA
Date: 28 Dec 1992 01:29:48 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
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egg@dstos3.dsto.gov.au writes:

>Does anyone know where one can buy a GUS in australia ?
>I have read a bit on the GUS in this group but I cant get a good feel
>for what its really like. Some tech info would be appreciated if someone
>has it handy.

Contact RAETRONICS, in Perth, they sell them for $280...

phone (09) 310 7726 or (09) 275 3162...

esther@tartarus.uwa.edu.au

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ronaldm@rgm.com (Ronald Mendoza)
Subject: 486DX50 and Modplay Pro
Organization: RGM *nix - Sacramento, CA
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 05:14:51 GMT

Is it just my system, or does Modplay Pro (2.19b) not like 486DX-50s?  It was
running fine on my 386DX-33, but it won't play ANY MODs on my 486DX-50.
WOWII, Visual Player, and Trak all work fine.  BTW: This is on a Sound
Blaster Pro OPL-3.

Anyone have any suggestions?

-Ron (ronaldm@rgm.com)
From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Newer version of Composer 669 at epas
Date: 4 Jan 1993 02:07:34 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: sam.civil.ubc.ca

In article <s106275.725996830@ee.tut.fi> s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari) writes:
>I just uploaded a newer version (1.3) of the Composer 669 program to 
>archive.epas.utoronto.ca. The filename is composd13.zip and it's in the 
>submit dir (pub/pc/ultrasound/submit).
>
>The good thing about this version is that it is freeware. The bad thing is that
>Renaissance won't support it any more :-(
>
>Anssi
>

I have validated the file and it is now under
..../ultrasound/soundutil/669 with all the other 669 files
in both archive.epas.utoronto.ca and wuarchive.wustl.edu.

So far, I just keep getting errors and it's very picky in that you can
have any TSR or anything loaded high. :(

Thomas.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: danaf@teal.csn.org (Dana Forsberg)
Subject: SBPro & Desqview: It *can* work!
Keywords: Soundblaster sbpro desqview
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:10:37 GMT

I mainly wanted sound on my PC to spice up my day -- and provide
the useful function of signalling when a background task is finished
in a multi-tasking environment.

This can be done, and with SBPro running at full speed when it's
called up, so the sound truly sounds good.  It has to do with
triggering a Desqview macro from any window, from the *background*,
which goes to a dedicated SBPro window and runs the desired sound.

This is accomplished in part by a public-domain keyboard-buffer-stuffer.

So, if this of interest, or if anyone else has solved this independantly,
please reply & I'll be glad to tell you what I know.  (And glad to hear
what you know.)

-Dana
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran)
Subject: Re: GUS: Help playing MIDI files
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 06:54:03 GMT

In article <1993Jan1.035907.3670@netcom.com> gnome@netcom.com (Andy Perrine) writes:
>I upgraded my GUS to 1 meg, but I still can't play a lot of the
>MIDI files I have.  Usually if I tell it to not play channel
>10 (which is usually the drum track) the file will play, otherwise
>it can't load all the patches.  I haven't modified my default.cfg
>file at all, so maybe someone could give me some pointers? 
>Should I comment out some of the patches in the drum kit? How
>come 1 meg doesn't do it for me anyway?
>
>-Andy
>
>gnome@netcom.netcom.com
>---

1 Meg is enough for any MIDI file I've come across.  Most songs use more
than 256k but less than 512k.  I can't remember one that uses more than 512k
for the patches.  Your RAM chips may be bad or inserted in improperly.
Download DRAM (a DRAM tester for the GUS) to test out your card.

Phat.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: dkennett@fraser.sfu.ca (Daniel Kennett)
Subject: GUS Question-How to detect if GUS is using all of the memory?
Keywords: GUS
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:02:41 GMT

Well got my GUS under the tree this morning and popped in 6 dram chips bumping my card up to 1meg.  I have the SCDEMOS.ZIP mid files, but when I play the fist file I get a "can't load ?????something???? 64 to channel 8" I have a meg so can anyone tell me my problem.  In addition can someone tell me if it is possible to find out if the GUS recognizes the fact that it has 1meg????

	Happy GUSing!
		-Daniel-
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From: andy@hpsmo100.rose.hp.com (Andy Young)
Subject: Re: --->DEMO UPDATE<---
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:04:01 GMT
Organization: Nosferatu U.
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Ron Dippold (rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com) wrote:
>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.

c.b.i.p.demos sounds like a good idea... How do we get the ball rolling?


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From: kludge@hardy.u.washington.edu (Kludge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: On GUS memory (question)
Date: 31 Dec 1992 06:59:04 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: hardy.u.washington.edu

In article <19053@mindlink.bc.ca> Damon_Harper@mindlink.bc.ca (Damon Harper) writes:
>I may be missing something obvious, but I was just wondering...
>If the GUS needs patches loaded into its memory, how on earth could you have
>(even with 1MB onboard) more than a few short, CD-quality voices in memory at
>the same time?  How could you, say, have a music file with 14.4K voices and
>have any decent number of them at all?  ESPECIALLY without the memory
>extension...  Even if it loads them dynamically, that must be
>time-consuming... and what if you want to have 32 14.4K 10 second voices
>going all at once?  They'd never fit!
>
>-Damon

  Of course not... that's why nobody *uses* 10 second voices!  The largest
patch that comes with the GUS (as I discovered poking around the Patch
Manager - >great< program IMHO) is 120K.  Am I right in guessing that they're
not all recorded at the same rate?  The card does take a moment to load the
patches, though that's not a real problem;  in a game the music/fx would
be designed so that all the patches would be loaded at either the start of
the game or at the start of a level.
  BTW, I just got the UltraSound today.  Amazing sound!  :)

								--Kludge
From: dude@wpi.WPI.EDU (Craig Donald Dubrule)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: .MODs
Date: 4 Jan 93 02:18:12 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu

I'm not sure where to post this, so I'll do it here. Does anyone have any
source code on how to play .MOD files to the PC speaker? Thanks in advance.
From: cjohnson@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Christopher Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: HELP : SoundBlaster 1.5 and windows. How do I make midi sound better?
Date: 31 Dec 1992 23:42:47 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
Summary: I want to change the intruments in windows
Keywords: MIDI SB

Hello world,

I have a Soundblaster 1.5 and I enjoy using it with windows.

While I don't want to upgrade to another card, I would like to be about to get the instruments in windows, when playing a
midi file, to sound better.

Basically I want to know : WHERE DOES WINDOWS STORE THE INFO ON HOW TO PLAY EACH INSTRUMENT IN WINDOWS?

I have fm player, and this plays .rol files in windows.  I know this uses an intrument bank file, and I know that when you
play a cmf file from dos it contains the info for the instruments, but where does windows store its "bankfile" for midi
files, and can I change it.

Thank you in advance,

Chris.

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From: bxxmic01@uctvax.uct.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: "Digital ready" speakers - ?
Date: 28 Dec 92 10:03:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: uctvax.1992Dec28.080350.203429
Organization: University of Cape Town


What does "Digital ready" actually mean when describing speakers?
 
A pair of (Labtec SS-200) amplified speakers I have are described as "digital 
ready" and "compact disc digital audio" is marked on them.  But is there any 
functional meaning, or is this just hype?

Replies via e-mail would be appreciated.
 
Thanks
Mike
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: GUS: SBOS vr 1.23
Date: 27 Dec 1992 05:33:43 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: sam.civil.ubc.ca

For all those having problems with the new SBOS 1.23, please contact
Gravis and let them know what your problems are. Remember to be detailed
about what you are doing and what the problem is.

The email address for Alan, the tech guy, is 71333.350@compuserve.com.

Let them know so that they can keep fixing it till we get a perfect
SBOS. Gravis is putting in their effort with wild distribution. Let's
give them our effort as well.

As for me, I've gone back to SBOS 1.22. I found that this worked 99.9%
of the time which is about perfect and is sure better than the latest
1.23.


Thomas.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: mchen@uranus.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen)
Subject: GUS and upcoming Emagic compatibility?
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:13:46 GMT

   As Ensoniq prepares to release the Emagic card for us PC-types, I was
wondering something.  Since the Emagic uses the same DOC III chip (I think)
as the GUS, is there any chance of compatibility between the two?  If not,
I'll go for the Emagic (more bang for the more bucks?).

-- Mike
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: cgraham@iat.holonet.net (Carl Graham)
Subject: GUS & OS/2
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:10:15 GMT


Somehow the msg I tried to post got lost somewhere, so here goes the same
attempt again.

	Has anyone managed to get SBOS working under a virtual DOS machine
with OS/2?  My brother has the card and can use it with a DOS partition,
but that's not an option I have.
	I am looking for a sound card, and have heard good things about
the GUS.  But if it won't support OS/2, I will have to go with the proven
record of Soundblaster 'cos they have drivers.  If SBOS does not currently
work under any OS/2 settings, can anyone from Advanced Gravis give a
*definitive* date in the very near future when drivers will be available? 
A satisfactory answer means a purchase from me and numerous other OS/2
users, otherwise I have to go with what is probably second best, the
Soundblaster.  Thanks, and Happy New Year.
	Carl.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: "ryan bayne" <ryan.bayne@canrem.com>
Subject: Win 3.1 Drivers for a Sound Blaster MCA?
Reply-To: "ryan bayne" <ryan.bayne@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 30 Dec 92 23:07:18 EST


Does anyone here have a driver for Windows 3.1 that is compatible with a
Sound Blaster MCA(Micro Channel)?  I have a MIDI driver but the only
driver that supports .WAV files is corrupt.  Could someone please
UUencode or preferably XXencode one to me?  The size would have to be
kept down.  Or can anyone tell me if Creative Labs has one?  Thanks
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From: gary.maddox@u2u.lonestar.org (Gary Maddox) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: SB16 PRICING
Date: 18 Dec 92 08:27:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: USER-TO-USER PCBoard (214)492-6565 (USR DS v32bis)
Reply-To: gary.maddox@u2u.lonestar.org (Gary Maddox) 

-> FYI, I've been poring throught Computer Shopper and there are at
-> least 2 mail order companies offering the SB16 for $189. YMMV.
===
CLabs sells the SB16 ASP to developers for $175. I'd guess that is
pretty close to the wholesale price. The $189 is probably reasonable.
Unfortunately, it will be January before there are any quantities of the
card available.
Gary
               
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From: whitehur@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Alan Whitehurst)
Subject: Soundcards for Music Composition (FAQ?)
Organization: US US Army Corps of Engieneers - Construction Eng Research Lab
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:58:07 GMT


I have a 386 computer with a SoundBlaster installed, and recently
acquired a MIDI keyboard.  I would like to use the MIDI keyboard and
the computer to compose music.  I am thinking about buying the
SoundBlaster Pro card, because of the builtin MIDI interface, but am
rather new to this, and so am looking for advise.  What
soundcard/software combination should I get to allow me to score
reasonable music?

And if this is a FAQ, could someone direct me to the FAQ archive?

Thanks!


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: gting@fraser.sfu.ca (Gabriel Sii Kuok Ting)
Subject: Re: GUS CH Interface, is it regular SCSI?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:05:27 GMT

unity@mcl.ucsb.edu (Andrea Pessino) writes:

>Hi, I'd like to know if the optional CD interface on the GUS is a 
>regular SCSI; I already have an internal CD, but I have a bunch of
>other SCSI devices (a Syquest drive, a tape backup unit, etc.) that
>I need to use. I was going to buy a SCSI interface, or even a PAS+
>(in addition to the GUS) just for that. If the GUS could do it all,
>it would make me even happier :)

The GUS will work with just about any SCSI interface. All you need is to
connect the audio out of your CD-ROM drive to the GUS (there's a built in
connector on the GUS) and you're on your way...
Saves you having to buy the daughterboard which isn't even out yet, last I
heard.

>Thanks in advance..
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: New problem with the SB 16
Originator: smintz@sedona
Reply-To: smintz@sedona.intel.com
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:50:19 GMT


I came across another problem with the sb16, though this one is really strange,
if you have a Colorado FC-10 backup interface board, and install the sound card,
you will get "does not compare" errors in the tape software...right now I have
the sb 16 set to: IRQ 7, DMA 1, and Address 220h, with the midi at 330h, and 16
bit DMA at 5, the FC-10 (that works when the sound board isn't in the system,
perfectly!!) is at IRQ 6, DMA 2, and address 2a0, so there shouldn't be a conflict,
but there is...
Stephen
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: cp79055@csie.nctu.edu.tw (Ultima)
Subject: Re: SB16 pricing
Organization: National Chiao Tung University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 06:08:12 GMT

Liz Stokes (ilaine@panix.com) wrote:
: 	FYI, I've been poring throught Computer Shopper and there are at
: least 2 mail order companies offering the SB16 for $189. YMMV.
: 								-Liz
: 
 Can You give me the address of these companies? either by mail or post
will do, caz the price sound very attractive! just one of third price
here.
From: soroush@Think.COM (Soroush Shakibnia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: MediaVision SCSI port info....
Date: 30 Dec 1992 21:52:49 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: merlin.think.com



I like to get some feedback regarding the SCSI port on MediaVision Sound card.
If you have any CD ROM or SCSI drive connected to this port can you
send some info and comments about it. Thanks.



Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: mch@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Michael Hermann)
Subject: soundblaster problem
Summary: hardware problem w/ SB
Keywords: problem, soundblaster
Organization: Technical University of Munich, Germany
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 07:21:26 GMT


HI,

I'm experiencing an strange problem with my soundblaster card.
It is version 2.5 (has CD-ROM interface). As soon as I insert 
the card, I cannot use my parallel port to its full extent.
This happens wit every possible configuration of the soundblaster
(DMA 1/3, INT 5/7, BASE 220/240).

The problem is as follows:

When the printer is selected by setting bit 3 of the command port
of the parallel-card high (for example by writing EC to it), I can
read the correct external value of the ACK-line from the status port.
As soon as I set bit 3 to low (writing E4 to the command port),
I cannot read the external value of the ACK-line anymore. The 
soundblaster seems to force a 0 onto the ISA-BUS for a read 
from the parallel card's status port. This does not only result
in invalid reads but could damage either card as well.

Has onyone an idea why the soundblaster does this?

Best regards,

Michael Hermann

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy)
Subject: Winmod Pro in stereo on GUS
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:24:00 GMT

> I also had WinMod Pro crash trying to play a mod file. This trashed
> Windows, left a little sample looping in the GUS and even brought
> on the
> dreaded Parity Error upon reboot! Even running Ultrinit didn't fix
> it.
> Eventually, I cycled the power and that shut it up...
 
Ok, how did you get WinMod Pro to play through the GUS in 
stereo?  I've installed the new windows drivers and I can 
select stereo in Winmod (not Pro) but it still plays in mono.  
On Winmod Pro I can select stereo but then nothing plays at 
all.
 
  What are you Winmod Pro settings?  
 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy)
Subject: Re: GUS: SBOS vr 1.22
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 07:18:29 GMT

I like the fact that they are distributing the drivers like this
but I didn't like the new driver (SBOS v1.3 or 1.2b whatever).

First of all it would not execute from my SCSI drive, I had to
copy my entire ultrasnd directory to my mfm drive and change the
appropriate paths etc.

Secondly the tsr has grown to over 20K!  this wouldn't be so bad
if the thing worked better with more software though.  The
patches included with the new version contained static.  And yes
I did erase my sbos directory before installing the new stuff.
Dune2's speech gave periodic pops, Fate of Atlantis had a staticy
patch, my install voice didn't work anymore after making the 
correct adjustments, tristan pinball didn't produce any more music
and the point they were emphasizing in the docs, that UNreal demo
now works was irrelevant.  I had unreal working on sbos v1.2 and
the 1.3 version sounded exactly the same, a little bit fuzzy.

So the TSR hasn't improved at all IMO.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: brad@seas.gwu.edu (Bradford J. Crane)
Subject: SBPro question
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:43:56 GMT

	I was just thinking about the sound quality the SBPro plays through
MIDI files and was wondering whether there is a way to 'fool' the card into
sending the sounds to the MIDI port instead of playing them for music. In
other words, when the program would normally play off of the sound card, send
it the the synthesizer to play the sounds - and thus sound much better....
I can obviously play the .mid files of my synthesizer using the sequencer 
which comes with the card - and it sounds AWESOME compared to the sound from
the card - I doubt that the GUS sounds much better - the synth was about 
$500 and I bought it last week! I would rather hear sound through this than
my sound card. It uses port 1 for the MIDI and port 2 for the output sound.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for the help in advance.

								Brad