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From: dmw@mojave.eel.ufl.edu (Dan Wright)
Subject: Re: Demo Group?
Reply-To: dmw@sioux.ee.ufl.edu
Organization: U of Florida (UnderGrad Student)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:36:57 GMT

rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com

SEZ:
>>>Just FYI, we need at least 100 more yes votes than no votes, and at
>>>least 2/3 of the votes must be yes votes.  This means that if we don't
>>>get at least 100 yes votes the group fails.

I SEZ:  If you know the system & got the time then LETS DO IT!

Well GET those 100 YES votes!!!  Who's gonna vote against a small demo section?

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From: Andrew McCallum <andrewm@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: Demo Group?
X-To: TIM TRIEMSTRA
Organization: The Zoo of Ids
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:12:00 GMT

From "Tim Triemstra" <empath@ais.org>
>I don't personally think we need a suplement to the current FTP sites
>(one of which is WASP.ENG.UFL.EDU) with a type of .binaries group.  This
>would be too much for some sites to deal with (imagine if you were like me
>and you get newfeeds via modem and the UNREAL would be UUENCODED by some
>nimrod!)

    But if the person is recieveing a binary group, they have an idea of
what they're getting into.  I also don't have FTP access and I can't have a
large personal mailbox, so a group like this would benifit me.

    Maybe we can have two groups.  One for discussion, and one for binaries.

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From: Timo.Jantunen@hut.fi (Timo Jantunen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Problem, pas16 + star control 2
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:49:59 GMT
Distribution: inet
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
NNTP-Posting-Host: lk-hp-13.hut.fi
In-reply-to: iac1@ra.msstate.edu's message of Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:09:01 GMT

In article <iac1.727981741@Isis.MsState.Edu> iac1@ra.msstate.edu (Ian Chen) writes:

>for some reason, star control 2 just won't run with sound on my pas16

It doesn't support PAS16, but old PAS.
You must force game to use SB with switch /s:sblaster

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From: sl8nl@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Gusmod
Date: 24 Jan 93 18:43:54 MDT
Distribution: na
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1993Jan24.164611.19067@uvm.edu>, pinder2@hal.emba.uvm.edu (Justin Pinder) writes:
> 
> Sorry about that last message - Looks like the text got lost somewhere..
> Anyhow, here's the original :
> 
> Anyone have a new release date for GUSMOD v1.2? I thought it was going to
> be released a few days ago..  ?

It got...um, shall we say, stuck.  Should be finished soon.  I'm trying to
eliminate the popping right now.

Joshua Jensen

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: lizakre@snybufva.cs.snybuf.edu (Rob Lizak Jr.)
Subject: RECFILE with MediaVision PAS-16
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:19:00 GMT
X-Posted-From: snybufva.cs.snybuf.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Hello...

   I had owned my PAS-16 for awhile now, but have never tried to digitally
sample anything.  I recorded myself playing my drums onto an audio cassette and
then ran my cassette deck into the PAS-16 line in when I was done.  I did the
following:

RECFILE DRUMS.WAV R44100 16

It said it was recording.  I pressed play on the tape deck and heard my playing
through the speakers, great I thought...  until I stopped the pcm recording and
then did a 

PLAY DRUMS.WAV

and heard alot of ear grinding static...  


Has anyone been able to sucessfully record their own samples with RECFILE?  how
did you do it?  I really need to create some 16 bit samples for a project I am
working on, and obviously static isn't going to cut it!

Thanks,
Rob Lizak Jr.

lizakre@snybufva.cs.snybuf.edu
lizakre@snybufva.bitnet


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From: roger@sr.hp.com (Roger Petersen)
Subject: Re: Unreal hangs after WV (SB2) - Help!
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:59:55 GMT
Organization: HP Sonoma County (SRSD/MWTD/MID)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.1]


If I remember right, UNREAL would crash often if I selected 20 KHz audio,
but if I specified 16 KHz, it worked fine.  

Maybe it requires a 486-50 to do 20 KHz.
From: 07pccl@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: SBPRO + Matsushita CDROM = HELP!!
Date: 27 Jan 93 09:55:13 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hope someone here can help me....I have a SBPRO and a Matsushita CR-521 cd-rom
drive - both (apparently) compatable.  My problem is that I can't get the
@#$% cd player to work! (I should point out that the drive is an OEM model
I bought from a supplier [I work in a campus computer store], that came with
no manual.  The people where I bought the drive have no experience with a 
SBPRO.)  I think it's a jumper setting that needs to be changed.  At one
point last PM, my system thought that the CD was the "A" drive! This is geting 
to be *really* frustrating.  If anyone out there has a similar setup, I'd
appreciate hearing from you.  If possible, could someone post or send the
approprite lines from config.sys and autoexec.bat? I have the drivers for
the cd (mscdex.exe) and the driver for the drive itself).

Thanks!


Craig Levine						07pccl@ac.dal.ca
Dalhousie University						or
Halifax, N.S. Canada					clevine@ac.dal.ca
From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Survey: Ultrasound ftp site directory structure
Date: 21 Jan 1993 23:13:38 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: sam.civil.ubc.ca



                    GRAVIS ULTRASOUND FTP SITES NEWS
==========================================================================
Ftp Site: archive.epas.utornto.ca      Directory: pub/pc/ultrasound
          wuarchive.wustl.edu                     systems/msdos/ultrasound
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have a question concerning the current structure of our ftp site 
which I'd like to get some feedback from all our users out there. As it
is right now, we have the directory "gravis-disks" for all the Gravis
Install Disks releases, while the individual fixes/patches (gus00*.*)
are stored under the "soundutil" directory. Now I have been asked in the
past why this is so. Why don't we put all the Gravis releases into one
directory and call it "gravis-rel" or some such (install disks, fixes,
and all). I guess the reason is the fixes and patches are a temporary
thing where when Gravis is satisfied with the patches, they come out
with a new package of install disks with those patches (eg. 1.21 disks
from before, and 1.22 install disks now, which are basically the files
we have individually as the gus00*.* files under "soundutil" but all
bundled into one neat and tidy install disk release package).

So what I want to get feedback on is.... how do you all like the
arrangement as is? Should we create or rename some directories and place
all the Gravis files together? Comments?

Thomas.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: doc@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeffrey Smith)
Subject: Re: UNREAL sound help
Organization: NCSU
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:23:22 GMT

I also have a problem with the unreal demo.
I have a 386-33 and a SBPro (INT5, others default).
Just after the World section at the beginning the sound dies but the
demo keeps going,  any ideas.
Thanks,
Jeff 
**PS/2 + OS/2 = Infinity**                          Jeffrey Smith
                                                     -<KD4AYH>-
                                                  doc@catt.ncsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: apollo@ee.ualberta.ca (Apollo Wong)
Subject: Re: GUS .SND format
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:35:16 GMT

mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy) writes:
> > >Do any of you fellow GUS users out there know of a decent program t
> > >convert the GUS .SND format to the Windows .WAV format?  Any help w
> > >appreciated.  Thanks.
>  
> Yah, you can get two programs that convert to and from snd and wav
> on the Gravis BBS.  I don't have them but I'm sure someone out
> there does.
>  
> 
I use WHAM (Waveform Hold and Modify) for Windows. So far so good.

Apollo Wong.
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From: Robert_Magee@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Magee)
Subject: Re: Sound via parallel port
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:43:58 GMT

try the Port Blaster from Creative Labs
Bobby Magee
Robert_Magee@mindlink.bc.ca
From: ry01@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ROBERT YUNG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: GUS vs. LAPC-1 stuff....
Date: 27 Jan 93 06:45:52 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

I remember reading that the GUS can't load new patches into memory while it's
playing music. I'm just wondering if the LAPC-1 can accept new music patches
while it's playing. If not, then if this doesn't really affect Roland sound
quality, then ditto for GUS, right?

Anyway, doesn't the LAPC-1 have only 128K of ROM to hold all its music? They
sound great and I think they're 16bit. Now why does the GUS need so much more
memory to hold music (ie: up to 1mb)??

And has anyone heard the GUS try 32 voices at once? I jst want to know how
much of a strain, if any, does this have on the system ( 486/66 users
excluded... :-)

Thanks!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: matcsp@nuscc.nus.sg (Shih-Ping Chan)
Subject: Has anyone got the new GUS patches yet?
Organization: Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:37:03 GMT

So has anyone received the latest and greatest GUS General MIDI patches
yet? How is Advanced Gravis shipping out the diskettes?

Just can't wait any more for that viola patch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: My theory on GUS clicking
Date: 26 Jan 93 06:04:39 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

In article <1k2g9aINNdvm@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> pancake@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Christopher Daniello) writes:
>Uh, the Gravis Ultrasound does not use FM synthesis.  The patches it plays
>are digital samples.  You can convert a wav file into a patch if you want
>even.  Are you sure this is the same chip?

It's not the same chip. It's not even the exact same chip as for the
audiomaster card (which is limited to 768K).

Ciao,
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From: Michael Caspar <caspar.pad@sni.de>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: SB 4.0 Problems
Date: 22 Jan 93 07:31:09 GMT
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn, Germany
NNTP-Posting-Host: fam168.ap.pdb.sni.de

wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell) writes:


>How can you tell which SBPro you have?

You can read it on the package.
But I think they sell it only in Germany. It is from the German distributor CPS.It has a different Layout and an AT-BUS CD-ROM interface and additional a SCSI interface. But in my Version the SCSI Chip is missing.

Michael.    

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From: ctt31684@dcl-nxt12 (Ching Te Tai)
Subject: Re: Computer Shopper Review...bad news for SBPro
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:04:39 GMT

ebraeden@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Eric W Braeden) writes:


>For those that favor the SBPro there is some bad news. The article
>claims the analog section of the card is limited to a range from
>8.4 Hz to 6.4 KHz. And the digital record/playback circuitry is
>even worse...limited to 2.6 KHz !!!

This is hard to believe since the regular voice whould need somewhere in
the 5kHz range of sampling rate to reproduce a decent copy... My
old soundblaster (not the Pro) can record voice and MUSIC too and
have fairly clear reproductions.



>If this is true, it sure is a joke to think you can record at a
>44.1 KHz sampling rate...Why bother? 11 KHz would be far more than
>enough if you can only get 2.6 KHz into the board.

>Could some one with a sig gen and SBPro check this?

>The PAS16 and Turtle Beach units look MUCH better. Sorry GUS lovers,
>they did not review your precious toy.
> 
>Eric

>-- 
>Eric W. Braeden                    | "Der Verstand war zwar praechtig
>Ohio State University              | doch das Nuetzte am Ende nicht viel"
>ebraeden@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu | Peter Schilling   120 Grad    1983
From: lee_b@sn4901.oldham.gpsemi.com (Lee Burley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Problems with SBpro
Date: 25 Jan 93 10:20:10 GMT
Organization: GEC Plessey Semiconductors

I have just joined the ranks of people with SBpro problems!!

Old system : 386sx25

No problems with the souncard (SBpro 2.0), runs all demos etc even with
the bus speed at 12.5Mhz

New motherboard : 486DX2-66 L-Isa board AMI BIOS, Sis Chipset

Problems now include:

Buttman demo and unreal demo both crash, leaving the SB squealing horribly.
Other strange and varied problems with several games.

Has anyone yet found out the cause and or solution to this problem????

Any help appreciated

Lee
From: alex@terapin.com (Alex Blazass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: When is that Ultrasound3D Comming?
Date: 27 Jan 93 16:26:21 PST
Organization: BBS

Does anyone have a release date as to when the Gravis Ultrasound 3D is comming
out and what it will include? I have heard it would come with headphones but
these aren't necessary to get the 3D effect right? a Stereo Amplifier would do
the same i assume.  Also how is the Gravis Going to know where in the room you
are sitting? or does it just not have to know...and one more thing is this new
technology going to be only software based so it's safe for me to go buy a
Gravis they're selling now and later get the software for it? And how much will
this all cost i have a price in Computer Currents in an article about it for
$245 this is the list price i assume so the street price will be about what it
is now? 
                                                Thanks in advance,
                                                    D'N A
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: rhl@valhalla.mitre.org (Roger Lincoln)
Subject: Soundblaster's mythical support line
Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:07:56 GMT


Has anyone ever actually tried calling the Soundblaster support line
and gotten through?  I think it's a gimick.  I bought a SB recently,
had trouble and tried calling for help.  I've tried calling several
times a day, every day for a week and a half and it's *always* busy.
I called the companies main number and they connected me with the
support group's voice-mail; I left 3 messages and still haven't been
called back.  I asked the company operator if I could *please* speak
to a human, and she said "none are available".

Has anyone ever gotten through?  I figure either their tech support
department is a hoax or the product has major problems and they're
flooded with calls (when trying to leave a message yesterday the
operator admitted that voice-mail was full and I'd have to try again
tomorrow). 

Needless to say I'm returning the Soundblaster card.  Any suggestions
for a better replacement?

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From: sl859@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Demo Group?
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:27:27 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

> That's what I was thinking of... getting together, talking about
> demos, rating them, talking about upcoming stuff, there should be a
> lot to talk about.
> 
> A big part of it, of course, is how many members of the demo groups
> would be able to read/post.
> -- 
> To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have
> faith in their leader.  -- Capt. Bligh

Uh, Future Crew, The Phoney Coders and TRSI (did I get it right, Otto?) are
here too.  

Joshua Jensen
CyberStrike of Renaissance
From: unicorn@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Adrian Castillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: *.Wav to Mathematica usable format
Date: 27 Jan 1993 09:37:53 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: dopey.cc.utexas.edu

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a situation I am in.
	I have a Thunderboard soundcard along with software, that can record
	sound in a *.WAV format.  I would like to be able to analyze the 
	sound in mathematica, but mathematica will only accept sound as a
	string or array of numbers (signifying the intensity, etc.).  

I would be very appreciative if someone could help me with this problem, or
even let me know if this sounds hopeless.  
	
	Please email me at unicorn@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu or post something

	Thanks in advance,

	Adriannn
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: AudioPort
From: kkobayas@husc8.harvard.edu (Ken Kobayashi)
Date: 23 Jan 93 23:38:58 GMT
Keywords: AudioPort



    Does anybody here have the Media Vision Audioport?  Am I correct in my
understanding that their Sound Blaster emulation doesn't work at all for
many DOS Sound Blaster programs?  Their tech support seemed to hint at
that.  And I haven't gotten ANY DOS programs to work with AudioPort.  I'd
appreciate any info.

                                                 |== K E N ==|

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: OKKOLA@katk.helsinki.fi (Tapio Okkola)
Subject: SBpro installation problem
Organization: Helsinki University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:37:25 GMT

I have new SBPro card which won't work with my 386sx motherboard. I have 
tried just everything that I can imagine, changing addressesses, disabling 
this and that and so on. But always test-sbp program says "hardware card 
cannot be detected". 

Is there something that I should know or will I throw my motherboard in junk 
pile? (SB-card is sound, I tried it in different machine)

and some "data":
Chicony 386sx (25mhz) with Ami bios
"Multifuntion card" with ide, fdd, 2*com, 1*lpt, joystick
SVGA adapter with ET4000
mouse adaptor card


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From: ijt@cm.cf.ac.uk (I J Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Soundcard for Professional sound use
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:03:27 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Hi,

	I am a songwriter and I was thinking about buying a synth or sound
module (like Roland JV 80 or Yamaha TG500) but then I only need the sounds
(samples) and I am not likely to mess around with the parameters too much.
I've used a korg M1 and an Ensoniq SQ1+ and they sound fine.

	So to the question : Can I buy a soundcard which sound as good as
any of the workstation/keyboards above ???  I want it to write the backing
music for songs, so good drums, bass and probably piano/strings/brass etc
are required.  probably need about 20 'ish note polyphony. 

	I've got a 386DX 40Mhz IBM compatible PC.  Thanks for any help,

				Ian Taylor
			email:  ijt@uk.ac.cf.cm
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: JJ is gone and 386 stuff
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:32:23 GMT

sl859@cc.usu.edu writes:
>Totally off subject, but very relevant.  How do people feel about Renaissance's
>demos... the reboot sequence?  Just curious, because in solid protected mode,
>we have access to ALL of your computer's memory and capabilities and don't have
>to go through XMS.  This means that we can write some SWEET games for you

The demos are cool.  I don't mind rebooting with another
configuration.  I _DO_ mind something that goes and plays with my
CONFIG.SYS file.  Let me do that myself.
-- 
Just roll me under the table and let me sleep it off. -- George Bush
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy)
Subject: Re: MED files?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:34:46 GMT

AM>     Anyone up for a GUS MED player? ;-)
AM> 
AM>     (I'm still waiting for my GUS STM payer... <sigh>..)
 
What we need is an Octalizer or whatever it's called convertor
to 669 or a player.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: staggers@cup.hp.com (Ken Staggers)
Subject: Turtle Beach Multisound compatibilities
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:40:37 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.1]

Simple question:  is the multisound board ad-lib and sound blaster 
compatible?

--Ken
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,alt.cd-rom