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From: cti@weber.ucsd.edu (CTI)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Help w/ programming voice synthesis on Sound Blaster
Date: 31 Jul 1992 06:46:30 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu
Summary: Source code/pointers/references
Keywords: Would prefer C, but am no longer picky.

Does *ANYONE* out there have any source code for programming
speech synthesis mode on the Sound Blasters?  I've found nothing
on any of the archives.  It can't be that complicated.  (It's
semi-trival on a Covox Spech Thing ...) but I can't even get a
clue for a starting place.  I called Creative Labs asking for
pricing on a Developer's kit a week ago, and they haven't even
returned my call.

I'll take hard copy references, anything.

Does anyone have the developer's kit?  Is it worth buying?

Thank you for any help you may render.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: jms20@po.CWRU.Edu (John M. Sully)
Subject: Re: Sound Boards
Reply-To: jms20@po.CWRU.Edu (John M. Sully)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 23:51:00 GMT


In a previous article, hsiaoe@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) says:

>I also recommend the PAS-16.  It's a better designed and better built board
>than the SB Pro, and it's hardware SB compatible.
>             - Eric

Does the PAS-16 offer OS/2 2.0 and window's support?

Also, does anyone have a phone number/price for this board?

Thanks,
John
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From: daves@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Dave Stow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: SB Pro Card for Unix
Date: 29 Jul 92 14:33:27 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.

I have a SB Pro card inside a Compaq 386, and I want to write/get hold
of a device driver for it so I can control it from SVR4.

Anyone done this, or got any useful pointers as to where I might get
hold of such a device driver?

The manufacturers are remarkably unhelpful...

Cheers!
Dave

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From: marrevola@iris-dcp.es
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: MCI commands to switch SB-Inputs.
Date: 30 Jul 92 12:40:38 GMT
Organization: REDIRIS, Red Nacional de I+D

How can I switch between different audio sources (Line in, MIC and CD) from the
mmsystem with MCI commands (we are digitizing wave files in our app.)?

Manuel Arrevola

manuel.arrevola@taf.fundesco.es
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From: cjlee@laplace.waterloo.edu (Jack Lee)
Subject: FTP sites for Japanese Music
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 03:57:54 GMT

Are there any FTP sites that carry Japanese music?  By that, I mean
music like theme songs of popular animation (i.e. cartoons theme
songs)... In particular, I've been looking for the theme song of
"Ultraman". 

Preferable formats are AdLib .ROL, SB .VOC, MOD.  SND or MAC are ok, too. 

Please send E-mail, as I don't access the net often.

Thanks in advance.
From: mfleig@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Mark W. Fleig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Roland LAPC-1 w/ SoundBlaster i.e. Sound Effects
Date: 31 Jul 92 18:35:49 GMT
Organization: Indiana University

In article <1992Jul30.201604.8555@talon.ucs.orst.edu> jenkinch@ucs.orst.edu (Charley Jenkins) writes:
>
>Well, just two weeks ago I got a Roland LAPC-1 and I all
>ready had a Soundblaster card.  So, was I suprised to hear
>all NEW SOUND EFFECTS, from games like WCII and Ulitma7.
>So, not only does the Roland give WONDERFUL music, it
>also BLOWS YOU AWAY with its sound effects.  Leave the
>speech to soundblaster.

Nyup. The game companies are doing wonderous things with the Roland.
Music and sound effects sound tremendous through the mt-32, and I
picked mine up used for $300 roughly 4-5 years ago. Wonder what a flat
mt-32 is going for nowadays. (Sure wish I had the LAPC-1. I'd give my
first born child for a decent piano patch.)

>
>What I want to know is has anybody used Roland and PAS 16,
>together and what were the results?
>

Hopefully I'll be able to let you know in a few weeks. I was holding
out to see if the Ultrasound would be a better complement, but like
many others, a non-existant board is hardly a match for a currently
established product. And the PAS16 does look oh so nice.  :)
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From: biscuit@engin.umich.edu (George F DeLaMater)
Subject: Re: PAS-16 And Gateway 2000
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 14:46:23 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <1992Jul23.133027.2303@fig.citib.com> ibism!jeb writes:
>
>
>I need some help. I have recently upgraded to a Pas-16 from a Pas-8. I have a Gateway 200 486/25. The Pas-8 has been working perfectly since I installed it last year. The new Pas-16 however, causes a "DIVIDE BY ZERO" DOS error when I try to access the floppy disks. 
>
>I have tried the different IRQ's and DMA channels to no avail.
>

Most peculiar, that.  I have a Gateway 2000 486/33, and it thinks my PAS-16 is
quite genki (i.e. everything's fine), and it likes my CD ROM drive, too.  I
strongly suspect that the conflict is with your comm board - have you tried
removing it just to see if the problem disappears?

The only other thing I can think of is that maybe when you upgraded, something
(config.sys line, driver, etc.) did not get properly updated.  (I had an awful
time upgrading some video drivers once... VERY cryptic side effects!!!)

Best of luck!

George

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke)
Subject: Soundcard FAQ?
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Distribution: comp
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 13:19:50 GMT

Hi netters!

I'd like to get a soundcard for my PC, but I'm completely ignorant and utterly
stupid about the subject :-). So I've been following this newsgroup for a few
days. Since I didn't find an FAQ list, here are some FAQs for anyone who might
like to answer them :)

Thanks in advance!

- Is there a 'standard' for soundcards? If not, how are different cards
  compatible?

- What features can a soundcard have, and which ones should not be missing?

- What sort of software exists?

- Anything else that might be important which I didn't think of.

I'd like to use the card with Windows 3.1 and possibly OS/2.

One other thing: is the PAS-16 available outside the US, in places like ...
Europe? Germany? I've been browsing a few local ads, and didn't find it.

In a recent test of various soundcards in a German computer magazine, the
PAS-16 wasn't even mentioned. Hmmm ...

Thank you for any help

Wolfgang

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From: cb062@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ira C. Smith)
Subject: Re: gravis over pas?
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 13:04:52 GMT


     Hey there. I own a PAS and some times I feel like a nut,
sometimes I don't. *B^).  Don't worry, not gonna say anything
pertaining to the PAS. I do have a question though. Do you know
how to record audio directly to a stereo after its been saved
to a hard drive. Thats something I would like to be able to do.
Does anyone out there know how to do this???

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From: ghartzog@terapin.com (Garrett Hartzog)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Sampling with the SoundBlaster
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:57:14 GMT
Organization: BBS

In article <shoffman.711700398@vincent1.iastate.edu>, shoffman@iastate.edu
(Scot Hoffman) writes:
>I recently got a SoundBlaster 2.0 and felt like doing a little sampling.
>The samples I got were fairly horrendous.  Lots of static.  I know an 
>1/8" connector is not the best for sound but does anyone have any suggestions
>as to how to get a clean sample.  I've tried the voxkit from SB and 
>Sound Recorder in Win3.1.  
>    I don't get on here much so would appreciate E-mail at 
>shoffman@iastate.edu but please also post here to help others who have had
>similar problems.  Thanx.
> 
>       Shoffman
>
make sure you are sampling with the STEREO LINE IN, not the microphone port. I
have a PAS-16 and have had the same problems untill I read my manual more
carefully. Should work for your sound card.

Garrett Hartzog
ghartzog@terapin.com
From: hamish@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au (Hamish Moffatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Program to decompress .lha files?
Date: 25 Jul 92 09:06:00 GMT

Hello Graham!

Wednesday July 15 1992 01:58, Graham K Johnson wrote:

 GJ> Does anyone know where to find a utility to uncompress Amiga .lha
 GJ> files, the format .MOD files are in, on an MS-DOS system?

I think you'll find the MSDOS LHA program (latest I've seen being 2.13) will
uncompress .LHA files fine. LHA was first implemented on the PC then later on
the AMIGA. I have decompressed .LHA files several times with LHA 2.13 on my PC.
I suggest you look around the MSDOS archive sites (oak(simtel), garbo) for
lha213.exe, a self extracting archive.


Regards,
Hamish


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From: fineman@markov.arc.nasa.gov (Charles Fineman)
Subject: Re: Help with PAS16 "Speech"
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:52:41 GMT


On Mon, 27 Jul 92 01:03:25 GMT, lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Leo Chong) said:
>Nntp-Posting-Host: polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu

>In article <1992Jul25.203853.7432@polari> night@polari.online.com writes:
>>Computer:  IBM 486 25MZ AST Brand
>>
>>Windows sounds work fine, and so do game sounds.  I got the
>>MVSOUND.sys line added back into the config.sys.  However, I
>>can't get my ULTIMA VII game to "talk" to me like it use to!

>>  STUFF DELETED

>Wow, now that makes FOUR cases of PAS-16 not running speech on a 486.
>PAS should seriously call back all their cards or offer a 5 dollar upgrade
>for a revised product within the next two weeks because I am seriously
>getting impatient reading this f***ing newsgroup hoping someone would
>come up with a solution to this deal.

Has anyone *NOT* had this problem?

	Chuck
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From: reimert@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com (Scott P. Reimert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: SCSI with PAS-16
Date: 28 Jul 92 23:48:38 GMT
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA

In article <1992Jul28.103141.20266@newstand.syr.edu> arivero@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Angelo Rivero) writes:
>I have a SCSI hd as my primary (and only) drive, and my boot drive. Will I
>be able to boot from the PAS-16 (with the SCSI cable-kit), or would I have to
> buy a cheap 20 meg IDE or
>a floppy drive w/ drivers and then access my hd to use it?
>
>
My primary (only) drive is also SCSI, running off the now infamous 1542b
from Adaptec. Since you already have a SCSI controller, you don't need to
worry about the PAS-16 SCSI port. This port is mainly to hook up a CD-ROM
for those underpriveledged souls who are without SCSI. Just plug the card
in and you're all set.

			Scott

PS MediaVision tech and customer support are pretty damn good. If you have
   any trouble, they'll be able to help out. But you have to be patient. I
   talked with the lady in Customer Support and she said that Media Vision
   had NO idea that the PAS-16 would be this popular -- they're SWAMPED.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: J024330@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: ProAudio/16 Information from MV
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 19:27:39 GMT

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
From: lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Leo Chong)
Subject: Re: Please read if you have a PAS-16
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 10:55:31 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
Distribution: na

In article <1992Jul26.015734.16822@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> johnson@cps.msu.edu.cps.msu.edu (Graham K Johnson) writes:
>Several people on this newsgroup have mentioned problems with the
>sound quality of the PAS-16 -- specifically, noise on the left
>channel.  Mine produces a very annoying static in the left channel
>apparently only on line-in input.  It gets worse with increased
>volume, suggesting it's more than a bad connection or something like
>that.  I would like to know whether others have had good or bad luck
>with the PAS-16.  If you have one, could you please tell me (e-mail is
>fine):

Before you spend $3 sending your card back, try unplugging your output
jack from the card and see if you see two plastic stripes or just one.
I'm asking this because I just asked my friend next door about my 'noise'
problem and he checked my Y-adapter and told me to get$get a stereo one.
He is running his with a stereo Y-adapter and it sounds great.

If you really want to be sure, load up your panel and trying messing with
the two channel volumes and if that doesn't work, buy expensive shielded
gold plated cables.  If that doesn't work, send the card back and give
the shielded cables back to CircuitCity.

lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu
From: ghartzog@terapin.com (Garrett Hartzog)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Help needed with PAS16 and digitized sound (Falcon 3.0)
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:17:20 PST
Organization: BBS

Get one of the patches (version D is the latest to my knowledge). I usually
call Clawmarks (510-452-0350) to get my patches (run by a SH employee). That
should solve the problem.

Garrett Hartzog
ghartzog@terapin.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg)
Subject: converting soundedit (mac) to ibm sound
Summary: how is this done? 
Keywords: soundedit, mac, wav
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 08:06:19 EDT

How can one convert a soundedit file on the Mac to a sound
file for the IBM? (preferably to a .wav file)
Thanks,
Gerry
ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: fineman@markov.arc.nasa.gov (Charles Fineman)
Subject: Re: Noisy SoundBlasterPro
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:16:06 GMT

On Fri, 31 Jul 92 16:06:46 GMT, telco@netcom.com (Telco Systems) said:

>In article <1992Jul31.101209.108422@zeus.calpoly.edu> cambler@zeus.calpoly.edu (Christopher J. Ambler, Phish) writes:
>>[tale of SBP noise deleted]
>>
>>Mine is the same way, exactly. I am led to believe that that's
>>just the way it is. I'm also led to believe that the Pro V.2
>>is better about background noise. Rumour or fact? Anyone?
>>

>Do you think there is an upgrade path to the less noisy 
>rev.?

>-mark


I called CL and they said there was no upgrade from V.1 to V.2. The guy
said there might be one to upgrade to the Pro-16 but they havn't made
any announcments yet.

	Chuck

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From: then@vipunen.hut.fi (Tomi  H Engdahl)
Subject: Re: How does the COVOX speech thing work?
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: 21 Jul 92 19:31:12

In article <12122@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> s870694@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Alfred Porziella) writes:

>Im interested in finding out what the COVOX speech thing is composed of.
>I think it is a simple DA converter, but am wondering whether it would 
>be easy to construct. Any hints would be appreciated....

It is just a simple D/A converter. You can build that kind of device from
few resistors. I just posted a few days ago a schematic of such a device
(called JDAC). There is also information how to build such a device in 
documention of PlayBWC and ModPlay.

It is easy to construct. I takes few mintutes to construct it.
I have made some D/A converters in 15 minutes including the case.


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From: ag173@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Hitesman)
Subject: Wanted: DAC driver for windows 3.1
Reply-To: ag173@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Hitesman)
Organization: Troutmeisters of America
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 23:52:33 GMT


Does anyone know ehre I can get a Driver for a homebuilt DAC for windows
3.1?  Or would some kind soul email me one?  Thanks in advance

p.s. I already tried sndsrc.drv  for the Disney Sound Source.
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From: jeb@fig.citib.com (James E. Bergman)
Subject: PAS-16 And Gateway 2000
Originator: jeb@vulture
Reply-To: ibism!jeb
Organization: Citibank IBISM
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:30:27 GMT



I need some help. I have recently upgraded to a Pas-16 from a Pas-8. I have a Gateway 200 486/25. The Pas-8 has been working perfectly since I installed it last year. The new Pas-16 however, causes a "DIVIDE BY ZERO" DOS error when I try to access the floppy disks. 

I have tried the different IRQ's and DMA channels to no avail.

I have a video board, comm board, and disk controller installed.

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

James Bergman
(B-Comm, Inc.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: gleasont@lonex.rl.af.mil (Todd C. Gleason)
Subject: Re: my SoundBlaster Pro is FLAT!
Organization: RL
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 00:31:19 GMT

In article <711400441.F00004@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au> hamish@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au (Hamish Moffatt) writes:
>I have a Korg DT-2 digital tuner, so I thought I'd hook it up to my SoundBlaster
>Pro and see what happens. So I got the cable and jack out and another jack and
>head phones for the bypass plug. Started up Pro Fm Organ.
>
>The SoundBlaster is flat. Well, the instruments I've tested are. Piano, Organ
>are flat. The violin wavers just under and goes a little over the tone.
>This is with A = 440, the usual tuning note.

You probably haven't gotten any good programs for it yet.  I've only got
a Sound Blaster ver. 1.5, but it is anything but flat.  Try anonymous ftp
to snake.mcs.kent.edu.  Go to the /pub/SB-Adlib dir, get TRAK20.ZIP from
the players/ subdir, and get a bunch of files from the ntmods/ subdir.  These
are Amiga .MOD files, very good listening to.  I find that my SB plays them
very well, and given the chance, could probably barely tell the difference
between my SB and an actual Amiga playing them.  And TrakBlaster, though
written by a German with little English documentation, is a very good player.
ModPlay is more full-featured in terms of what you can play and selecting
a bunch of files, but TrakBlaster does great VGA oscilloscopes of your music
while still giving you a higher samplingrate on a slow machine than ModPlay
can handle.  IMHO, of course ;-).  

If that isn't enough to blow your ears out, get Galactix and Wolfenstein
3-D from various ftp sites, and let the gaming action slowly wipe all desires
from your mind other than to, "Fire!"

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From: ingram@hotair.enet.dec.com (Larry J. Ingram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Roland MT-32 system, but no DAC
Date: 29 Jul 92 04:56:01 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


<various suggestions on mixing Sound Blaster and MT-32 outputs deleted>

	Umm, the biggest problem I see here is that I don't know of a
	single game that will allow you to choose more than one sound
	output at a time. If you select Sound Blaster, the MT-32 will be
	silent. If you choose MT-32, the Sound Blaster (including speech)
	will be silent.

	So, although technically feasible, I don't believe any software
	supports it.

Larry
From: bise@girtab.usc.edu (Daniel W. Bise)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Roland MT-32 system, but no DAC
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:12:06 GMT
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: girtab.usc.edu

raf4482@rigel.tamu.edu (REID FORREST) writes:
>Will the CD-ROM Audio come from a CD-ROM drive not hooked into the PAS's
>SCSI interface?  I have a Mitsumi w/CD-ROM adapter.  The card has line out
>jacks on it.  Any help is appreciated.

The CD-ROM audio comes from the drive you hook up to the PAS' 50-pin
SCSI connector. There's only one external line in on the PAS, so 
assuming your Roland is hooked into that, there'd be no room for 
your CD-ROM's out. :-(

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