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From: grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (Jojie R. T.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Demo Group?
Date: 26 Jan 93 10:59:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: sumax.1k4tq1INN3aj
Organization: Seattle University
NNTP-Posting-Host: sumax.seattleu.edu

Why couldn't the people who don't want the group just not vote instead of
voting no. Unless it's a restructuring thing, then disregard my blabber.

George

In article <rdippold.728096189@qualcom> rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>
>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.
>
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From: etlprnw@etlxd30.ericsson.se (peter new xd/gke x.4621 )
Subject: MIDI hardware info needed
Reply-To: etlprnw@etlxd30.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:08:54 GMT


Hi,
I know all these queries will not apply to all groups, but I really need some help with a college project I am just starting. I am intending to write a 
MIDI 'tutor' in C or C++ and, if needed, Assembler. I have a Casio CZ1 synth
with MIDI in/out/thru, and a 286 IBM clone PC. What I need to know is what I
need to get them talking.

I have heard of the MPU-401 but apparently you need an additional card
inside the PC to use it, is this true ? Also Ive heard you can get MIDI
interfaces that simply connect to the PC by the 9 pin mouse port or printer
port. Which is easiest, and cheapest ? Also, how do I address the relevant
port/board in C, C++ or Assembler( if needed) to send out data.

All help, or pointers to help will be greatly appreciated !

Cheers, Pete..
From: 2630jeuttera@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Looking for SB-SOUND.COM for SB Pro
Date: 28 Jan 1993 13:34:45 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2630jeuttera@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsf.csd.mu.edu

In article <1993Jan28.091938.21905@vd.seqeb.gov.au>, co005@vd.seqeb.gov.au writes:
>I am just having a look at ACCU music system. I have a SB Pro card.
>ACCU tells me that I need to load SB-SOUND.COM to play the music but
>I can find no trace of this with my SB software.
>
>Does anyone know where it comes from ?

	Try using the CL BBS out in California.  I'd suggest using a
9600+ bps modem.  Otherwise, I can E-mail it to you (once I can find
my copy of UUENCODE).  They also have a bunch of other updated (?)
drivers.  

>
>Thanks,
>	Chris Oldham (bsd_chris@seqeb.gov.au)
>


			AJ		JEUTTER@ETN.COM
					2630JEUTTERA@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU
From: forsyth@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: source for ultrasound programs
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:38:44 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

is the source for a program or programs to drive the ultrasound
somewhere on the net?  i looked on the archive sites but i couldn't
find any source (last time i looked); still, i might easily have
overlooked it hidden in an archive file.
i'd like to look at programs or libraries that drive the card
directly (not through a binary-only toolkit etc.).
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From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad)
Subject: Re: Multimedia not need Soundcard
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,alt.cd-rom
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:40:15 GMT

Senopati Pamungkas (wity@iastate.edu) wrote:

: I do not discount the CD-ROM for MM, in fact I've been hoping to get a CD-ROM
: player soon.
YOu do not have to buy a sound card, and you do not need to buy the fast
CD-ROM, or SCSI. Just get the MM compatible cheapest CD-ROM you can find,
and enjoy. You do not have to waIT forever.

The speed in not important because the files are indexed. The searching is
done in memory. The files are arranged nicely because it is a read-only 
memory, there is no fragmentation etc.
 	There may be a delay of a few seconds but it is definitely faster than
using BBS, or even in our networked mainframe environments.

--
Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet
From: ccfac@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: ASL Cyber Audio Card - Something new??
Date: 26 Jan 93 12:05:21 +1030
Organization: University of South Australia

In article <1993Jan21.211928.19431@radian.uucp>, jlange%radian@natinst.com (John Lange) writes:
> On pg 4 of INFOWORLD Direct (not INFOWORLD) there is an ad for a
> sound card that I had not seen before.  It features:
>
>       - Wave Table synthesis
>       - 32 simultaneous stereo voices
>       - 16 MIDI channels
>       - 1 MB on board ROM with 128 sampled instruments
>       - 16 bit record and playback at 44 kHz, 22 kHz, & 11 kHz
>       - SB compatible
>       - Apparently can play sound samples residing in PC memory
>           space as instruments without loading them locally
>       - Voice recognition software system that "understands and
>           responds to any voice regardless of voice quality,
>           rate of speech or accent."
>       - Koss speakers and a headset microphone included
>       - Other software is bundled in, including Midisoft (?)
>       - Cost is either $299 or $359 depending on bundling of
>           software
>

The above sounds like a board which uses the Aria chipset.  No mention
of RAM but ROM, which normally sounds like it has sounds built in, but
cannot load new sounds.  Sounds on board can be modified, but might
be a bit limited.

Cheers

Francis
From: dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: GUS Install Disks 1.22 and Patchman.exe
Date: 24 Jan 1993 01:45:18 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: cezanne.cc.utexas.edu

Has anyone who had downloaded the utl-122x.zip drivers from epas had any luck
with Patch Manager?  I keep getting these annoying messages that Patch
Manager, or one of it's files can't be found.  

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From: s14249nm@UMASSD.EDU
Subject: Where's the FAQ?
Reply-To: s14249nm@UMASSD.EDU
Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:45:08 GMT

Where's the FAQ for this newsgroup? I would appreciate any replies by e-mail.
Thanks...
From: s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: JJ is gone and 386 stuff
Date: 27 Jan 93 10:52:11 GMT
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Computing Centre
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ee.tut.fi

In <1993Jan26.173356.63223@cc.usu.edu> 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
>guys!!!  (We already are...details later.  Put it this way, we wrote a
>Wolf3d-like full screen engine in just a few hours...Tran should have full
>texture mapping (any angles) very soon...)

>What can we do to improve it?

Make it work with Qemm like civilized protected mode programs do, Matlab or
Autocad for example.

Anssi
-- 
Anssi Saari s106275@ee.tut.fi                
Tampere University of Technology 
Finland, Europe
From: ccfac@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Date: 27 Jan 93 10:15:32 +1030
Organization: University of South Australia

>
> The Roland SCC-1 at the moment will be your best bet.  It does record
> digitised sounds, but it does provide you with 9 drum kits, and 300+
> sounds.
>
Opps... made a typo.  I mean it DOES NOT digitise/sample sounds.
                                ========

Cheers

Francis
From: gt0040a@prism.gatech.EDU (Tom Sorensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Waveblaster & Roland sounds: good news
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:59:44 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Some good info about the WaveBlaster-

Creative Labs has engineered it such that the WB will be able to run most
games w/ Roland sound! You have to run a small program that tells the WB
to load the Roland sounds (its not a TSR). The only caveat is that it doesn't
support custom patches- this affects many Sierra games and a few others. Still,
this means that the WB will come onto the market with a *HUGE* installed base
of games it can exploit.

Since EMU is now owned by CL it is likely that the WB will make it to the
retail market. Most estimates for combined SB+WB cost are around $330. High,
but significantly less than a Roland or Multisound. Plus you get support
for all games that use the SB.

Bad news- apparently someone made the bad choice of using rounding on the SB16
w/ 8 bit samples. If you play an 8-bit sample on a SB-16 you may not get as
clear of a sound as you should, since some bits will be rounded incorrectly
(a 0 comes out as a 1). Hopefully CL will fire the engineer/manager in question
and fix it in a later version of the board.
          Tom Sorensen
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From: dhembrow@eoe.co.uk (David Hembrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: LPT DAC Information Required
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:18:31 GMT
Organization: EO Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Ken Filipps (kfilipps@dgim.doc.ca) wrote:
: Can anyone tell me where I could get some information on how to build the LPT
: DAC Soundplayer.  Please Email any responses.
: 
: Thanks
: Ken	<kfilipps@clark.dgim.doc.ca>

If you email a response, please could you email it to me too. I picked up the
end of the thread about building this DAC just as I was finishing off building
one myself.

I'm willing to post my design, but I'd rather have a design which at least
had the same interface as the one posted here than something which is different
for no reason.

Thank you in advance-- 
David Hembrow                   EO Europe Ltd.,
email:  dhembrow@eoe.co.uk      Abberley House, Granhams Road,
                                Great Shelford, Cambridge CB2 5LQ, England
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard:7253 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games:32693
From: aleung@uwpg02.uwinnipeg.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: RE: HELP: does OPTi not work with GUS??? (was Re: Gravis UltraSound 3D!
Date: 24 Jan 93 20:46:04 GMT
Organization: University of Winnipeg

How did you know it's 8/16 bits? And How did you know it run on 6/8Mhz ?
Thanks!
Alan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: harrison@lclark.edu (Mark Harrison)
Subject: Re: GUS v1.22
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:58:40 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.012504.2392@sfu.ca> mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy) writes:
>> If you like all your eggs in one basket (like me), this is worth
>> getting. It does not include the new mixer, but I added it using
>> ezarc.
> 
>Are the 1.22 disks an official release from Gravis or not?  The
>reason I ask is because on the Gravis Support BBS disks 1.21 are
>still up, not the 1.22.

I think they just havn't been moved to the right directory.  One thing I
forgot to mention is that I didn't have BWCC.DLL for Patchman.  Of course
I still had it laying around from the previous version, but it wasn't on
the new disk set.
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From: zstewart@nyx.cs.du.edu (Zhahai Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Computer Shopper Review...bad news for SBPro
Date: 27 Jan 93 05:42:45 GMT
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.

In article <1993Jan22.183105.26913@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> 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 !!!

That sounds unlikely.  Here's the quick and dirty test: record some music;
play it back; see how the high pitches sound.  Sample at 22 or 44 KHz, say.
If the analog section is limited to 2.6 KHz, it will sound worse than music
played over the telephone (which has more like a 3.3 KHz upper limit).  The
2.6 KHz limit is so terrible that it should be *very* audible (if the limit
was 11 KHz or some such, it would be harder to tell, since the frequencies
above that take careful listening to discern in music).

The SB Pro has two filters.  The input (recording) filter has 3 settings:
low, high, and off; the output filter has 2: on and off.  Both are low pass
filters, the "high" and "low" refer to relative cutoff frequencies.  The
"low" setting on the input is designed for "voice input through the 
microphone", the "high" for music, typically through the aux input.  I could
believe that somebody tested the SBPro input in the default record setting,
which is "low".

Indeed, it would be silly and wasteful to sample input at 44 KHz with the
input filter switched to LOW.  But it can be switched to HIGH or OFF.
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From: mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy)
Subject: Re: GUS v1.22
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:25:04 GMT

> If you like all your eggs in one basket (like me), this is worth
> getting. It does not include the new mixer, but I added it using
> ezarc.
 
Are the 1.22 disks an official release from Gravis or not?  The
reason I ask is because on the Gravis Support BBS disks 1.21 are
still up, not the 1.22.  BTW, the BBS has been vastly improved.
They hired John Smith, former sysop of the largest BBS in
Western Canada.  The BBS is now actually more helpful than the
neglected state it was in before.
 
Advanced Gravis Support BBS (604) 431-5927


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From: s39201e@saha.hut.fi (Jouko Huhtala)
Subject: Tracker prog. for SBPro ??
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:38:41 GMT

I read about 8-track tracker program which supports SBPro's 44.1 KHz 
samplingrate. 
What is that program and where can I get it ?
Is it PD or SW ??


Thanks in advance !

T: Jokke   E-mail jhuhtala@vipunen.hut.fi

 ' When things run smooth, it's already more than enough. '
							- M.L.Gore
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From: keithd@versyss.com (Keith Doyle)
Subject: Re: PAS16: are samples useable in music?
Reply-To: keithd@versyss.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Organization: VERSYSS Incorporated, Torrance, California
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:40:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan17.031400.16864@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk> lam836@cs.cuhk.hk (Savio Lam) writes:
>
>The PAS16 is capable of playing digital voice and midi songs via the FM
>chip simultaneously (I've just tried that using media player and pocket
>recorder).

How many sampled voices can you have at the same time?  One?  Two (using
stereo channels seperately)?  More?

Keith


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From: ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran)
Subject: Re: MAXOK not working with GUS
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:58:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.200732.16911@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> norm@bnr.ca writes:
>After recently getting my GUS card, I decided to try out the Maximum OverKill
>(Commanche) demo I downloaded but no matter what the option, I can't get any
>music or sound.  I have run the setup program (or whatever it was) and chose
>both SoundBlaster and AdLib but neither will work.
>
>Anybody got the MAXOK demo to work with a GUS?
>

The Commanche demo, like the initial release of the game, will not work
with SBOS.  However, Novalogic has released a patch for the game that 
will make it SBOS-compatible.

Phat.
From: zstewart@nyx.cs.du.edu (Zhahai Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: How do MOD players work?
Date: 27 Jan 93 06:29:44 GMT
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.

Could somebody explain some of the technical aspect of how MOD players work?
I've seen the file format and loose descriptions.  The core is that they
frequency shift digital samples of multiple instruments, amplitude modulate
them (multiply) and mix (add, scale).  I presume that they do this at a fixed
output frequency (selectable, of course), which means that they would need to
resample the instrument sample to shift its frequency; for example, if it was
sampled at 11000 samples per second for a middle C (an arbitrary figure), to
play back a C# at the same 11000 samples per second, one would normally
resample the file to convert it to about 6% slower "virtual sample rate", or
10382 samples per second; when this was physically played back at 11000 
samples per second, it would be one semitone higher in pitch.

However, the traditional DSP process for doing this takes a LOT of calculation,
running a high order FIR filter with a lot of coefficients; plus it expects
to resample upward to the least common multiple, then back down to the 
destination rate (in one step, actually).  It would seem that there would be
no way a PC could accomplish this in real time, with a decent filter.  So
what IS done?  Some sort of linear or polynomial interpolation?  Repeating or
skipping some sample values?  How is frequency vibrato handled?

Basically I'm just curious at this stage; I'd appreciate knowledgeable answers.
Also: is there any source code for MOD players available, and where?

Zhahai  

 zstewart@nyx.cs.du.edu
From: seah@ee.rochester.edu (David Seah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: GUS vs. LAPC-1 stuff....
Date: 28 Jan 93 19:38:07 GMT
Organization: Univ of Rochester, College of Engineering and Applied Science

In article <lotter.142.728223006@cc.und.ac.za> lotter@cc.und.ac.za (Eddie Lotter) writes:
>ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran) writes:
>
>>The LAPC-1 only stores the attack transient as samples... the sustain
>>is handled via FM synthesis.  The GUS uses samples for the sustain
>>as well as the attack, and thus, requires more memory.
>
>That's "LA synthesis". The LAPC does not use FM synthesis at all.

From what I understand, "LA synthesis" is just Roland's name for their
metd of combining digital and analog techniques.  ThThe use of "partials"
in the attack of an instrument sound gives a nice bite, but it's combined
with FM synthesis stuff to round it out  You'll find the same kind of
operator arrangement is available, though with considerably more flexibility.
-- 
Dave Seah (seah@ee.rochester.edu, AFCDaveS@aol.com)
That's Rochester, New York!
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From: rice@cray.com (Jonathan Rice)
Subject: Development kits: recommendations sought
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 22 Jan 93 09:28:49 CST


I'm looking for information about development tools for a variety of sound
cards: run time libraries, sample editors, etc.  I'm particularly interested
in Soundblaster support, but need also to plan ahead for GUS, Sound Source,
and other technologies.

I'd like to hear your recommendations for *commercial* packages.  I get the
impression from some comments made on this newsgroup that the Creative Labs
product is poorly done, and have heard that it is deliberately broken with
respect to some SB-compatible cards.  Who else offers development kits?  I'm
interested both in features and in the quality of technical support.

Thanks in advance for any pointers you may have.  Post or mail.

-- 
Jonathan C. Rice  |   rice@zizania.cray.com  |  ...uunet!cray!rice
From: wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Keyboard and SBPro... How?
Date: 26 Jan 93 09:36:50 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


Maybe you need to turn the sounddcard's colume up on one of the input
lines, thoughxxxx through software?
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From: mew@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Merlyn)
Subject: Re: GUS DMA/IRQ settings
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:21:25 GMT

The Address jumpers are easily located on the board but the IRQ and DMA
settings are done in SOFTWARE.  They can be changed by running the setup 
software on the Gravis Install disks or by changing the values manually in
the autoexec.bat (or is it config.sys) where the ultrasound settings are
listed.  The manual tells you which numbers mean what.

Mark

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From: wlg@homey.mlb.semi.harris.com (Bill Gallucci)
Subject: WinJammer 2.24 CRC ERRORS
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:11:42 GMT
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL

   Did anyone get wjmr224.zip to unzip.  I have tried pkunzip v1.1, v2.04c,
   all have failed.  If anyone got it to work could you drop me a line or
   post to this group.

   Bill
From: joseph@umbc.edu (Mr. Joseph Croce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: PAS16 compatability with SPpro
Date: 28 Jan 1993 17:53:46 -0500
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc5.umbc.edu

Question:

        Is it possible through software to make the PAS16 compatable with
the SBpro?

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