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From: hnyberg@wolverine.cs.hut.fi (Henrik Rickard Sebastian Nyberg)
Subject: PAS-16: 20 voices in stereo???Need help!
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, CS lab
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 10:30:49 GMT



 I recently bought a PAS-16 for my 486/33MHz PC. However, I have encountered
some problems which I have been unable to solve.
Firstly, when I play MIDI-files under Windows, the soundcard doesn't play
more than six instrument voices. If I try to play more instrument than that,
one is lost. I have tried many things, for example:
1) Updating my Windows-driver from v1.2 to v1.4beta
2) trying to force the soundcard into mono mode using the CtrlChg-event
3) setting the PAS-16 to instrument mode where it, according to the manual,
   should be able to play 18 voices at once, but it only seems to play 9.

The stereo effects don't work properly either. I only get voices from
left, right & middle, but nothing in between.
I have tried playing these midi files with Sequencer Plus Junior, but that
doesn't change anything.
The programs I have worked with in Windows are Cakewalk Pro Demo and a 
shareware sequencer, WinJammer v2.2.

It seems to me as if the midi files are treated as basic midi files
(6 instruments and 5 percussion sounds), but how can I change that?
There is also a midi configuration that shows up in Midi Mapper, namely
MVIFM (or something like that). Could somebody please tell me what this is?
Windows tells me that I am 'referring to a device not installed in the
system'.
Also, is there a way to configure the instruments for Windows in the same
way that you edit instruments for SeqPlusJr with the FM-editor?

And one thing finally. The PAS-16 is advertised having "20-voice stereo",
but according to the manual you can only have 18 instrument voices or
10 drums sounds+12 MONO instrument sounds. Now then, where are the 20 stereo
voices??? 
This text might seem a bit confusing, so here is my basic question:
How do I set the PAS-16 to 18 instrument mode or 10+12 drum mode in
--
Sebastian "Baseman" Nyberg  
Espoo, Finland
hnyberg@niksula.hut.fi       "...and the sun painted the world with gold."
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From: jybarb01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Re: PAS 16 & TERMINATOR 2029
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:25:24 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In article <3576.22.uupcb@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>, terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter)  writes:
> well, I get the music and the guy talking right at the beginning of the
> game when you load it, but after that, nothing, just the missiles, etc,
> no voices.  I have tried that modification, and it does not do anything.
>
I get the same problem with my PAS 16?  Is there a cure.  I get lazer fire
untill I blow something up and then it is down to only making rocket and
explosions sounds?  

Help

PS- IRQ7/DMA3 ??
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Subject: SBPRO Windows Drivers
From: williams_g@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 7 Nov 1992 07:28:55 GMT
Reply-To: williams_g@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

has anyone out there seen new sbpro drivers for windows, that lets you use
the sound blaster pro under a dos window (or full screen). As the release
i got a long time ago, wont let you use it or adlib un the dos windows..
the one i have got is dated around 04-15-92, If you have one please upload 
it to a FTP Site and let me know what site it is..

Cheers...Glenn
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From: jybarb01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: PAS16 and my modem!!
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:58:40 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville



I have a PAS 16 and for some reason when the card's driver is installed, it
makes a mess of my modem.  My term program (qmodem) will send out the dial
command and the modem responds to the command, but it will register nothing on
the screen.  Even though a carrier is on and the modem CD light is on, the
program doesn't recgonize the carrier.

Every thing is fine when I REM out the driver for the sound card.  
---IRQ/DMA are set at 3

Can someone tell me how to fix this?

Jay
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From: norlin@panther.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
Subject: Re: Voice samples in Mods
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:06:32 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Keywords: PAS-16

ismith@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Chris Smith) writes:

> Does anyone know if it is possible to take voice samples from .wav of .voc
>files and convert them to .mod sample format. I would like to be ale to
>create my own voice samples, but as of right now, Im stuck to using
>preexisting ones.

>Or better yet is there some other way ove creating .mod format samples?

.MOD format samples are simply signed, 8 bit raw digital data, with
no header.  I'm sure conversion utilities exist (SOX comes to mind,
though I haven't used it) that can convert other formats into headerless,
8 bit, signed raw format.

Norman
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From: bjornhk@dhhalden.no (BJORN HAAVARD KLEVEN)
Subject: Re: ROL -> MID
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 12:32:15 GMT

>1.  Get a ROL->MID converter.
>2.  Get a win3.1 Jukebox program that supports *.ROL

The Voyetra Sequencer (the one that also comes with the SB Pro) is capable 
of loading .ROL files and - of course - saving them as .MID files. It does 
the job pretty well, I'm using it all the time.

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From: 1040715@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
Subject: SBPRO and .MID files
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 23:19:59 GMT

  Hi peoples,
   I have had an SBPRO, and multimedia pack for a while now, and have found 
them to be extremely fun, and extraordinarily reliable, EXCEPT, I have not
been able to get .MID files to play properly!

  Under the Voyetra Sequencer program, theones that come with it sound great.
They work perfectly, and actually are fairly entertaining.  The rol files I
have also work perfectly.  However, when you load a midi file from somewhere
else, it is almost random noise.
  Under windows, it is slightly better, depending on which thing I choose in
the midi mapper, but still intolerable.  I especially wish to play the files
from the creative labs sounds CD.  The digitised versions of the songs are
extremely good, but I have not been able to get the midi versions to be even
recognizeable.  For example, factory.mid, instead of drums, just has some sort
of recurrindeep beeping noise.
  Now, I know that .mid files don't have instruments mapped into them, and
so you have to have the right setup to get the correct instruments, but I
have not yet been able to do it!  
    Any help would be GREATLY apreciated...
                      <<<===--- Darren ---===>>>

btw,  I have now worked out how to program most of the SBPRO and CD, but does
anyone anywhere have any info on programming the CD below the level of the int
2f calls?  It really really annoys me to have to load those silly drivers all 
the time, and if I go over to a non-dos environment, those silly drivers won't
work at all anyway.
From: harrison@lclark.edu (Mark Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: The GUS and software...
Date: 12 Nov 92 20:11:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Nov12.201143.16002
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

In article <dmatiske-111192214212@archmacconsultant.architecture.lab.nd.edu> dmatiske@nd.edu (David Matiskella) writes:
>In article <BxKHxF.K6@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, ylee@norton.uwaterloo.ca
>(Yuri Lee) wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone knows the number of the people to contact  in
>order to obtain programming information for the GUS? I know some posted
>about thier being a developer package available but I los that posting. Any
>help will be appreciated.

Gravis's sales line is 1-800-663-8558.  They should be able to help out.

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harrison@sun.lclark.edu |   Our great computers fill the hallowed halls."
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From: bjornhk@dhhalden.no (BJORN HAAVARD KLEVEN)
Subject: Re: PAS or GRAVIS
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 10:53:35 GMT

In article <c60a-lj.721510036@danube.Berkeley.EDU> c60a-lj@danube.Berkeley.EDU (LAB ASSISTANT) writes:
>From: c60a-lj@danube.Berkeley.EDU (LAB ASSISTANT)
>Subject: PAS or GRAVIS
>Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:27:16 GMT
>
>Well, it looks like its time to trade in the old ThunderBoard and move up
>to a 16 bit card.  Now the question is, do I want to go with a well
>established card like the PAS 16, or go with the new GRAVIS.  It seems
>that the GRAVIS still has many problems, such as distribution, compatability,
>and I have also heard that the SB TSR slows a system down by 25%.  Now, 
>I hace read that the PAS 16 is actually 2 cards in one -- having an actual
>SB compatible card and a 16 bit card on one motherboard.  The question is, 
>is the PAS 16 SB pro compatible, should I wait and buy a SB 16, Is there
>software that explicitly supports the PAS 16, or should I just wait and
>buy a damn GRAVIS!
>
Well, since you've got the situation about right, I'll just say: think ahead!

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From: albertd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David Albert)
Subject: Re: Unreal demo...where?
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:49:07 GMT

me too.

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From: dwjohnso@eos.ncsu.edu (DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSON)
Subject: Gateway, CDROM, Sound Card
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 03:20:03 GMT

I am planning to buy a Gateway 486-33V with the CDROM drive
they are currently offering.  What I want to know is what 
sound card I should purchase for this system.  I do not
want the Micrsoft card they are offering, I would like a 
card which will allow me to use the CDROM and play games
in particular Links 386Pro and Hardball III.  Any suggestions
are greatly appreciated.

-- 

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* David Johnson          *         " Reality is                  *
* North Carolina State   *               not all                 *
* dwjohnso@eos.ncsu.edu  *                  it's cracked         *
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From: s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Subject: Re: Unreal demo...where?
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Date: 12 Nov 92 07:46:24 GMT


In <BxKstx.5xB@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> albertd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David Albert) writes:

>me too.

Me three! 

No, just kidding. Try ftp.uwp.edu.

Anssi
From: rlee@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Ralph Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: MULTISOUND - Anyone got TurtleBeach's compuserve number???
Date: 13 Nov 1992 01:41:35 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au


Wonder if anyone could help me with that???

I know it was posted up a while back, about someone from Turtlebeach on
the internet or them having a compuserve number..

Thanks for your help
Ralph
rlee@tartarus.uwa.edu.au

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From: smithgr@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Gregory P. Smith)
Subject: Wow II version 1.3?
Keywords: Wow II MOD Player 1.3
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 01:24:19 GMT

Could anyone point me to somewhere where I could get the Wow II MOD player
version 1.3?  (It is out isn't it?)  I tried archie, but 1.2b was the latest
in it's databases.

Thanks,
Greg

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From: ternlund@CS.ColoState.EDU (John Ternlund)
Subject: Great MIDI!
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:17:21 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University


  Does anyone use midi with their PAS 16 sound card?  Does it work?
Where did you get the additional midi connectors?  I believe the midi
connector is a DIN 5 plug, and the PAS 16 has no such plug on the back.
Any info.-- would be great.

All opinions expressed or otherwise implied are my own.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
John Ternlund              Software Engineer, Integrated Decision Support,
                                               Colorado State University
Internet: ternlund@mozart.cs.colostate.edu
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From: ilan@seas.gwu.edu (Ilan Berkner)
Subject: Re: PAS-16 SDK owner seeked
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 15:26:25 GMT

In article <1992Nov8.083602.25011@netcom.com> mccarty@netcom.com (Michael K McCarty) writes:
>I own all the other Developer Kits for all the rest of the sound borads,
>(GUS/Adlib Gold/SB/SBPro/SCC-1) and the PAS Toolkit is the best.

You've got to be kidding!  Their SDK is filled with typos.  In fact, the
errors in the section on how to program the DMA controller delayed my
project by an extra week.  And the response time from developer support
is atrocious.  I've been waiting three weeks on real information on 
how to program the MVA508 mixer chip.

Their source code is horrible.  They assembly code is cryptic beyond 
belief.  Even some of their programmers have a hard time understanding
what's going on (I know most of them by name).  MASM 6.0 has been out
for how many years now?  And their C code won't even compile because
the header files don't always match the source files!!!!

I'm sorry - the PAS-16 may be a great board, and they may be dedicated,
but their developer support is unprofessional at best.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy)
Subject: Re: GUS SB emulation
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 06:26:51 GMT

> There was some discussion a while back about people having trouble
> with the Sound Blaster emulation on the GUS (weak sound, or sound
> not as good as other boards such as PAS with hardware SB emulation,
> etc).  Is this still the case?  I'm in the market for a sound card,
> to be used mostly for games but not exclusively.  Can some of you
> GUS owners comment on how good (or bad) the GUS sounds on games or
> other software that uses the SB emulation?
 
Well, on my 286 most games showed minimal if any slow down at 
all.  I did here people complain about Wing Commander II being 
slowed down quite a bit.  On my 486-33 I notice no slowdown
what so ever.  The emulation is actually quite good.  Some 
games will sound funny because the UltraSound uses samples to 
emulate the SB, but acceptable.  Improved drivers are being 
worked on as we speak including windows 3.1 and SB PRO support 
in the near future.

If you want flawless SB support you won't find it with the UltraSound.
I suggest you get a cheap SB or clone which handles SB emulation in
hardware.  I see the UltraSound's SB support only as a temporary
solution until generic UltraSound software appears.

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From: kv07@IASTATE.EDU (Warren Vonroeschlaub)
Subject: Re: MODEDIT 3.0 now available
Keywords: MODEDIT 3.0, MOD editor, IBM, module
Reply-To: kv07@IASTATE.EDU (Warren Vonroeschlaub)
Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 23:17:27 GMT

In article <1992Nov8.094411.3153@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>,
norlin@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin) writes:
> ModEdit 3.0 is completed.  It is currently available on:

  Sounds great, but since my last comment on this was ignored I'm asking again. 
While I would like to write the music on a PC, I am looking for something that,
once the writing is done, can be read by a human.

  Does anyone know of a program that takes the output of any of these piano-roll
editors and print it in staff notation?

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From: sulcer@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (PSYCHOTICS R US)
Subject: PAS-16 and games and demos
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:06:42 GMT

Greetings everyone!

I recently purchased a PAS-16.  I would like to know what things are available
that take advantage of the STEREO capabilities of the card.  What games have
been written that use stereo sound?  What about demos like UNREAL?

ftp sites would be great!  Or names of commercial games.

Thanks much!

Geoff


-- 
The Perpetually Happy Order of Raving Lunatics                P.H.O.R.L.

Geoff Sulcer                                  sulcer@ucsu.colorado.edu
recluS ffoeG                                  sulcer@rintintin.colorado.edu
Organization: Senior, Architecture, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Date: Fri,  6 Nov 1992 18:35:47 -0500 
From: Nicolas Alejandro Arauz <na0s+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: multisound (turtle beach)

Does anyone know if it's possible to make the multisound
SoundBlaster/Adlib compatible?  I don't really want to give up use of
all the other programs I have that are SB/Adlib.  But I am intrigued by
the new low price and its superior sound quality.  Thanks!
From: jsteven@milton.u.washington.edu (Steven Cothern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Gravis UltraSound availability...
Date: 6 Nov 92 23:43:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov6.234312.29793
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

FYI, folks:

>|> Since you asked, I thought I'd let everyone in the known universe know that 
>|> Advanced Gravis has limited quantities of GUS available for sale.  I don't 
>|> know if I can post price up here (would that be classed as advertising?), 
>|> so if you're interested, call our sales/order line (1-800-663-8558 USA) or 
>|> (604)431-5020 (rest of world). |>  I can tell you that we have positioned 
>|> our prices so as to not compete with our dealers.  
>|> 
>|> 
>|> Chris Yuzik				Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.

Hoping that I'm wrong here, but I called Gravis about this offer.  The fellow
I talked to said that they had the cards, but when I asked about a purchase,
he said that the card would go out "in about two weeks, probably".  I didn't 
want to harass him too much ( they seem a bit out of sorts these days; could
it have anything to do w/the # of calls they're getting from netfolks ;) ),
so I didn't press him too hard on this.  I did mention, however, that I had
an order in w/PC Zone, who is now mentioning "mid-November" as their ship date.
As I made this [Gravis] call around the end of October, it didn't appear to me 
that accelerated dollars corresponded to accelerated delivery, so I thanked him
for the info and let my PC Zone order ride.

I have written to Chris Yuzik asking for clarification on this issue, but so
far have not heard anything back from him.  Oh where, oh where can my US be
< slobber oops excuse the drool >.

J. Steven Cothern
Geological Remote Sensing, U of Wash
From: bjornhk@dhhalden.no (BJORN HAAVARD KLEVEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: multisound (turtle beach)
Date: 8 Nov 92 14:02:38 GMT
Organization: Ostfold College

In article <Ieyk5He00WB6I6vEtW@andrew.cmu.edu> Nicolas Alejandro Arauz <na0s+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>Date: Fri,  6 Nov 1992 18:35:47 -0500 
>From: Nicolas Alejandro Arauz <na0s+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>Subject: multisound (turtle beach)
>Does anyone know if it's possible to make the multisound
>SoundBlaster/Adlib compatible?  I don't really want to give up use of
>all the other programs I have that are SB/Adlib.  But I am intrigued by
>the new low price and its superior sound quality.  Thanks!

Hardly! Turtle Beach are very proud of their superiority over the SB, and I 
bet at least *they* won't make one! But why not consider the GUS? It is 
capable of producing the same quality sound, is much less expensive and is 
much more flexible...

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From: ralph@bugend.edvina.se (Staffan Vilcans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.music,alt.binaries.sounds.d,alt.sb.programmer,com
Subject: Re: MODEDIT 3.0 now available
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 00:50:37 GMT
Organization: Bugend BBS

tld@moon.base.bellcore.com (Terry Davidson) writes:

> NOW - with the advent of MOD301, MS-Dos'ers can now compose...

Well, that's ofcourse nothing new. Other MOD editors are available for 
MS-DOS, like ScreamTracker.


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From: dem21178@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dan Montroy)
Subject: Re: SBPro and After Dark For Windows -------- PROBLEMS !!!!!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:28:02 GMT

ab4@doc.ic.ac.uk (Abbasali Bandali) writes:


>I have the SounBlasterPro card installed in my 386SX. It works with Wolf3D and
>other games. But I tried installing through Win 3.1 and it worked (I THINK !!!!)

>The problem comes when I select 'SBPro' through AfterDark. It says 

>		'Multimedia Extensions Connected - Remove them before 
>		 choosing SBPro'

I believe that in the documentation it states that you should choose 
'Windows Multimedia Sound (Windows 3.1)' instead of the SoundBlaster card 
driver.  Try that and see if it works.

Dan Montroy
-- 
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University of Illinois
d-montroy@uiuc.edu
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From: umward10@news.cc.umanitoba.ca (Derek Ward)
Subject: Re: MODEDIT 3.0 now available
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:39:17 GMT

Norman Lin (norlin@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu) wrote:
: 
: ModEdit 3.0 is a shareware Amiga MOD file editor for the IBM PC family of
: computers, supporting all video cards and many output devices (including


  Just wondering why this announcement is being posted here?  It sounds
like a great piece of s/w, but if it can't be run on the Amiga, why post
it here?
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