GUS Daily Digest Thu, 27 Oct 94 9:37 PST Volume 15: Issue 21 Today's Topics: [Q] GUS settings/experiences with System Shock? AOD: SBOS 3.81 -o3 (sorta) Cut this guy out of the address list FAQ Maintainer? Gravis' plans GUS and IBM's Warp (OS/2 3.0) GUS Daily Digest V15 #3 Gus Max w/ PCI bus GUS Max w/ PCI bus & Simple mixer thingy Gus Registration Master of Orion and other games MEGAEM and EMM incompatibility MIDI Box and ProPats More suggestions... Mortal Kombat with a gus??? OS/2 Manley's drivers player for PSM songs Please post music stuff ProPats - what are they Q: GUS's midi interface doesn't wok in DOS Transferring digital CD sound to .PAT ultra05e and more... Where to get PC ZOne w/ Gus Experience in the US Standard Info: - Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest. - Before you ask a question, please READ THE FAQ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 13:00:50 -0500 (CDT) From: lance@mpd.tandem.com (Lance Hartmann) Subject: [Q] GUS settings/experiences with System Shock? I'm curious as to others' experiences and GUS settings with Origin's game (actually Looking Glass) System Shock. Have you found any particular settings which affect the sound in one way or another? Do you see any correspondence between your ULTRASND var settings and the System Shock *.CFG file? Mine don't look anything alike. Did anyone try editing the *.CFG manually? Occasionally, (particularly when loading a new game), I'll get a "stuck" sound. I found that if I ESCape and goto the Audio menu and move either (or both) the Digital and Music sliders, then it "clears" the problem. Anyone else have to do this occasionally? -- Lance Hartmann lance@mpd.tandem.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 23:44:15 EDT From: David Ball Subject: AOD: SBOS 3.81 -o3 (sorta) The subject pretty much says it. I've gotten Aces of the Deep to work with SBOS version 3.81 (the only one I've tried) with -o3. The sound is choppy though, and the music s$#@! I used IRQ 7, IO 220, and DMA 1. EMM386 NOEMS. -- Dave ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 11:43:23 -0700 (PDT) From: David.Roberts@amd.com (Dave Roberts) Subject: Cut this guy out of the address list > Date: 26 Oct 1994 12:08:12 GMT > From: "Central Postmaster" > Subject: Mail Delivery Status > > ***** Error in Mail Delivery ***** > > CANCELLED > > Recipients: > > STERN6@SMTP.LOC.GOV Could the digest admin please cut this guy out of the digest address list? This goes through every day and is becoming quite annoying. Besides, we need to save the bandwidth for the idiots that keep feeding yesterday's digest back into the system. :-) Dave Roberts Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. I/O and Network Products Division david.roberts@amd.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 16:32:28 -0400 (EDT) From: David A Denis Subject: FAQ Maintainer? ---------------------------------------------------------- Dear GUSers, Does anyone know if the FAQ is currently being maintained? I heard the maintainer was unavailable. If not, I would like to volunteer for the job. I can't say I know the GUS inside and out, but I know if pretty well, and have had mine for over 2 years. I would like to update the Glist and make it part of the FAQ also. I have read the FAQ over and found it heavy on hardware technicallity, but short on practicality in some areas. Any help would be appreciated. Dave ---------------------------------------------------------- | I got a snake man! | | Check out the Freakshow--> | | Http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~denis | ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 18:57:28 MDT From: dchow@stu.athabascau.ca (Donald Chow) Subject: Re: Gravis' plans > > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 21:13:21 -0700 > From: dross@ultrix5.cs.csubak.edu (dean ross-smith) > Subject: Gravis' plans > > As I was reading through the usual computer verbage on Warp and Win'95 I came > across a piece on Windows > supporting DSPs that run a bunch of applications from a single board. I'm > talking telephony, CD, audio and video decompression stuff. Seeing as this > support is being added to PC OS's, wouldn't it make sense for gravis to head > in this direction (hence the teaming up with AMD)? Its just a thought. > On a different note, has anyone out there seen or used WinG (speedier graphics > engine from Microsoft for Windows)? The new Loderunner from Sierra supposedly > will support it and the docs in Loderunner said WinG would be out September. > Also, Has anyone had sound problems running Loderunner for Windows? I am running Loderunnder for Windows and WinG, and have no problems with the llsound, it's great! But other it locking up sometimes when com,pleting a new evel and have to calibrate my joystick before starting the game, it works great! -- Donald Chow | X-Phile & GATB dchow@a.stu.athabascau.ca | Call (202) 555-6431 for a 'Spooky' time | Don on IGS ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 19:14:56 -0400 From: Christian Brideau Subject: GUS and IBM's Warp (OS/2 3.0) Message-ID: <9410261914.aa21333@macdonald.revcan.ca> I recently attended the Government Technology Exhibition in Ottawa. The IBM stand included the "IBM Theater" where an impressive demo of warp was given. At a certain moment in his presentation, the guy shouted: "And also, Warp can support any soundcard available" and he ask somebody in the audience what his soundcard was, to which he replied: "Gravis!" The presentator went to his keyboard and mouse and looked through the available sound cards list in which Gravis wasn't... He said, well it will be in the released vesion, I think they just added it BLABLABLA...BLABLABLA. In Canada, Warp's release date his next Tuesday or Monday. I want an opinion... Do you guys really believe that Gravis Drivers will be in next week's release? I think not... I think Gravis Marketing policy just sucks, because, YES, there was an awful lot of soundcard in that list. No flames please, this is just and opinion. Christian O. Brideau Analyst Revenue Canada, Customs, Excise & Taxation ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:39:36 +0100 From: Vince Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V15 #3 On Mon, 23 Oct 1994, Sue Lane wrote: > Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 21:13:00 GMT > From: sue.lane@gusngolf.com (Sue Lane) > Subject: Gus Daily Digest V15 #3 > > Vince, > > > You're very welcome! Wowm so you run a BBS in Chicago or is that > > Skokie? > > Sorry for the delay in responding...as usual, I'm way behind on my > Digest reading! Actually the BBS is in the western Chicago suburb > of Naperville. The BBS is free and specializes in GUS and related > files (MODs, MIDIs, Music Demos, Players, GUS compatible games, etc.). > The other half of the BBS focuses on computer golf. Weird combination, > huh? I also carry the GUS Digest and InterNet Newsgroups, > including all the soundcard ones of course. The BBS is just about a > year old. I started it because, at the time, I didn't have a very > efficient means of accessing FTP sites (do now) and didn't see a board > in this geographic area with comprehensive coverage of the GUS (or > computer golf). I figured if I was frustrated about this others might > be too...thus the birth of a BBS! I'm currently running Wildcat 4.0 > on a 486DX/33 with about 98 MEGS of GUS related files and am expecting > another 22 MEGS in the near future. I also have older GUS files offline > and they are available upon request...gotta watch that hard drive space! > > That's okay :-) I'm usually behind on my digest and e-mail replying That was some strange idea but atleast it worked! Congratulations though. Maybe you can send some of those GUS files over as I have a Pentium-90 with 32 megs of ram and 4.7 GIGS of HD Space running DOS/Windows and FreeBSD & Linux Un*x OSes so I can use some GUS stuff > BTW, Thank you for automatically sending the FAQ to new subscribers (I > changed addresses for the BBS copy so was a "new" subscriber). I've got > one of the very first pre-release ordered GUSs and have been reading the > Digest from day one. Read the FAQ ages ago and missed a paragraph in it > that would have saved me a lot of grief. It refers to some games that > will sense the GUS's Adlib capabilities even if SBOS isn't loaded. I > have such a game, Jack Nicklaus Signature Edition Golf. This game > really started acting up on me...looked like some kind of conflict. I > wasn't running it with SBOS or MEGAEM because it had always acted weird > with them. Well, a couple of versions of SBOS ago I decided to try it > again with the game. Locked up on the SB setting...but low and behold > the darn thing worked on the Adlib setting...and game ran smoothly > again! What happens if I turn the music off? It acts up again. > Conclusion..it knows the GUS is there! Sure glad I reread the > FAQ..solved a mystery! > > Sue > > Sure glad to hear that and you're welcome welcome. Anyways, enjoy the digest and Happy Gusing or should that be Gus N Golfing! Cheers, Vince E-mail: vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu,\|/ Sys Adm - CircleStar Technologies,Inc. root@berkeley.circlestar.com,(o o) San Francisco, California USA _________________________oOO__(_)__OOo_____________________________ | There are many forms of science but only physics is the quantum | | leap of the 21st Century. | \_________________________________________________________________/ uPoy@physics.ucla.edu UCLA Physics Los Angeles, California USA GUS Digest Adminstrator Advanced Gravis UltraSound Card - The ultimate in soundcard technology ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 14:10:20 CDT" From: Mike Laster Subject: Gus Max w/ PCI bus > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 17:46:48 -0700 (PDT) > From: restrugo@netcom.com (Ramiro Estrugo) > Subject: GUS Max w/ PCI bus > > Hi Gussers: > > Is anyone using the GUS Max under a PCI bus ? Does it work fine ? I > specifically want to know if it works with an ASUS PCI motherboard. > Also, does anyone know if the GUS can live happily with a Number 9 GXE > Pro 64 PCI vga card ?? > > I used to have a GUS MAX with an ATI GUP and I could not get them to > live happily in the same machine...it was either one or the other ??? > > I would appreciate any info on this.... > > thanks. > > -ramiro I'm running a Gus Max on an ASUS PCI/ISA board with no problems. I only have an Orchid ProDesigner II video card in their now, but I'm expecting my ATI GPT to come in pretty soon, so I'll find out how that combination goes together. -- ============================================================================== Mike Laster | lasterm@hpserv.utulsa.edu | 1:170/300.23@fidonet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GCS d? -p+ c++++ l(!) u++ e+ m---/+ s n--- h/--/* f? g+ w+ t(+) r y? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why am I the last one to know about anything? ============================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 00:28:27 -0400 (EDT) From: PINKERTONA@delphi.com Subject: Re: GUS Max w/ PCI bus & Simple mixer thingy restrugo@netcom.com (Ramiro Estrugo) writes: > >Hi Gussers: > >Is anyone using the GUS Max under a PCI bus ? Does it work fine ? I >specifically want to know if it works with an ASUS PCI motherboard. >Also, does anyone know if the GUS can live happily with a Number 9 GXE >Pro 64 PCI vga card ?? > >I used to have a GUS MAX with an ATI GUP and I could not get them to >live happily in the same machine...it was either one or the other ??? > >I would appreciate any info on this.... > >thanks. > >-ramiro I have a GW2K P5-90 with the ATI Mach64 card and a GUS MAX and everything works fine. Just added a PCI SCSI card and everything still works. scottb@cnde.iastate.edu (Scott Bilas) writes: > >Could somebody refer me to a book or mag on building a mixer? At least I >think that's what I need. I have a GUS and a PAS16. [Why do I have a PAS? >It's a great, cheap card, and it has drivers for Windows NT (GUS DOES NOT, >arrr...wait for win95 I guess)]. Anyways, in order to sample with the PAS, >I bought a cheap little splitter from radio shack and have just plugged my >stereo's line out and the GUS's line out into that, and that into the PAS's >line in. This is a bad approach, I know, since it has the GUS and stereo >competing for who's going to control the line voltage. Well, the GUS >usually wins and causes weird stuff to happen to whatever I'm listening to >on the stereo. How should I fix this problem? I don't want to go buy an >expensive mixer thing, in fact it would be great if I could build this thing >myself, and better yet if it was passive (i.e. no external power source >required). My current solution is to unplug the stereo's line in when I >am playing with my GUS... Help please! Thanks in advance. I'm not certain this is what you want but try this: PAS GUS Line In Line In Stereo Line Out ----->O /--->O / Line Out / Line Out O-----/ O----->Stereo Line In Alan Pinkerton pinkertona@delphi.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:51:57 -0400 From: GravisTech@aol.com Subject: Gus Registration Hi, everybody, Since I have enlightened everbody about registrations, I have been inundated with E-mail, people leaving me addresses and names, asking that I check to see if they are registered and if not to register them. I started doing the first few and then it got to be a real problem. So if you have any questions and want them answered please call, write or fax our customer service and they will be more then happy to help you. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 16:15:06 -0400 From: ivanlau@acsu.buffalo.edu (Mighty Man) Subject: Master of Orion and other games I just got Master of Orion a few days ago. Seems like a really good game with an engine similar to Civ. Anyways, I've had to use sbos -f to run the game with only SB (orig.) sound effects. Has anyone figured out how to use this games emulating the MPU-401 or other systems? Also, I remember there used to be a list with all the switches to use with various games. Anyone know where I can find a recent version? Ivan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 11:54:59 +0100 (MET) From: "Michal Weis [aka Infi]" Subject: MEGAEM and EMM incompatibility Hi, > >MegaEm used to work fine for me on my i386DX33 with QEMM 7.04 > >but when i got my i486DX66 with the VERY SAME software > >configuration than i had this EMM incompatibility. > I have the same problem. QEMM 7.04 and MegaEm worked fine > on my 486/33, but fails on my Pentium. Any suggestions? I've 7.03 QEMM installed on my HDD & i changed mother-board with CPU from 386SX33 to 486DX2/66: on 386 megaem works fine with QEMM but with 486 it is not going to work anymore with QEMM. I've not changes in files/configs - becase cards & hard-drive (= files) are the same. So the result is following: there is probably noproblem with configs or so, there is a problem with hardware! may be memory-chipset controlers, may be in speed of computer (some neccesary delays are too short), so - there is (i think) no way to make it working - buy another mother board (usualy on 386 megaem works fine with qemm), wait for next versions of qemm (i think megaem also doesn't works with qemm 7.5 (i've test it), or for next versions of megaem.... i don't know where the problem is, but with EMM megaems works fine with both mother-baords (& cpu of course ;) l8r, ___ _____ _ _ ____ __ __ _ _____ ____ _______________________________ | ( ___/ | \| \| |/__|_| ( ___/ __\ | -= Infi =- | | __\ \ / \__ \ \ \ / | |__\ \ / __/_ | weis@decef.elf.stuba.sk | |_ |_____)\______/_||__|_| |__|_____)\______\ _|___________________________| ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 00:11:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Subject: MIDI Box and ProPats I'm just asking this again because I only got one response. Unfortunately, the computer store chain I shop at somehow managed to implement a new policy anymore in which they no longer special order things they normally don't carry. I acquired my GUS through a special ordering (they didn't carry any GUSs last year), but now I want to get Gravis' Midi Box. Does anyone know of some catalogs that sells it for less than the somewhat high price of 36+5(S&H)=$41 for the Midi Box? Or how much would it cost to get it from Gravis direct? The last time I checked was suggested retail price of $49.95. Thanks. Also, about the Propats. I downloaded 2.0 this summer, and noticed that the rate was only 22kHz. So even though the patches were bigger, due to longer sampling times, the quality wasn't as clear as Gravis' patch. Before I actually start to download Ppats 3.0 on my speedy 2400 bps modem, can someone tell me what the sampling rate of Ppats 3.0 is? Thanks again. Peter ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 22:28:37 -0700 From: Derek Suzuki Subject: More suggestions... This got tossed about last year, but I haven't heard any discussion recently... Since not a whole lot of people are supporting patch caching, we often have to make do with the abbreviated, somewhat squished set of patches that can be forced into 1024K. Now, this is actually okay for some games (Gabriel Knight sounded great), but sometimes it sounds terrible. Also, the need to cover the whole range of instruments keeps us from substituting larger, better sounding samples. Now, how hard could it be to make a unified patch loader that maintained a database of what program #s were used by any given game? Gravis could maintain the database on their BBS and FTP sites. I suppose there could also be sniffer programs that scan MIDI files for the info, or a TSR that watches the ports to see what program changes are requested. This would certainly be more useful than yet-another-MOD-player, and would make the GUS sound better in most cases. Come to think of it, the custom Megaem that comes with TIE-Fighter loads its own patch set, so I'm sure this wouldn't be too difficult. Derek drkszk@ocf.berkeley.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 20:39:15 +0200 From: rrijke@knoware.nl (Reinier Rijke) Subject: Mortal Kombat with a gus??? To everybody who got MK running with a Gus (max) I have the updated version of MK (i need the updated version, otherwise my computer would just hang when i am trying to fight somebody). I dont get digitized sound from it, neither with SBOS nor with MegaEM. With MegaEM i get nice music, but sb sound? no way. SBOS doesnt work at all (although G-list says it would work with sbos) I use version 3.56 of the gus software, and emm386+himem. I have an Advance pentium/60mhz, and megaem+sbos works great on a lot of games... Please, help me out here, MK sucks without digitized sound. Greetz, Justus Rijke ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 16:16:39 EDT From: "Henrique 'Snoopy' Vianna" Subject: OS/2 Manley's drivers Hey guys, just tell me if I got it right: those OS/2 GUS Manley's drivers will only play MIDI if I got a synthesizer plugged onto the GUS??? thnx -- Snoopy. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 09:51:09 EDT From: "Henrique 'Snoopy' Vianna" Subject: player for PSM songs Help me please! Which is the player/tracker I should use to play the .PSM songs from Jazz and OMF? Inertia Player recognizes the file format, but doesn't play the songs properly. TIA, Snoopy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henrique Avila Vianna snoopy@brufpel.bitnet Universidade Federal de Pelotas hvianna@brufpel.bitnet Centro de Informatica "When you're a little rabbit, carry a BIG gun!" 96010-900 Pelotas, RS BRAZIL - Jazz Jackrabbit ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:33:35 -0400 From: gord@smos.bc.ca (Gord Wait S-MOS Systems Vancouver Design Center) Subject: Please post music stuff Please post music related stuff to the music list. I'm signing off the general list (I can't take any more triple length digests of the same stuff over and over again). Trouble is, I see some interesting music related posts in the general digest (ie num of playable midi voices). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 09:04:46 +1000 (EST) From: "Jason L. Williams" Subject: Re: ProPats - what are they Someone asked here the other day what ProPats are. They are a set of patches for the GUS. The full set totals 19mb (megabytes not megabits!) compressed. Here's the (abbreviated) info file about them: The files PP3-1.ZIP thru PP3-19.ZIP comprise ProPats 3.0, and while it is possible to download just one or a few of the archives and use those patches, you won't be able to use the installation utility or PatchControl unless you have downloaded the *entire* archive collection. What's new in ProPats 3.0: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * PatchControl (utility to control your propats GM installation) * Patch installation utility (installs base installation for PatchControl and also can automatically effortlessly upgrade specific Ultrasound patches with appropriate ProPats ones, while backing up the original Ultrasound ones in case of memory problems or incompatibilities) * sampled drum loops * basses (acoustic, electric, and analog / digital synth) * sound effects * more orchestral patches * acoustic drum kit * drum sounds sampled with FX * nylon string guitar * grand piano that's warmer and good for 88 keys (and a smaller version of the same patch for GM) * harpsichord patch * more Akai AX-60 patches * more grungy vocal clips, samples and lines * a new voicedoo patch * more general synth patches * more world patches * better documentation! It is strongly recommended that everyone download the *entire* package of ProPats 3.0, since this is the last time these patches are going to be issued (they have been tweaked as far as they're gonna go). ProPats 3.0 is the "base installation" upon which future "Supplemental Sound Disks" will build or add to. Ideas for future SSD's are Acoustic Drum Loops, more Sound Effects, Vocal Clips, Organs, and a better acoustic drum kit. There is not going to be a ProPats 4.0 as such. +---------Jason.L.Williams----------+ |.B.Eng(Elec)/B.InfoTech.1st.Yr.'94.| |...n1459562@water.fit.qut.edu.au...| |...chrys@ozspace.brisnet.org.au....| +-----------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 12:18:23 +0100 (MET) From: "Michal Weis [aka Infi]" Subject: Q: GUS's midi interface doesn't wok in DOS Hi All, my friend has a little problem: his midi interface on GUS doesn't work in dos programs. it wotks fine under windows (in both directions), but he is unable to manage to work in msdos software... any ideas? Mike... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 08:56:08 GMT From: Craige.Bevil@jet.uk Subject: Transferring digital CD sound to .PAT Does anyone know of a utility that will allow me to digitally read samples off my audio CD's, process them and convert them to .PAT files ? Craige ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:50:36 -0600 (MDT) From: Ignatius Tam Subject: ultra05e and more... Forwarded message: > > scannon@mail.utexas.edu wrote: > > Subject: OS/2 Manley Dvrs Install > > > > I've just downloaded the 5e version of the "Manley" drivers for OS/2 and > > find the .doc file very lacking in installation instructions. I have done > > exactly as they state for installing the drivers. I get NO sound in OS/2 > > and haven't a clue as how to install the WinOS/2 part of it. I DO get great > > sound in my DOS sessions though. did you installed the patch for mmpm? i'm using os/2 for win and when i first installed the driver it also produced no sound, and i figured out the driver did not changed the config.sys. so i guess from the requirements in the driver docs that i need an updated driver. I got the patch from ftp.cdrom.com in the 32bit/ibm directory (can't remember, check the index files). this time installation should ask you to specify your port, irq and stuff like that, i think you had not encountered before. a side note, sound generated in dos session is NOT emulation (since Manley did not put em'n in), your sound worked in dos session is because the software supported gus natively, no matter you have installed mmpm or not. > > > PLEASE HELP SOMEONE! I'm desperate for OS/2 sound on my GUS! be calm, it should work. > > ***** Error in Mail Delivery ***** > > CANCELLED > > Recipients: > > STERN6@SMTP.LOC.GOV > > ------------------------------ Vince, could you remove this guy from the list? pleeeeease! > > First, they obviously need to support onboard MIDI playback. This > is the only reason I haven't registered Robert's drivers. hey, show some support! he's already done a great job :) as i know he's working on the onboard midi (right?) > Megaem functionality in a VDD is another obvious inclusion. Robert yeah, this should be great! - iGnatius (oops, removed all the names! sorry!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 14:03:49 -0700 (PDT) From: restrugo@netcom.com (Ramiro Estrugo) Subject: Where to get PC ZOne w/ Gus Experience in the US Hi gussers: I just read somewhere (cant remember where) that a magazine called "PC Zone" released an Issue with a CD called the "Gus Experience" ?? Is this correct ?? If so, where can I get this magazine in the US. I tried the last issue of PC Review with the GUS stuff, only to be dissapointed...as you all probably know... Also, are ther eany other CD roms out there that have all the GUS stuff. I would love to get the GUS archives from one of the ftp sites on CD ??? Any info on this is greatly appreciated... -ramiro ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 11:12:21 +0100 From: Piotr Klosowski ------------------------------------------------------- Hi, Greetings from Poland. I am interested to contact with You by E-mail. I have GUS (a MAX version), and I am searching interested people GUSers. I am a student of Silesian Technical University. I am working at sound analysis and speech sinthesis. I would appreciate an early reply. Yours faitchfully Piotr --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 19:34:07 +0100 From: jpdgreve@vub.ac.be (De Greve Jean-Pierre) Hi... I got a little question . Some weeks ago I ordered a GUS MAX with 1024K onboard, and now I plan to order a MIDI keyboard controller, the Roland AX1 or A30, both keyboards which only send midi comands, they don't have instruments or speakers onboard, so they have to be connected to another MIDI device which outputs sound. Now, if I buy a gravis midi adaptor for my MAX card, and buy the AX1 which has only a MIDI out port (and is GS compatible), to which port should I connect my midi cable on the adaptor to make the gus instruments sound when I play a tune in Midisoft studio for windows ? does there need to be anything changed or switched on ? Second, I didn't send my registration card yet, and I live in Belgium. So i would need to send it to Amsterdam gravis I guess, but I don't have the adress :) Third, Roland sells CDs with lotsa samples on it to be used with their S-760 sampler... can these samples be read in any way by an IBM PC ? I contacted roland, but they said it wouldn't be compatible, but I doubt becouse CDs are CDs no ? and those cds are to be used with a SCSI CdRom which is connected to the sampler... waiting for an answer, Jean Pierre. ------------------------------ End of GUS Daily Digest V15 #21 *******************************