GUS Daily Digest Sat, 19 Nov 94 9:37 PST Volume 16: Issue 19 Today's Topics: 7th guest doom2 and gus os/2 driver Dune 2 Gabriel Knight CD/GUS support Gabriel Knight CD and GUS ! Guitar Patches on Epas Gus, OS/2, and Manley Drivers GUS and Gabriel Knight GUS Daily Digest V16 #17 GUS Daily Digest V16 #18 GUS Win'95 drivers Sax Patches on Epas. Ultrasound Internet Archive Services - New Files Validated - Nov. 18, 94 WC III CD Win95 & GUS 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: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 12:46:23 -0600 (CST) From: Duane Raymond Pauls Subject: 7th guest Sorry if this is an old issue, but does anyone know how to get the SoundFX to work with The 7th Guest? I copied gf1midi.adv over the GM driver and gf1digi.adv over the sb driver. I load ultramid before I play and I get gread midi and speech but no soundfx. Anyone know what the problem could be? Thanks in advance... Duane Pauls University of Manitoba Computer Engineering II ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 15:09:16 -0700 (MST) From: Ignatius Tam Subject: doom2 and gus os/2 driver Forwarded message: > > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 23:14:15 -0800 (PST) > From: Stanley Kwong > Subject: O.K. I'm pissed. Nasty surprise with new doom2 patch:part II > > Well, the second patch didn't work. And guess what, the sound > doesn't even work. I don't have time to fuck around with it now. I > guess my Doom2 playing days are over. (It's not that bad, it was taking > too much time away from studying anyway.) > Stan Kwong did you use the right patch? there are two diferent versions of patches, one for ver1.666 and one for 1.7, they patch to 1.7a i so far have no problem with the sound after the patch. > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 14:17:27 -0500 (EST) > From: e302735@cafe.uqam.ca (TAT HAN DIEU) > Subject: os/2 warp > > HI! > > I want to know where can I download the drivers for gus support in os2/warp ? get ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/2_1/drivers/ultra05e.zip - iGnatius ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 11:58:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Steven Matthew Wiercinski" Subject: Dune 2 This is my first post to the digest.. I was just wondering how to get Dune 2 to work with ULTRAMID. I keep getting error messages like configuration file not in $(ULTRDIR)/midi directory and other times it just refuses to load. I've heard it sounds great when its working Thanks, Steve Wiercinski(wiercin2@student.msu.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 15:56:29 +0100 From: SIMEN LOKEN HAAGENRUD Subject: Gabriel Knight CD/GUS support ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 11:35:05 -0500 (EST) From: Maillet Martin Subject: Gabriel Knight CD and GUS ! To answer ken question about compatibility between Sierra's Gabriel Knight CD and the GUS, the response is: NO PROBLEMS!!!! You just have to use the Sierra 32 bit driver (gus32.exe) and all the information are enclosed. Good luck Martin mailletm@ERE.UMontreal.ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 18:42:11 -0800 (PST) From: Christy G McCartney Subject: Guitar Patches on Epas _ _ [_ [_ [_lysium [_ntertainment Presents.. E_Guitars v2.0 This archive (E_Guitr2.Zip) contains several guitar and bass patches from various sources. Some were sampled off of the SCC-1 (Unfortunately)* and Kurzweil K2000 as well as off of other synths. A few of them were sampled from some of my instruments. A few still were 'borrowed' from the ProPats v3.0 archive. The patches that were borrowed have been modified by us so are not exactly the same as the ones in the ProPats 3 zips. The few patches that conform to the GM standard have the proper GUS patch filenames. These patches are mainly intended for use in professional performances and are hereby released to the Public Domain. =) The following is a list of patches and their filesizes that are contained within this zip. File Name Size Instrument Name GM? Add. Notes ------------ ---- --------------- --- ---------- DISTGTR PAT 76485 Distortion Gtr Yes K2000 GRLLADIS PAT 117351 Distortion Gtr No Gorilla Dist. OVRDRIVE PAT 54191 Overdriven Gtr Yes SCC-1 LEADGTR PAT 211371 Lead Guitar No K2000 JIMIGTR PAT 52231 Jimi's Wah Gtr No ProPats v3.0 DREAMGTR PAT 63315 Dream Guitar No K2000 SCC1_CLN PAT 69271 Clean Guitar No SCC-1 GRLLACLN PAT 79599 Clean Guitar No Gorilla Clean K2000CLN PAT 58283 Clean Guitar No K2000 JAZZGTR PAT 21919 Jazz Guitar Yes SCC-1 SLAPBAS2 PAT 28703 Slap Bass 2 Yes K2000 Scoop REALBASS PAT 34427 Sampled Bass Pick No K2000 PICKBASS PAT 63921 Pick Bass Yes FNGRBASS PAT 34427 Fingered Bass Yes SLAPBAS1 PAT 27065 Slap Bass 1 Yes Modified Orig SLAPBASS PAT 86679 Slap Bass No Excellent ACGUITAR PAT 119705 Ac. Steelstring Gtr Yes NYGUITAR PAT 101185 Ac. Nylonstring Gtr Yes 12STRING PAT 22531 12 String Guitar No MUTEGTR PAT 23699 Muted Elec. Guitar Yes FUNKGTR PAT 33535 Funk Guitar No Good Mutegtr CLEANGTR PAT 77223 Clean Guitar Yes ProPats v3.0 FRETLESS PAT 23449 Fretless Bass Yes K2000 ACBASS PAT 20707 Ac. Bass (Pluck) Yes SCC1_ACB PAT 37159 Ac. Bass (Rub) No SCC-1 SCC1_SB1 PAT 38099 Slap Bass 1 No SCC-1 SYNBASS1 PAT 28003 Synth Bass 1 Yes EPS-16+ SYNBASS2 PAT 30433 Synth Bass 2 Yes EPS-16+ 28 Files Total 1,634,966 Bytes Total Note: GM? is merely a guide. Although many of the patches can be used as GM instruments, large filesizes make me choose NO for the average user. Also, YES means that in our honest opinions, the patch sounds more realistic than the others that are of a similiar size. Warning: Use these patches at your own risk. Be sure to back up your patches that are to be replaced with these just in case. * - We had to sample of the SCC-1 because it has better patches than the default GUS patch set and because we could not locate a better sounding patch on the synths we have access to. E_Guitr2.Zip can be downloaded from archive.epas.utoronto.ca in the pub/pc/ultrasound/submit directory. And as always, enjoy these and our future releases. Dustin McCartney, cmccart@eis.calstate.edu _ [_ Elysium Entertainment [_ Coder/Musician/Patch Maker P.S. : For those waiting for a new Sax section, we have been rather busy and have been unable to improve the patches with what little time we have. The patches in this zip were made a long time ago and have merel been thrown together in this zip. The saxes will be uploaded this weekend in their not-so-great condition. (At least they sound a little better than the default though. =) ) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 94 11:54 GMT From: mitchec@cix.compulink.co.uk (Colin Mitchell) Subject: Gus, OS/2, and Manley Drivers I've got Robert Manley's drivers ver 0.5e, OS/2 2.1, MMPM 1.1 and a Gus. When I install the drivers it says the installation has been succesful, but no lines are added to config.sys. If I add them manually, using the switches to set IRQs DMAs etc, they still don't work. The driver loads, but no sound comes out. DOS sessions have to have optional adapter sharing otherwise they refuse to work, and printing slows to a crawl. I've tried several different setups for my gus, changing the switches approriately, but nothing works (it works fine under DOS and windoze). What am I doing wrong? >>Colin - mitchec@cix.compulink.co.uk<< Do witches have spell checkers? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 22:06:28 -0400 From: markus@nbnet.nb.ca (Marc Y. Paulin) Subject: GUS and Gabriel Knight Some wrote this: I got a good deal on the Gabriel Knight CD, but before I buy it, I wanted to know if it supports the GUS. Or what kind of hacking you have to do to get it to work. What drivers does it use? And I reply this: You'll need the GUS/Sierra 32bit drivers. You can find them on the GUS site under a filename that I forgot. I just got on Internet after a 4 months absence. But don't worry, the game will work and what a game! Marc Y. Paulin - Jurassic Mark - markus@nbnet.nb.ca "You never knew what life was until it ran like a red GUS inside your computer" - Musical Lestat ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 20:17:53 -0400 From: "Barrie Rody" Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V16 #17 > >Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 14:17:27 -0500 (EST) >From: e302735@cafe.uqam.ca (TAT HAN DIEU) >Subject: os/2 warp > >HI! > >I want to know where can I download the drivers for gus support in os2/warp ? > >------------------------------ > They can be found at the hobbes.nmsu.edu or ftp-os2.cdrom.com ftp sites. If Gravis had written the drivers as promised they could have been included in the Warp 3.0 release. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 02:35:47 -0330 From: Aaron Cameron Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V16 #18 > Has anyone managed to get War Wizard working with the GUS? It uses the > DOS4GW 32-bit extender, but only supports SB, SB16, ProAudio, and > Adlib. I have an older SBOS and Megaem, neither of which work for > this game (not terribly surprising). I have the latest drivers (v3.56), and a recently purchased GUS MAX, and I also have trouble getting SBOS and MEGAEM to run with any package that uses the DOS/4GW extender. I guess this is the fault of the drivers, as they must not like running under the extender or something. Usually, my CPU does a hard crash, or it reboots my computer altogether. Pity, as many good games use the extender (note, there are some games that work, but most don't). /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | *** ***** WELCOME TO MY WORLD! | | ***** *********** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | ** ** ***** *** It's really not that bad... | | *** *** **** once you get used to it! | | *********** **** | | ************* ***** *** ---------> Aaron Cameron <--------- | | **** **** *********** Memorial University of Newfoundland | | ***** ***** ***** ---> acameron@europa.cs.mun.ca <--- | \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 13:50:29 +1100 (EST) From: Tony Molina Subject: GUS Win'95 drivers > Has anyone heard any rumours about Windows 95 being shipped with GUS drivers? > Or, alternatively, if Gravis are working on such drivers? Or are the good > old 3.x drivers sufficient? The plain 'ol Win 3.1 GUS drivers work *fine* with even the first Win '95 beta I've seen. Of course, I hope that Gravis come up with 32 bit GUS drivers real soon anyway. Hope this helps. = Tony = ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 18:43:57 -0800 (PST) From: Christy G McCartney Subject: Sax Patches on Epas. _ _ [_ [_ [_lysium [_ntertainment Presents.. E_Reeda1.Zip E_Reed alpha 1 includes various reed patches. We are totally unsatisfied with these patches but wish to release them anyways in this 'alpha' format until we get enough time to improve them. I think they sound a little better than the default patches that come with the GUS but are still far from done. Anyhow, enjoy... Filename Size Instrument Name GM? Notes ----------- ---- --------------- --- ----- altosax.pat 29317 Alto Sax Yes SCC-1 barisax.pat 28539 Baritone Sax Yes K2000 bassoon.pat 21153 Bassoon Yes K2000 clarinet.pat 42795 Clarinet Yes K2000 * englhorn.pat 24851 English Horn Yes K2000 oboe.pat 24345 Oboe Yes K2000 * sprnosax.pat 6287 Soprano Sax Yes K2000 * tenorsax.pat 28587 Tenor Sax Yes K2000 205,874 Bytes Total In 8 Files 237,568 Bytes Total * - Pretty close to being finished. Dustin McCartney, cmccart@eis.calstate.edu _ [_ Elysium Entertainment [_ Coder/Musician/Patch Maker ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 94 10:33 -0800 From: Thomas Wong Subject: Ultrasound Internet Archive Services - New Files Validated - Nov. 18, 94 GRAVIS ULTRASOUND INTERNET ARCHIVE SERVICES NEWS ============================================================================== Hi everyone. I've finished with another batch of validated files, for Friday, Nov. 18 1994. The files has been placed in the corresponding directories in EPAS. Please allow 24 hours for all sites to be updated. (note: the "ls-lR" file won't be updated till Sunday due problems) So without more delay, here we go..... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subdirectory: .../game lolsound.zip - Patch for the game Lands of Lore (GUS) Subdirectory: .../gravis/disk gus356a.zip - Ultrasound/Max Software Ver 3.56 from Gravis BBS gus356b.zip / gus356c.zip / gus356d.zip / gus356e.zip / gus356f.zip / Subdirectory: .../gravis/patch usnd547.zip - Ultrasound Windows driver Ver 5.47, not offical from Gravis BBS Subdirectory: .../info g1107.zip - The G-List, 11-07-94 gusfaq.txt.v2.02 - GUS FAQ Version Nove. 16 gusfaq.change.v2.02 - GUS FAQ - contains changes only Subdirectory: .../misc slave14.zip - ALT-1, from Lithium, Issue #14 Subdirectory: .../sound/midi/files SYSTEMID.ZIP (GM), canon94.zip (GUS) Subdirectory: .../sound/mod/files takesme.zip Subdirectory: .../sound/mod/util ft2.zip - FT2 - FastTracker Ver 2.0 cmod201.zip - CapaMod 2.01 , mod + s3m player for GUS Subdirectory: .../sound/misc convert13.zip - Convert Ver 1.3B, convert many to many formats Subdirectory: .../sound/patches/files mnpats01.zip, mnpats02.zip, mnpats03.zip, pp3-01.zip, pp3-02.zip, pp3-03.zip, pp3-04.zip, pp3-05.zip, pp3-06.zip, pp3-07.zip, pp3-08.zip, pp3-09.zip, pp3-10.zip, pp3-11.zip, pp3-12.zip, pp3-13.zip, pp3-14.zip, pp3-15.zip, pp3-16.zip, pp3-17.zip, pp3-18.zip, pp3-19.zip Subdirectory: .../sound/patches/util 2pat14.zip - 2PAT|Win32 Ver 1.4, Wavetable instrument Converter, many formats p-eze101.zip - PatchEZE Ver 1.01, patch management system for GUS Subdirectory: .../sound/s3m/files nighacid.zip, sky_belg.zip, sky_plut.zip Subdirectory: .../sound/ult/files blessin.zip, tubular.zip Subdirectory: .../sound/wav/files ALIEN.WAV Subdirectory: .../util/dos dsmpl101.zip - Dynamic Studio Professional C/C++ replay routines Ver 1.01 (GUS) jaleo065.zip - Jaleo Ver 0.65, super-Audio System for DOS rukc110.zip - Ruckus Ver 1.1 for DOS C compiler shareware toolkit rukg110.zip - Ruckus Ver 1.1 for DOS Basic compiler shareware toolkit Subdirectory: .../util/os2 ultra05e.zip - Manley's OS/2 GUS drivers #2 Ver 0.5e (works with Warp) Subdirectory: .../util/windows sstation.zip - SoundStation from Gravis, control soundcard & CD ROM in Win 3.1 Notes to Uploaders: ------------------- burn.exe - Can't run. No .txt file so don't know what it is. sclub_sw.zip - Can't unzip tie-fig.arj - CRC error when arj extract Well, that's it. I see that no sooner have I finished validated the current batch, we have a lot more files in the submit directories once again. Way to go uploaders! And I'd also just like to say, way to go game companies! I see a lot more games coming out with GUS native mode hence we don't need patches anymore! :) Happy GUSing! Thomas. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 16:45:51 -0500 From: adu@freenet.vcu.edu (Andrew Du) Subject: WC III CD How do I obtain the Wing Commander II demo CD? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 10:34:36 -0800 From: "Gary Wingert" Subject: Win95 & GUS > Has anyone heard any rumours about Windows 95 being shipped with GUS > drivers? Or, alternatively, if Gravis are working on such drivers? Or > are the good old 3.x drivers sufficient? > > Olof Sundin Funny you should mention it - I just sent mail to Gravis about this. I installed beta 2 of Win95, and it didn't like the existing (latest) drivers or VxD one bit. Going thru the soundcard settings in the Control Panel was no good, either - AdvGravis isn't listed. The system *did* see the Sony CDU-33A being driven off the GUS MAX - driven by a proprietary Sony interface controller... Gary ------------------------------ From: (null) The patch you are looking for is called something like sierra32. This program contains patches for all of the Sierra 32-bits games. I don't know of any ftp-sight that you can get it but it has come with some PC-magazines that contains a CD (look at the package). If you don't find it you can send a mail to Sierra On-line and ask for it! The adress is: 76004.2143@compuserve.com. Meanwhile, you can play it from Windows, if you got a fast enough machine. There you get sound effects and speech, but not all the music. Simen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 94 12:18:53 +0100 From: jpdgreve@vub.ac.be (De Greve Jean-Pierre) Hi, I wonder if it's possible to dump the sampledata to disk from Roland's Cds full of prof. samples. Roland sells cds full with samples for their samplers. Those samplers read the data using a SCSI cdrom. I don't know which book type they used for storing the samples, but there must exist a way to catch those samples for use with the ultrasound, no ? jpdreve. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 94 12:04:35 +0100 From: jpdgreve@vub.ac.be (De Greve Jean-Pierre) Hi, I have a question. When I try to record something in windows, either using Wave Lite or the Windows Recorder, the sound is covered with noise, even when I use 16-bit stereo. Something bizarre is that when I start windows from the DOS prompt, the volume jumps up a bit, and I get noise through my stereo, or headphones, even when I cut down all the mixer values. In DOS everything works fine, and I can record using USS or playfil ------------------------------ End of GUS Daily Digest V16 #19 *******************************