Ultrasound Daily Digest Mon Jun 7 00:35 Volume 4: Issue 7 Today's Topics: Do Not Use With Another Sound Card FINALLY RECEVICED 2.06 DISKS Got Prince Of Persia 2 to work. memory POP2 Not Working Recording .wav files in Windows 3.1 SOUND RECORDER sbos sbos 2.04 SBOS w/Falcon 3.0 & others support Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #6 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: 06 Jun 1993 22:25:25 -0500 (EST) From: STU_JABIRCHE@VAX1.ACS.JMU.EDU Subject: Do Not Use With Another Sound Card Message-ID: <01GZ2OEU0UUQ8Y6461@VAX1.ACS.JMU.EDU> Whatever. I have a Gus and a SBPro. My best friend has a Gus, a SBPro, and a LAPC. Neither of us have had a lick of trouble with anything. As soon as the Gus gets some support, though, this useless SB is going in the trash. Happy Happy Gus Gus -=Marc=- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 93 17:55:34 PDT From: cg18feo@icogsci1.UCSD.EDU (Jorus C'baoth - Jedi Master) Subject: FINALLY RECEVICED 2.06 DISKS Message-ID: <9306070055.AA10588@icogsci1.UCSD.EDU> How many of you have received the 2.06 Disks from Graivs? I finally got mine on Sat., the new recording sessions and power cords are pretty cool! But, what I really want is the Miles Drivers! Anyone know the release date? SBOS is sooo, primitive....it's like puttin wagon wheels on a porsche! Thanks Gravis Steve Beier sbeier@sdcc13.ucsd.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1993 09:53:40 -0400 (EDT) From: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us (J.J. Pierson) Subject: Got Prince Of Persia 2 to work. Message-ID: <647P5B1w165w@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us> I finally got Prince of Persia 2 to work perfectly on my computer. If you're having problems, try this: SET ULTRASND=220,1,1,3,3 SET BLASTER=A220 I3 D1 T1 Load up the POP2 Setup and pick Sound Blaster for both Music and sound. (Here's the trick) When setting up the IRQ number, pick 7, not 3. For some weird reason this makes the digitized sound work with no pauses when playing or lockups. (At least I haen't had any lock ups and I've been playing for a good hour already.) --- J.J. Pierson Internet EMail: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us Prodigy Email: TVFF82B ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1993 15:21:14 -0700 From: jakub@eskimo.com (Jake Cholewczynski) Subject: memory Message-ID: <199306062221.AA06524@eskimo.com> Currently I have 256k on my GUS, dose the ram upgread help the sound? dose SBOS work better??? jakub@eskimo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1993 10:38:46 -0400 (EDT) From: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us (J.J. Pierson) Subject: POP2 Not Working Message-ID: Never mind about that message stating how I got POP2 to work. My UltraSound Has now decided it no longer likes that setup and won't even start the game. As soon as the first digitized sound is played, it locks up. I am now proceding to take my ultrasound out, putting it back in the box, and doing the best thing one can use it for. Throwing it off my roof onto concrete pavement. I knew I should never have gotten the card unless they built some SB emulation right onto the board itself. And for all those GUSers who say the SB sounds crappy, at least it plays right. --- J.J. Pierson Internet EMail: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us Prodigy Email: TVFF82B ------------------------------ Date: 06 Jun 1993 19:10:50 -0600 (CST) From: C035MJH@UTARLG.UTA.EDU Subject: Recording .wav files in Windows 3.1 SOUND RECORDER Message-ID: <01GZ2H01SMSI000PEL@UTARLG.UTA.EDU> I am having difficulty recording .wav files using SOUND RECORDER in Windows 3.1 with a microphone connected to the GUS microphone line in. Everytime I try to record, Windows' desktop disapears and replace by a dark screen, Note that it does display somekind of message before it freezes up. However I could not read the message since the message disapears in a flash. I have to reboot the computer. As usual, the Microsoft Windows manual on Sound Recorder does not offer any helpful information. I would call Microsoft tech, but before I call, I thought asking users of GUS on the digest would probably save me a long distance phone call. Thanks in advance for any replies. Nicolas Hwang ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1993 15:19:06 -0700 From: jakub@eskimo.com (Jake Cholewczynski) Subject: sbos Message-ID: <199306062219.AA06470@eskimo.com> Dose anyone know if Gravis is going to try and make drivers to emulate not only Adlib and SB, but SB-Pro, SB-16, PAS, PAS-16? Also are there any OS/2 drivers for the gus, I am thinking to upgreading I was wondering if the SBOS works under it? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 93 00:11:50 EDT From: eths1306@ele.etsmtl.ca.Mon.Jun.7.00:11:50.1993 (ethier styve) Subject: sbos 2.04 Message-ID: <9306070411.AA03516@ele.etsmtl.ca> Hi, I have a question for you. I have an ultrasound (256K) and I'm using sbos 2.04. The problem is that before I install 2.04 I was using the version shipped with the board (1.61), and games were ok. But since the upgrade, I notice that some were acting strangly. For instance when you start XWING, when the commanders are talking, some of the were isn't pronouced at all or are cut ... In short, some sounds are better but I lost few of them. I run sbos on a 386 DX 40, 5 megs of ram. Since I've got my ultrasound, I'm satisfied with it. It's the board wich can produced the music nearly equal to my former Amiga 3000 computer. I don't know how the circuit were design, but for 8 bit the Amiga has incredible music (not to mention the incoming DSP chip). I would like to know if someone would have "Depeche Mode" music created for ultrasound. As Jean Michel Jarre, they use much keyboard, guitar in their music! And I collection sound track and CD of them. They are amasing... I would like also to know if the last version of sbos is 2.04 or 2.06 because in the "disk" directory the latest version is the 2.04. Thanks you... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1993 12:27:21 -0500 (CDT) From: David Britton Subject: SBOS w/Falcon 3.0 & others Message-ID: <9306061727.AA06574@cwis.unomaha.edu> Greetings one and all... I just joined the ranks of the GUS board owners and am enjoying it a lot. Just a couple of problems which I can't seem to solve. On Falcon 3.0 I can play with the radio messages and other background noise with no problems, but when I turn on the music, it hangs up the system. Has anyone else had similar problems? Also, the suggested settings for Strike Eagle II as posted in the FAQ don't do the job for me either. I have a wide variety of games from MicroProse and none of them seem to like SBOS AdLib emulation. ** David L. Britton ** A fool and his fish are soon parted ** ** University of Nebraska at Omaha ** I have no opinions to express ** ** fishead@cwis.unomaha.edu ** Support the Wild Life: Throw a Party ** ** I am the Lemon Merchant ** Don't blame me, I voted for Bush ** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1993 15:16:12 -0700 From: jakub@eskimo.com (Jake Cholewczynski) Subject: support Message-ID: <199306062216.AA06446@eskimo.com> Anyone know of any games which will have GUS support?? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 93 4:00:39 EDT From: Phat H Tran Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #6 Message-ID: <9306060800.AA17766@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 93 20:56:08 EST > From: adrianr@ecr.mu.oz.au (Adriano_Ennio RAIOLA) > Subject: New Windows drivers? Where? > Message-ID: <9306051056.25296@ecr.mu.oz.au> > [...] > > Secondly, Phat Tran, you replied in a previous digest that the problems > with volume mapping were addressed in a new version of the windows drivers > and playmidi, but they probably missed being posted out or something, WHERE > can we get these drivers? Are they on epas? Are they part of the new 2.06 > disk set? > No, the driver and player with linearized volume response are not included in the 2.06 disks. Gravis/Forte are still hanging on to them for the time being, as they are also trying to add in features that will make it easier to use custom patches. Phat. ------------------------------ End of Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #7 ************************************ To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP sites: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/msdos/ultrasound Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (UNIX, OS/2, GUS-MIDI, etc.)