Ultrasound Daily Digest Tue Aug 3 00:45 Volume 5: Issue 2 Today's Topics: .wav (etc..) to Mac .snd converter? Hey you programmer types.. do this. I like my GUS! latest SBOS? no digest? Ultrasound and Windows startup ? using Goldwave and wav2pat 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: Mon, 2 Aug 93 9:04:42 CDT From: Jon Holt Subject: .wav (etc..) to Mac .snd converter? Message-ID: <9308021424.AA22814@camax01> Does anybody know of a sound file format converter that will convert .wav (or other common ibm sound sample files) to any of the Mac .snd formats? (Shareware or Freeware, if possible) -Jon % Jon Holt.................................Internet: holt@camax.com % CAMAX Systems, Inc.......................Phone: (612) 854-5300 % % "Now, which one was Rosencrantz?" - A friend ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 23:20:16 -0400 (EDT) From: impster@umcc.umich.edu (Charles Budensiek) Subject: Hey you programmer types.. do this. Message-ID: Just another in the series of 'wouldn't it be neat if...' series. Wouldn't it be neat if someone would program a spectrum analyzer thing so we can see a nifty graphical display whilst playing a CD via the CD audio input on the GUS. Windoze code would be best. :) -- impster@umcc.umich.edu Charles.Budensiek@launcher.unc.edu ab543@leo.nmc.edu "I'm pretty cool, Beavis. But I can't change the future." - Butthead Remember Grasshopper, the path of sanity is most often ignored by the sane. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 10:15:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Hollyman Subject: I like my GUS! Message-ID: <199308021515.AA26350@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Hi all, this is my first post here. I just wanted to say that I enjoy my GUS a lot! I am a recent switcher to pc's from Amiga and I have had no real problems even though I am pc ignorant. I had SCSI problems at first but everything has been solved from the FAQ file. Also, the GUS is a great sounding card, we have a SBpro at work and it's a joke trying to play files on that compared to the GUS. It even sounds better than the Amiga did!! I just want some more games with native GUS support!!!! Mike Hollyman ------------------------------ Date: 2 Aug 93 20:17:40 EST From: "Joseph R. Granto" Subject: latest SBOS? Message-ID: What is the latest version of SBOS, and what file(s) is it located on? I tried the .soundcard list, but have (as yet) not gotten a reply... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Granto GLOCK@chip.cba.ufl.edu "When the going gets tough, the tough get a GLOCK!" --Guns & Ammo "Don't clock'em, GLOCK'em!" --Miami Dade police officer --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Aug 93 09:14:06 -0500 From: Michael J Stumpf Subject: no digest? Message-ID: <9308021414.AA21036@tamsun.tamu.edu> I have not been receiving the u.d.digest and was curious if this is a local system problem.. will someone drop me a note if they are receiving it so I can work this out? thanks. :wq ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1993 13:30:22 +1000 (EST) From: int341m@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr K.S. Yap) Subject: Ultrasound and Windows startup ? Message-ID: <9308030330.AA24330@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au> Greetings everyone, I'm sure that everyone of you has noticed that if you use Ultrasound in Windows, it will slow the startup of Windows significantly, it seems to be loading some "pat" file during every startup, I am just wondering if anyone knows a way to disable/speedup this process, I am sure a lot of us would like to know. Please share with us if you know how. Thanks in advance. Shan. int341m@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Aug 93 13:51:25 +0100 From: zccaj19@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stefan Magdalinski) Subject: using Goldwave and wav2pat Message-ID: <9308021251.AA88128@link-1.ts.bcc.ac.uk> I've seen several notes about using goldwave as an wave editor and then using wav2pat to convert them to patches. It does not work. I remember francois dion saying that this is because goldwave does not deal with some of the wave header data properly, so I emailed the author of goldwave with the problem Here's his reply; >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This should solve the problem. Could you please forward this to the gravis mailing digest? (And maybe to some commercial companies as well! :-) ) GoldWave creates standard RIFF WAVE ".wav" files. In fact, GoldWave implements more features in the RIFF WAVE specification than some other programs do. The problem is that these other shareware and commercial programs DO NOT correctly implement the RIFF spec. Solution: To remove the extra RIFF data from GoldWave files, you can do the following: 1) Save the ".wav" file in GoldWave as usual. 2) Open the file with Sound Recorder (this program is included with Windows in the Accessories group). 3) Save the file with Sound Recorder. GoldWave includes and attempts to preserve text information found in some wave files. This information can contain important copyright notices. In the next version of GoldWave, preservation of text info will be a configurable option. For anyone who is interested, here is a clip taken from the RIFF WAVE spec: "Programs must expect (and ignore) any unknown chunks encountered, as with all RIFF forms. However, must always occur before , and both of these chunks are mandatory in a WAVE file." NOTE: It does not say that the "fmt" chunk must be first, only that it must come before the data chunk! Many programs wrongly assume that the "fmt" ckunk is always the very first chunk. Chris >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If someone could forward this to the wav2pat author, that would be useful, and I hope this helps peas, stefan zccaj19@ucl.ac.uk ------------------------------ End of Ultrasound Daily Digest V5 #2 ************************************ 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 archive.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis FTP mail server: mail-server@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de 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.)