Apparently-To: john.smith@gravis.com GUS Musician's Digest Wed, 10 Nov 93 3:31 Volume 2: Issue 10 Today's Topics: Bank Switching and the Drum Channel Brass instruments CSound for the PC Recording Session track or treat... We need to get the FAQ into here... WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? XMAS Tunes 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, 8 Nov 93 13:51:06 EST From: ivan@molson.ho.att.com (Ivan Strom) Subject: Bank Switching and the Drum Channel Does anyone know how bank switching will work with drum patches from different banks? If I want to augment the standard set with 2-3 drums from another bank, for example, could I create a separate track (or tracks) for the additional drums and put a bank switch command in that track only, associating that track, and the original track, both with channel 10. Is there any other technique to associate a bank switch with a note, rather than a channel? Gravis - any comments? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1993 08:53:21 -0500 (EST) From: Phat H Tran Subject: Brass instruments Does anybody have better brass samples than the ones the current patches have? I'd especially like to see a better brass hit. Phat. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 10:09:12 GMT From: jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk Subject: CSound for the PC Message written at Fri Nov 5 20:33:29 GMT 1993 As Arnim asked, I suppose this is my cue to place this message on the news group. There is a port of Csound to MS-DOS available by anonymous ftp and by e-mail. There may well be more than one of course, but as I did the port of this one I know about it. You can get Csound for a PC, whether 286, 286+fpt, 386, 386+fpt or 486 from ftp.bath.ac.uk:pub/jpff by anonymous ftp. The stuff is in zip format there, and there are examples, documentation (a little) and sources. If you find anonymous ftp is not available you can send e-mail to info-server@maths.bath.ac.uk containing a body like request: dream Topic: index request: end Items are sent as uuencoded 'zip' files, possibly split across multiple mail messages if they are large. You will need to: 1) put any multi part messages back together into a single file. 2) run a uudecode program on this file (uudecode is pretty standard on unix machines & PC implementations are available at most good archive sites) 3) run something like 'unzip' or 'pkunzip' to unpack the zip archive. You can get them by mail saying request: dream Topic: xxxx request: end where xxxx is one of the files mentioned in the index. In order to save you time, and to indicate what is available by either method I attach the index info below. If that fails, mail me. You may like to note that I have just set up a mailing list called PCsound@maths.bath.ac.uk for discussing this software and related issues, bugs, fixes and new releases etc etc..... This is not a replacement for the Exeter-based one (and actually predates it!) but is for bug reporting in this port, announcements of new releases and bug fixes etc. This has been ported from the latest MIT sources I could get, and there has been a little customisation, for graphics in particular, and also for producing .wav format files. On the 386 and 486 it uses virtual memory. The copyright remains with MIT who created this wonderful software. If this is of interest to you, enjoy it. If not ignore it! ==John (Fitch or ffitch) School of Mathematical Sciences Codemist Ltd University of Bath "Alta", Horsecombe Vale Bath BA2 7AY Combe Down, Bath BA2 5QR United Kingdom United Kingdom FAX: +44-225-837430 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- csound_386.zip - Csound from MIT Media Lab ported to DOS 386, with WAV format files (v2.3) Last update: 07:45 3 November 93 csound_286.zip - Csound from MIT Media Lab ported to DOS 286, using extended memory (included WAV format) (v2.3) Last update: 07:44 3 November 93 csound_fpt_386.zip - Csound from MIT Media Lab ported to DOS 386 with floating point chip, including WAV format files (v2.3) Last update: 07:48 3 November 93 csound_486.zip - Csound from MIT Media Lab ported to DOS 486, with WAV format files (v2.3) Last update: 07:46 3 November 93 csound_fpt_286.zip - Csound from MIT Media Lab ported to DOS 286 with floating point chip, including WAV format files (v2.3) Last update: 08:02 3 November 93 csound_src.zip - Sources of Csound from MIT Media Lab with PC modifications (v2.3) Last update: 07:50 3 November 93 Csound_example.zip - Samples of simple Csound use (.orc amd .sco files) Last update 11:00 26 July 1993 Simple-Docs - Some manual pages for csound and friends This material may not be up to date. Last update 23:18 27 July 1993 pvoc.zip - Dobson Phase vocoder for PC/386. Last update: 08:28 2 February 1993 *** Warning: this has not been thoroughly tested *** soxbin.zip - Sound Tools format convertor for PC/386 Created 09:50 20 October 1993 Contains binary, examples and documentation Version 10, patchlevel 11 soxsrc.zip - Sound Tools format convertor for PC/386 Created 09:50 20 October 1993 Contains sources, makefile etc for Zortech C Version 10, patchlevel 11 Please send an request for similar software, or comments, bug reports etc. to jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk There is a mailing list called PCsound@maths.bath.ac.uk set up to handle comments and queries about Csound on the PC and related topics. To subscribe send mail to PCsound-request@maths.bath.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: 9 Nov 93 14:14:47 EST From: "Joseph R. Granto" Subject: Recording Session I have just started toying around with Recording Session (just got it), and find that I cannot play my keyboard (Roland) and hear the notes at the same time. Only after the music played on the keyboard has been saved and played using the PLAY icon do I hear it. This does not seem right; what am I doing wrong? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Wed, 10 Nov 93 09:15:00 PST From: "Ford, Richard x2056" Subject: track or treat... Morning all I have read the comments pertaining to program changes embedded in track 10...makes sense. I do have a question though - and I don't feel guilty as I don't think there is a FAQ yet :). At present I have a Roland SCC1 card and there are 5 different drum sets which I use - sometimes switching between HUGE and tiny percussion in a single piece - how would I get around this using a GUS with Cakewalk? - is it possible to have multiple tracks assigned to track 10, each with different starting and ending points? or what? I don't have my GUS MAX or Cakewalk 2.0 at the moment - waiting for delivery etc... Thanx in advanx - Richard ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 93 08:03:00 PST From: "Ford, Richard x2056" Subject: We need to get the FAQ into here... Morning all I think we need to get a FAQ in place as soon as possible. I would hate to see the efforts put in place to filter out the 'how-do-I-get-the-GUS-to-work- with-the-latest-aardvark' questions from the gamesters, be undermined by a rash of more musically focussed pleas for help along the lines of I'm-running-out-of-my-1-meg-memory-when-I-include-program-changes-on- channel-10' what do you think? Regards - Richard ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 8:42:49 EST From: dmcintyr@muselab.ac.runet.edu Subject: WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?!!!!!!!!!!! Every last damn message was: - Meta info about the GUS can be found at the end of this digest - If you have a question please read the FAQ I guess the server really screwed up this time... --Michael-- << dmcintyr@muselab.ac.runet.edu >> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1993 09:21 -0500 From: WADLEIGH@PROCESS.COM Subject: XMAS Tunes The Christmas tunes are on the archive server: archive.epas.utoronto.ca and they presently reside in the submit directory: /pub/pc/ultrasound/submit under the name: HWXMASGU.ZIP which was zipped using pkzip v2.0. Have fun with it. ------------------------------ End of GUS Musician's Digest V2 #10 *********************************** 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 theoris.rz.uni-konstanz.de /pub/sound/gus 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 (general use, programmers, etc.).