From gus-general-request@gaia.ucs.orst.eduFri Apr 21 16:29:31 1995 Date: Fri Apr 21 09:37:07 PDT 1995 From: GUS Server Reply to: GUS Daily Digest Subject: GUS Daily Digest V21 #21 GUS Daily Digest Fri, 21 Apr 95 9:37 PST Volume 21: Issue 21 Today's Topics: Bad output on GUS MAX drums in midi file Drums in midi files GUS/MAX and CD audio connectors GUS Daily Digest V21 #20 (3 msgs) GUS w.r.t. Deep Green MB, Quad T55A & MFX400 etc. Mitsumi FX-400 Old Gus boards. NASCAR settings. Overclocking processors SSF2T demo unsubscribe 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: Thu, 20 Apr 95 10:47:24 MDT From: ac446@rgfn.epcc.Edu (David C Gilliland) Subject: Bad output on GUS MAX I enabled the output, line in, and cd out on my gus max, and it worked fine once, but the problem is that I get a popping noise through the gus when I do this. I want the line in and output so that I can run my sb through it, but this noise is terrible. Any solutions? Dave -- "Just because something is cool doesn't mean something else doesn't suck!" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 15:52:14 +0100 (BST) From: Quentinus Subject: Re: drums in midi file > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 11:10:42 PST > From: "Brian Cabildo" > Subject: Drums in midi files > > > I was wondering if anyone know how to put drums into a midi file? I'm > trying to add drums to a midi file using midisoft's Recording Session > but when I try to select a new instrument, I only get patches from the > melodic bank. If I need to define a new bank how do I do it? The > manuals don't say anything about it but I know it can done. > > Thanks, > Brian Set one track to play on midi channel 10. The different notes played on this channel will make different drum sounds. To find out which drum is which, use trial and error, or GUS Patch Manager to give you the numbers, and then Rec. Session's MIDI Edit window to show you which number corresponds to the notes you entered. (I hope this was what you wanted to know!) Sam [] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua <[ Web pagE ]> Netscape recommended. 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Break the rules. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:47:11 +0000 From: glock@chip.cba.ufl.edu Subject: GUS/MAX and CD audio connectors I just upgraded from a v2.4 GUS to a GUS/MAX. I had previous connected my Toshiba 3401B CD-ROM (SCSI-2) to the GUS via a small cable modifed to match the GUS pin layout (RGGL). The GUS/MAX has three different CD audio connectors, and the Sony connector is the closest thing to the old GUS connector. However, upon attaching the cable and fiddling with it all configurations, I cannot get the CD-ROM connection to function. Now, the Toshiba side of the connector is RLG (only three wires), and the Sony connector does have four pins. On the old GUS, I just left one of the ground pins unused and it worked fine. Is the Sony connector picky about all the pins being used? Is my problem that I am not using any of the CD-ROM interfaces? Do I need to move a jumper or something? I am currently using a jumper on JP3, which disables all CD-ROM interfaces. Does this also disable the CD audio connectors? Thanks for the help ahead of time! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:31:00 -0300 (ADT) From: Paul Doiron Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #20 The way to put drums in a MIDI file is to select channel 10 to the track or tracks in which you want percussions (or drums. Shoogagoogagunga! Paul Doiron epd1953@bosoleil.ci.umoncton.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:11:52 -0500 (EST) From: Scott McGrath Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #20 all- I am having a very odd (and very frustrating) problem with playing MIDI with my GUS MAX. One bongo type drum sample I have makes a cracking noise when played in Windoze. I am absolutely positive that the crack is not embedded in the sample because the crack dissappears when I play the MIDI file with PlayMIDI in DOS. This should solve my problem, BUT PlayMIDI Cuts one of my cymbal samples short!And also plays the first two notes at a slower speed than the rest. I have a 486sx25 8M 2xcdrom. Has anyone had this problem? Are there any MIDI playback utilities that might solve this problem? Thanks in Advance. Scott McGrath ggptlcb@grove.iup.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Apr 95 09:09:16 BST From: nwakefie@kirk.att.com Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #20 Reading the digest recently, there has been a lot of talk about quad speed cdroms well I just bought one and it works great, it was also cheap and was a reputable brand. What was it I here you cry, a Pioneer 124X EIDE, it gives 620+kb/s (and I have checked it with several utils), it cost 160 pounds(UK) and has recieved excellent reviews in magazines, the only one that I think might be better is AZTECs new quad but it has arrived in the UK as yet,(well thats what the guy on the phone said!). Plus most important of all it works fine with my GUS (well gusMAX). -Nick. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:47:09 -0400 (EDT) From: "Phil" Subject: Re: GUS w.r.t. Deep Green MB, Quad T55A & MFX400 etc. 9308005x@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au mentioned this one day: > Subject: GUS w.r.t. Deep Green MB, Quad T55A & MFX400 etc. > I thought I should reply to this post just to set the record straight. > I own an ALi DEEP GREEN motherboard and am using a AMD DX2-80 chip and > everything 'GUSSY' works fine. > TEAC-55A - Using a pin to swap the audio cables, because originally the > configeration was, > GRAVIS MAX PLUG | | | | > L G R G > G L G R > TEAC-55A PLUG | | | | > So, when in doubt, do as the pro's do, CHEAT! > The drive now works fine. When the channels are grounded in this > way even the ear-phone jack will not produce any output. > Tranfer rate from GUS MAX connection, approx 400Kb/sec. Which input on the max do you use? The mitsumi one, right? not the panasonic one? How did you cheat? Do you leave one non-grounded, or do you ground it on the other side? The interface that comes with the TEAC will give ~500Kb/sec for me, so I don't bother using it with the MAX... > Most chips can be treated this way, over clocked chips that I have seen, > Intel 33 -> 50, 66 -> 100, 100 -> 150 > AMD 66 -> 120, 80 -> 150, 100 -> 150 > I believe this is risky for Intel DX2-66 chips due to their design > process, I have seen them overclocked but I have also seen them smoke. :) Hmmm... interesting... I'm gonna try it... I have a similar MB but with an AMI Energy Star BIOS... wish me luck... ]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[ Phil Bergman OS/2 && Linux CSE at UPENN "I was cured alright . . . a clockwork orange." ]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-[peb@seas.upenn.edu]=-=-=-=[ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:42:26 +0000 From: "RichCCS" Subject: Mitsumi FX-400 I've seen a few people that have written in saying they couldn't get their quad working at quad speed. I bought my FX-400 about a month ago (paid $179.00) for it. Installed in a snap. Ran PCTOOLS PRO CD diagnostics on the throughput and average seek and the drive achieved a sustained Data Transfer rate of 613k/sec. The average seek was higher than advertised though at a dissapointing 320 ms. I have played Under a Killing Moon and others on it and the performance compared to my Panasonic double was very much noticeable, in that the Mitsumi really outperformed it. Dollar for Dollar I am quite pleased with the drive. --------------------------------------- ____ _ _ If ya ain't got / __ \ (_)____/ /_ dirt in your / /_/ // / ___/ __ \ beer you ain't / __, // / /__/ / / / at the RACES! /_/ |_/_/\___/_/ /_/ --------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 18:29:43 GMT From: Alan Wood Subject: Old Gus boards. NASCAR settings. Message-ID: <3865@abfl.demon.co.uk> Hi all, My cousin is having problems with his GUS (bought in 1993, which version might this be ?) Anyway, he has been trying to get Lemmings 3 to work, but has not managed it, so I borrowed his discs, and installed it (temporarily) on my machine (with a MAX) and instantly got full sound. Is this a case of a game only supporting newer cards, or might it be his PC ? He has a Viglen 486sx, 8Mb of Ram, 2HDs and as said a 1993 GUS. Eventually, I have got round to reading this mailing list again (boy do they mount up if you let them !! 8-> ). People were asking me what settings I have in order to get NASCAR CD working with a joystick. Well, it would appear not to make a great deal of difference, as I have been changing them around a fair amount to try to get Meagaem 3.03b working with a few things. What has stayed contant is that I have it on 220, apart from that it seems to work with all of the other settings that I have used. My machine is an IBM blue lightning 75Mhz motherboard, 16Mb Ram, Gus Max, Diamond Stealth64Dram, and an NE2000 compatible. The CD is a Wearnes CDD110 plugged into the MAX. I am using the joystick port on the MAX. Can't remember if the MB has a joystick port on it or not. But if so I must have disabled it. Alan Wood I have mastered the programming, ~~~~~~~~~~~ now to get the programs working. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:41:50 -0700 (PDT) From: David.Roberts@amd.com (Dave Roberts) Subject: Overclocking processors > I have found that the AMD DX2-80 almost always runs at 100 and often runs at > 120MHz. My supplier who tested a shipment of 40 found that all worked at 100 > and 19 still worked at 120. He is so confident in them that he will still > honour the warranty at 100MHz. It does not damage most chips to over clock > them if they are kept cool, and if they cannot run at the over clocked speed > then they just will not boot. > > Most chips can be treated this way, over clocked chips that I have seen, > Intel 33 -> 50, 66 -> 100, 100 -> 150 > AMD 66 -> 120, 80 -> 150, 100 -> 150 > I believe this is risky for Intel DX2-66 chips due to their design > process, I have seen them overclocked but I have also seen them smoke. :) > But that is another story... Okay, this isn't GUS related, but I just gotta respond to this. I get asked this question about once a month because somebody sees my sig and thinks I must be a processor expert 'cause I work at AMD (I'm actually in our network products division). Anyway, about overclocking. Do so at your own risk. Yes, some parts will run faster. Yes, some may work that way for a while. But think about it, if it was reliable, wouldn't you think we'd sell them that way? In other words, there's something that's causing AMD to not want to put our name on them at the higher speed grade even though we could get more money for them. Just because it boots doesn't mean that it will run reliably. CMOS runs slower the hotter it gets, so as the chip *and the surrounding box* heat up, the logic tends to run slower. That's why *IF* you're going to overclock, at least be sure you have a fan directly bolted to the CPU!!! Better yet, get one of the little peltier devices that actually gets cold. Anyway, the point is, you don't know which part of the chip will start running slow first. It might be something DOS uses during the boot sequence, or it might be something Windows uses later. It might be something that neither use, but something else does. The point is, you don't know. Anyway, it's your chip. You paid for it and you can do whatever you want with it, but anything outside of the stated operating range is risky, IMHO. If it wasn't, we'd have an official part in that speed grade. And we will. We are working on official parts faster than 100 MHz. They're requiring some additional engineering (don't know if it's a tweak to the part itself or just the mfg. process it's running on--remember, I'm not in that division and AMD has 12,000 employees). This fact ought to tell you something. BTW, this isn't an AMD thing. CMOS is CMOS is CMOS, no matter who makes it. Intel and Cyrix and everyone else live by the same rules. Having said all that, thanks for your business and your support. :-) No emails please. Dave Roberts Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. I/O and Network Products Division david.roberts@amd.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 18:54:45 -0700 (PDT) From: George Subject: SSF2T demo For those who do not know, GameTek has released the official (official because there was a very old, unofficial demo of it before) demo of Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. The demo supports the Gravis UltraSound and the Gravis UltraSound MAX natively. The only problem is the demo has a glitch that they didn't fix in the demo where the music is played really slooooww. Anyways, here is where you can get it. It's one 3 meg zip file: ftp://brawl.mindlink.net/pub/sf2/sf2ibm/ssf2tdemo/ssf2tdem.zip -George ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 07:49:27 +0300 (EET DST) From: Tuomas E Aaltio Subject: unsubscribe ------------------------------ End of GUS Daily Digest V21 #21 ******************************* To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP Sites Archive Directories --------- ------------------- Main N.American Site: archive.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/ibmpc/ultrasound freedom.nmsu.edu pub/ultrasound Main Asian Site: nctuccca.edu.tw PC/ultrasound Main European Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound Main Australian Site: ftp.mpx.com.au /ultrasound/general /ultrasound/submit South African Site: ftp.sun.ac.za /pub/packages/ultrasound Submissions: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound/submit Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound Mirrors: garbo.uwasa.fi mirror/ultrasound ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au pc/ultrasound ftp.luth.se pub/msdos/ultrasound Gopher Sites Menu directory ------------ -------------- Main Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound WWW Pages --------- Main Site: http://www.xmission.com/~grue/gus.html Main European Site: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/ Main Australian Site: http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html Mirrors: http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/ GUS digest: http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~itam/digest.html MailServer For Archive Access: Email to Email to New Submit Files Mailing List: Email to with content "subscribe epas-list " Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (programmers, musicians, etc.).