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- The GUS Musician's Digest Saturday, 27 May 1995 Volume 15 : Number 019
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- Today's Topics:
- Re: GUS and updated drivers (&Win 95)
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- From: daniel@adc.nsc.com (Daniel Herrington)
- Date: Fri, 26 May 95 09:21:18 CDT
- Subject: Re: GUS and updated drivers (&Win 95)
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- All GUS/Win95 Users,
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- Am I the only one who's happy with the Win95 Prerelease?
-
- I installed my GUS v3.4 1MB card, downloaded the v.3.57 disk images from epas,
- installed the GUS software into DOS 6.0 & Windows 3.1, then upgraded my
- Windows to Win95 Prerelease (build 347). Although Win95 said "No Soundcard
- Installed" when I upgraded Windows, my GUS works like a charm. I compose
- with Cakewalk Home Studio 2.0 with no problems (as long as I use the "Update
- Patch Cache" command when adding new instruments). I use Media Player to
- play MIDI files in the background while Web-cruising, and it automatically
- updates the cache. I click on an icon to run Raptor in DOS mode, and Win95
- warns me that I have to close all other apps before exiting Windows, then it
- runs Raptor under DOS with beautiful GUS quality sound. I have no problems
- running MOD-equipped demos in DOS mode. I have Inertia Player set up as an
- icon that exits to DOS, and I get great MOD playback.
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- Maybe I just happen to be using the best driver combination for GUS/Win95.
- I don't know...
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- Regards,
- Daniel Herrington (daniel@adc.nsc.com) National Semiconductor
- Arlington Design Center
- Arlington, Texas
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- > From: Daryl James <darylj@microsoft.com>
- > Date: Fri, 26 May 95 09:47:49 TZ
- > Subject: RE: GUS and updated drivers (&Win 95)
- >
- > Blake Patterson wrote on the digest...
- >
- > >Subject: GUS and updateed drivers (&Win 95)
- > >
- > > I am running Windows 95 currently.
- > >
- > > BEFORE I installed Win95, however, I lost Windows-based-MIDI |and
- > MOD4Win use on my GUS. This is due to the installation of the ~3mb
- > >GUS411.ZIP (4.11 I suppose) drivers. Are these supposed to work? I
- > get fine DOS performance -- PLAYMIDI, MOD players, games, etc. Why
- > >does it not work under Win?
- > >
- > > It did not START working when I installed Win95 (imagine that). I get
- > sound -- but no MIDI (and no DOS session sound, of course, until
- > >Gravis releases Win95 drivers -- which will prob. fix this whole mess
- > (Are they going to release some, or is it going to be like it has been
- > w/ OS/2 drivers??)).
- > >
- > > Can anyone give me some pointers/help? Thanks.
- > >
- > >bp
- > >bpatters@pcs.cnu.edu
- > >blake@vigsun1.larc.nasa.gov
- >
- > Here's my 2 cents worth..
- >
- > I just installed Windows 95 for the first time and I am having the same
- > problem. (Pretty disappointing to see so many supported sound cards-
- > but no GUS)
- >
- > Of course I had to resort to trying the 16 bit (Win3.x) drivers we
- > already have. Digital sound is OK, but no MIDI. However, I think the
- > problem is not really the driver, but the way the MIDI Mapper works. I
- > was able to load patches with PatchManager and play them- all seemed to
- > load and play correctly except for one- acpiano.pat (Channel 0).
- > Once I loaded a few patches, I got got Drums/Percussion when playing
- > CANYON.MID that ships with Windows95- but no other instruments played.
- > So it appears that there is a problem with the mapping. I tried editing
- > the instrument mapping by hand, but it made no difference (but then
- > again- I was only experimenting since I don't really know how Windows95
- > uses the midi mapper.)
- > I also noted that the new MIDIMAP.CFG file that ships with Windows95 is
- > only 1 byte. I tried copying the MIDIMAP.CFG file from the GUS driver
- > disks but no joy.
- >
- > Well its been fun trying to get the GUS going with a BETA operating
- > system, but I guess we'll have to wait for Gravis to release new
- > drivers when Windows95 ships - unless someone else has any pointers/ideas?
- >
- > Daryl James- Australia
- >
- >
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