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- GUS Musician's Digest Wed, 09 Feb 94 3:21 gus Volume 5: Issue 7
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- Today's Topics:
- [GUS] new PLAYMIDI locks my '286
- A friend of mine
- New patch set?
- Some New Old Drum Patches
- Volume problem
-
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- Date: Tue, 08 Feb 1994 15:25:18 EST
- From: "Scott C. Savett" <scsavett@acad.ursinus.edu>
- Subject: [GUS] new PLAYMIDI locks my '286
-
- Hello, all...
- I recently d/l the GUS0038 drivers and installed them on my DTK '286.
- When I now go to run PLAYMIDI, the computer locks after saying something
- like 'calculating patch sizes...' It doesn't even get to loading the
- patches, and requires a hard boot to get back to DOS. I never had this
- problem with my older PLAYMIDI utility, and reverting back to it (2.06a
- disks) solved the problem. My 1MB GUS had been happy with everything
- I threw at it until this! Is it that PLAYMIDI doesn't like 286's? I
- am upgrading to a 386DX40 shortly.
-
- Thanks...
- Scott Savett (SCSAVETT@ACAD.URSINUS.EDU)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 12:15:56 ADT
- From: "Craig Galbraith" <J5OA@acad1.UnbSJ.CA>
- Subject: A friend of mine
-
- Hey there all!
- A friend of mine is thinking of getting a GUS to write some music
- with. He runs a DJ business and wants to write some disco stuff of
- his own composition to play at dances and shows, etc...I have been
- trying to convince that the GUS would be great for this. I was
- wondering if any (or all) of you would like to drop him a line
- describing what YOU think the GUS is like...good or bad...for his
- purposes. (although I would really like to see him get one)
-
- His e-mail address is
-
- N6IQ@acad1.unbsj.ca
-
- and his name is John Wilson.
-
- I am not to heavy into the music writing (YET) as I am quite busy
- with University stuff...so I don't know that much about music writing
- with the GUS...he is mainly interested in MOD style stuff (you
- know...many channels of ear-throbbing digital loudness!).
-
- Thanks!
- Craig Galbraith
- j5oa@unbsj.ca
-
-
- are you phishsperienced?
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 13:18:56 SAT
- From: "Michael Patricios" <PATRICIO@odie.ee.wits.ac.za>
- Subject: New patch set?
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 00:06:16 -0800
- From: chrisw@popserver.stanford.edu (Chris Wilkins)
- Subject: Some New Old Drum Patches
-
- Hi all. Decided that I'd release some legally uninteresting patches to the
- gus community. They're not exactly the most useful patches since they've
- already got close substitutes out there, but I guess they're better than
- nothing.
-
- There are 3 zip files:
- - 606drums.zip 125k
- - cr78drms.zip 50k
- - 808drums.zip 400k
-
- If I remember rightly, the cr78 file has a bass drum (if you really stretch
- your imagination!), snare drum, and open and closed hi-hat from a cr78 and a
- rim shot and metal noise from a rhythm55. Great if you want super-duper
- tinny drum sounds.
-
- The 606 file has bass drum, snare drum, open and closed hi-hat, 3 toms (just
- pitch shifts of the same patch - blame Gravis for the duplication), and a
- ride cymbal. Not necessarily one of the worlds most exciting drum machines,
- but at least you can get a rough idea of the sound. (These things go for big
- bucks nowadays for some inexplicable reason - beats me why anyone would buy
- one of these rather than a Boss DR660 - maybe it's the sexy silver box).
-
- The 808 file is the largest and most comprehensive. It's got 2 bass drums, 2
- snare drums, open and closed hi-hat, two sets of toms (pitch shifts), 2
- congas (pitch shifts), 2 claves (pitch shifts), hand clap, rim shot,
- cowbell, and ride cymbal from an 808. It also has a few extras: 2 bass
- drums, and 2 snare drums, and a set of toms (pitch shifts) from a 909. It
- also has a spare hiq which is kind of spiritually at home in amongst these
- noises despite the fact that none of the drum machines of the period made it.
-
- They're all recorded in 16-bit (well, about 13-bit really) using as high a
- rate as was necessary to catch the sound (44, 32, or 22). They are very
- clean and I'm pretty sure they're bug free. The patches have been adjusted
- in volume so that they are at about the right relative levels (not trivial
- since patch maker lite won't do it). Basically, they should be ready to go
- from the moment you download them (and edit your ultrasnd.ini file).
-
- As to why you should bother with my 808 set rather than using the existing
- set from Francois, I guess all I can say is that I think my set sounds
- better. (Parents always think their children are beautiful). Also, you can
- do whatever you want with mine as far as modification and redistribution
- goes. (I'm not as protective as most parents).
-
- I haven't checked if I've used any of the same names on the patches as
- Francois did, so be careful with overwriting stuff unintentionally.
-
- BTW, in case you don't already know, these are not the sort of patches
- you're after if you want real sounding drums. They are meant to sound
- electronic.
- The sounds are created from analog circuits, not from digital samples.
-
- Chris.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 23:07:27 -0500 (EST)
- From: al2032@csc.albany.edu (LUTINS ALLEN H)
- Subject: Volume problem
-
- Dear Gusicians,
-
- Thanks for solving my last problem (PowerChords Demo worked, actual app
- didn't; i needed to run GUS in Conserve Memory mode)! ...now that
- i've taken the time to become more familiar with my GUS (which, btw, i
- *love* :) perhaps my next problem will be more of a challenge--but for
- my sake i hope not :P
-
- I'm using a 256K GUS with Windows...i upgraded my 2.06a ULTMPORT & ULTRASND
- drivers with those which come with PatchMaker Lite...they work fine, but i've
- experienced a drastic reduction in volume on both MIDI and WAVs! I can
- increase the volume in the Ultrasound Mixer each time i boot up, but i'd
- prefer a more elegant fix (because, for example, i can barely hear the sound
- i've got assigned to the Windows Startup)...numerous times in the written and
- on-line documentaion i see references to a volume scroll bar in the driver
- setup dialog, but this bar is *not* there! There are two drivers: The
- Ultrasound MIDI Port Driver, which contains only hardware configuration
- options, and the Ultrasound Audio Driver, which contains hardware
- configuration setup, Active Voices, Linear Volume (i tried this both on and
- off), Verify Patches, and Patch Memory Options...and i've tried both the
- Ultra256k and the Ultrasound drivers in the MIDI Mapper.
-
- Any ideas? ...am i missing something? ...the PatchMaker documentation makes
- mention of an ULTRAMID driver, but that's an error, right? ...'cause it came
- with an ULTRSND driver but not an ULTRAMID driver; nor did the GUS
- installation disks come with an ULTRMID driver...and btw, i can't seem to find
- the GUS0038 disk file, if that might help--is that the one i'm gonna have
- to shell out $$ for this month even though i bought my GUS last month? :\
-
- Once again, thanks so much for you assistance!
-
- -allen
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: (null)
-
- Oh yes, how huch will the new patch set (or disk set) cost?
- Michael
-
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