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  1. GUS Programmer's Digest     Thu, 2 Mar 95 12:19 PST      Volume 17: Issue   2 
  2.  
  3. Today's Topics:
  4.                 3D Sound and Availability of SDK 2.21
  5.                     GUS Programmer's Digest V17 #1
  6.  
  7. Standard Info:
  8.     - Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest.
  9.     - Before you ask a question, please READ THE FAQ.
  10.  
  11. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12.  
  13. Date: Wed,  1 Mar 95 17:28:13 CST
  14. From: John=Battles%TS=DeskCall%CS=Hou@bangate.compaq.com
  15. Subject: 3D Sound and Availability of SDK 2.21
  16.  
  17.     Does anyone have any more info. on why SDK 2.22 does not have the Focal 
  18. Point functions 3D sound utils. and functions in it?  
  19.  
  20.     Does anyone know where to get SDK 2.21 and does it have the 3D sound 
  21. functions in it?  I checked the ftp sites on the digest list and couldn't find 
  22. it.  
  23.  
  24.     
  25. jbattles@pr.erau.edu
  26.  
  27. ------------------------------
  28.  
  29. Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 13:39:28 -0500
  30. From: iclnl!pvh@relay.NL.net (Pieter van Horssen)
  31. Subject: Re: GUS Programmer's Digest V17 #1
  32.  
  33. > 
  34. > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 13:14:14 -0800
  35. > From: "Dale Newcomb, Jr." <newcomb@gemtech.com>
  36. > Subject: Re: 3D Sound Programming
  37. > 
  38. >     The 2.21 SDK has the Focal Point 3D software and manual pages, maybe all of
  39. > this legal mess with Focal Point (at least some of the recent digests have
  40. > suggested legal troubles) has pushed Gravis to pull out the 3D functions and
  41. > release 2.22 without them (2.21 wasn't put out all that long ago, I wouldn't be
  42. > surprised if this were the case).
  43. >     On a similar thread however, has anyone actually used the 3D functions
  44. > on the GUS? Have you had any success and/or failure and how easy/difficult were
  45. > they to use? I have been considering porting our 3D sound API to the PC (from
  46. > SGI workstations) and would love to support the Ultrasound if it would be easy
  47. > to do. Also, does anyone know how easy it would be to utilize the 3D library
  48. > and the Win3.1 sound API together? All of our 2D stuff will be written for
  49. > Win3.1's API (and Win95's when it gets closer to shipping) but I would love to
  50. > say "You can get 2D sound with any Win3.1 compatible soundcard...but if you
  51. > want 3D..."
  52. > It would be a nice little boost for our underdog of a soundcard. :-)
  53. > 
  54. > Dale
  55. Dale, I have played around with the 3D C++ sources as delivered in the SDK 
  56. some time ago. I used my joystick to move sound around using existing 3D demo
  57. files. After that I started looking in using the mouse to have a more refined 
  58. movement of sound in the stereo spectrum, but the mouse C code played havoc
  59. on me so I stopped.
  60. For a knowledgeable C programmer (which I am not), however,  it should not be to 
  61. difficult use the 3D routines.
  62. The tricky part, and I never came around to do that, is to create a WAV file of an
  63. even amount of blocks, which needs to be pre-processed with the Focal Point
  64. program fp3d.exe in order to create the channels and the correct header info.
  65. I be very interested in your developments in this area. I still want to  extent my
  66. knowledge in that area.
  67.  
  68. Rgrds,
  69.  
  70. Pieter J.van Horssen
  71. pvh@iclnl.icl.nl
  72.  
  73. > 
  74. > -- 
  75. > 
  76. > 
  77. > ************************************************
  78. > ************************************************
  79. > ***                                   **********
  80. > ****   Dale Newcomb, Jr.            *********
  81. > *****   Gemini Technology Corp.         ********
  82. > ******   Phones: (714) 789-1932          *******
  83. > *******         (800) 827-1980      ******
  84. > ********   FAX:    (714) 727-3066          *****
  85. > *********   email: newcomb@gemtech.com      ****
  86. > **********                                   ***
  87. > ************************************************
  88. > ************************************************
  89. > 
  90. > ------------------------------
  91. > 
  92. > End of GUS Programmer's Digest V17 #1
  93. > *************************************
  94. > 
  95. > To post to tomorrow's digest:                    <gus-sdk@mail.orst.edu>
  96. > To (un)subscribe or get help:            <gus-sdk-request@mail.orst.edu>
  97. > To contact a human (last resort):          <gus-sdk-owner@mail.orst.edu>
  98. > 
  99. >                        FTP Sites                     Archive Directories
  100. >                        ---------                     -------------------
  101. > Main N.American Site:  ftp.orst.edu                  pub/packages/gravis
  102. >                        wuarchive.wustl.edu           systems/ibmpc/ultrasound
  103. > Main Asian Site:       nctuccca.edu.tw               PC/ultrasound
  104. > Main European Site:    src.doc.ic.ac.uk              packages/ultrasound
  105. > Main Australian Site:  ftp.mpx.com.au                /ultrasound/general
  106. >                                                      /ultrasound/submit
  107. > South African Site:    ftp.sun.ac.za                 /pub/packages/ultrasound
  108. > Submissions:           archive.epas.utoronto.ca      pub/pc/ultrasound/submit
  109. > Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca      pub/pc/ultrasound
  110. > 
  111. > Mirrors:               garbo.uwasa.fi                mirror/ultrasound
  112. >                        ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au      pc/ultrasound
  113. >                        ftp.luth.se                   pub/msdos/ultrasound
  114. > 
  115. >                        Gopher Sites                  Menu directory
  116. >                        ------------                  --------------
  117. > Main Site:             src.doc.ic.ac.uk              packages/ultrasound
  118. > 
  119. >                        WWW Pages
  120. >                        ---------
  121. > Main Site:             http://www.xmission.com/~grue/gus.html
  122. > 
  123. > Main European Site:    http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/
  124. > Main Australian Site:  http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/
  125. >                        http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/
  126. >                        http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html
  127. >                        
  128. > Mirrors:               http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/
  129. > 
  130. > MailServer For Archive Access: Email to <mail-server@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de>
  131. >                                Email to <ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk>
  132. > 
  133. > New Submit Files Mailing List: Email to <listproc@uni-konstanz.de>
  134. >                          with content "subscribe epas-list <your-name-here>"
  135. > 
  136. > Hints:
  137. >       - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server.
  138. >       - Mail to <gus-sdk-request@mail.orst.edu> for info about other GUS
  139. >     related mailing lists (general use, musician's, etc.).
  140. > 
  141. > 
  142.  
  143. ------------------------------
  144.  
  145. End of GUS Programmer's Digest V17 #2
  146. *************************************
  147.  
  148. To post to tomorrow's digest:                    <gus-sdk@mail.orst.edu>
  149. To (un)subscribe or get help:            <gus-sdk-request@mail.orst.edu>
  150. To contact a human (last resort):          <gus-sdk-owner@mail.orst.edu>
  151.  
  152.                        FTP Sites                     Archive Directories
  153.                        ---------                     -------------------
  154. Main N.American Site:  ftp.orst.edu                  pub/packages/gravis
  155.                        wuarchive.wustl.edu           systems/ibmpc/ultrasound
  156. Main Asian Site:       nctuccca.edu.tw               PC/ultrasound
  157. Main European Site:    src.doc.ic.ac.uk              packages/ultrasound
  158. Main Australian Site:  ftp.mpx.com.au                /ultrasound/general
  159.                                                      /ultrasound/submit
  160. South African Site:    ftp.sun.ac.za                 /pub/packages/ultrasound
  161. Submissions:           archive.epas.utoronto.ca      pub/pc/ultrasound/submit
  162. Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca      pub/pc/ultrasound
  163.  
  164. Mirrors:               garbo.uwasa.fi                mirror/ultrasound
  165.                        ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au      pc/ultrasound
  166.                        ftp.luth.se                   pub/msdos/ultrasound
  167.  
  168.                        Gopher Sites                  Menu directory
  169.                        ------------                  --------------
  170. Main Site:             src.doc.ic.ac.uk              packages/ultrasound
  171.  
  172.                        WWW Pages
  173.                        ---------
  174. Main Site:             http://www.xmission.com/~grue/gus.html
  175.  
  176. Main European Site:    http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/
  177. Main Australian Site:  http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/
  178.                        http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/
  179.                        http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html
  180.                        
  181. Mirrors:               http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/
  182.  
  183. MailServer For Archive Access: Email to <mail-server@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de>
  184.                                Email to <ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk>
  185.  
  186. New Submit Files Mailing List: Email to <listproc@uni-konstanz.de>
  187.                          with content "subscribe epas-list <your-name-here>"
  188.  
  189. Hints:
  190.       - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server.
  191.       - Mail to <gus-sdk-request@mail.orst.edu> for info about other GUS
  192.     related mailing lists (general use, musician's, etc.).
  193.  
  194.  
  195.