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SOUND BLASTER DIGEST Number 15 February 1992 Edition. A newsletter for Sound Blaster Enthusiasts. Edited and Published by Brad Barclay. Assistant Editors: Todd Clayton and Karen O'Hearn. Made possible by the contributions of Sound Blaster users. /\ ____________________________ / \/\ \ / \ ________________________________ \ / \ / \/ \ / \/ TABLE OF CONTENTS ================= Title: Page: ----- ---- From the Desk of the Editor...............1 From the Desk of the Assistant Editor.....3 The Rumour that Flew......................4 Subscriptions.............................5 Shareware Review: Mod Play ver 2.10.......6 Advertisements............................8 Shareware Review: Pro Mod ver 1.0.........9 Readers Survey: 1991 Results.............10 Official Readers Survey Draw.............11 Next Month...............................12 Included Files...........................12 Wrapping it Up...........................13 FORMS ===== Subscription Form........................14 SBD Demo Tape Order Form.................15 Advertisement Order Form.................16 SBD Registered BBS Form..................17 The Sound Blaster Digest (SBD) Copyright (c) 1992 Brad Barclay. You may freely distribute this file, and all included files, to whomever you wish, so long that it is not for profit, and that all files are kept together. The use of the SBD, in whole or in part, for any other purpose is a criminal offence, and is punishable by law. This is not Public Domain text, nor is it Shareware. The SBD is a free publication, distributed monthly. If you have any questions or comments about our Copyright, or any part of the SBD, please feel free to write to us at the address listed near the end of this text, or call us at (416) 846-5599 between 18:00 and 23:00 Eastern Standard Time. Page 1 FROM THE EDITORS DESK =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Welcome to another edition of the SOUND BLASTER DIGEST. This is going to be one busy month for us here at the SBD, but one which will benefit you, the reader, in the end. First off, we will be getting our AT upgrade next weekend, for increased power and speed. Secondly, and also in this first week of February, we will be receiving the MultiMedia Upgrade Kit (MMUK) from our friends at Creative Labs. This kit includes the Sound Blaster Pro and all software you get with the regular SB Pro, the MIDI interface kit and software (which also comes with the SB Pro), a CD ROM drive and connector for connecting it to both your computer and your Sound Blaster Pro, and finally 5 CD ROM diskettes in which to use with the drive and the SB Pro. We will be crash testing it all this month so we may review at least the bulk of it for the March issue. Also this month, we move into our new office, and along with this move, we will be getting a new telephone number for you to use. As this will probably happen before our next issue, we will continue to take calls on the number listed in this and all previous issues. The new line will include a 24 hour answering machine, a modem connection (you'll still have to call voice to arrange for a modem link, but if you're that desperate, you should call the SBD Support BBS, listed later in this issue). But not everything this month is as encouraging as this. The world's largest dedicated Sound Blaster BBS has gone down, permanently. The Musical Chair is no longer available. We here at the SBD has thus taken out their telephone number from our Registered BBS's list. By the time you read this the TMC's old telephone number may have been assigned to someone else, so please do not try and call: you won't get an answer (or at least not one you'd expect). We here at the SBD gratefully thank the Sysop of The Musical Chair, Jeff Woods, for all his time and dedication he has put into the Sound Blaster world, and he will be sorely missed. More about the demise of The Chair from Todd in our next article. Page 2 To help replace the Musical Chair, we here at the SBD will be purchasing the CD ROM disc (provided everything works smoothly with the drive, of course) entitled "The Compleat TMC", which you have undoubtedly seen advertised here if you have read the SBD before. This disc contains 600 Megs of Shareware, music, and public domain files. Now as the CD ROM drive will not be attached to our system running the Support BBS, readers will not have access to this disc directly through us. But we are going to make available to the Support BBS's users files contained on the disc, both upon request, and randomly every few days. Also, we are going to upload the SBD every month to the STAR- LINK NETWORK BBS, which is located in New York, USA. They are a very good, and very large system in general, with a lot of Sound Blaster support. They are also a well respected advertiser here at the SBD, so they are a BBS you can trust. See their ad in this issue for more details on what their system has to offer. Anyways, on with the news and reviews for this month's SBD: this issue, we will present the results to our first Readers Survey: you'll be able to read here first hand what other Sound Blaster users from around the world have to say on the topics of their favourite Sound Blaster software of the past year, their favourite column in the SBD, and other categories. The results are interesting to say the least. It seems that many people didn't notice that it said on the form "Favourite *SB* Software", where others ignored "Only one choice per category". Perhaps we were not perfectly clear as to our intentions, or perhaps these people didn't bother to read the form carefully. One honour we received in the survey was that some people actually chose this section as their favourite part of the SBD. I'm glad that my little chat column is appreciated and enjoyed. Anyways, to start this months issue, here's Todd, just after this paid commercial advertisement... Page 3 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ You Are Invited To Call: STAR-LINK NETWORK BBS - (718) 972-6099 │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Multi-Line Access (9 Access Lines - 15 Coming Soon) │ │ 3/12/24/9600/14.4K Baud Support (V32/V42/MNP5/HST/HAYES) │ │ 3.0 Gigabytes of On-line Storage (3000 Megabytes) │ │ More then 80,000 Files for Your PC, AT, PS/1 & PS/2 to Download │ │ On-Line CD-ROM w/Complete PC-SIG Program Library (1400 Disks Worth) │ │ 165 Active Conferences Areas - Member of ILink International Echo │ │ On-line Edition of USA TODAY Newspaper - CB Simulator - 24 Hour FAX │ │ 60 On-line Doors - Running On FAST LAN - PC Pursuit - Subscriptions │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ STAR-LINK NETWORK BBS has been featured in such publications as │ │ Personal Computing, Computer Shopper, PC Computing and PC Magazine. │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ████████████████████ Dial (718) 972-6099 █████████████████████ An Official SBD Distribution Site. -------------------- FROM THE DESK OF THE ASSISTANT EDITOR =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By Todd Clayton. Gee, it seems like it's been forever since I started out writing here... And it also seems like it's been forever since I wrote about anything besides the Support BBS. Well, not to break a current record, I've decided to ramble on again, simply because we do have a few announcements. First off, simply the best Sound Blaster BBS in the world has gone offline. Yes, sadly enough THE MUSICAL CHAIR has gone kaput. Why would a BBS online since 1989 just die? Well, in the words of the BBS's sysop, Jeff Woods, when a BBS isn't fun to run anymore, it's not worth having up. So that leaves me picking up the slack and trying to support the Sound Blaster world from my limited system. No 38.4K dual standards here. No 2+ gigabytes of memory. Oh well, it could be worse... Next on the agenda is a bit more information about the addition to the subscription for the special "Gold" access level on the SBD Support BBS. A lot of people have asked me for specifics, and I've done the best I can. After talking it over with Brad, we've come up with this: For your extra $5, your daily access time is upped from 45mins/day to 1hour/day. You get a total of 100 file points to play with (plus whatever you upload) and a better post/call ratio up/down ratio etc... Now after you've exhausted that supply, then you can go on to send an additional $5 (or $10 or $15 or $20.. whatever) and we'll give you another 100 file points. Page 4 One little note here though, to get the initial 100 file points, YOU MUST BE A SUBSCRIBER TO THE SBD! A small thing to ask, but beneficial to us all... Until next month! -------------------- ───┐───┐─┐─┐───┐─┐───┐───┐─┐ ───┐───┐─────┐───┐────┐ ──┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └ │ │ └ │ ──┐── ┌─┘ ─┐ └ │ ── │ └ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └ │ └─┐ │ │── │ │ ──┐ │ └┐ ───┘───┘───┘─┘───┘───┘───┘───┘─┘─┘───┘ ─┘ ───┘─┘ ─┘ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ──────▄▀▀▀▄▀▄▄▀██─▄▄▀▀▄▀▄▀▀█▀▄▀▄─██▀██─▀▀▀▀█▀▀▄▀───── ───────██──██─▀██─██───▀──█▀▄─▀──▀▀▄▀────██────────── ───────██──██──██─██─▄▄▀▄─██───────▀▀▄──██─────────── ───────▄▀▄▄▀───██─▄▀▄─▄▄▀─▄▀▄─██─██─██───██────────── ──────▄▄▄▀─────▀▄▀─▀▄▄▀────▀▄▄▀──▀▄▄▀────▀▄▀─BBS───── ░▒▓░▒▓ Providing The Very BEST In Soundblaster Support ▓▒░▓▒░ ░▒▓░▒▓ ∙84o 2485∙ ▓▒░▓▒░ ░▒▓░▒▓ ∙FREE∙ ▓▒░▓▒░ ░▒▓░▒▓ ∙3oo-24ooBaud∙ ▓▒░▓▒░ ░▒▓░▒▓ ∙ANSI/ASCII∙ ▓▒░▓▒░ ░▒▓░▒▓ ∙6o Megabytes∙ ▓▒░▓▒░ ░▒▓░▒▓ SysOp: ▓▒░▓▒░ ░▒▓░▒▓ ∙24 Hours∙ ▓▒░▓▒░ ░▒▓░▒▓ ∙Todd Clayton∙ ▓▒░▓▒░ *THE* Official SBD Distribution Site! -------------------- THE RUMOUR THAT FLEW: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By Brad Barclay For a few months now, at least since the Sound Blaster Pro card was released, rumours have flew about a new and improved Sound Blaster Pro. This has many users confused as to whether they should buy their Pro cards now, wait for something new to come out, or perhaps buy another music system card. To help clear up some of the confusion, I interviewed Mr. Goh at Creative Labs. According to Mr. Goh, Creative Labs must continue to develop its products to be able to keep them at a reasonable cost while providing the best possible quality and performance. He wasn't specific about any planned advances, only that Creative Labs is researching the possibilities for the future, both near and distant. Page 5 Although Mr. Goh was vague about any future Sound Blaster revisions, he promised me that Creative Labs will continue to keep downward compatibility with all their products. Thus, if they introduced some new technology to be better than the competition, you will still be able to use all your old Sound Blaster software: something which many of the competitor's improved cards can't do. So should one buy their Sound Blaster Pro cards now, or should they wait for something better to come along? Upon being asked this question, Mr. Goh gave the analogy of whether one should buy a 33Mhz 80486 system now, or wait for something newer, faster, and better. And he does have a point: we all gamble when we buy any computer equipment: something better could be announced two months after we buy anything. It's the nature of the advancement of technology. Will there be an upgraded version of the SB Pro card? Unless Creative Labs goes bankrupt anytime soon (which is highly unlikely seeing how the Sound Blaster is the IBM standard in the sound card business), the answer is definitely yes. When will this be, and what changes will be made? Who can say? Do you think you'll still be using a 33 Mhz 386 in ten years? Perhaps you'll be like me (I still own an 8Mhz XT system at this time, to be upgraded to a 286 machine in one short week) and you will be using a 386 machine, but with the technology that will probably be around then, we may be looking at 586 and 686's as being the standard. The best thing to do is to take a look at what applications you need, and when you need them done. If you need good sound quality for a really good price, the Sound Blaster Pro is the way to go. Even if something new does come out in even such a short time as 2 months, the Sound Blaster Pro you buy today will be a very, very long way from being obsolete: it will more likely be the standard. -------------------- SUBSCRIPTIONS: =-=-=-=-=-=-= Having a hard time finding the newest copy of the SBD on your favourite local BBS? Why not consider a SBD subscription? A subscription entitles you to 12 great issues, one a month, packed full of SB and SB Pro news and reviews. Subscribers also get special bonus files not available anywhere else, plus special offers on software and support! Nowhere else can you find this sort of deal for your Sound Blaster needs. Simply fill out the attached form, and enclose the required amount...it's that easy! Page 6 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬────────┐ │ ▐▌ Furthur Microcomputers │ Sound Blaster │$ 145 │ │ ▐▐ 63-203 Queen Street │ Sound Blaster Pro │ 242 │ │ ▐ ▌ Guelph, Ontario. N1E 4R9 │ ATi Stereo F/X with speakers │ 152 │ │ ▄▄▄▐ Voice: 519-837-3782 │ 1.44M floppy with 5¼" adapter│ 65 │ │ █████ Fax: (call voice first) │ Husky 2400 modem int/ext │ 67/82 │ │ ▀▀▀ Fidonet: 1:221/218 │ Husky 9600 SendFax int/ext │ 97/102 │ │ │ Husky 9600 Fax int/ext │125/141 │ │ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ Husky 2400 v.42bis MNP5 │ 148 │ │ │ ■ Most anything available cheap │ │ Husky 9600 v.32 turbo 12000 │ 400 │ │ │ just call! GST# R130970585 │ │ 286-16 (no HD or video) │ 435 │ │ │ ■ Prices do not include taxes │ │ 386sx-16 │ 547 │ │ │ ■ All prices in Canadian funds │ │ 386sx-25 │ 616 │ │ │ ■ Shipment available anywhere │ │ 386-25 │ 724 │ │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │ 386-25 32k cache │ 757 │ │ Also: Hard drives, video, archival, │ 386-33 128k cache │ 856 │ │ UPS, memory, faxs, copiers, cables, │ 386-40 128k cache │ 894 │ │ testers, adapters, laptops, mice, │ 486-25 64k │ 1098 │ │ printers, scanners, all low markup! │ 486-33 256k │ 1362 │ └─────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴────────┘ -------------------- SHAREWARE REVIEW: MOD PLAY VER 2.10 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By Boris Sheikman --Mod Play v2.10 by Mark J. Cox [-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10] ==Ease of Use ********************* ==Graphics ***************** ==Sound Blaster ********************* ==SB-Pro Support Well, he's done it again! Mark J. Cox has released yet another 1st class Sound/Noise/Pro Tracker player. This version is the best so far! Page 7 If you've used Mod Play before you probably already know the ease of use. There is a mode in Mod Play called Interactive Mode, which is activated by the /I switch. This will display all of the .MOD files in the current directory. There is a highlighted bar that moves up and down through as many screens of .MOD files as you have. Just highlight the .MOD you wish to play, and boom! It plays. There is also some mouse support. By loading your mouse driver, a little cursor appears that is controlled by the mouse. You may move through all your screens of .MOD files by clicking on the little up and down arrows at the top of the pages. Once you play a .MOD, you may press the F1 key and get a short and very concise Help screen that will tell you how to activate all of the features. Some new features here is a *Real* spectrum analyzer. I don't know what Mark means by that (I'm only a freshman!), but I'm sure you'll be impressed by its 8 bands! You may also have a text scroll showing the 4 channels and the notes that are being played. This feature usually comes very close to locking up my 386SX-16. The music starts playing very slowly, but you can still quit and activate other features. In the next version Mark stated that he will incorporate Sound Blaster Pro support which he said will sound just like the Amiga! I can't wait! He also added that there will be Adlib Gold support, yet I doubt that because the Adlib Gold cards are not out yet to my knowledge. All in all, this is a great program and a must for all Sound Blaster users. Page 8 ADVERTISEMENTS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Do you run a BBS? Have you written a piece of software? Do you write custom music? If so, you may be interested in an advertisement in the SBD. Thousands of SOUND BLASTER users read the SBD every month, and many even have it delivered right to their door. So if you give some sort of special support to those people who use the SOUND BLASTER, advertising in the SBD would be the logical choice! Here's a list of our rates, effective January 1st 1992: Number of lines: Cost: --------------- ---- 0 - 10 $3 / Month 11 - 30 $5 / Month 31 - 40 $10 / Month 41 - 50 $15 / Month Lines are limited to a maximum of 80 columns. All costs are in Canadian dollars. -------------------- ■■■ Welcome to the SuperSONIC Sound System ■■■ ┌─────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────┐ │░▒▓█░│ ░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓█████ Premiere Sound Base █████▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░ │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀ ▀ │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▄▄▄▄▄▄ █▐▐▐▐ █▌▌▌▌███ │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ████████ │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ ████ ▄▄▄ │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ███ │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ Sound and Optics Net for IBM Computers. Wave Zone │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ ░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓█████ 416-225-8942 Tor.ON █████▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░ │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ SuperSONIC BBS. SysOp: Brian & Brent Bourne. S │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ SoundBlaster Digest Distribution Site. O │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ Technical and Other support for the SB/ADLIB. N │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ Fido Net: 1:250/722 Home of the SONIC NET. I │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ 700+ ROL Songs. Online RPGS. 19200 bps! C │░█▓▒░│ │░▒▓█░│ Growing selection of MOD/STM files. . │░█▓▒░│ ├─────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤─────┤ │░▒▓██│ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │██▓▒░│ │░▒▓██│ █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │██▓▒░│ │░▒▓██│ █▄▄▄█▄▄▄█ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Z O N E. │██▓▒░│ └─────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────┘ Link your Modem Tracks with us and Hear the Superior Sound Page 9 SHAREWARE REVIEW: PRO MOD VER 1.0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By Boris Sheikman [-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10] ==Ease of Use ********************* ==Graphics ==Sound Blaster ********************* ==SB-Pro Support ********************* It's been done! A *Stereo* .MOD player that's under 6k! Yes, it's true. A stereo .MOD player for the Sound Blaster Pro has been made by David Lopez, and Angel Trigo. This program (under 6k) will take any Sound/Noise Tracker file and play it in stereophonic quality. The use of the program is quite simple. You must type in the name of the .MOD (i.e. PROMOD STARWARS). No extension is needed. Once you load a .MOD, a screen pops up split in half. On the left half you see the instruments and on the right half you see the progress of the playing. You may use the arrow keys to scroll back and forth between the tracks very smoothly unlike TrakBlaster in a few situations. One the top left hand part of the screen you see the title ("Titulo: ") of the .MOD, and below that, you see the total number of tracks in a hexadecimal unit, which to some is annoying. The program uses no true graphics. It does however display some text graphics using colours and characters. In short, this program is start of a great blossoming field of music. This what Creative Labs *should* have given the Sound Blaster Pro owners, instead of that (in my opinion), lame Tetra Demo Player. -------------------- Editor's Note: As the author of this review has stated, the version of Tetra that comes with the Sound Blaster Pro is only a demo, and not a fully working copy. And although I do agree with the reviewer as to the Tetra Demo's quality and use, one can't expect to get everything with the Sound Blaster Pro. Thus, if you too are dismayed as to the quality of the Tetra demo, but can't afford the actual version, try this Shareware. Unlike the Tetra Compositor, you can't use this Shareware on an XT machine. Page 10 READERS SURVEY: 1991 RESULTS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By Karen O'Hearn, Assistant Editor. The results are in! During the past few weeks I have assisted Brad in tallying up the votes from Readers Surveys that were sent to us at the SBD, and here is what we found: Wing Commander received the most votes for the best commercial software of 1991, followed closely by its sequel, Wing Commander 2. Others that were represented in this category were the Tetra Compositor, Prince of Persia, Leisure Suit Larry 5, Red Baron, Kings' Quest 5, Secret of Monkey Island, Eye of the Beholder, Rise of the Dragon, The Manhole, Space Quest 4, and a couple others. Of course in both the Commercial Software and the Shareware Software categories the software voted for had to have Sound Blaster support in order to included in our survey results. As for the favourite shareware of 1991, the one that received the most votes was TrakBlaster. Blaster Master was a close second, followed by Much Music. Also given a respectable showing were Dark Ages, Jumpman, Sputter, Drum Blaster, Mod Play, Scream Tracker, Music Master, Commander Keen, ProMod and others. Another category was the reader's favourite column of the SBD. A few were noncommittal and said they liked every column, or said that they had no favourite (the difference between optimists and pessimists I suppose!). Of those that expressed a preference, the columns that were the runaway hit were the SBD's reviews. Many never got more specific than just plain "reviews", but some people voted for columns such as the Commercial Software reviews, the Shareware reviews, and the Hardware Reviews. Since reviews are so well liked we will try to be accommodating and include as many as we can in future issues. You can help us out in this endeavour by writing and sending us your own reviews of Sound Blaster supported software and hardware. The survey also asked the question "Will you continue to read the SBD?" Everybody that answered this question said "Yes!" although there were two conditional responses such as only if the magazine continues to be of the same quality. It made us feel quite popular to receive so many positive responses, yet as I pointed out to the editor, people who think that the magazine is not worth reading every month would not bother to send in the readers survey in the first place! Well we got our answers anyways. Page 11 This is also the month that you will find out if you are one of the SBD's prizewinners! All of the people who sent in reader's surveys have been included in our draw this month. The names of the readers who have won are posted below. -------------------- OFFICIAL READERS SURVEY DRAW: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Okay fellow Sound Blaster users, this is the moment you have all been waiting for. If you sent in your Readers Survey form before January 1st, 1992 then you have been automatically entered into our special draw. The prizes are as follows: Grand Prize: A 1 Year free Subscription to the SBD Runner-up Prizes: 1 of 5 free copies of "The SBD Demo Tape", or 1 of 4 free copies of the "Best of the SBD" And here are our winners: Winners of copies of "The SBD Demo Tape": R.J. Utley of Gaithersburg, Maryland Kevin Enga of Valley Springs, South Dakota Shane Ross of Anaheim, California A.N. Bamford of Calgary, Alberta James Chow of Gloucester, Ontario Winners of copies of "The Best of the SBD": Tom Dennison of Hackettstown, New Jersey Chris Lebeck of Dallas, Texas David Mackowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin S. Wenings of Donkerbroek, The Netherlands And now, for our Grand Prize Winner, for an entire year of the SBD for free (Drum roll please): S. Itscovich of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Congratulations to all of our winners! Page 12 NEXT MONTH: =-=-=-=-=-= Next month's SBD should prove to be one of our best issues yet! In March, we will give our review of Creative Labs MultiMedia Upgrade Kit, information on both the MIDI and CD-ROM aspects of the Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro, news and reviews, and much more of what you expect from the SBD. So tune in next month! -------------------- INCLUDED FILES: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This month's included files are: PHANTOM.CMF "Phantom of The Opera", as transcribed by Kim O'Hearn. OSSFM2.VOC First words said on the moon (Subscribers Only). Page 13 WRAPPING IT UP: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, that's it for yet another edition of the SBD. This issue was one heck of a lot of work, as right in the middle of working on it we had system upgrades. Thus the first part of this issue was written on an 8Mhz XT with a Sound Blaster Pro, 30Mb Hard disk drive, and EGA, whereas the last half was written on a 20Mhz- 286 machine with a 52Mb Hard disk drive, Sound Blaster Pro with MIDI interface kit, CD-ROM drive, and Super VGA. Just as a preview of next month's edition, our new system (which fully complies with Microsoft's MultiMedia PC standards), has to be every Sound Blaster enthusiast's dream. Many thanks to Mr. Goh at Creative Labs for providing the equipment for us to review, and for the exclusive interview he gave us. Also many thanks to all those who sent in their readers surveys: your responses will help us improve the SBD over the next year. Also, a great thanks goes out to our Assistant Editor Todd Clayton for his brave and cunning escape from Hard Disk drive (And Support BBS) Purgatory. Also, on behalf of everyone here at the SBD, many thanks go out to Jeff Woods, the Sysop of the now defunct "Musical Chair". his presence was partly responsible for the starting to the SBD, and his BBS will be sorely missed. Best of luck in your new endeavours, Jeff. And finally, many thanks go out to Karen O'Hearn, who has had her first ever article in this month's SBD. I thought she did an excellent job, and I'll have to con her into doing more articles for us soon. Thanks for reading the SBD! Page 14 SOUND BLASTER DIGEST SUBSCRIPTION FORM ====================================== Please enclose a cheque or money order (sorry, I don't accept any major or minor credit cards) for $30 CDN for Canadian orders, or $30 US for American orders. Overseas enclose $40 Canadian funds, payable on a Canadian bank. Please fill out all the spaces provided (except where marked optional), and mail it to the address below. MAKE CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO BRAD BARCLAY! NAME:_____________________________ MAILING ADDRESS: Street address:_____________________________ City, Province/State:_______________________ Country, Postal/ZIP Code:___________________ PHONE NUMBER (don't forget the area code!):___________________ DISKETTE TYPE: (check one): _ _ [_] 5.25" [_] 3.5" BBS REGISTRATION: By adding $5 to your cheque or money order and checking this box, we will give you special upgraded access to the SBD Support BBS! _ [_] Please give me your "Gold" Access Level on the SBD Support BBS! Please make my password as follows: Password:__________________________________ COMMENTS: Please fill this out also! How would you rate THE SOUND BLASTER DIGEST (circle one): POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Please mail this form, along with any additional comments to: SOUND BLASTER DIGEST c/o Brad Barclay 36 Sutter ave. Brampton, Ontario CANADA. L6Z 1G7 Page 15 ORDER FORM: THE SOUND BLASTER DIGEST DEMO TAPE =============================================== Please enclose a cheque or money order (sorry, I don't accept any major or minor credit cards) for $7.50 CDN for Canadian orders, or $7.50 US for American orders. Overseas enclose $10 Canadian funds, payable on a Canadian bank. Please fill out all the spaces provided (except where marked optional), and mail it to the address below. MAKE CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO BRAD BARCLAY! NAME:_____________________________ MAILING ADDRESS: Street address:_____________________________ City, Province/State:_______________________ Country, Postal/ZIP Code:___________________ PHONE NUMBER (don't forget the area code!):___________________ DISKETTE TYPE: (check one): _ _ <_> 5.25" <_> 3.5" MUSIC FORMAT: In which Sound Blaster music file format are you the most interested? (Circle all of interest). .CMF .JMP .MID .MOD .NST .ORG .ROL .VOC Please mail this form, along with any additional comments to: SOUND BLASTER DIGEST c/o Brad Barclay 36 Sutter ave. Brampton, Ontario CANADA. L6Z 1G7 Page 16 SOUND BLASTER DIGEST ADVERTISEMENT ORDER FORM ============================================= Please fill out this form, and mail it, along with a cheque for the correct amount (in US funds for American orders, and in Canadian funds for Canadian orders), along with an ASCII only, typed copy of your ad, and mail it to the address below. PLEASE MAKE CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO BRAD BARCLAY! NAME:_____________________________ MAILING ADDRESS: Street address:_____________________________ City, Province/State:_______________________ Country, Postal/ZIP Code:___________________ PHONE NUMBER (don't forget the area code!):___________________ BEST TIMES AVAILABLE:_________________________________________ Please mail this form, along with your cheque and a copy of the ad as described above, along with any other comments to: SOUND BLASTER DIGEST c/o Brad Barclay 36 Sutter ave. Brampton, Ontario CANADA. L6Z 1G7 Page 17 SOUND BLASTER DIGEST BBS REGISTRATION ===================================== This is a free service of THE SOUND BLASTER DIGEST, intended to allow greater access to Sound Blaster files. Please fill out all blanks (except where marked optional), and send to the address below: LIST INFORMATION: Name of BBS:____________________________________________ Sysop's Name:___________________________________________ City, Province/State:___________________________________ Phone Number (remember the area code!):_________________ Min/Max Transmission speed:_____________________________ OTHER INFORMATION: Although not included in the BBS listing, this information is important for our records. How long has the BBS been running:_________________________ Do you have a Music/Sound Card conference, message area, or file area set aside?:______________________________________ Does your BBS support and Sound Blaster files?:____________ Anything else you can think of to say that would show off your BBS, please write it down here: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Mail this form, along with any extra comments to: SOUND BLASTER DIGEST c/o Brad Barclay 36 Sutter Ave. Brampton, Ontario CANADA. L6Z 1G7