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GUS Musician's Digest       Mon, 20 Dec 93  2:56         Volume 3: Issue  19  

Today's Topics:
                        Information request...
                            Music Contest

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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1993 11:28:51 -0400 (AST)
From: Jurassic Mark <markus@Info.UMoncton.ca>
Subject: Information request...

GUS day, people,

     Please don't flame me if I'm on the wrong digest.  I really don't
know where to post this and I thought that this digest was the right one. 

     Can anyone tell me why MegaEM sounds so bad in the MT-32 emulation? 
The SoundCanvas emulation is no problems at all.  It is excellent, but the
MT-32 emulation is always based around the piano and often plays the wrong
instrument.  Is it that the patch map between the MT-32 and MegaEM are
different?  Well, they should not be.  Since MegaEM and SCC1 match, why
not MegaEM and MT-32? 
     Is it because of the Sysex codes?  That bring anyther question.  What
_exactly_ are those Sysex codes?  Is it only on the MT-32?  I'd like a
full definition, please.  I know that MegaEM doesn't support those sysex
codes.  Some people say that they can't be emulated.  Why is that?  But
even if MegaEM doesn't support Sysex, it still doesn't sound right.  I
have a tape of Police Quest ]I[ on the original MT- 32 and it doesn't
sound the same at all with MegaEM.  The piano patch comes in too often. 
     Can anyone reply to my question?  My email or on the digest, I don't
really care.  But sending it on the digest would also help some other
people like me. 
     Thank you for your time. 


         Marc Y. Paulin - Jurassic Mark (Usenet) - J-Mark (IRC)
   - markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca (Talk 'n Mail) - (506)856-9518 -
               APICS Programming Contest Winner of 1993
            -=* GUS won over SB by a score of 32 to 11 *=-

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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 93 22:11:14 EDT
From: r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu (Christopher G Mann )
Subject: Music Contest

Assuming I got your address right, you are an online publication for

computer music oriented things.  Please consider posting the following

text in your publication with all due haste.

 

 

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                                        by:

 

         _____  ___   __   _____   __     __ ___   ___  _____  ___   __

        __      ____  __  __   __  __  _  __ ____ ____ __   __ ____  __

         _____  __ __ __ ___   ___ __ ___ __ __ ___ __ _______ __ __ __

             __ __  ____  __   __  ____ ____ __  _  __ __   __ __  ____

        ______  __   ___   _____    __   __  __     __ __   __ __   ___

                               of Digital Infinity

 

               Hello folks.  This is Snowman, bringing you a contest.

          Yes, you guessed it.  YOU HAVE TO WRITE A SONG.

               Musicians from the PC, Amiga, MacIntosh, and Atari

          scenes are all encouraged to enter.  The prizes are modest,

          but the goal of this contest is to allow computer musicians

          from all across Earth to "show their stuff."

               This contest has been running for about the past two

          months.  Unfortunately, it did not occur to me to post the

          rules into this publication until now.

               THE BAD NEWS: You only have until the 31st of December

                  to submit your song.

               THE GOOD NEWS: If you have a song already done that you

                  havn't released, then you are home free.

               I hope that you decide to enter this contest.  We can

          use all the entries we can get, and it is a good chance for

          up and coming musicians to be spotlighted.

 

          ---------

          The Rules

          ---------

 

          1. The song's uncompressed length must not be more than
300,000

               bytes in length

          2. The musical format can be any one of the following:

               MOD: can be the 4, 6, or 8 legged variety

               669: must play correctly on Composer v1.3

               S3M: must play correctly on S3MPLAY v0.9b

               STM: must play correctly on DMP v2.71

               FAR: must play correctly on Farandole v1.00

               ULT: must play correctly on Ultra Tracker v1.3

               MTM: must play correctly on Multitracker v1.00b

          3. All entries are to be submitted before January 1st, 1994.

          4. Only one entry per person

          5. Songs already released are not allowed to enter

          6. The archive name must use the format:

               $$FILENM.<ZIP,ARJ,LHA,LZH> -- where FILENM is your song

               title.

               NOTE: Unfortunately, Internet does not accept files that

                     start with "$$", so if you upload it to an FTP
site,

                     just strip the "$$".  When I upload your song to a

                     BBS, I'll put the "$$" back in.

             The file name must use the format:

               $$FILENM.<MOD,669,S3M,STM,FAR,ULT,MTM> -- where FILENM is

               your song title.

          7. The song must have your handle and/or name in it.

          8. The text file SUBMIT.TXT (included in this archive) must

               be completed and included in your song's archive.

          9. The song's archive may include any BBS ads, group .NFOs,

               FILE_ID.DIZs, or any other such thing.

 

          ------------------------

          Comments and Suggestions

          ------------------------

 

          A. If you don't include your home mailing address in the

               SUBMIT.TXT form, I won't be able to send you your

               prize :(

          B. If, for some reason, I can not download, unarchive, or

               play your song correctly, it is your loss.  I have

               been in this racket for quite some time now and know

               what I am doing, so chances are that if something is

               wrong, its probably not my fault

          C. Upload your song to more than one location

 

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          Judging

          -------

 

               There is a commitee of 5 member who will be voting on the

          songs.  Here they are in no particular order:

 

               1. Daniel Potter (author of Farandole tracker)

               2. Mike Phillips (sysop of Digital Oxygene BBS)

               3. Daniel Goldstein (author of MultiTracker Module
Editor)

               4. Snowman (author of this contest)

               5. Rob Butler (sysop of the Music Connection BBS)

 

               Results will be gathered and posted as soon as possible

          after January 1st.         

 

          ------

          Prizes

          ------

 

               The top five winners will be mailed a HD 3.5 disk with

          all of the top songs on it.  Unfortunately, on a college

          budget, that is about the best prize I can offer.

 

          -----------------

          How To Contact Me

          -----------------

 

          Christopher G. Mann/Snowman of Digital Infinity

 

               Voice: +1-216-253-1019 (Akron Ohio, U.S.A.)

               Internet: r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu

               Digital Oxygene BBS: Christopher Mann

               Music Connection BBS: Christopher Mann

               Snail Mail: Christopher G. Mann

                           40 Spruce St. (top unit)

                           Akron OH, 44304

                           U.S.A.

 

COPY OF SUBMIT.TXT...

 

Song Title:		

Author:

Date Submitted:

Length (bytes):

 

How to reach the author:

 

 

Comments:

 

 

COPY OF UPLOAD.TXT...

 

Where do I upload my entry?

---------------------------

 

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BBS                Number           BPS    Sysop              Location


------------------ ---------------- ------ ------------------
-------------

WORLD HEADQUARTERS

Digital Oxygene    +1-214-414-5041  14.4k  Mike Phillips      Texas USA

                   +1-214-530-4636  14.4k

                   +1-214-530-4820  9600

  (sign on under the name MUSIC CONTEST if you don't have an account, or

   sign on for instant access)

 

Music Connection   +1-214-596-2827  21.6k  Rob Butler         Texas USA

                   +1-214-964-3743  14.4k

  (sign on under the name MUSIC CONTEST if you don't have an account)

Data Connection    +1-703-506-8598  16.8k  Ryan Cramer        Virginia
USA

Programmer's Oasis +1-214-328-6142  14.4k  Daniel Potter      Texas USA

Gamma Quadrant     +1-515-221-9859  14.4k  High Density       Iowa USA

The Society        +1-503-329-4707  16.8k  Brent Page         Arkansas
USA

Wave of Wierdness  +1-418-285-4838  14.4k  Sleep Walker       Quebec
CANADA

Realm of Chaos     +1-519-736-2394  14.4k  Lord of Chaos      ? CANADA

The Sound Cave     +32-89-658392    14.4k  Neon               BELGIUM

The Sonic System   +32-82173        16.8k  The Orme           BELGIUM

Zyllius            +33-9332.0505    16.8k  Vincent Mallet     FRANCE

                   +33-9332.0720    16.8k

                   +33-9332.6875    21.6k

Necronomicon       +358-0-388-2710  14.4k  Lancelot_Agression FINLAND
 

 

The SOUND BARRIER BBS (sysop: Daredevil/Renaissance) is NOT an upload
site!

Under no circumstances are you to upload an entry to this contest to the

Sound Barrier.

 

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FTP                       Directory

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wuarchive.wustl.edu       \pub\msdos_uploads\mc1

info.brad.ac.uk           \incoming\mc1

 

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SNAIL MAIL

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Christopher G. Mann

40 Spruce St. (top unit)

Akron OH, 44304

U.S.A.

 

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