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GUS Musician's Digest       Sat, 5 Mar 94 18:02 PST      Volume 5: Issue  28  

Today's Topics:
                     Custom Patches and Ultramid
                  GUS Drums Under Recording Session
                GUS Musician's Digest V5 #27 (2 msgs)
                GUS synth + GUS MIDI out with Cakewalk
                 MIDI Synth and Midi Out in CakeWalk
               Patches to improve ULTRAMID/MEGAEM/AIL32
                       Renaming of Drum Patches
                           SY22 to GenMIDI

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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 19:46:52 -0800
From: chrisw@popserver.stanford.edu (Chris Wilkins)
Subject: Custom Patches and Ultramid

>But I would like to know which of these patches can be
>used to fully replace the original patches, so that they will fit in
>memory and work with MEGAEM, ULTRAMID, etc. 

Generally, none of them. The main way of improving GUS samples is using 
larger samples with more splits across the keyboard. My advice: stick with 
the Gravis GM set for games.

Chris.

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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 94 14:38:02 EST
From: jdimich@ajiant.dnet.dupont.com
Subject: GUS Drums Under Recording Session

   Hi all..

	I still can't figure out how to get the drums to work with Recording
Sessions..  I have set everything up correctly to the best of my ability.  If
anyone can tell me a step by step procedure on how to get them working, please
let me know.  I have even chosen channel 10, but no go..  

							Peace out..

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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 94 21:51:18 CST
From: cowles@hydra.convex.com (John Cowles)
Subject: Re: GUS Musician's Digest V5 #27

Martin Grecner writes:
> Date: 3 Mar 94 10:59:00 MET
> From: "VISX80::GRECNER" <GRECNER%VISX80.decnet@musx53.zfe.siemens.de>
> Subject: Concurrent MIDI synth and MIDI out
> 
> How do I setup Cakewalk/Windows to use GUS synth for first 16 tracks
> and GUS MIDI port for another 16 ? I suppose that should be done with
> MIDI Mapper or so. Any help appreciated...
> 
> 				Martin Grecner
> 

1. Read the Cakewalk manual,

2. But in case you've got the demo version which you're using temporarily...

Go into the "Settings" view, and select "midi devices". Make sure that
"UltraSound MIDI Synth" is listed 1st in the "Output:", window, followed
by "UltraSound MIDI Output Port". If these are not shown as options,
then the GUS drivers have not been installed correctly.

Now, by choosing port 1 on the track view, sound will go to the GUS Synth,
and by choosing port 2, sound will go to the midi port. Each track can have
it's own port, so you can mix-and-match whatever way you wish. I also
have an MPU-compatible board, so I have three ports available (plus
midi-mapper if I wished). Cakewalk allows up to 16 output ports.

John

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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 13:39:33 -0500 (EST)
From: dionf@ere.umontreal.ca (Francois Dion)
Subject: Re: GUS Musician's Digest V5 #27

> From: "VISX80::GRECNER" <GRECNER%VISX80.decnet@musx53.zfe.siemens.de>
> Subject: Concurrent MIDI synth and MIDI out
> 
> How do I setup Cakewalk/Windows to use GUS synth for first 16 tracks
> and GUS MIDI port for another 16 ? I suppose that should be done with
> MIDI Mapper or so. Any help appreciated...

You should never use MIDI mapper with software like cakewalk. Midi mapper
is there to help basic software run with special synth setups.

In the case of cakewalk, simply select in midi devices (under settings)
the ultrasound midi synth and ultrasound midi port out. Dont select the
midi mapper, and move the ultrasound midi synth to the top of the list.
That way, in the sequence, port 1 will be the ultrasound synth and
port 2 the ultrasound midi port.

Ciao,
-- 
Francois Dion
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 14:28:25 +0200
From: vigneron_cla@lsi.supelec.fr
Subject: Re: GUS synth + GUS MIDI out with Cakewalk

>How do I setup Cakewalk/Windows to use GUS synth for first 16 tracks
>and GUS MIDI port for another 16 ? I suppose that should be done with
>MIDI Mapper or so. Any help appreciated...

I've only tried the demo version of Cakewalk for Windows, but I think this will 
work for you too.
You can not use more than 16 channels with the MIDI mapper : you will only have 
8 channels GUS and 8 channels MIDI for example.
But anyway, the advantage of Cakewalk over other sequencers like the one packed 
with the GUS is that, for each track, you can choose not only the MIDI channel 
but also the MIDI device to use for playback.
If you have installed the drivers correctly, you should be able to choose 
somewhere, for each track, between "GUS MIDI synth", "GUS MIDI out" and "MIDI 
mapper". I don't remember where but I found it easily when I tried. Do not use 
"MIDI mapper" but one of the other twos. And for each of these two devices, the 
channels 1-16 will be available.

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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 11:34:45 GMT
From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: Re: MIDI Synth and Midi Out in CakeWalk

>How do I setup Cakewalk/Windows to use GUS synth for first 16 tracks
>and GUS MIDI port for another 16 ? I suppose that should be done with
>MIDI Mapper or so. Any help appreciated...

Doesn't the track window have a listbox for each track where you
can select which output device to use? Maybe you have to configure
your list of output devices first in some other dialog - I can't
remember.

MIDI Mapper won't help. It deals in channels, of which there *are*
only 16. Tracks are a feature of sequencers, and MIDI files on
disk - not MIDI itself, so MIDI Mapper has nothing to do with them.

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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 13:30:21 +0800 (WST)
From: tclee@iss.nus.sg (Lee Teck Chee)
Subject: Re: Patches to improve ULTRAMID/MEGAEM/AIL32

> From: Francis Li <fli@nermal.santarosa.edu>
> Subject: Patches...
>
> I have seen all of these new custom patches for the GUS, (808drums,
> 909drums, etc).  But I would like to know which of these patches can be
> used to fully replace the original patches, so that they will fit in
> memory and work with MEGAEM, ULTRAMID, etc.  I don't really want to go

I am already working on a section in the Patch List on how to replace patches to
get more out of MEGAEM and ULTRAMID. It will list all the sizes of the original
patches, and make some suggestions on which to replace, as well as telling you
which order the MEGAEM et al loads the patches. Look for it soon...

WildCat

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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 22:43:34 -0800
From: chrisw@popserver.stanford.edu (Chris Wilkins)
Subject: Renaming of Drum Patches

Sorry to be confusing but I've just renamed the sets of custom patches 
808drums.zip, 606drums.zip and cr78drms.zip on epas to 808chris.zip, 
606chris.zip and cr78chrs.zip.

This is because Francois had already called his 808 patch set 808drums.zip 
and it seemed less confusing to the world if mine were called something 
different. (In preparation for Wildcat's new custom patch index!).

Note that there have been absolutely no changes to these patches so don't 
download them if you already have a copy.

Chris.

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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 15:53:50 SST
From: "FLAT^^TOP AT DISCS, NUS, SINGAPORE" <kohkhang@iscs.nus.sg>
Subject: SY22 to GenMIDI

hello

can anyone help me ?

I have some Midi songs sequenced on a Yamaha SY22, using a soundblaster, 
using Voyetra's Sequencer Plus Pro (which came with the SBpro). The 
sequenced music was to be played back thru the synthsiser. But recently i 
got a GUS, Gravis Ultrasound, which is a General Midi compliant device. I 
wish to port the Synth MIDI file to GenMidi but some of the Drum tracks 
do not match. AS such, i was wondering if anyone out there has any 
experience concerning this "porting" of MIDI music from Sy22 to GenMidi. 
If u do, please email me some info on how u map the drum tracks to their 
proper placements....

Please email me, cos the newsfeed i am getting here is flaky at best.

thanks in advance !

cheers

Jerry
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