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Subject: GUS Musician's Digest V8 #7

GUS Musician's Digest       Thu, 23 Jun 94 12:36 PST     Volume 8: Issue   7  

Today's Topics:
                       Bank switching question
                     Cont: dropping notes in MIDI
                       MIDI controller messages

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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 94 21:58:24 EDT
From: ivan@molson.ho.att.com (Ivan Strom)
Subject: Bank switching question

Controller 0 provides only for 128 banks - patchmanager (and other progs)
allow for 1024 (perhaps higher).  Does anyone know how the GUS uses
controllers 0 and 32 to achieve this numbering scheme?

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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 17:53:51 GMT+0200
From: JANNE LAPPALAINEN <JANLAPPA@sara.cc.utu.fi>
Subject: Cont: dropping notes in MIDI

>Subject: Dropping notes......Continues
>
>>>Boy, am I glad I'm not the only one!  I have this problem in a bad way.
>>>I have an old Kawai K3 and a 386DX-25 and the dropped notes are
>>>making my MIDI setup virtually useless.
>
>>>I haven't checked thouroghly enough with the new disks, but I
>>>suspect it's still there (sigh).  I hope they fix this soon.
>
>>The problem is..... Averybody has dropping notes... It doesn't matter which 
>>setup they're
>>using. But as I said in the first msg.. You will only  discover this Bug 
>>while you are really
>>working with your GUS.....

Thanks for all the people, who responded to my problem with lost MIDI 
notes with Windows drivers, especially Rogier Hofboer. The above is just 
a small part of the responses.

The new disks (3.53) didn't bring complete solution to this problem. 
I also noticed, that GUS0035.ZIP drivers worked quite well, but not perfectly.

Recently I aquired a used Roland JX-3P synthesizer, with very basic MIDI 
implementation AND IT DOESN'T DROP NOTES, no matter how fast or slow I play. 
The former keyboard with problems was Korg DW-8000, with velocity sensitivity 
and aftertouch. Roland doesn't have any of these. Now I think the problem 
with GUS Windows drivers could have something to do with not respondig 
correctly for MIDI touch response information.

I really hope they fix this problem out, it's kinda stupid to be forced 
to use the worse keyboard. I have informed GUS tech service about this.

Greetings, Janne Lappalainen
janlappa@sara.cc.utu.fi

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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 01:03:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: chrism@huey.nic.bc.ca (Chris Mackay @SO)
Subject: MIDI controller messages

 I'm just starting to fool around and tinker with MIDI files with my 1mb
GUS. I'm wondering if anyone has a list of all the MIDI controler codes
for the Gravis(pan, volume, sustain, and the such....).
                                       Thanks.....

--
Chris Mackay         | The power of accurate observation is commonly
chrism@huey.nic.bc.ca| called cynicism by those who have not got it.
                                           -- George Bernard Shaw
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