From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 1 00:06:40 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id AAA14268 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 00:06:40 -0800 Received: from star-gate.com (hasty.vip.best.com [204.156.141.143]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA14223 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 00:06:33 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by star-gate.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA05566; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 00:00:47 GMT Message-Id: <199504010000.AAA05566@star-gate.com> X-Authentication-Warning: star-gate.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6alpha 2/16/95 To: nate@sneezy.sri.com (Nate Williams) cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cool sound tools/programs? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 31 Mar 1995 23:59:23 MST." <199504010659.XAA01823@trout.sri.MT.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 01 Apr 1995 00:00:41 +0000 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>> Nate Williams said: > I decided to enter the 90's and get a sound-card, so my new Gravis > UltraSound MAX just came in the email today. :) > > I have it setup and working, but now I need to find something to show it > off with other than xboing. Does anyone know of some good (FreeBSD > specific) utilities that do a good job showing off what this thing can > do? Just about all the sound apps from linux will work. You may have to tweak them a little bit... Check out ftp.iuma.com they have tons of mpeg sound files and a fun to follow html page. In the same site , you can find mpeg_play with very little effort you can compile mpeg_play for FreeBSD . I just defined linux in the include file. Originally, I just tweak mpeg_play to work with FreeBSD and arrived at nearly the same linux implementation... wcarchive.cdrom.com:/.11/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/audio ncftp>ls Makefile maplay/ rplay/ tracker/ xmcd/ gmod/ nas/ s3mod/ xcd/ gsm/ playmidi/ sox/ xcdplayer/ * playmidi is okay for playing midi files. * gmod is a gus tracker so when you are playing mod files you don't chewed up your cpu. * nas NCD Network Audio System in ftp.x.org/contrib/.... It has utilites to play , edit or watch different sound format files. > Also, is it possible to have my CD-ROM output (NEC 3X SCSI) play it's > sound through the sound-card by default? I hooked up the cable which is > supposed to make it work, but I may have gotten it upside down. > However, in the manual it mentions that special software might be needed > to make it work, so before I go off and tear my box apart I'd like to > know if I can even do this under FreeBSD. > This shouldn't be a problem since the cable all it does is to send the audio output signal to the sound card. I think that special software you may be thinking about is to play the audio cd , to enable the input channel , and output channel on the GUS. VAT is good to have to listen on the net :) (Yes, I know you are probably going to be using your GUS at home...) If memory does not failed fvwm has support for sound so you can have effects like in the MAC. exmh has support for sound also you can setup exmh so that it plays a sound when you get mail. So by using MIME you can send/receive a voice note to someone. I think ACM, the flight simulator, has support for sound .... Amancio