From:	Nils van den Heuvel <n DOT heuvel AT wxs DOT nl>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro and AWE32
Date:	Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:03:06 +0100
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Shawn Hargreaves wrote:
> 
> Ove Kaaven writes:
> > Nope. The SB16 details (16-bit wave audio) is in that manual, but
> > info about the ASP/CSP and AWE32 stuff like the EMU8000 synthesizer
> > is unavailable.
> 
> Not true! Until quite recently this was indeed the case (Creative
> Labs refused to disclose any information despite extended pleading
> from various developers, which put them right at the top of many
> peoples hate lists :-) but some quite detailed specs for the EMU8000
> are now available from their website.
> 
> To the original poster:
> 
> George Foot wrote a native AWE32 music driver for Allegro, so if
> you just want to play MIDI files you can simply use that. If you
> are wanting to do something more specialised, it may be useful to
> look at the Allegro 3.0 files emu8k.c, emu8k.h, and emu8kmid.c, or
> ask George for specific advice (george DOT foot AT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk). He
> is a very nice guy, so I'm sure he will be happy to help you out :-)
> 
>         Shawn Hargreaves.

Now that we're talking about soundcards.... when is the driver for the
GUS going to be added to the allegro library (if you don't have time ask
mikmak if you can rip it from his mikmod library)

Nils

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