NAME

       gusload - load a GUS-format patch file into the AWE32 RAM

SYNOPSIS

       gusload [-D devidx] [-F name] [-iv] [-b bank] [-p preset] GUSpatch

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents  briefly  the gusload command.  This manual page was written for the Debian
       GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have  a  manual
       page.

       gusload  is  a  program  that  will  read  a GUS-format patch file, and then upload it to the Linux AWE32
       driver, to be used by other AWE32 utilities, e.g. drvmidi(1).

OPTIONS

       The program follows the usual UNIX command  line  syntax,  but  doesn't  support  long  options  (options
       starting with two dashes `-').  Here is a summary of the options is accepts:-

       -F [file]
              Specifies device file

       -D [index]
              Sets devices index. Use -1 for autoprobe

       -i     Resets all samples.

       -v     Verbose mode.

       -p [preset]
              Sets the instrument number to [preset]. Defaults to values specified in the patch file.

       -b [bank]
              Sets the "bank" that the instruments are loaded into. Defaults to bank 0.

       -k [keynote]
              Sets the fixed keynote for the instrument. Defaults to values specified in the patch file.

SEE ALSO

       sfxload(1)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

       The AWE32 driver and utilities were written by Takashi Iwai <iwai@dragon.mm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>.