Why is the Gravis Ultrasound sound card supported more than the Sound Blaster AWE32?
Even though the SB Awe32 is very similar (and in some ways, superior) to the GUS, it is not being accepted well by the demo community, mainly because for a long time low-level information about the card was not available for free. Also, up until recently, the SB AWE32 cost almost 50% more than the GUS (this has changed, however). But since the GUS was around over 3 years more than the SB AWE32, the GUS has much more “market saturation” and existing free source code. (Although, to be fair, Renaissance originally disabled the drivers to find out what was going on, and Gravis took the hint and released a development kit.) Some coders have reverse-engineered the drivers and come up with C source code than can not only drive the SB AWE32, but play MODs and XMs on it, even with echo, chorus, and reverb effects. To find this info, visit ftp://ftp.hornet.org/pub/demos/code/sound. There are also some trackers that support the AWE32: The Ultimate Tracker and RamTrack. You can find these from ftp
