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From: Scott Cartier <dsyaroze@concentric.net>
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Subject: Sound questions
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 14:20:46 -0700
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Bear with me for a moment as my questions may seem trivial.

Is there any way to use the general MIDI instruments without loading
them
into the sound RAM?  They occupy 400k so that eats up almost all of the 
space.  If not, then what's the advantage of using the supplied general
MIDI instruments over your own?

How can you tell if a SsVabTransfer() you just executed has clobbered
something else in the sound RAM?  Since you don't give it an address how
does it determine where the VB gets placed?

If I execute lots of SsVabTransfer() and SsVabClose() will my sound RAM
get fragmented?  Is there a way to prevent this?

Thanks in advance,
Scott