short: XG Music-X Sequence (0) and Performance (1) Files author: Yamaha Corporation/Edited by MIDICraft uploader: craftbro@midicraft.demon.co.uk type: mus/midi file name: XGDEMMX1.lha requirements: Any GM/GS compatible synth and Music-X V1.1 or V2.0 Long: Yamaha XG DEMO Standard MIDI Files (SMF) both file formats 0 and 1 converted to Music-X Sequence file format 0 and Music-X Performance file format 1. All files have been edited to be General MIDI (GM) Standard compatible and contain SYSEX data for GM On together with the correct Contollers and PGM parameters for the Roland GM Standard.. These were edited using Music-X V2.0 on an Amiga 2000HD, 5Mb RAM, 540Mb SCSI internal HD and 730Mb external SCSI HD and then saved to disk in Music-X's own Sequencer file formats.. A Korg i3 Interactive Music Workstation was used for sequencing/re-configuring of GM parameters within each Music-X file.. Therefore, the XG setup within each file has been removed and General MIDI (GM) specific parameters has been implemented! Both file formats ie. Music-X files have been archived using LHA. ** Music-X Songs ** 1. Bird of Paradise by Snowy White (was guitarist in Thin Lizzy) 2. Gat Kirwani (cool Indian peice with excellent percussion) 3. Swamp Thing by The Grid 4. Topsy (Jazz number) The Music-X files here represent the edited GM/GS versions which accompany the originals in the XGDEMMX0.lha and XGDEMMX0.readme archive. Therefore, the Music-X files in this XGDEMMX1.lha archive should play correctly on any GM/GS synths.. All copyright notices for Yamaha have been respected (the Music-X files, didn`t have a (c) notice actually because they were converted from SMFs but I`ve embedded a copyright (c) notice in each of the Music-X 1 files anyway)! That way you know who originally produced the files and that they were probably demo files accompanying a Yamaha manufactured synthersizer with XG MIDI facilities.. Making these Music-X files available on the NET is not an infringment of copyright but simply a means of making these files available to a wider audience so other MIDI freaks can appreciate the professional quality of these MIDI arrangements.. If you`d like to play these edited GM/GS versions then you can use MIDI Performance Manager (MPM) by Andreas Jung (which plays both SMFs and Music-X Performance files) and this can be located on the German published "Meeting Pearls III" CD-ROM available from all good vendors.. If you've got Music-X V1.1 or even better, V2.0, then no problem, you've got probably the best sequencer available on the Amiga platform and the songs in this archive will load and play from within Music-X.. All you need is a GM/GS synth with 32 note polyphony and you're away.. Andreas Jung, Author of MPM, Email: ajung@cs.uni-sb.de Please feel free to e-mail me for information and help regarding MIDI on the Amiga, about the MIDICraft Magazine or just to let me know if your like these GM/GS Music-X files.. I`ll probably upload some more good Amiga Music-X/MIDI stuff on Aminet shortly, so look out for these files.. I`m a Music-X/SMF expert with my own recording studio using Amigas (A2000. A1200 and a A500+), I`ve also had an audio CD called "A Drop in the Ocean" released with my co-composer brother, where all music was sequenced using Amigas.. Some Amiga musicians/MIDI freaks on the NET may remember me from the AM/FM magazine which was published on floppy disk by Bjørn Lynne (Dr. Awesome) a couple of years ago. I used to write arcticles and produce MIDI music for AM/FM as one of The Craft Brothers.. I've taken AM/FM over and now publish a similar music based disk magazine called MIDICraft Magazine and I'm onto issue #11 already.. I'm been a ßeta tester for OctaMED and I'm also on the OctaMED Web site if you're interested at :-) http://www.octamed.co.uk but you can Email me now I'm on Demon at:-) Email: craftbro@midicraft.demon.co.uk WWW Home Page: http://www.midicraft.demon.co.uk/~craftbro Snail mail: Kevan R.Craft/MIDICraft 12 Mount Road, Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire. WA7 2BH. England. UK. MIDICraft's WWW Home Page is not set up just yet..