file name: XGDEMSO0.lha
requirements: Any XG compatible synth and an SMF player like MIDIPlay


Long: Yamaha XG configured DEMO  Standard  MIDI  Files  (SMF) both file
formats 0 and 1. These  contain  SYSEX  data  for  GM On and additional
SYSEX strings for  the  XG  range  of  synths  which  is  particular to
themselves! XG Synths that is!

* Key: 0 indicates a 0 (zero) format Standard MIDI File (SMF)
       1 indicates a 1 (one)  format Standard MIDI File (SMF)

The SMFs in this archive will only  play correctly on a Yamaha XG synth
`cos they don`t play the correct GM drum  kits on my Korg i3 which they
should because the Korg i3 has a GM facility!

** SONGS **
1. Bird of Paradise by Snowy White (was guitarist in Thin Lizzy)
2. Gat Kirwani (cool Indian Sitar/Tabla based percussion score)
3. Swamp Thing by The Grid (remember the dude with the banjo?)
4. Topsy (Cab Calloway Big band type Jazz Peice)

The  SMF  files  here  have  been   edited  in  another  archive  which
accompanies this XGDEMOS.lha  and   XGDEMOS.readme  archive. Therefore,
the SMF`s in  the  XGDEMOGM.lha   archive   should  play  correctly  on
GM/GS synths..

All copyright notices for Yamaha  have  been respected (the SMFs didn`t
have a (c) notice actually but I`ve embedded  one in each of the 4 SMFs
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 SMFs  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  the  edited  GM/GS  versions  then  look  for
XGDEMOGM.lha and the  XGDEMOGM.readme  that  accompanies this archive..
Use  Janne Syväniemi`s MIDIPlay 2.65b available in aminet/mus/midi  its
probably  the  best SMF  player  available  on  the  Amiga!  I think so
anyway =:-) Please register with the author, you won`t be disappointed!

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
you like these XG  SMF  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..

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.

WWW Home Page not set up just yet..

Listing of archive XGDEMOS0.lha
Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------  -------------
   49771   29244 41.2% 14-Sep-96 14:29:28  XGDEMOS0/0_FORMAT/GATKIR_0.MID
   42821   19078 55.4% 14-Sep-96 14:29:48  XGDEMOS0/0_FORMAT/SWAMP_0.MID
   35044   20961 40.1% 15-Sep-96 13:33:14  XGDEMOS0/1_FORMAT/BIRD_P_1.MID
   42645   20981 50.8% 15-Sep-96 13:41:04  XGDEMOS0/1_FORMAT/GATKIR_1.MID
   37180   11654 68.6% 15-Sep-96 13:40:34  XGDEMOS0/1_FORMAT/SWAMP_1.MID
   57759   27117 53.0% 15-Sep-96 13:39:56  XGDEMOS0/1_FORMAT/TOPSY_1.MID
    3446    1777 48.4% 17-Sep-96 12:23:44  XGDEMOS0/XGDEMOS0.readme
   39400   25960 34.1% 14-Sep-96 14:29:06  XGDEMOS0/0_FORMAT/BIRD_P_0.MID
   63924   40331 36.9% 14-Sep-96 14:30:14  XGDEMOS0/0_FORMAT/TOPSY_0.MID
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
  371990  197103 47.0% 17-Sep-96 12:26:20   9 files


 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                29244   49771  58.8% -lh5- 19e8 Sep 14  1996 xgdemos0/0_format/gatkir_0.mid
[generic]                19078   42821  44.6% -lh5- 9705 Sep 14  1996 xgdemos0/0_format/swamp_0.mid
[generic]                20961   35044  59.8% -lh5- 97a9 Sep 15  1996 xgdemos0/1_format/bird_p_1.mid
[generic]                20981   42645  49.2% -lh5- 4603 Sep 15  1996 xgdemos0/1_format/gatkir_1.mid
[generic]                11654   37180  31.3% -lh5- 5bb3 Sep 15  1996 xgdemos0/1_format/swamp_1.mid
[generic]                27117   57759  46.9% -lh5- 8857 Sep 15  1996 xgdemos0/1_format/topsy_1.mid
[generic]                 1777    3446  51.6% -lh5- ef34 Sep 17  1996 XGDEMOS0/XGDEMOS0.readme
[generic]                25960   39400  65.9% -lh5- 08f0 Sep 14  1996 xgdemos0/0_format/bird_p_0.mid
[generic]                40331   63924  63.1% -lh5- 0725 Sep 14  1996 xgdemos0/0_format/topsy_0.mid
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         9 files  197103  371990  53.0%            Nov 18  1996