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THE MIDI FILES ON THIS DISK
So you've found your way to the good parts, have you?
On this disk you will find a number of MIDI files, ready to load into your
favourite sequencer program and play back through your very own MIDI setup.
Some of the files are stored as plain old ".MIDI" files, that means they
should be able to load into just about any decent sequencer program
available, not only on the Amiga, but also on other home computers, like
IBM-clone PC's, Atari ST, Apple MacIntosh etc. Of course, in order to load
the files on another computer, you will need to transfer the files to a
disk format that these computers can read, for instance to load the .MIDI
files on a PC, you will need to use Dos-2-Dos, CrossDos or another
"disk-translator". Unfortunately, all these programs are copyrighted, so
we can't put them on AM/FM. If we knew of one that was in the Public
Domain, we would include it here, so if anyone have heard of any, please
let us know.
Anyway, back to the MIDI files. Some of the pieces are stored as Music-X
Performance files, so you can just load them directly into Music-X. We are
aware that there is a .MIDI to Music-X converter program that comes with
Music-X, but when these performances go through the .MIDI conversion and
back, they tend to lose bits here and there, especially when they're built
up with a Control Sequence in Music-X. So we chose to bring you these
songs in both .MIDI and Music-X formats. If you are using Music-X, and I
believe the majority of Amiga/MIDI users are, you should load the Music-X
performance and just forget about the .MIDI version. The Music-X version
is the one that ends with ".MX".
Now, let's get on with it
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AM/FM
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Sleeping Gods Lie
- (Author unknown to us (sorry!))
Stored on the disk both as Music-X performance and .MIDI file.
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I believe the main theme of this song originates from an ancient game on
the Commodore 64, titled "Sleeping Gods Lie". It has been rearranged
pretty nicely by some unknown MIDI user somewhere. With the proper sound
setup, the whole song should carry a "sleepy" feel, relaxing in all its
repetition. One way to make this piece sound good is to choose very "airy"
sounds, not too compact.
Suggested MIDI setup for "Sleeping Gods Lie":
Channel 1 : Bright airy string
Channel 2 : Synth-bass
Channel 3 : Synvox or easy, light choir
Channel 4 : Synth-string \___The same sound for channels 4 and 5,
Channel 5 : Synth-string / but "Pan"ed left and right.
Channel 6 : Another string, preferably not a synthetic one, but
a sampled one.
Channel 7 : Soft Bell or Vib.
Bend range: 2 half notes for all channels.
Suggested effect: Medium/long reverb
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AM/FM
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Human Nature
- by Miles Davis
Stored on the disk both as Music-X performance and .MIDI file.
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"Human Nature" is a song that was included on the Miles Davis album "You're
Under Arrest". It's composed by S.Porcaro and J.Bettis. The Music-X
converting was done by Tor-Egil Braseth ((C) TEB productions).
The MIDI Channels:
Ch.1 - Should have a long decay, but you can also lengthen the events a
bit to get the same effect. Must have a sharp attack.
Should also be a little "round" if you see what I mean. Kind
of El-piano-like.
Ch.2 - A normal, fingered el-bass. Should be quite loud and have little
reverb.
Ch.3 - A normal trumpet sound. Should have full reverb.
Ch.4 - A synthetic string sound. Should have full reverb.
Remember that this sound must have a sharp attack!
Ch.5 - Drums. This is made on the standard Roland drum setup.
Might cause some trouble on another synth/drum machine.
Can be used on D-10, D-20, D-110, U-110, U-220, U-20 and some of the
drum machines from Roland (as far as I know).
Ch.6 - A muted rythm-guitar-like sound. This sound is double on my setup.
In other words, it has two sounds in it. It's muted when below 100 in
velocity and from 100 to 127 it's sharp.
Ch.10- A maracas sound. This is meant as an extra touch to the tune.
Can be left out if you haven't got such a sound (should have low
volume).
Note:
The velocity settings on the note-events in this song was adjusted to fit
my mixer, so please listen to the song and adjust the volume on your mixer
to a level you think is right. If you haven't got a Roland drum-setup, you
probably won't hear the bassdrum. So what you've gotta do is transpose the
bassdrum events to +1, or until you get the desired bassdrum sound.
This conversion is meant to be a tribute to Miles Davis. If you haven't
heard about him, you'd better look him up in a lexicon. If you're a Miles
Davis-fan yourself, and you have the "You're Under Arrest" album, you might
notice that some things are missing. Maybe one note here and one note
there. The conversion isn't 100% true to the original. I have just
included what I thought was possible and necesarry. And due to the big
rush at the end I had to hurry, and I couldn't be picky about details
Bjorn, the editor, was in lack of a MIDI-song and I had this one 40%
finished. So I sat down and completed it in 10 hours or so. But before
you start critizing my work, think about how difficult it is to convert a
brilliant jazz tune like this.
About the trumpet sound:
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I couldn't find any sounds being even close to Miles Davis' sound. It
would take a hundred samples or so to even come close to it. He has such a
tense sound, which is reflected through his horn, depending on what music
he plays and what mood he's in. It's too lyrical to be played through a
synth, it can only be played by him. So I hope I haven't ruined the tune
by my pathetic conversion, but I felt there was a need for a Miles
Davis-tune on chip (at least I had that need). And I also learned a great
deal during this conversion (my first one).
And remember: M I L E S D A V I S F O R E V E R ! !
Enjoy! And if this tune doesn't sound too good, the reason can be two
things: Either you don't like Miles Davis, or you've got the wrong sounds.
:-) It sounded good on my setup, and that's what counts.
Tor-Egil Braseth, TEB Productions.
Member of the AM / FM staff.
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Adore
- composed by Prince
Stored on the disk both as Music-X performance and .MIDI file.
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This song, taken from Prince's "Sign of the Times" award-winning album, is
a soft ballade with a little bit of blues feeling mixed into it. The vocal
is replaced with strings and piano, including the "ad lib" parts, which
were just improvised and real-time recorded from a synthesizer. (Don't you
just hate it when you're reading score-books, and half the song is replaced
with "ad lib vocal", "ad lib piano" etc.?). The dominating instrument in
this song should be the piano, with some bright strings and a plain, deep
acoustic bass pluddering on in the background. There is also a rythm part,
but this is optional and can be turned off if it doesn't sound very good on
your setup. It is quite important that you have a good piano or el-piano
sound.
Channel 1 : Synth-string \___The same sound for channels 1 and 2,
Channel 2 : Synth-string / but "Pan"ed left and right.
Channel 3 : Acoustic piano or El-piano
Channel 5 : Deep acoustic bass
Channel 10 : Rhythm / Drums
Bend range: 2 half notes for all channels.
Suggested effect: Short/Medium reverb.