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- Title: Gerd's MIDI Pages: The Collection
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- Pop I
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- Add-On Pack I
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- Last updated on Apr. 11th 1996
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- The 'Very Best of GUS MIDI' Collection
- - the quality MIDI collection -
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- IMPORTANT NOTICE :
- All MIDI files in my collection are provided for personal use only.
- It was always and is still my intention not to violate any copyrights by
- offering this service for MIDI fans. If you find any MIDI files in my
- collection that must not be distributed please inform me. I am sure that
- we can settle any conflict peacefully.
- All these MIDI files are freely available in various places on the
- Internet. All I did is compiling a collection of the very best. My
- sources are all freely accessible for every Internet user. I certainly
- did not take commercial MIDI packs or rip MIDI files from games
- software.
- Music companies should note that these MIDI files cannot replace
- professional recordings on CD or MC. I think that MIDI files are
- actually a kind of free advertising for your music. Why else would so
- many people ask for song titles and artists of these MIDI files.
-
- General Info :
- The 'Very Best of GUS MIDI' collection (aka BESTMID collection)
- comprises more than 650 public domain MIDI files that sound great on the
- Gravis Ultrasound (GUS) and (probably) any other General MIDI
- soundcard/synthesizer. I select only the very best tunes from the
- thousands(!) of MIDI files available on the Internet. Only about 5-10 %
- (!) of the MIDI files I try out are good enough for my collection.
- I distinquish between Classic, Piano and Pop tunes, where "Pop" is
- everything that doesn't fit into "Classic" or "Piano".
- New Add-On Packs are released roughly twice a year. Watch this space for
- details!
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- Collection file names, file sizes and contents :
- The Collection consists of 7 Files so far:
- o Classic (BESTMID1.ZIP 178.1 KB): 19 classical tunes
- o Piano (BESTMID2.ZIP 337.9 KB): 44 piano tunes
- o Pop I (BESTMID3.ZIP 1282.4 KB): 105 pop tunes
- o Pop II (BESTMID4.ZIP 892.5 KB): 87 pop tunes
- o Add-On Pack I (BESTMID5.ZIP 1367.9 KB): 16 classical, 30 piano, 83
- pop tunes
- o Add-On Pack II (BESTMID6.ZIP 1407.5 KB): 34 classical, 25 piano, 88
- pop tunes
- o Add-On Pack III (BESTMID7.ZIP 1385.8 KB): 29 classical, 13 piano, 107
- pop tunes
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- Special Edition:
- o The TV & Movie Collection (TV&MOVIE.ZIP 525.5 KB): 75 TV and movie
- themes (all part of the BESTMIDx.ZIP files!) - Last updated on April
- 11th 1996
- o The X-Mas Collection (XMAS.ZIP 268.4 KB): 16 Christmas songs (all
- part of the BESTMIDx.ZIP files!)
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- MIDI file names and descriptions :
- Text files inluding filenames, (known) song titles and authors are
- available as extended directory lists or as 4DOS/NDOS DESCRIPT.ION
- files.
- If you are looking for a specific MIDI file use the Search Form.
- o Extended directory lists: All files, Classic files, Piano files, Pop
- files; TV & Movie files, Christmas files
- o 4DOS/NDOS DESCRIPT.ION files: All files, Classic files, Piano files,
- Pop files : 4DOS/NDOS users: Copy these files to your MIDI file
- directories and rename them to DESCRIPT.ION!
- Directory lists last updated on April 11th 1996.
-
- Attention : There are a lot of files with '?' (question marks) in the
- description. Anyone who can tell me the song title and/or the author of
- one of these files gets - a honorable mention on this page ...
- Thanks in advance.
-
- Searching the Collection :
- You can now search for a string in the filename and/or description of
- the MIDI files. Search the collection right away: or use the detailed
- Search Form.
- Configuring your browser to play MIDI files :
- Macintosh users please read the information on this site: BigSky
- MacEzine Issue 22 (page 4)
-
- The following steps are for Netscape 2.x for Windows and may vary on
- other platforms.
- 1. Select General Preferences from the Options menu). A dialog box
- appears.
- 2. Select the Helper Apps card from the menu at the top. The appearence
- of the dialog box changes accordingly.
- 3. Click on the button Create New Type.... A new small dialog box
- appears.
- 4. Type in 'audio' as Mime Type and 'midi' as Mime SubType (without the
- quotes!). Click on the OK button.
- 5. Type in 'mid' in the File Extensions field.
- 6. Select Lauch the Application and type in 'mplayer /play'. (Windows
- 95: type '"Mplayer" /play' (with the double quotes!))
- 7. Click on the OK button and try it out with one of the MIDI files in
- the Try-Out Section!
- Note: If you want to offer MIDI files for immediate play on your own
- page, you'll have to ask your server administrator to add the MIME type
- "audio/midi" to the default configuration of the httpd server.
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- Try before you download! Here are some of my favourite MIDI files from the
- collection:
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- A step-by-step guide how to configure Netscape to play these MIDI files can
- be found in the Info Section!
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- o from "Classic" (BESTMID1.ZIP) :
- "5th Symphony" (23.2 KB) : the beginning of Beethoven's 5th
- "Toccata" (54.0 KB) : the well-known church organ
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- o from "Piano" (BESTMID2.ZIP) :
- "On the Wings of Love" (13.3 KB) : Bob Mace on the piano
- "The Dance" (7.6 KB) : Bob Mace on the piano
- o from "Pop I" (BESTMID3.ZIP) :
- "Moonlight Shadow" (54.0 KB) : Mike Oldfield song
- "Hey Jude" (46.9 KB) : Beatles song
- "Das Boot" (49.0 KB) : U96's techno version of the movie theme
- "Go West" (60.8 KB) : the Pet Shop Boys version
- o from "Pop II" (BESTMID4.ZIP) :
- Austrian Folk (28.0 KB) : for "Schuhplattln" ;-)
- "Opus #1" (27.2 KB) : Big Band music
- "Pink Panther Theme" (5.4 KB) : theme from the movie
- "King George's Stomp" (32.6 KB) : Charleston music
- "Twin Peaks Theme" (7.2 KB) : theme from the TV series
- o from "Add-On Pack I" (BESTMID5.ZIP) :
- "Silent Night" (22.7 KB) : Christmas music
- "Cats in the Cradle" (32.6 KB) : piano only version
- "Chi Mai" (16.6 KB) : Ennio Morricone song from the movie "Le
- Professionnel"
- "Halloween Theme" (28.7 KB) : theme from the movie
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- o from "Add-On Pack II" (BESTMID6.ZIP) :
- "Indiana Jones Theme" (29.5 KB) : theme from the movie
- "Willhelm Tell Overture" (28.1 KB) : the famous first part
- "Suicide is painless" (2.7 KB) : piano only theme from "M.A.S.H."
- "Take a Bow" (28.1 KB) : Madonna song
- "Striving for Glory" (56.3 KB) : used at the presentation of MS
- Windows
- "Rhapsody In Blue" (43.0 KB) : excellent rendition by Andy
- Haveland-Robinson
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- This MIDI file is Shareware! Please send around 10 pounds and/or a
- postcard as a token of your appreciation to:
- Andy Haveland-Robinson
- 17 Williams Way
- Pondtail, Fleet
- Hampshire, GU13 9EU
- England
- The completed version of this wonderful tune will then be mailed to
- you!
-
- from "Add-On Pack III" (BESTMID7.ZIP - OUT NOW!) :
- "Video Killed the Radio Star" (59.1 KB) : great song by Buggles
- "The Final Countdown" (36.9 KB) : Europe's powerful song
- "(Everything I do) I Do It for You" (36.8 KB) : Brian Adams' love ballad
- from "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"
- "Hero" (41.0 KB) : brilliant Gravis demo
- "X-Files Theme" (13.6 KB) : theme from the TV series (improved version!)
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- Attention: File sizes are up to 1.4 MB - see Info Section for details!
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- OUT NOW:Add-On Pack III can also be downloaded from:
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- o St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- o Walnut Creek, USA
- o Toronto, Canada
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- "Avoid blinking text at all costs" - quote from Gerd's HTML Design Guidelines
- ... :)
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- Download individual files :
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- Canada :
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- o Gatineau, Quebec : On this site, all MIDI files are available in
- uncompressed format! Check out the FTP directory.
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- Download zipped parts of the Collection from:
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- Europe :
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- o Vienna, Austria (my account) : Special Edition : TV & Movie
- Collection
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- o Bremen, Germany : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I,
- Add-On Pack II
- o NEW: Prague, Czech Republic : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On
- Pack I, Add-On Pack II, Add-On Pack III
- o Gdansk, Poland : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I
- o Pisa, Italy : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II
- o Utrecht, The Netherlands : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack
- I, Add-On Pack II, Add-On Pack III
- o Paris, France : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I, Add-On
- Pack II, Add-On Pack III
- o Valladolid, Spain : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II
- o Helsinki, Finland : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I,
- Add-On Pack II, Add-On Pack III
- o Trondheim, Norway : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I
- o NEW: Stockholm, Sweden : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack
- I, Add-On Pack II, Add-On Pack III, Special Edition:TV & Movie,
- Special Edition:X-Mas
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- Australia :
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- o Melbourne : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I, Add-On Pack
- II, Add-On Pack III
- o
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- Asia :
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- o HsinChu, Taiwan : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I,
- Add-On Pack II, Add-On Pack III
- o
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- America (US) :
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- o ???, Minnesota : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II
- o ???, North Carolina : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I
- o
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- America (Canada) :
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- o Gatineau, Quebec : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On Pack I,
- Add-On Pack II, Add-On Pack III, Special Edition:TV & Movie, Special
- Edition:X-Mas
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- Africa :
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- o NEW: Cape Town, South Africa : Classic, Piano, Pop I, Pop II, Add-On
- Pack I, Add-On Pack III
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- "Your Web pages are better than sex... well, as good as sex... almost as good
- as sex! :-)" - Stefan L.
-
- Ah... whatever you think about my collection - please send me email ...
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- o to tell me what you think about the new appearance of this page
- o to give me feedback (whether you like the collection or not)
- o if you know another server that would like to carry my collection
- o if you have some great MIDI files for my collection
- o if you identify an "unknown" MIDI file
-
- For a Quick Feedback you can use the new Feedback Form.
- You can also view the results without voting.
-
- Attention Online Service users: If you're using an Internet email gateway you
- must specify your exact Internet address (e.g. xyz123a@prodigy.com) in your
- emails or I won't be able to reply!
-
- A big Thank You to all the people who sent me feedback, especially
- Carles Perello: for his infos about the French und Spanish sites
- Steve Balogh: for the correct address of the Australian FTP server
- Scott Benson: for the infos about configuring Netscape for the
- audio/midi MIME type
- Marty Ross: for correcting some bad English
- Bud Henley: for the MIDI information page in his BigSky MacEzine (issue
- 22, page 4)
- Philip Taylor: for the infos about configuring Netscape 2.x for Windows
- 95
-
- Special Thanks for telling me song names or authors go to:
- Don Perkins, Erich Neuwirth, Leigh Koven, Pedro Augusto Zaniolo, Art
- Hernandez, Brian McNally, Evelyne ?, Brendon Sutton, Ewokboy, Bruce
- Smith, Jason A. Cortright, Mark Canterbury, Bob Glenn, Greg Mulert,
- Paolo Tealdi, Luke Galea, Arne Lofthus, Robert Kacsich, Mark Carpentier,
- Ng Cheng Kiang, Stephen "F." Levinson, Vincent Van Acker, Kevin Moot,
- David Ross, Victor Boyko, Istvan Horvath, Roger Veltens, Frederic Pinson
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- You want to be on this list, too? Identify one or more MIDI files that
- have a question mark ('?') in the file description and send me the song
- name(s) and/or author name(s) per email.
-
- Very Special Thanks go to all FTP server admins and to the "people behind the
- mirrors" Evan Champion from Synapse Internet in Canada, Giovanna Murtas from
- Video On Line in Italy and Rhon Slack from ALD Productions in the USA.
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- Author: Gerd Reichinger, email to: e8925292@student.tuwien.ac.at
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- Original site address: http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e8925292/bestmid.htm
- Last modified: April 12th 1996. Access count to the American Mirror since
- March 23, 1995
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- This page is always under construction. Please report any errors via email.
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