MIDICraft Magazine The Disk Mag for Amiga Musicians AM/FM has now been taken over and will be published by MIDICraft and called MIDICraft Magazine The Amiga disk based magazine produced by Bjørn A.Lynne in Norway, called 'Amiga Musicians Freeware Magazine (AM/FM)' has due to other commitments, decided to cease publishing after 19 issues! After a series of communications MIDICraft have decided to take over the helm of publishing the magazine but the AM/FM logo is being dropped! Instead, the magazine will be called 'MIDICraft Magazine'- The Disk Mag for Amiga Musicians. Previous distributors both here in the U.K. and overseas of AM/FM have been contacted and the U.K.,distibutors are currently stocking the magazine. We have published, to date (Feb 1995), 3 MIDICraft Magazine issues, 3 MIDICraft Sample disks and 1 MIDICraft Special disk (Look out for these at your previous distribution library in your country!) The new MIDICraft Magazine will of course retain the look and feel of the old magazine. The disk mag will contain a specially printed label as proof of Licenceware, will retain the menu layout, and disk contents/directories structures as before. The price will stay the same as before! Moreover, the new MIDICraft Magazine will try to retain some of the better aspects, such as Reviews, News and Hints and Tips sections. The new MIDICraft Magazine will also retain the Amiga tracker music element and strive to support both the tracker format as well as the much improved OctaMED Professional format. MIDI and Music-X software and the new Notator-X data formats will continue being featured in the magazine in most sections including FREE Music-X and MIDI files on each issue of the magazine. As well as the regular Editorial and features the readers letters will be expanded so come on get writing and send those letters to us here at our address below! (You can use the readers letters section for your MIDI software or hardware problems!) We are also looking for musical contributors but you don't have to be a musician! If you can write in an interesting and informative way about anything musical which you may think will be of interest to MIDICraft readers then please contact us. If you are Amiga musicians and have some music you've composed or arranged for any of the Amiga music/MIDI software then send it to us with a brief description of the music and software/sample/MIDI voicing/Channel setup for easy recognition. If you have recorded your music to either cassette tape or CD then you can also send us review copies and we will strive to produce unbiased, objective reviews! (Although as The Craft Brothers, we have recently recorded our own 'A Drop in the Ocean' CD project we would like to think that we are simply musicians JUST LIKE YOU!!!) Computer programmers who have coded musical orientated Public Domain or Commercial Software Programs or Utilities, can have their work featured on the magazine as either completed or demo versions. (Please include program documentation!) Hopefully a large musician readership can be targeted directly. All contributors whose work is featured on the magazine will receive that particular issue of the MIDICraft Magazine for FREE. Sample disks are also be provided and are being be produced as before but with an emphasis on the users need! Special disks are again be published and may cover anything from readers Modules, to Professional MIDI files and or really useful Amiga music utilities! Initially Seasoft Computing, Valley PD, 17 BIT and Sleepy Hollow Software in the U.K. have agreed to distribute the MIDICraft Magazine.. Overseas distributors for the MIDICraft Magazine are being sought! If you run an Amiga PD Software library and would like to become MIDICraft Magazine distributors then please get in touch.. The MIDICraft Magazine can also be obtained from MIDICraft ourselves.. The examples MIDICraft Magazine issue #1, MIDICraft Sample disk #1 and MIDICraft Special Disk #1 can be found on the Weird Science Multi Media Tool Kit #2 CD ROM.. (Full documentation about the Magazine, Sample and Special disks may be found in the magazine itself on the Weird Science Multi Media Tool Kit #2 CD ROM!) If you would like to participate in the MIDICraft Magazine, to experience a forum where information and help will be combined with the latest reviews and news for those making music or for those who just like listening to music then look out for the new MIDICraft Magazine. For more information about the magazine you may contact me (Kevan), at my address below. PLEASE include a Stamped Address Envelope (S.A.E) or Jiffy bag or if contacting from overseas then please use International Reply Coupons! Look forward to hearing from you... Contact:-) MIDICraft Magazine Editor: Kevan R.Craft 12 Mount Road Halton Runcorn Cheshire. WA7 2BH. England. U.K. Tel: +44 01928 568762