MIDICraft Compositions and Arrangements Classic Amiga Scores Vol #1 (special Edition) (This directory contains both format 0 and 1 type SMFs of this volume) for the Korg i-Series, X-Series, 01/W, 05R/W models only.. Each Standard MIDI File (SMF) is configured as both format 0 and 1 files, setup for the General MIDI (GM) standard on the Korg models mentioned above.. All 10 scores in this pack are accompanied with ASCII documentation listing the SMF Korg GM MIDI/Synth setup together with a smaller documument as a simple identifier.. .RDM files are MSDOS file abreviations for "README" ASCII documents .TXT files are MSDOS file abreviations for "TEXT" ASCII documents .MID files are MSDOS file abreviations for "SMF" Standard MIDI Files .ZIP files are MSDOS file abreviations for "ZIP Archive" NOTE: The ZIP archive in the DOCS directory on this disk contains additional ASCII documentation regarding other MIDICraft Products.. Every attempt has been made to ensure that all MIDI music scores contained on the Classic Amiga Scores Vol #1 play as General MIDI (GM) on external Korg i-Series, X-Series and compatible Korg MIDI synthesizers.. The MIDI scores should play on Soundcards with a Korg daughterboard fitted with AI2 synthesis and GM facilities with 32 note polyphony capabilities.. Whilst the quality is professional sounding on a high quality Korg GM synth then if played on an inferior MIDI synth/Soundcard or played through small PC speakers then the quality of audio will be in direct proportion to the quality of the MIDI synths and or PC Soundcard/Speakers used.. If you use a high quality Korg GM MIDI synth and or Korg GM Soundcard then these SMF files should sound as they were intended to be heard.. If played though a decent amplification system or good Hi Fi then more the better.. If you are in any doubt as to the particular MIDI instrument configurations for each score then please refer to the "README" document which accompanies each Standard MIDI File (SMF) and can be identified by the file extension ".RDM" Any music composed by artists featured and or arranged by MIDICraft on this volume has all the rights reserved! Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance, recording and broadcasting of this work is strictly prohibited! Moreover, any of the compositions stored within this MIDICraft product, in whatever file format, conform to the above criteria and are NOT to be copied or used commercially to make up Public Domain collections and or compilations on any CD-ROM without the expressed permission of MIDICraft or the composers themselves!! Info about the Amiga musicians featured on this Classic Amiga Scores Vol #1 "12th Warrior" and "Space Deliria" by Bjørn A.Lynne a.k.a Dr. Awesome Bjørn A.Lynne from Norway was a prolific Protracker/Music-X composer on the Amiga platform from 1986-1994 who produced 100's of Protracker MODs & 2 CD albums using Amiga computers.. Bjørn was also responsible for publishing the AM/FM (Amiga Musicians Freeware Magazine) disk magazine for Amiga musicians.. A 3rd Album "Dreamstate" was produced with the music sequenced on a PC.. A 4th album entitled Witchwood is released though Team17 Software in the UK.. 12th Warrior was featured on a "Crusaders" Amiga demo disk back in the late 1980's, Space Deliria featured on Bjørn's first CD album entitled "Hobbits and Spaceships" sequenced with Music-X running on Amigas and MIDI synths.. Bjørn has since moved on to become the in-house composer for Team17 Software in Yorkshire UK.. The two tracks featured here are a small tribute to Bjørn's great music produced on the Amiga platform.. Contact: Bjørn Lynne Team17 Software Longlands House Wakefield Rd. Ossett, West Yorks. WF5 9JS ENGLAND Email: bjorn@team17.com WWW : http://www.team17.com/private/bjorn "Anthem" by Ian Chisholm and Marcus Donachie a.k.a Ævolution Both Ian and Marcus are UK based co-composers who use OctaMED V4.0 and now 6.0 to compose sample and MIDI based OctaMED MOD music on the Amiga platform.. These two dudes are members of the OctaMED Users Group and have also released their own 90 min Cassette tape album entitled "DefinÆtive" priced £4.00 UK pounds.. Contact: Ævolution c/o Marcus Donnchie Church Lodge Oxburgh Hall Oxborough King's Lynne Norfolk. PE33 9PS. England. UK. "Assassin" and "Project X" by Allister Brimble a.k.a Demon Allister from Devon in the UK has been an Amiga musician from the early days since 1986.. Besides releasing a large PD collection of Sonix/SMUS scores from the Commodore C=64 games, Allister has also produced his own solo album entitled "Sounds Digital" £8.99 UK pounds.. Allister is also well known as a professional musician responsible for composing the majority of music for Team17's Amiga game titles on the Amiga platform.. Moreover, Allister is currently a FREELANCE musician composing music for the big Games publishing industry here in the UK.. Assassin and Project X are both the title tracks from Team17 published games of the same name and have also been recorded and feature on Allister's amazing" Sounds Digital" CD produced using Music-X and MIDI synths running on Amiga computers.. Contact: Allister Brimble 78 Sandford Walk Exeter EX1 2ET. England. UK. Tel: +44 01392 421 330 Email: 100544.224@compuserve.com WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/allister_brimble "Boesendorfer PPS" and "Cream of the Earth" by Romeo Knight/TRSI Both of these tracks appeared on TRSI Amiga DEMO disks in the late 1980's & blew away all those who had the opportunity of hearing them.. With Boesendorfer PPS the sheer quality of the Protracker MOD using IFF samples as piano instruments was simply awesome, so much so that this track cried out to be converted to MIDI format.. Cream of the Earth is such a really catchy track that a conversion to MIDI was inevitable.. Here they are - Boesendorfer PPS and Cream of the Earth in all their glory but now in GM MIDI format.. No Contact address! "Chant" by The Mad Monks" The Chant track can also be considered a Protracker MOD classic from the Amiga platform originally composed by The Mad Monks and employed within one of their infamous Amiga DEMO disks on the Amiga scene.. Again, this track made for a great MIDI conversion.. The Mad Monks even left their trademark in this peice using "chanting Monks" within the score.. No Contact address! "Graveyard Part III" by Seppo Hurme a.k.a. Fleshbrain Seppo Hurme from Finland was a fellow member of the Amiga demo crew "The Crusaders" along with Bjørn A.Lynne and both shared disk space for their modules but never actually co-composed.. In 1993 Both Bjørn Lynne and Seppo Hurme released a co-Produced self-financed audio CD album entitled "Hobbits and Spaceships" again sharing CD space for their own self-penned synth scores; Garveyard was rearranged to part III and was recorded and featured on the album.. The MIDI version featured here is a celebration of a wacky Amiga musian and composer who writes music like nobody else I've heard before on the planet! Contact: Seppo Hurme Uudenmaantie 25 S1 20700 Turku Finland Email: shurme@icenet.fi "Phantasmogoria" by 4-Mat of Anarchy The title of this track alone says it all, "Phantasmogoria" a name appropriated from a Lewis Carroll Poem published in "Alice In Wonderland".. 4-Mat was well known on the Amiga scene back in the late 1980s.. He was a member of the Anarchy demo crew on the Amiga and his music featured heavily in their DEMO disks.. Phantasmogoria was one such track and its conversion is a celebration of the great music produced on this amazing computer platform by teenage kids in their bedrooms - better than some Rock Stars with millions of dollors who can't even get it up.. Phantasmogoria, it lives up to its name, catchy too.. No contact address! The music contained within this Classic Amiga Scores Vol#1 is dedicated to the memory of Rob Baxter, another prolific Amiga musician who died suddenly aged 39 on March 23rd 1996.. Your presence will be sadly missed Rob, RIP.. Kevan R.Craft June 1st 1996.. (Re-edited Jan Feb 1997) If you're interested in any other MIDICraft products in our expanding range or need help or advice regarding anything MIDI then you may contact me at the address below:-) Kevan R.Craft MIDICraft Compositions and Arrangements 12 Mount Road Halton Runcorn Cheshire. WA7 2BH. England. UK. Tel: +44 01928 563762 Email: craftbro@midicraft.demon.co.uk WWW Home Page: http://www.midicraft.demon.co.uk