HEAVENLY MUSIC MIDI SOFTWARE  
----------------------------
"MEGGA-TRACKS" PROFESSIONAL
MIDI-SONGFILE LIBRARY
User Guide 2.0
JULY 1994

BACK UP THIS DISK IMMEDIATELY.

READ AND RE-READ THE FOLLOWING VERY CAREFULLY!

LICENSE AGREEMENT

THIS  DATA IS LICENSED (NOT SOLD) FOR USE BY ONE  INDIVIDUAL  USER 
AND  ON  THE BASIS THAT THE USER IS A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL  AND  NOT 
PART  OF A FIRM,  COMPANY OR OTHER ORGANIZATION INTENDING TO  MAKE 
COMMERCIAL  USE  OF THIS DATA IN ANY WAY  WHATSOEVER.  IF  YOU  DO 
INTEND TO MAKE USE OF THIS DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF PRODUCING  AND 
RELEASING  COMMERCIAL  RECORDINGS  WHETHER THEY  BE  VINYL  DISCS, 
CASSETTES, OPEN REEL, DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE OR ANY OTHER SUCH MEDIUM, 
HEAVENLY  MUSIC  MUST BE NOTIFIED BEFORE COMMENCEMENT  OF  SUCH  A 
PROJECT AS A SEPARATE NEGOTIABLE LICENSE WOULD APPLY.

THIS   DATA   MUST   NOT   BE USED   TO   DISPLAY   AND/OR   PRINT  
MUSICAL NOTATION. THE MANUFACTURE OF SHEET MUSIC DERIVED FROM THIS 
DATA IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND WHERE BREACH OF THIS CLAUSE CAN BE 
PROVEN, WE WILL PROSECUTE TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.

PLEASE  BE  AWARE THAT BY ACCEPTING AND LOADING THESE  FILES  INTO 
YOUR SYSTEM,  YOU ARE  AGREEING TO THE ABOVE TERMS AND  CONDITIONS 
OF  THIS  LICENSE. 

COPYRIGHT

THIS  SOFTWARE  IS THE COPYRIGHT (c)  1991,1992,1993  OF  HEAVENLY 
MUSIC MIDI SOFTWARE.  ALL RIGHTS OF THESE WORKS ARE RESERVED.  THE 
DATA ON THIS DISK IS NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN OR SHAREWARE.  THE DATA MAY 
NOT  BE  REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, UPLOADED TO A BBS OR TRANSMITTED 
IN   ANY   FORM   BY   ANY   MEANS  ELECTRONIC,    MECHANICAL   OR 
OTHERWISE.   ONE COPY MAY BE  MADE  FOR BACKUP PURPOSES ONLY.  THE 
RESALE  OR RE - DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DATA IS A  CRIMINAL  OFFENCE. 
THIS  INCLUDES WITHOUT EXCEPTION,  THE USE OF THIS  DATA  IN   THE 
MANUFACTURE  OF   COMMERCIAL  BACKING  TAPES  OR  'KAREOKE'  TAPES 
AND/OR VIDEOS.

DISCLAIMER
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NO LIABILITY WILL BE ACCEPTED BY HEAVENLY MUSIC MIDI SOFTWARE  FOR 
CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE HOWEVER CAUSED ARISING AS A RESULT OF 
USING THIS SOFTWARE. NO GUARANTEES CAN BE GIVEN THAT THE DATA WILL 
PERFORM ON SUBSEQUENT MIDI EQUIPMENT.

THIS  DISK AND ALL DATA CONTAINED ARE GUARANTEED FOR A  PERIOD  OF 
3 MONTHS FROM DATE OF PURCHASE AGAINST FAULTS NOT ARISING FROM ANY 
MIS - USE, NEGLECT OR ACCIDENTAL ERASURE CAUSED BY THE END USER.

HEAVENLY  MUSIC MIDI SOFTWARE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO  CHANGE  PRICES 
AND/OR SPECIFICATIONS AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.


PIRACY WARNING  All Heavenly Music Midi Software products  contain 
details  which  will  allow us to trace its  origin  back  to  the 
purchaser in the event of illegal copying and/or distribution even 
if  the  data has been edited then re-saved.  The  information  is 
encrypted  and embedded in each file of every diskette copied  and 
sold  to  each customer.  Details of individuals found  to  be  in 
breach of copyright will be made public over the coming months  in 
all press and trade magazines.  Investigations involve the Trading 
Standards  Officers who do prosecute on our behalf should  illegal 
copying,  re-sale or distribution of our software be  proven.  The 
rights  of Software programmers ARE fully covered  and  protected. 
This  should  not concern our genuine users and we thank  you  for 
your continued support.


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All Megga Tracks are produced using the following :

Atari 4MB MEGA STE 
Steinbergs Cubase 3.1
E-Magics Notator Logic
American Megatrends 386 DX PC
Twelve Tone's Cakewalk Professional
Roland U20 (as mother keyboard)
Roland SC55 Sound Canvas Tone Module
Yamaha's CBX T3 (Hello Music Module)
ROTEL RA 313 Stereo Monitor Amplifier
AR AV18 Monitor Speakers
Heavenly Music's Easel SC55 Editor
Heavenly Music's SC55 Mixer Map

All trademarks duly acknowledged.

Introduction
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Thank  you for your purchase of our Megga Tracks song  files.  You 
now  have  access to 'THE  SOURCE'  of  THE  BEST  sequence   data  
available ANYWHERE!

Some titles will be totally unfamiliar to you - don't worry - it's 
not your fault that the media give you the illusion that what  you 
hear in the charts is all that there is - We think they need   re-
educating,  don't you?  Or better still,  let's flush out the  A&R 
(Blood    sucking     Artistic Ransackers to  you and me) who have 
the  gall  to  put themselves in the position of  deciding  what's 
good enough for you to hear. Anyway, more on that later.

Heavenly  Music  pride themselves in the  QUALITY  of  programming 
which is unmatched by all but the absolute best in the  world.  As 
of this writing,  all Megga Tracks sequences are produced in house 
and not imported from the U.S.  or 'other sources'  (although,  we 
do   have   a  resident American programmer) which  is  why    you   
will  find the quality of our files to be consistent from song  to 
song. 

All  MEGGA-TRACKS Midi Song Files have the file  extension   'MID' 
and  should  be  loaded  into  your  sequencer  under  the    file 
menu.  This  is  almost the same as loading your  sequencers  song 
information  but the file load operation must have the option   to 
load or "IMPORT" Midi, MID or Midifile.

It  is  assumed  that you are  reasonably  conversant  with   your 
particular sequencer/computer package.

MIDIFILES  are saved and loaded as one LONG pattern or  part   per 
track so if you have any 'DESKTOP ACCs' or other   memory-gobbling 
portions of your sequencer,   like score edit or similar,  disable 
these   facilities  if  your  sequencer  allows  this.  4MB  users 
are'nt as sensitive to BIG FILES.    If    your  sequencer    does 
not  display  the   'TRACK  NAMES'  on   an   imported   midifile,   
then  please refer to the section on controllers and  drum/program 
mapping.  If all else fails,  then please phone for assistance. We 
must be able to verify that you are a customer as pirates will not 
be supported.


BITS
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From 1.1.94, all Megga Tracks Midi Song Files have been undergoing 
something  of  a  face lift so tracks will  generally  follow  the 
arrangement described below:

Midi Channel | Track Name 
             |            
1            | Piano (or other Main accompaniment).
-----------------------------------------------------------------
2            | Bass.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
3            | Keyboard (or Secondary accompaniment).
-----------------------------------------------------------------
4            | Tenor  Sax  (or  other  lead  melody instrument).
-----------------------------------------------------------------
5            | Strings, Pad or other melodic part.
-----------------------------------------------------------------      
6            | Brass1 (or  other  secondary  melodic instrument).
-----------------------------------------------------------------

7            | Muted or other Guitar
-----------------------------------------------------------------
8            | Optional
9            | Optional
-----------------------------------------------------------------  

10           | Drums
10           | Percussion
-----------------------------------------------------------------     
11           | Sound FX if used. (see below for mapping)    

* There may be more than one percussion track  and there  may   be 
more than one percussion instrument per track.

We  have  attempted  to  keep  to  this  track/instrument   layout 
throughout  the library with  only the  occasional  deviation.  If  
you  are ever  in any  doubt as to the  track/channel   assignment 
then  please   phone  Monday to Friday 9:30am  to  5:00pm  if  you 
require any assistance.

Files are in midi format 1 or 0 by request.

Controllers used are as follows:

007 = Volume 
010 = Panning
091 = Reverb send level (GM/GS only)
093 = Chorus send level (GM/GS only)
011 = Expression - used for crescendos and decresendos*.

Note* - If your instrument does not respond to   this   controller 
then  you  must  use your sequencers edit  facilities  to  convert 
controller 011 to controller 007 (volume).

To increase or decrease an instrument or part's pitch bend  range, 
the following controllers are used :

101 = MSB 000
100 = LSB 000
006 = Data Entry 
101 = MSB 127
100 = LSB 127

Program  change  =  sets the part or instrument  to  a  particular 
'voice' or 'timbre'.

There may be other controllers used which might be specific to the 
Roland SC55/155 or DS330 such as 000 and 032 preceding the program 
change event which may at times be used for bank select  messages. 
If you experience any difficulties with older non-GM/GS equipment, 
delete these events.












DRUMS  
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(NOTE - If you use CUBASE and need to re-map midi note numbers for 
non  - GM/GS drums,  a DRM file is included on this disk for  your 
convenience. Just change the O (OUT) notes to match your drum maps 
I (IN) notes.

MAP FOR STANDARD SET                      BRUSH SET    ORCH SET

D#0 - 27 - High Q             Sound FX    --------     Closed Hat   
E0  - 28 - Slap               Sound FX    --------     Pedal Hat
F0  - 29 - Scratch Push       Sound FX    --------     Open Hat
F#0 - 30 - Scratch Pull       Sound FX    --------     Ride Cymb
G0  - 31 - Sticks                         --------     
G#0 - 32 - Square Click       Sound FX    -------- 
A0  - 33 - Metronome Click    Sound FX    --------
A#0 - 34 - Metronome Bell     Sound FX    --------
B0  - 35 - Kick Drum 2                    --------     Concert BD2
C1  - 36 - Kick Drum 1                    --------     Concert BD1
C#1 - 37 - Sidestick                      --------     
D1  - 38 - Snare Drum 1                   Brush Tap    Concert SD  
D#1 - 39 - Hand Claps                     Brush Slap   Castanets
E1  - 40 - Snare Drum 2                   Brush Swirl  Concert SD
F1  - 41 - Lo Tom 2                                    Timpani F
F#1 - 42 - Closed Hat                                  "       F#
G1  - 43 - Lo Tom 1                                    "       G
G#1 - 44 - Pedal Hat                                   "       G#
A1  - 45 - Mid Tom 2                                   "       A
A#1 - 46 - Open Hat                                    "       A# 
B1  - 47 - Mid Tom                                     "       B
C2  - 48 - Hi Tom 2                                    "       c
C#2 - 49 - Crash Cymbal                                "       c#
D2  - 50 - Hi Tom 1                                    "       d
D#2 - 51 - Ride Cymbal                                 "       d#
E2  - 52 - Chinese Cymbal                              "       e
F2  - 53 - Ride Bell                                   "       f
F#2 - 54 - Tambourine
G2  - 55 - Splash Cymbal
G#2 - 56 - Cow Bell
A2  - 57 - Crash Cymbal  2                             Concert Cymb2 
A#2 - 58 - Quijada                                     Concert Cymb1
B2  - 59 - Ride Cymbal 2
C3  - 60 - Hi Bongo
C#3 - 61 - Lo Bongo
D3  - 62 - Conga Slap
D#3 - 63 - Conga Hi
E3  - 64 - Conga Lo
F3  - 65 - Timbale Hi
F#3 - 66 - Timbale Lo
G3  - 67 - Go Go Bell Hi
G#3 - 68 - Go Go Bell Lo
A3  - 69 - Cabasa
A#3 - 70 - Maracas
B3  - 71 - Whistle Short
C4  - 72 - Whistle Long
C#4 - 73 - Short Guiro
D4  - 74 - Long Guiro
D#4 - 75 - Claves
E4  - 76 - Hi Woodblock
F4  - 77 - Lo Woodblock
F#4 - 78 - Mute Quica
G4  - 79 - Open Quica
G#4 - 80 - Mute Triangle
A4  - 81 - Open Triangle
A#4 - 82 - Shaker
B4  - 83 - Sleighbells
C5  - 84 - Castanets
C#5 - 85 - Mute Surdo
D5  - 86 - Open Surdo
D#5 - 87 - ----------
E5  - 88 -                                             Applause 
        
Program Numbers/Names as per GM/GS specification.

Capitol Tones are as follows:

Prg.  Name
  
000 - Piano 1
001 - Piano 2
002 - Piano 3
003 - Honky Tonk
004 - E. Piano 1
005 - E. Piano 2
006 - Harpsichord
007 - Clav
008 - Celesta
009 - Glokenspiel
010 - Music Box
011 - Vibraphone
012 - Marimba
013 - Xylophone
014 - Tubular Bells
015 - Santur
016 - Organ 1
017 - Organ 2
018 - Organ 3
019 - Church Organ 1
020 - Reed Organ
021 - French Accordian
022 - Harmonica
023 - Bandneon
024 - Nylon Strung Guitar
025 - Steel Strung Guitar
026 - Jazz Guitar
027 - Clean Guitar
028 - Muted Guitar
029 - Overdrive Guitar
030 - Distortion Guitar
031 - Guitar Harmonics
032 - Acoustic Bass
033 - Fingered Bass
034 - Picked Bass
035 - Fretless Bass
036 - Slap Bass 1
037 - Slap Bass 2
038 - Synth Bass 1
039 - Synth Bass 2
040 - Violin
041 - Viola
042 - Cello
043 - Contrabass
044 - Tremelo Strings
045 - Pizzacatto Strings
046 - Harp
047 - Timpani
048 - Strings
049 - Slo Strings
050 - Synth Strings 1
051 - Synth Strings 2
052 - Choir Aahs
053 - Voice Oohs
054 - Synth Vox
055 - Orchestra Hit
056 - Trumpet
057 - Trombone
058 - Tuba
059 - Muted Trumpet
060 - French Horn
061 - Brass 1
062 - Synth Brass 1
063 - Synth Brass 2
064 - Soprano Sax
065 - Alto Sax
066 - Tenor Sax
067 - Baritone Sax
068 - Oboe
069 - English Horn
070 - Bassoon
071 - Clarinet
072 - Piccolo
073 - Flute
074 - Recorder
075 - Pan Flute
076 - Bottle Blow
077 - Shakuhachi
078 - Whistle
079 - Ocarina
080 - Square Wave
081 - Saw Wave
082 - Synth Calliope
083 - Chiffer Lead
084 - Charang
085 - Solo Vox
086 - 5th Saw Wave
087 - Bass & Lead
088 - Fantasia
089 - Warm Pad
090 - Polysynth
091 - Space Voice
092 - Bowed Glass
093 - Metal Pad
094 - Halo Pad
095 - Sweep Pad
096 - Ice Rain
097 - Soundtrack
098 - Crystal
099 - Atmosphere
100 - Brightness
101 - Goblin
102 - Echo Drops
103 - Star Theme
104 - Sitar
105 - Banjo
106 - Shamisen
107 - Koto
108 - Kalimba
109 - Bag Pipe
110 - Fiddle
111 - Shannai
112 - Tinkle Bell
113 - Agogo
114 - Steel Drums
115 - Woodblock
116 - Taiko
117 - Melo Tom 1
118 - Synth Drum
119 - Reverse Cymbal
120 - Guitar Fret Noise
121 - Fl.Key Click
122 - Seashore
123 - Bird
124 - Telephone 1
125 - Helicopter
126 - Applause
127 - Gun Shot

In  GS  standard  there are also SUB CAPITOL  TONES  available  as 
variations of the capitol tones but these are rarely if ever  used 
by other midi file manufacturers but we do sometimes use them.

MISC.
-----
At the beginning of each song file,   there will be a 1 bar count-
in (unless the song has an instrumental or drum lead-in,  in which 
case the count-in will usually be spread over 2 bars).

During this count-in,  your sequencer will be transmitting certain 
messages  as described earlier to the whole of your midi setup  so 
that (hopefully)  by the time the song begins,  everything  should 
be zeroed,  i.e.  Stuck Pitch Bends,  Hanging Notes, Stuck Sustain 
Pedals and so forth.   If  you are not using a GM/GS instrument to 
play back  the  files,  you may  have  to spend just a little time  
'tweeking  up' program changes,   volume settings,   pan positions 
etc.  but with a  little patience, your work will be rewarded.


We do not include lyrics with our files at the moment.
Hopefully,  this  will not detract from the fact that you  are  in 
possession   of  a  state  of  the  art  midifile  programmed   to 
perfection!  Not score perfect.....  but ear perfect!  
We are looking to rectify this in the very near future.

OTHER
-----
If   you  need  to remap the  drum/percussion  tracks  to  another 
standard?  try  using either your sequencers drum-edit page if  it  
has   one  or   LOGICAL  EDIT  as  employed  in  Steinberg's   PRO   
24     and  CUBASE/CUBEAT.   It   would  be  better  if  you   can  
configure   your module(s) to GM/GS and save all your  setups  via 
SysEx rather  than having to edit each and every song file.

For the users convenience,  we include a Cubase DRM file which can 
be  used  to quickly re-configure non-GM drums for  GM  emulation. 
Please refer to your Cubase documentation on how to use this file.



It  may  not  all sound GREAT first go (if you  are  not   playing 
these   files  back  on  GM/GS  equipment  but  DO  PERSEVERE,  we 
guarantee that your effort  will be rewarded.

Any tempo and time signature changes are documented in the   songs 
'DOC' file. Please set these FIRST.

And   Finally........................  Press   'PLAY'   on    your 
sequencer and LISTEN.

If you are using 'CREATOR/NOTATOR',   check the track  information 
against  the  'DOC' file and make sure that at  least  the   'MIDI 
CHANNELS' match.

FINAL WORDS
-----------
Once you have ordered your first batch of song files,  why not try 
something  completely different and order something  you've  never 
heard before...you'd be shocked to hear what you've been  deprived 
of by the idiots running the record business. They must think that 
we  all have our ears up our whatchacallits and the sad  truth  is 
that   as  long  as  they hold the monopoly  on  what  is  signed, 
released, seen and heard,  you will continue to  be force fed this 
trash  until you're brainwashed into believing  that  it's  really 
not bad.   NONSENSE...   Its GARBAGE. 

Why  not  try  our hybrid Dizzy  Gillespi/Chaka  Khan  version  of 
'Nights  In   Tunisia'  or  Weather  Reports  classic   'Birdland'  
(written   1956  and   sounds   almost   futuristic!)  or    Eddie  
Palmieri  Salsa  hit 'Puerto Rico'. 

Heavenly  Music  will continue to program some of  the  very  best 
music  in the world and hopefully,  you'll be fortunate enough  to 
experience music like you've never heard before.

One  final but very important note - the piracy of midi file  data 
has  grown out of all proportion to the point where companies  are 
sprouting  up  all over the place offering  'Essential'  this  and 
'Real'  that (no names) and thousands of titles - strange as  it's 
taken   us 3 years to program over 800 songs and numerous  volumes  
of drum  pattern  disks.  

It  is also most unfortunate that some pretty BRAINLESS  customers 
have  illegally  passed on copies of our hard work to  even  worse 
individuals  who are now having all of their equipment  and  other 
software  confiscated  by  the Police  AND  all  regional  trading 
standards  officers.  These individuals should know better AND  be 
better informed with respect to issues of copyright. 

A  company like Heavenly Music cannot sustain such abuse  for  too 
much longer and understandably,  they are reluctant to produce any 
new software - AS CHEAP AS IT ALREADY IS.

A  reward  is  on offer  to   anyone   providing  information  (in 
strictest   confidence)  where piracy of HM software  is   proven. 
Also keep your ears open when listening to Kareoke tapes or videos 
as a few individuals are actually stupid enough to think they  can 
buy  a midi file for a few pounds and then go on to make  hundreds 
of pounds selling recordings - this also is ILLEGAL.     We'll  do 
the  rest - and of course,  we will continue to deliver  the  best 
sequence data you can buy but remember - it all starts with you  - 
the end user whom we rely on NOT to freely distribute our data.


MAKE A BACKUP,
READ or PRINT all songfile .TXT or .DOCS


If  there is anything in particular that you are looking for   but 
can't   find   in ours or any other catalogue,   give us  a   ring  
anyway on  ..............  Tel/Fax : (0255) 434217

                           or drop us a line at 

                           Heavenly Music 
                           39 Garden Road,
                           Jaywick Village,
                           Clacton on Sea,
                           Essex CO15 2RT
                           ENGLAND
     
                           We will do our best to help.
     

                           Copyright (c) 1993 : HEAVENLY MUSIC 


About the programmers.

We thought it might be a good idea to blow a few trumpets and  let 
you know who's behind Heavenly Music.

Joe   and   Pauly Ortiz are Heavenly Music   (Alias   'Heaven   on 
Earth').  A partnership that has  dedicated  a lifetime (or  two!) 
to MUSIC.  They are writers,   arrangers,   producers,  engineers,  
programmers, instrumentalists  and vocalists (to name but a few of  
their  nicer points).   Shame they're not knowledgeable  corporate 
business  lawyers (if we all knew legal self defence,  that  would  
certainly weed out the sharks and the cowboys.

This  disk  is  only   one  of the ways  in  which  we  constantly  
endeavor   to    give   1000%  when  we   are   inspired   to   do  
anything   musical    (and thankfully,  that's 98% of the time).

Heavenly  Music  was formed in England in 1988 as a front  end  to 
deal with Virgin Music and Atlantic Records in the U.S. as that is 
who  we were writing and making records for at the time under  the 
name  of 'Heaven On Earth'.  The result of this was a  major  U.S. 
Album and Single release.  The single 'On An Angels Wing' (a  soul 
record)   to this day is still being played as well as other  cuts 
off  the  LP  all  over the  world.  Our  experience  in  writing, 
performing,  arranging,  producing AND engineering numerous  L.P.s 
over a span of 20 years EACH more than qualifies us to be able  to 
deliver midi music files that sound REAL! 

Joe  Ortiz,  one  of the key programmers is X studio  and  touring  
lead  guitarist for INNER CIRCLE - yes,   the chart   group.  That  
same  musician has sessioned in New York & London  with  the likes  
of Ruben Blades,  Dave Valentin (GRP Jazz Artiste),   Dave  Grusin  
(On  Golden Pond),  Steve Gadd (of Paul  Simon,  Aretha  Franklin, 
etc.) Steve Ferrone (of Average White Band,  Chaka Khan),  Anthony 
Jackson  ( of Chic Corea,   Al DiMeiola,  etc),  Pino Paladino (of 
Paul  Young,  Gary Newman,  Joan  Armatrading) - all  world  class 
session people - need we  say more?    Yes  -  The  other half  of 
the team,  Pauly Ortiz  is  the  voice, keyboardist  and co-writer 
of  the  above mentioned LP  and  single.  Her  first  LP  release 
(Ladies  Fire) saw the issue of  two  singles 'One Of  The  Chozen 
Few'  and 'Jimmys Hi Fi' on CBS Records   Europe.  These   singles 
became  instant  'Turntable  Hits' with the likes   of  Dave   Lee  
Travis  on  Radio 1 and also continue  to   be  played  worldwide.  
With  a voice reminiscent of  Aretha  and  the ability to sequence 
her  own  backing  tracks,  it's no wonder she can  tell   when  a 
sequence is or is'nt popping!   If  you  watch a bit of television 
then  you've already  heard  the theme from the  antiques  program 
'Heirlooms' or the wildlife  theme for 'Animals In Action' or  all 
of the music for the ITV game  show 'Jumble'.

Their  original compositions can also be heard demonstrating  some  
of  the  latest Hi Tech midi music equipment on the   market.   By  
now,  there  should be no wondering about how Heavenly Music  Midi 
Software do it or why our  music files sound and feel the way they 
do.

Now you can sound GREAT too.


