OK, Here's the scoop:

I finally managed to download Allen Foster's "MIDI-Text" conversion program as advertised in the recent "How Can I Keep From Singing" Thread. After perusing the "Readme" docs and blundering around a bit, I think we might have it!

So... transcribed an old Hymn out of an 1864 Sailor's Song-Book from the Archives onto "Melody Assistant" (MYRIAD Software); then Saved As *.mid file. Dragged that mid-file into "MID-to-Text", and presto; there is the resulting *.txt file in the program folder. So we drag & drop it into my "Music Box" folder on the desktop... now lemmie open it on Wordpad, and copy>paste it here, and see if any of you thrill-seekers kan reverse the proccess and get it to play!!??

Heeeeeere goes:

MIDI file: 396HOM~1.MID

Timebase: 192

Text: From "Songs of Zion" Pub. 1864American Tract Society, NYNo. 396, p. 340
Tempo: 120 (500000 microsec/crotchet)
TimeSig: 2/4 24 8
Key: D
Name: HOMEWARD BOUND
Start
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This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

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