The Tune from God Knows Where

Subject: The Tune from God Knows Where
From: Jeri
Date: 23 Aug 99 - 04:37 PM

You ever get something stuck in your head, and you can't get it out until you write it down? This !*&#ing thing just popped in there earlier today (like about two and a half hours ago), and I've been stuck on the stupid computer ever since. (And people say I don't have an attention span!) If you like it, play it. (Warning: I tried the ABCs - they're doo-doo.) If you think I stole it, please let me know.

And while we're at it, this poor thing needs a name - any ideas?
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MIDI file: lament.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: JCLament
Text: What text?
Copyright: Copyright © 1999 by Jeri Corlew
Tempo: 112 (535714 microsec/crotchet)
Tempo: 090 (666666 microsec/crotchet)
Key: G
TimeSig: 6/8 24 8
Start
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69 000 0002 1 74 110 0256 0 74 000 0032 1 62 110 0256 0 62 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 66 110 0094 0 66 000 0002 1 67 110 0046 0 67 000 0002 1 71 110 0256 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0046 0 69 000 0002 1 66 110 0256 0 66 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 64 110 0528 0 64 000
End

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

ABC format:

X:1
T:JCLament
M:6/8
Q:1/4=90
K:G
E2FG/2B5/2|-B/2A2GA/2F2|-FD2EE2|-E6|EE5|-E3FG/2B3/2|
-B3/2A2GA/2F|-F2B2de|-e6|e2E4|-E4FG/2B/2|
-B5/2A2GA/2|F3G2B|B/2G3F/2B2|-BE3E2|FG/2B3A3/2|
-A/2GA/2F3D|-DEE4|-E5E|-EFG/2B3A/2|-A3/2GA/2F3|
D2EE3|-E6|E6|-E2FG/2B5/2|-B/2A2GA/2F2|-FB2de2|
-e6|eE5|-E3FG/2B3/2|-B3/2A2GA/2F|-F2G2BB/2G/2|
-G5/2F/2B3|E3E2F|G/2B3A2G/2|-G/2A/2F3D2|EE5|
-E4e2|fg/2e3d3/2|-d/2BA/2G3B|-Bde4|-e5e|-efg2fe/2f/2|
-f5/2e/2d3|g2fe3|-e6|e6|-e2fg/2e5/2|-e/2d2BA/2G2|
-GB2ed/2B3/2|-B3/2A/2d3D|-D2E2FG/2B/2|-B5/2A2GA/2|
F3D2E|E6|-E3e2f|g/2e3d2B/2|-B/2A/2G3B2|de5|
-e4e2|fg2fe/2f3/2|-f3/2e/2d3g|-gfe4|-e5e|
-efg/2e3d/2|-d3/2BA/2G3|B2ed/2B5/2|-B/2A/2d3D2|
-DE2FG/2B3/2|-B3/2A2GA/2F|-F2D2EE|-E9/2||

Subject: RE: The Tune from God Knows Where
From: _gargoyle
Date: 24 Aug 99 - 12:33 AM

I believe you have an "original"

Quick copy right it before someone "steals" IT as "intellectual property."

Truthfuly, a VERY nice tune.
VERY WELL DONE

Subject: RE: The Tune from God Knows Where
From: emily rain
Date: 24 Aug 99 - 01:59 AM

I WISH MIDITEXT WOULD DOWNLOAD!!! *pout* i wanna play, too.

Subject: RE: The Tune from God Knows Where
From: Jeri
Date: 24 Aug 99 - 08:00 AM

Emily, the link at Joe Offer's site seems to work.

I have a very basic 2K MIDI I could send to anyone who wants it.

Subject: RE: The Tune from God Knows Where
From: Margo
Date: 24 Aug 99 - 11:34 AM

Dear Jeri, I would like the midi! Do you want email address? I'm [e-mail]

Margarita

Subject: RE: The Tune from God Knows Where
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 24 Aug 99 - 11:56 AM

I tried to download the midi conversion programs but couldn't and decided that for something to do, I would have a go at writing my own converter and started looking at the midi file format and the text format. After hours of confusion I started to get some idea and although the converters must have taken a lot of writing, it apears that there are some weeknesses.

It looks to me as if it can only handle one track and it appears that it can not handle tempo changes, ke changes and time signiture changes within a midi file and was wondering whether this is the right way to go about posting MIDIs.

A MIDI is only a binary file and I was wondering whether something that would simply convert the MIDI to Hex (like a hex dump program) and a converter to reverse this procedure would not provide a better solution. It would not have the neat header that this program produces but the original midi file could be restored exactly as it was with no limitations. Perhaps I shouldn't say this but such a program would be far more versatile e.g. you could exchange .EXE files with it.

Do suitable programs exist or any other thoughts?

Jon