June, 1995

Hello!  Thanks for downloading DEMONS.ZIP, which contains the
following MIDI files:

1)  DEMON21T.MID - This is the "21-track" version of DEMONS.
    This composition contains numerous patch changes which are
    embedded in various tracks.  For those of you who like to
    assign your own sounds to MIDI tracks, DEMON21T allows you
    to do this with minimal hassle, because they're split out
    allowing you to easily find the patch changes.  Take a look
    at the sequence and you'll see what I mean.

2)  DEMON16T.MID - This is the "16-track" version of DEMONS.
    It is (musically) exactly the same as DEMON21T, except
    that there are only 16 tracks (one for each MIDI channel).
    Various patch changes are embedded in the tracks, though.
    I have provided this version because I have heard that
    some MIDI file players have problems handling MIDI files
    with more than 16 tracks.  If your software has problems
    with DEMON21T.MID, try this one instead.

3)  DEMONS-SB.MID - This is a "Soundblaster 16" version of
    DEMONS.  Lots of folks download MIDI files and play them
    on Soundblaster compatible sound cards.  However, these
    kinds of cards have more severe polyphony limitations than
    most wavetable sound cards and synthesizers.  Because DEMONS
    requires more polyphony than SB16-type cards can handle, I
    have included this version.  It is shortened version which
    has had numerous tracks edited out, but should still make
    for reasonably fun listening on a SB16-type sound card. 

All of these various versions of DEMONS are copyright 1995 by
Michael Walthius, All Rights Reserved.  They are being freely
distributed for non-commercial use only.  Comments or inquiries
may be directed to keybdwizrd@aol.com.

As a side note, I should mention that I created this MIDI file
after spending altogether too much time playing shoot-em-up
action games on my PC.  :-)  

For those of you who acquired DEMONS via America Online, you may
be interested to know that I have numerous original compositions
available on that service.  To find them all, merely search the
software libraries using "walthius" (without the quotes) as a
search word.

On the Internet, my music is available at many ftp and WWW
sites, which are too numerous to list.  However, I personally
maintain a collection of all of my files at:

site:       ftp.cs.ruu.nl
directory:  /pub/MIDI/SONGS/GMIDI
files:      kbwizrd*.zip

(Thanks, Piet!)

Happy listening - I hope that you enjoy the music!

Michael Walthius
keybdwizrd@aol.com