MIDI Mirror Music 1.0

PC Creative Music Tool

2006 PC Software  www.calderan.info

This software implements the studies on the so called Mirror Music. Mirror Music is a particular way to change the major scale by putting a mirror on the root of C and scaling all the semitones as they are reflected on the mirror. If you are a musician or a composer, youll get new ideas by listening other songs or simply have fun by playing Guess what? game with friends.

Try 5 different ways to change the original MIDI files into 5 totally new (sometimes unpredictable!) songs:

1. Mirror: the music is played as if the keyboard is played putting a mirror at the right side

2. Reverse: the music is played as if the lowest key of the keyboard plays the highest pitch note

3. Upside-down: the music is played as if the music sheet is turned upside-down

4. Whole Tone: all the music intervals are changed to a whole tone scale (Debussys scale)

5. Pentatonic: all the music intervals are changed to a pentatonic scale

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How To Use MIDI Mirror Music Software
Just drag and drop any Standard MIDI File in the Input File area. Listen to it by clicking on the Play button.
Click one of the five round buttons (Mirror, Reverse, Upside-down, Whole Tone, Penta) to apply the corresponding algorithm. The new file will be saved in the folder of the original file. The new files are renamed with a suffix accordingly with the applied algorithm (e.g. xxx_Mirror.mid, xxx_Reverse.mid.) Click on the play button on the right to listen to the new MIDI File.
Close the program by clicking on the little cross in right corner.

Have fun!

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Hints
MIDI Mirror Music is designed to work well with Standard General MIDI File (GM). So the notes of the drums track (usually on channel 10 of GM Standard) are not affected by the transposition. Also, the notes of the bass track (usually on channel 2 of GM Standard), are optimized to sound in the proper octave when Reverse algorithm is used.
If your MIDI files are not in GM Standard, you could listen to strange transpositions on drums and bass notes. Please correct them using a MIDI File editor or a sequencer, before MIDI Mirror Music usage.

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Requirements (Minimum)
PC Pentium III, Windows 2000, XP, Sound card.

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Limitation Of The Trial Version
The trial version fully works for 5 songs each time. After five files the program will close and you must start again. The trial version plays and saves only a part of the original MIDI File (lets say one fourth of the length). The trial version doesnt work with format 1 MIDI file.

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End User License Agreement
The following is a legal agreement between you and the author for the MIDI Music Mirror software product (in whole or in part, including all files, data, and documentation). By installing the MIDI Mirror Music, you agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. If you do not agree to these terms, do not install.
MIDI Mirror Music (from here on referred to as SOFTWARE) is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. 
The author of the SOFTWARE hereby grants you a License to use the SOFTWARE free of charge in your music productions. This License gives you NO other rights. 
You may not distribute the SOFTWARE in any form or in any way. In particular, you may not sell, hire or lease the SOFTWARE.
You may not reverse engineer,decompile,ordisassemble the SOFTWARE.

THIS SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH MIDI MIRROR MUSIC MAY BE INSTALLED, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE MIDI MIRROR MUSIC SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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Commercial Distribution
The distribution of the trial version of MIDI Mirror Music is allowed at the condition that the original files are not changed in any way and included in cover CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, commercial Internet site, after written permission of the author.
Contacts:
Site: www.calderan.info
Email: pier@calderan.info

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Software, documentation and related materials:
Copyright  1990-2006 
PC Software  www.calderan.info
All rights reserved.

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