After some study about this particular software I see it's really something special and it can give interesting results. Question is how to convert data. I don't think it's possible to do directly from the floppy disk, if I understand well it uses special codes for scales, chords etc., and some kind of interactivity. I doubt the format was somewhere published...
So maybe the only possibility would be to record MIDI output from Hotz software to the second sequencer in real time, and save or export it as MIDI file. At least one version (variation) of the music could be done this way - it's possible when played for the second time, music will be somehow different in some details.
And if I'm not wrong this software is still offered for 199 USD, let's suppose it's a version for newer Windows... It still should be compatible with older data files, or not?
Daniel Forro
On 17 Dec, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Steve Weber wrote:
Not really Daniel, because when I first had heard these particular midi files, some of these arrangements sounded particularly like some brass quintet arrangements I had played before and was interested in seeing how they were scored. Plus I really had enjoyed playing around with the Hotz Program on my computer. Steve WeberOn Monday, December 16, 2013 5:48 PM, Daniel Forró <dan.for@...> wrote:Isn't it loss of time? There are zillions of Xmas songs MIDI files on
the net... GM, GS, XG... some of them have very good arrangements.
Daniel Forro