My first intention writing this program was getting knowledge about

midi. After writing the pendant TXT2MIDI program I used it to sequence

some music titles. When I bought my music workstation (including a more

powerful sequencer) my use of MIDI2TXT/TXT2MIDI changed into an

updating environment to make less compatible midi files full compatible.

Another use possibility came up when I copied some excellent midi

binaries from news://alt.binaries.sounds.midi . I converted one with

MIDI2TXT into text, commented all commands that played notes in leading

track and converted it back into another midi file (TXT2MIDI). The new

midi file played the full background of the music while I was able to

learn playing the lead voice for my own pleasure.