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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE lmms-project>
+<lmms-project version="1.0" creator="LMMS" creatorversion="1.1.3" type="song">
+  <head timesig_numerator="4" mastervol="100" timesig_denominator="4" bpm="140" masterpitch="0"/>
+  <song>
+    <trackcontainer width="600" x="6" y="5" maximized="0" height="300" visible="1" type="song" minimized="0"/>
+    <track muted="0" type="6" name="Automation track" solo="0">
+      <automationtrack/>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Numerator" pos="0" len="192"/>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Denominator" pos="0" len="192"/>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Tempo" pos="0" len="192"/>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Master volume" pos="0" len="192"/>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Master pitch" pos="0" len="192"/>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Numerator" pos="0" len="192">
+        <object id="5349455"/>
+      </automationpattern>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Denominator" pos="0" len="192">
+        <object id="5980126"/>
+      </automationpattern>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Tempo" pos="0" len="192">
+        <object id="1548239"/>
+      </automationpattern>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Master volume" pos="0" len="192">
+        <object id="1312261"/>
+      </automationpattern>
+      <automationpattern tens="1" mute="0" prog="0" name="Master pitch" pos="0" len="192">
+        <object id="7534822"/>
+      </automationpattern>
+    </track>
+    <fxmixer width="561" x="5" y="310" maximized="0" height="349" visible="1" minimized="0">
+      <fxchannel num="0" muted="0" volume="1" name="Master" soloed="0">
+        <fxchain numofeffects="0" enabled="0"/>
+      </fxchannel>
+    </fxmixer>
+    <ControllerRackView width="258" x="836" y="407" maximized="0" height="142" visible="1" minimized="0"/>
+    <pianoroll width="100" x="1" y="1" maximized="0" height="100" visible="0" minimized="0"/>
+    <automationeditor width="860" x="56" y="255" maximized="0" height="480" visible="0" minimized="0"/>
+    <projectnotes width="0" x="1" y="1" maximized="0" height="0" visible="0" minimized="0"><![CDATA[<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
+<html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">
+p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
+</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Droid Sans'; font-size:10pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">
+<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" color:#e0e0e0;">Put down your project notes here.</span></p></body></html>]]></projectnotes>
+    <timeline lp1pos="192" lp0pos="0" lpstate="0"/>
+    <controllers/>
+  </song>
+</lmms-project>
