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+The /current/src/tests directories are supposed to contain unit tests
+(CppUnit or otherwise) and not tryout programs (no matter how useful)
+That's why in due time we will remove the following items from this folder:
+
+ - midi_player and midi_player_replacement. The Midi Player is now the
+   responsibility of the prefs/apps team, not of the Midi Team.
+
+ - synth_file_reader. It doesn't make much sense for us to reverse
+   engineer the format of the soundbanks from the R5 softsynth, because
+   we are not allowed to redistribute these banks anyway.
+
+This README is just a reminder so we don't forget to clean this up someday.
+  -- Matthijs