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so i'm trying to make a music box from scratch, including writing the little tune that it plays. does anyone know of a resource (online or otherwise) that makes a custom "piano roll" mechanism for this purpose? I have roughly 2 months' time to complete it |
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href="http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/schools/video/itvschools/pre like target=blank>this/a>? |
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like ? |
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any excuse    :) |
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You could try the fisher-price approach and have a set of metal prongs fixed in a row positioned above a rotating disc with notches carved into it aligned with the prongs. each prong would sound a different note when twanged and the notches would twang the prongs as they move underneath. you'd then have to work out how to tune the prongs and how to carve the disc to produce a simple tune. this probably makes no sense. |
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hahah no, but thx for making me laugh my ass off more like this (specifically the tune teeth on the cylinder): |
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i'm not sure about that, xceque. i'll try some tests with the pieces I have laying around, but i think it would sound like pierre bastien if I did that. which would be cool, just not what I'm looking for |
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well that's pretty much what I was trying to describe, only that has a drum with spokes whereas I was thinking of a disc with spokes. |
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i think i'm looking for a craftsman who can do it. I have time to compose it and paint/lacquer the box, but not actually figure out how to make the mechanism play the tune. it's a tall order; i've scoured the net, and thought someone here may know of someone i was laughing at earthleakage's little itv movie, not your suggestion by the way... |
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just found one who will do it from a MIDI file. Problem solved! Not cheap to do this, though |
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Make nanou on it when you are finished. You were going to weren't you. |
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If you figure it out tell us! ! |
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Link please? That sounds mighty interesting. |
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I've got a subtractor patch somewhere that I made that sounds suprisingly like a music box. |
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supatrigger? |
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No, subtractor. It's a pretty simple/limited synth in Reason. Supatrigger is a laugh for 'live' play though, esp. with some a midi knob linked up, so you can stutter your beats as you like. |
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. The cost is US$800 for 2 identical movements (songs). Neat. Nanou is too long! The box would have to be coffee table size to fit a cylinder with all those notes. Would be fun though :) |
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