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It's where you can make your own theme song and you can pick what beat you're gonna use and you can add lyrics and a chorus and even the main lyrics of the song that you're making.

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Hi! I am trying to transcribe some music to my grand illusion 30 and it does not have D#4 and B#3. Are there any combinations of the keys that when played together, they create a similar sound?
Thanks for the help!

Hi for a Project I'm looking for the right paper that I can use for Kikkerland 15. I'm looking for paper I can Print by myself (don't need to be bigger than A4/A3) and I can cut it by myself to Music strips. I've already tried Fotopaper 300g/m(works but color gets scratches) , "normal" 100 g/m paper (not stable enough) and glossy 200g/m (doesnt have enough grip so it doesn't move through the Music box even (lagging)
Do you have recommendations? Is the paper not heavy enough or has it not enough grip?

Thanks you for your help!

Hey everyone!

I've been working hard on this project for a little while now. It's not the first nor the fastest machine that cuts out these music box strips, but I'm very happy with the results.
Here it is in action!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etWETnmRU74

A python script I wrote takes GI30F exports from this site (or MusicBoxComposer 30-Note .MBC files) and converts the note data into a Gcode program, which can then be run on a small laser cutter. The roller designs were borrowed from this Instructables (https://www.instructables.com/Making-Music-Box-Punch-Machine-With-Arduino/) though modified slightly to work a little better.

As a Christmas gift to my mom, I've also been working on another way to play these songs. She has a "Mr. Christmas" music box player, that is tuned identically to the GI20 format on here. A small modification to the script lets one input a GI20 DXF or 20-Note MBC file and output an SVG, which a laser cutter can then use. I used 1/32" clear acrylic for the material. It's a little thicker than the actual disks, but it works well enough! The song choice is a little challenging, because it must fit within a 26 second runtime. I've put a few of the disks up on the Github, if anyone else wants to cut one out!

Here's a disk in action!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm_uzP-zMU4

If anyone is interested, the code can be found here:
https://github.com/ThePhotoChemist/MB2Laser/

Oh! And the last thing. I've noticed that sometimes trying to import a song from MusicBoxManiacs to MusicBoxComposer via MIDI file doesn't quite work. MusicBoxComposer will sometimes try its best to scale notes for a "best fit", which makes things sound a bit wonky. I've included a tool called dxf2mbc.py, also in the Github, that lets one convert a GI30F or GI20 DXF file to .MBC file, which retains the proper notes. Hopefully someone finds that useful!

i cannot get midi files to transfer, all it does is let me select and then nothing happens

It seems churlish to criticise what is an excellent FREE tool so this comment is made by way of observation. I am experienced in music theory/notation etc and have used commercial editing programmes but am lacking in memory retention. Is it possible to 'insert' a missing note which could then move the remainder of the notes along.? I have tried the arrows button but they seem to operate only from starting position and of course when you try to position your cursor somewhere else you get a note. Sorry if it's a dumb question.

I bought a 30 note music box from eBay. How can I tell what scale it is?

Hello everyone, I'm having a minor difficulty with printing out the strips; - the print is too far to the edge of the paper resulting in one of the guiding edges not printing. So, when I attempt to cut the strips with scissors, there is no way of being certain that the width of the cut out strips is accurate. The problem then becomes apparent when I feed the strips into the 30 note music box as the some of the notes played are wrong. This is due to a misalignment. Anyone got a solution as to how to centre the image on the paper before printing?