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most of the tunes i play on my Music Box are very slow. How do i speed it up... i can only turn the handle so fast... some of the tunes dont sound good either with a slow BPM
Move the holes closer together - you can put new vertical lines, or go half as far between holes so that all the notes are closer together. Or scale the .PDF smaller in the X direction.
I'd recommend not doing anything with a BPM of over 90-95 on a music box (BPM is listed on each tune on this site) since you'll have to spin the handle really quickly in order for it to sound like the preview. If there is space between each note, though, you usually can move the notes closer and it will be twice as easy to spin.
I agree with Erin. Just use less space between notes. I was using each vertical line like a sixteenth. When I treated them like eighths, the speed doubled, so I could crank slower and get the same effect. You CAN sneak notes in between vertical lines if you're careful, and get 16th notes.
Coming back to this thread after 4 years, I created a web app that can condense notes closer together to reduce turning speed by half if anyone is interested. https://erinmusicbox.com/midi-visualizer
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in a good old way
Move the holes closer together - you can put new vertical lines, or go half as far between holes so that all the notes are closer together. Or scale the .PDF smaller in the X direction.
ohhh...sounds complex... but will try
I'd recommend not doing anything with a BPM of over 90-95 on a music box (BPM is listed on each tune on this site) since you'll have to spin the handle really quickly in order for it to sound like the preview. If there is space between each note, though, you usually can move the notes closer and it will be twice as easy to spin.
I agree with Erin. Just use less space between notes. I was using each vertical line like a sixteenth. When I treated them like eighths, the speed doubled, so I could crank slower and get the same effect. You CAN sneak notes in between vertical lines if you're careful, and get 16th notes.
Should some of the cog wheels in the engine be either smaller or bigger so that the song would speed up and not have to turn the crank faster?
Coming back to this thread after 4 years, I created a web app that can condense notes closer together to reduce turning speed by half if anyone is interested. https://erinmusicbox.com/midi-visualizer