Published November 10, 2020

Piano Music Box

This box can play 7 notes on a piano but the box has a few more secrets if the user plays around with the box.

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Story

For my project 3, I made a piano music box. The box has 7 keys that the user can interact with that plays 7 different notes on a piano. As well, I thought it was pretty boring to have just made a box piano so if the user moves the box in a couple different ways. Like shaking, tilting up, and tilting down. The box will play a song for each movement. This way the user can pick up the box and play around with it to find out what all it can do. Lastly, for each button pressed on the box, a different light will show on the sides of the box.

How the box works is it is hooked up to a laptop for power and to be able to interact with the piano online. Originally it was going to be a midi device launchpad that a DJ would use but soundboards would lag and cause problems. All 7 pins on the CPX are used to trigger the 7 notes on the piano. Each one is set to active by touch. When someone presses one of the foil buttons, it triggers a key on my laptop keyboard for the note on the piano. Pressing one of the foil buttons changes the light of the CPX to one of the seven colors. The CPX uses tilting and shaking with the accelerometer to measure when the CPX or box is being moved to play a song for these actions. I programmed three different songs for the CPX to play by putting in each note when someone moves the box in a certain way. The songs parts from " A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton, "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk, and "Alone" by Marshmellow. The CPX it raised inside the box. It is sitting on top of little pieces of metal that came with a cricket board. This allows for the alligator clips to have a better grip of the pins on the CPX. Lastly, the box used was from a package my friend received. I painted in black to give it some color.

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Box Code

input.touchA1.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.type("y")
    light.showRing(
    "red red red red red red red red red red"
    )
})
input.onGesture(Gesture.TiltDown, function () {
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(220, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(370, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(440, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(370, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(440, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(330, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(330, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(440, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(330, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(440, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(415, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(466, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(740, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(587, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(988, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(880, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(740, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(587, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(370, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(440, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
})
input.onGesture(Gesture.Shake, function () {
    music.playTone(988, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(988, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(932, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(932, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(740, music.beat(BeatFraction.Double))
    music.playTone(622, music.beat(BeatFraction.Whole))
    music.playTone(554, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(988, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(988, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(932, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(932, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(740, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(622, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(659, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(622, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(554, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(988, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(988, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(932, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(932, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(740, music.beat(BeatFraction.Double))
    music.playTone(622, music.beat(BeatFraction.Whole))
    music.playTone(554, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(622, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(554, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(622, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(554, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(494, music.beat(BeatFraction.Quarter))
    music.playTone(740, music.beat(BeatFraction.Whole))
    music.playTone(554, music.beat(BeatFraction.Whole))
})
input.touchA5.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.type("e")
    light.showRing(
    `blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue`
    )
})
input.touchA2.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.type("u")
    light.showRing(
    `orange orange orange orange orange orange orange orange orange orange`
    )
})
input.touchA6.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.type("r")
    light.showRing(
    `purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple`
    )
})
input.touchA3.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.type("i")
    light.showRing(
    `yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow`
    )
})
input.touchA7.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.type("t")
    light.showRing(
    `pink pink pink pink pink pink pink pink pink pink`
    )
})
input.touchA4.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Click, function () {
    keyboard.type("w")
    light.showRing(
    `green green green green green green green green green green`
    )
})
input.onGesture(Gesture.TiltUp, function () {
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(220, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(370, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(370, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(370, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(277, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(294, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(277, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(220, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(220, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(220, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(147, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
    music.playTone(185, music.beat(BeatFraction.Half))
})

Piano Music Box

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David Linaburg

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Piano Music Box

Piano Music Box

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Credits

David Linaburg

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