Music Box Composer

Detailed App Info:

Last Changed:Time: some time ago
Current Version:Version: 1.0
Device Type:Device: iPhone Ready
Category:Category: Music
iTunes Seller:Seller: Jelly Biscuits Grant Adam
Download Size:App Size: 22.57 MB

Application Description

Create your own Music Box music, and easily share your compositions with others.

Designed to aid composing your own music prior to punching the paper strips for Music Boxes, MBC allows you to compose, preview and play your creations before printing out the physical strips.

A small but growing library of Music Box Strips can be viewed here, via webplayer or loading into MBC on device:
http://www.jellybiscuits.com/?page_id=763

Demo of composing, printing, punching an playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWxkoHcPbS0

- Supports 15, 20 and 30 note music boxes.
- Share your compositions with others via sharable link.
- Multiple undo
- Disable Notes for temporary changes
- Ripple edits
- Sounds sampled from physical Music Boxes
- Save strip to JPG file, auto creates PDF resized for printing.

The physical Music Boxes with the paper punch strips and are great fun - what I found was missing was an easy way to preview either transpositions or original creations. This aims to fill that gap but it's also a fun music creation tool in it's own right.

Requirements

Your mobile device must have at least 22.57 MB of space to download and install Music Box Composer app. Music Box Composer is available on iTunes for $14.99

If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Jelly Biscuits Grant Adam at http://www.jellybiscuits.com/?page_id=705.

Copyright © Jelly Biscuits 2014

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Music Box Composer

Application Activity Timeline

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Jun 02$ 14.99New App
– MIDI file export – in the utilities flyout. Directory containing the MIDI is opened after the export is complete.
– New ‘Auto Advance when adding via piano note’ added – this advances the timeline by the current snap amount when adding a note via the piano.You can override the increment temporarily by holding down the shift key when clicking a note, which allows adding multiple notes at the same time. This feature works better with the ‘Play all at time when adding/moving’ turned on, so you can hear all the notes at the current time.
– Extra piano keys added at each end of the piano strip to aid moving forward and back in time (moves by the current snap increment) for a more fluid composing workflow using the piano. Middle click in the piano also advances by a single time increment (or with shift key goes back an increment).
– Stronger vertical lines on visible strip as a visual cue and composing aid.
– PDF export of 15 note strip size adjusted very slightly to 47.5%.
– PDF export: Numbers added to the vertical line divisions on export to aid strip matching.
– Fixed bug where after using the piano keyboard any button required two clicks to activate.
May 25$ 14.99New App
– MIDI file export – in the utilities flyout. Directory containing the MIDI is opened after the export is complete.
– New ‘Auto Advance when adding via piano note’ added – this advances the timeline by the current snap amount when adding a note via the piano.You can override the increment temporarily by holding down the shift key when clicking a note, which allows adding multiple notes at the same time. This feature works better with the ‘Play all at time when adding/moving’ turned on, so you can hear all the notes at the current time.
– Extra piano keys added at each end of the piano strip to aid moving forward and back in time (moves by the current snap increment) for a more fluid composing workflow using the piano. Middle click in the piano also advances by a single time increment (or with shift key goes back an increment).
– Stronger vertical lines on visible strip as a visual cue and composing aid.
– PDF export of 15 note strip size adjusted very slightly to 47.5%.
– PDF export: Numbers added to the vertical line divisions on export to aid strip matching.
– Fixed bug where after using the piano keyboard any button required two clicks to activate.
May 18$ 14.99New App
– MIDI file export – in the utilities flyout. Directory containing the MIDI is opened after the export is complete.
– New ‘Auto Advance when adding via piano note’ added – this advances the timeline by the current snap amount when adding a note via the piano.You can override the increment temporarily by holding down the shift key when clicking a note, which allows adding multiple notes at the same time. This feature works better with the ‘Play all at time when adding/moving’ turned on, so you can hear all the notes at the current time.
– Extra piano keys added at each end of the piano strip to aid moving forward and back in time (moves by the current snap increment) for a more fluid composing workflow using the piano. Middle click in the piano also advances by a single time increment (or with shift key goes back an increment).
– Stronger vertical lines on visible strip as a visual cue and composing aid.
– PDF export of 15 note strip size adjusted very slightly to 47.5%.
– PDF export: Numbers added to the vertical line divisions on export to aid strip matching.
– Fixed bug where after using the piano keyboard any button required two clicks to activate.
May 11$ 14.99New App
– MIDI file export – in the utilities flyout. Directory containing the MIDI is opened after the export is complete.
– New ‘Auto Advance when adding via piano note’ added – this advances the timeline by the current snap amount when adding a note via the piano.You can override the increment temporarily by holding down the shift key when clicking a note, which allows adding multiple notes at the same time. This feature works better with the ‘Play all at time when adding/moving’ turned on, so you can hear all the notes at the current time.
– Extra piano keys added at each end of the piano strip to aid moving forward and back in time (moves by the current snap increment) for a more fluid composing workflow using the piano. Middle click in the piano also advances by a single time increment (or with shift key goes back an increment).
– Stronger vertical lines on visible strip as a visual cue and composing aid.
– PDF export of 15 note strip size adjusted very slightly to 47.5%.
– PDF export: Numbers added to the vertical line divisions on export to aid strip matching.
– Fixed bug where after using the piano keyboard any button required two clicks to activate.
May 04$ 14.99New App
– MIDI file export – in the utilities flyout. Directory containing the MIDI is opened after the export is complete.
– New ‘Auto Advance when adding via piano note’ added – this advances the timeline by the current snap amount when adding a note via the piano.You can override the increment temporarily by holding down the shift key when clicking a note, which allows adding multiple notes at the same time. This feature works better with the ‘Play all at time when adding/moving’ turned on, so you can hear all the notes at the current time.
– Extra piano keys added at each end of the piano strip to aid moving forward and back in time (moves by the current snap increment) for a more fluid composing workflow using the piano. Middle click in the piano also advances by a single time increment (or with shift key goes back an increment).
– Stronger vertical lines on visible strip as a visual cue and composing aid.
– PDF export of 15 note strip size adjusted very slightly to 47.5%.
– PDF export: Numbers added to the vertical line divisions on export to aid strip matching.
– Fixed bug where after using the piano keyboard any button required two clicks to activate.
Apr 27$ 14.99New App
– MIDI file export – in the utilities flyout. Directory containing the MIDI is opened after the export is complete.
– New ‘Auto Advance when adding via piano note’ added – this advances the timeline by the current snap amount when adding a note via the piano.You can override the increment temporarily by holding down the shift key when clicking a note, which allows adding multiple notes at the same time. This feature works better with the ‘Play all at time when adding/moving’ turned on, so you can hear all the notes at the current time.
– Extra piano keys added at each end of the piano strip to aid moving forward and back in time (moves by the current snap increment) for a more fluid composing workflow using the piano. Middle click in the piano also advances by a single time increment (or with shift key goes back an increment).
– Stronger vertical lines on visible strip as a visual cue and composing aid.
– PDF export of 15 note strip size adjusted very slightly to 47.5%.
– PDF export: Numbers added to the vertical line divisions on export to aid strip matching.
– Fixed bug where after using the piano keyboard any button required two clicks to activate.
Apr 20$ 14.99New App
Added 'save' (command-s), save as (command-shift-s) and open hotkeys (command-0)
Escape key will cancel the loading and help screens
Keyboard shortcuts will no longer stop working after using a command key combination.
Middle click to pan the current time now works in the bottom view as well as the middle view.
This version now saves the exported JPG/PDF files your Music directory, in a 'MusicBoxComposer' subdirectory.
Apr 13$ 14.99New App
Added 'save' (command-s), save as (command-shift-s) and open hotkeys (command-0)
Escape key will cancel the loading and help screens
Keyboard shortcuts will no longer stop working after using a command key combination.
Middle click to pan the current time now works in the bottom view as well as the middle view.
This version now saves the exported JPG/PDF files your Music directory, in a 'MusicBoxComposer' subdirectory.
Apr 06$ 14.99New App
Added 'save' (command-s), save as (command-shift-s) and open hotkeys (command-0)
Escape key will cancel the loading and help screens
Keyboard shortcuts will no longer stop working after using a command key combination.
Middle click to pan the current time now works in the bottom view as well as the middle view.
This version now saves the exported JPG/PDF files your Music directory, in a 'MusicBoxComposer' subdirectory.
Mar 30$ 14.99New App
Added 'save' (command-s), save as (command-shift-s) and open hotkeys (command-0)
Escape key will cancel the loading and help screens
Keyboard shortcuts will no longer stop working after using a command key combination.
Middle click to pan the current time now works in the bottom view as well as the middle view.
This version now saves the exported JPG/PDF files your Music directory, in a 'MusicBoxComposer' subdirectory.
Mar 23$ 14.99New App
Added 'save' (command-s), save as (command-shift-s) and open hotkeys (command-0)
Escape key will cancel the loading and help screens
Keyboard shortcuts will no longer stop working after using a command key combination.
Middle click to pan the current time now works in the bottom view as well as the middle view.
This version now saves the exported JPG/PDF files your Music directory, in a 'MusicBoxComposer' subdirectory.

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