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A music "game" for Panic's handheld system: Playdate

Features:

  • Crank to play the songs or auto-play
  • Magically generates new songs, including percussion
  • Change key and scale live to play the Magic Musicbox like an instrument
  • Choose between 4 synthesizer sounds (Sine, Saw, Square, Triangle)
  • Edit mode for entering your own sequences

Proceeds/Pricing

All proceeds donated to Sonic Guild (Austin chapter, previously called Black Fret)

Controls:

  • Live Mode (Mode selector in menu)
    • Up / Down: Transpose by half-step
    • Left / Right: Change scale
      • Major Pentatonic
      • Minor Pentatonic
      • Stack of 4ths
    • B: Generate a new song
  • Edit Mode
    • Up / Down/Left/Right: Move cursor
    • B: Toggle Note on/off
  • A: Stat/stop auto-play
  • Crank: Play the song (one beat per 360° rotation). During auto-play turning the crank will still advance/reverse the playback by one beat per full rotation, effectively speeding up or slowing down the auto-play.

Settings:

  • BPM: How fast auto-play should progress
  • Synth: Which sound should be used for the pitched notes
  • Mode (v1.1): Switch between Live mode and Edit mode

Don't forget - Paying for Magic Musicbox will help support Austin Musicians!

StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Authorjiaaro
GenreRhythm
Made withPlaydate
Tags1-bit, Abstract, Audio, chiptune, Creative, Music, Music Production, Playdate, Soundtoy
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
AccessibilityColor-blind friendly

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

Magic Musicbox.pdx.zip 317 kB

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