Music Box Composer APK
App information
Version 2.52 (#1)
Updated 2015-02-11
APK Size 26 MB
Requires Android Android 2.3+ (Gingerbread)
Offered by Jelly Biscuits
Category Free Music & Audio App
App id com.jellybiscuits.mBxComposer
Developer's notes Create your own Music Box compositions
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What's new in Music Box Composer 2.52
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Download the latest Music Box Composer application, version 2.52, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Music & Audio app is developed by Jelly Biscuits and is easy to download and install.
Previous versions, including 2.52, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.
Description
Designed to aid composing and editing your own music prior to punching the paper strips for Music Boxes, MBC allows you to compose, edit, preview, play, save and share your creations via Twitter, Facebook, Email or local file transfer.
- Built for Tablets and Phones
- Supports 15, 20 and 30 note music boxes.
- Share your compositions with others via Facebook, Twitter and Email.
- Multiple undo
- Disable Notes for temporary changes
- Ripple edits
- Save and Load (access the save location via iTunes File Sharing/Android local storage)
- Sounds sampled from physical Music Boxes
- Save strip to JPG/PDF file.
- MIDI export and import
The physical Music Boxes with the punchable paper strips 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. Compatible with the types of music box you can purchase from Grand Illusions or Kikkerland (the Sankyo 33 not box is not currently supported - but it is in the works).
There is a growing library of strips that can be loaded into the app:
http://www.jellybiscuits.com/?page_id=763
For an example of a shared composition:
http://www.jellybiscuits.com/mbc/mbp.php?lL5nDF79
Demo of composing, printing, punching an playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWxkoHcPbS0
Rated as a Killer App by Apps4iDevice.
Ratings and Reviews
Rating: 4.3/5 based on Less than 100 reviews
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4 ★ The overall feel to it is great and the tools are pretty much all there. Wanted to give 5 but i think it needs 1 more octave right at the top. The last key available is just a few short of the usual high notes that im hoping to use. Can you guys have an option for octave adjustment if adding an entire octave wouldn't be practical?
5 ★ Perfect app. Five stars, couldn't ask for more! Midi import is a little hit and miss but given that there are only so many notes to work with we cannot complain. The developer team is absolutely awesome and phenomenally fast to identify problems and update the app. These are people who care about the quality of their work and have to be applauded!
3 ★ I wonder where is the exit button located at, as I can't find it. It would be appreciated if App Designer created an exit button for this 7 dollars app as there was no trial version in Android. The icons in the app are quite dark in color, needs to be brighter. Grey icons against grey background is not a good choice.
4 ★ Very well made, can be difficult initially to get the import/export working with larger midi files (forums are great, many thanks for the help). Glad I purchased it! Managed to get some insane compositions going (AoT intro etc)
3 ★ I can't join the support forum because I don't understand your complicated security question. How do I create a new file? Why is there no new file button? Also I over wrote a file since I don't know how to create a new one and it just stopped where the original was finished?? Besides the random bugs that make me have to reopen the app, it's good.
2 ★ Is there anyway there could be an option to minimize the lower screen while editing and adding notes? That way the notes and lines are easier to access for smaller screen users. Im on a HTC one and the auto magnifier is quite difficult to use. I really love this application but it needs to be more accommodating for the poor visioned, chubby finger crowd!
4 ★ How do I import MIDI files into the songs? It didn't show in the tutorial or anything, and I would really like to know since I spent 5 dollars on this app...
4 ★ It's super awesome and by far the best app of its kind! It makes things pretty easy and it's not hard to get a knack for it
3 ★ There's no way to convert the files to mp3 or anything else, therefore we can do nothing with them.
4 ★ I like it so far. A little bit of work on the gui will make it a 5 star app. Thanks to the developer's for a job well done.
3 ★ I can't find the folder where the WAV files are stored, it would be cool to be able to access it from the app
5 ★ Worth every dollar. Makes it significantly easier to craft music and not waste paper testing how it all sounds. Thanks for this amazing app!
5 ★ When you learn the controls, it works fine. Save often.
2 ★ Why did it say invalid strip even when i use the mbc link?
4 ★ The app works fantastically, my only qualm is that it will occasionally crash, but the work stays intact so that is more of an annoyance, and the Strip Library does not load into the program, so I can't play any pre made tunes.
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