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57 lines
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# MusicBoxConverter
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> Converts MIDI files into music box scores that are ready to print.
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## Getting Started
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This program is written in C♯. To get started, first clone this repository and compile it:
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```bash
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git clone https://git.starbeamrainbowlabs.com/sbrl/MusicBoxConverter.git
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cd MusicBoxConverter
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msbuild
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```
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If you're on Windows, you'll either need to use a _Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt_ or open the solution file in _Visual Studio_ itself.
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Alternatively, you can
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## Usage
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1. Export the MuseScore file to a MIDI file
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2. Run the MIDI file through this program.
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3. Open the resulting SVG in Inkscape
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4. Print the SVG to PDF (or `inkscape --export-pdf output.pdf input.svg`)
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5. Open the resulting PDF in LibreOffice Draw
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6. Print to your actual printer - tiling over multiple pages if required.
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This somewhat convoluted process prevents anyone from automatically rescaling it along the way.
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If the above doesn't work, it's probably LibreOffice Draw scaling it even though you've told it not to. In that case, try this:
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```bash
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# Convert MIDI -> SVG
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./MusicBoxConverter.exe --input song.midi --output score.svg
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# Convert it to png
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inkscape -e score.png score.svg
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# Convert the PNG to PDF, rotating by 90 degrees
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convert score.png -rotate 90 score.pdf
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# Split the PDF up into multiple pages for the printer
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# -s1 Don't scale the output
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# -m Sets the output paper size. Defaults to A4 (21x29.7cm) if unspecified, but may need to reduce by a cm or 2 on each side (as below) if things get cut off.
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pdfposter -s1 -m 20x27.7cm score.pdf print.pdf
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```
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....if that cuts things off at the edges, try doing it like this:
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```bash
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convert score.svg score.pdf
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pdfposter -s1 score.pdf print.pdf
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```
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## Useful Links
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- [ffmpeg - showspectrumpic manual](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#showspectrumpic)
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- [Frequency to Musical Note Converter](https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/note/)
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## License
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This project is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. The full license text is included in the `LICENSE` file in this repository. Tldr legal have a [great summary](https://tldrlegal.com/license/mozilla-public-license-2.0-(mpl-2)) of the license if you're interested.
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