read out carolling christmas bells


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NPHighview

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Posted: 12:01am 03 Nov 2025      

The second song has too wide a range of notes to work with the 12-key xylophone. The other songs, in the key of G, would have to be transposed into the key of C to have a chance.

I asked Claude.ai for more information about how to drive solenoids based on MIDI sequences using the prompt:
  Quote  I'd like to build a MIDI-controlled musical instrument. It should accept and interpret MIDI sequences (or a MIDI file), then drive solenoids which will "ping" against Xylophone keys. The solenoids should be driven by MOSFET drivers connected to the I/O pins of a microcontroller such as an Arduino or Raspberry Pi Pico.

and got quite a detailed response. You should find this helpful.
Edited 2025-11-03 12:05 by NPHighview