Redstone Music Generator

Description

Automating building process of redstone music in Minecraft with Python scripts and MIDI files.

What this project aiming at is rather reminiscent of some old-fashioned command-block redstone music dating back 2016--2018, especially inspired by 1U_s' redstone music collection of Perfect Cherry Blossom. Check here for a demo video.

Developed under Minecraft Java Edition 1.12.2, Python 3.8.3 and Raspberry Jam Mod 0.94. Python requirements are declared in requirements.txt. (Anyway I guess it is compatible with Minecraft 1.8 - 1.12.2 and any version of Python 3)

Note that the directory mcpi/ is copied from the sample scripts in Raspberry Jam Mod directly.

Installation

1. Install python (with pip) and Minecraft (with Forge) if you haven't done so yet.
2. Install Raspberry Jam Mod with instructions. However, you should keep .minecraft/mcpipy/ empty, and not using the .exe installer is suggested.
3. Copy all files of this repository into .minecraft/mcpipy/.
4. In .minecraft/mcpipy/, execute pip install -r requirements.txt.
5. (optional) Install resourcepack realpiano, a sound resourcepack made by lkrb. (offical page (already invalid), you may download it here)

Start

Functionalities are packed as modules, so it is suggested to write your own scripts to call them. Several sample scripts are provided in sample/ for reference. For a quick start, with a Minecraft world running, you may execute python -m sample.advancing (for example) to run a sample script. Before that, a valid MIDI file should be placed at my_script/music.mid. Note that you should always execute commands in the root directory of this repository, running scripts as modules (with python -m).

Maintenance

This project is developed mainly for personal use. It may iterate fast (or do not iterate at all!). Maintenance is not guaranteed. Nevertheless, issues and pull requests are always welcome.

Q&A

• falling_block coordinates not consistent with the generated keyboard

  see Issue #4.