14. Muro Box-N20Standard (music box) connects with Other Devices via MIDI Input Slot
Muro Box-N20Standard uses a USB Type C slot for receiving the MIDI input. (If you purchase the Muro Box-N20Lite, there is no MIDI input slot for receiving the MIDI message from another device.)
*If you want to use USB Type A cable to connect the Muro Box, please connect an Type C adapter as shown in the image below. This Type C adapter will be included in our product package when shipping the Muro Box.
* The scale of a MIDI file needs to be between C3 to A5 on a diatonic scale. (C4-A6 in American standard) to be compatible with a Muro Box.
Now, the USB type C MIDI input slot on the Muro Box can support three types of devices: USB flash drive, laptop/PC, and MIDI keyboard.
Upload MIDI files from a USB Flash Drive to the Muro Box-N20Standard (music box)
- Upload MIDI files of your melodies into a USB flash drive.
(Note: The maximum number of melodies for reading via a USB flash drive is 100.) - Insert a USB flash drive (with the adapter) into the slot for MIDI input the back side of the Muro Box. Wait for the Muro Box to scan files to get ready for playing the melodies.
- Muro Box will automatically play a short default melody to notify you that the melodies inside the USB flash drive are ready to play on the Muro Box. If you do not hear this short default melody in 30 seconds, please remove the USB flash drive and then insert it again.
(Note: If your USB flash drive contains a lot of non-MIDI files, it may take longer time to complete scanning the files to get the Muro Box ready to play the MIDI files.) - Press the control knob on the backside of the Muro Box, and it will start playing melodies. Turn right to play the next melody; turn left to play the previous melody. When the melody is playing, pressing the control knob again will stop the playing mode and become sleep mode.
- Connect your laptop/PC with the Muro Box.
- When they are connected, Muro Box will play a short default melody to notify you that it is ready to play the notes/melodies you play on the laptop/PC now.
Note 1: The melodies need to be within the 20-note music range of Muro Box (C3-A5, on a diatonic scale). Any note beyond this music range will not be played. Muro Box will only read a single track of the MIDI file.
Note 2: The Muro Box will not save the MIDI files directly when it is connected with the laptop/PC. If you wish to save the melodies you have played on a software instrument on your laptop/PC, you will need to use professional music editing software to export the MIDI files to a USB flash drive and then connect this USB flash drive with the Muro Box via the MIDI input slot.
Note 3: If you want to create a playlist of many melodies to decide their playing sequence, you still need to upload these melodies via our app so that you can arrange its sequence inside the playlist editing mode.
Connect Muro Box-N20Standard (music box) with a MIDI keyboard
- Connect your MIDI keyboard with the Muro Box.
- When they are connected, Muro Box will play a short default melody to notify you that it is ready to play the notes/melodies you play on the MIDI keyboard now.
Note 1: The melodies need to be within the 20-note music range of Muro Box (C3-A5, on a diatonic scale). Any note beyond this music range will not be played. Muro Box will only read a single track of the MIDI file.
Note 2: The Muro Box will not save the MIDI data played on the MIDI keyboard. If you wish to save the melodies you have played on a MIDI keyboard and upload them to your Muro Box, you will need to use professional music editing software to export the MIDI files and then upload them via the USB flash drive or our Muro Box app.
Connect Muro Box-N20Standard (music box) with Computer and MIDI keyboard via Bluetooth
We want to thank our customer Shawn (the founder of Lullatone) who helped us make the following user-friendly tutorial video to demonstrate how to send MIDI message to Muro Box via Bluetooth (BLE). He also showed some techniques in this demo video to test the responses of Muro Box for our users. Let’s explore sending your songs to the music box (Muro Box), playing with a keyboard, and adding midi effects for really interesting new ways of making melodies!
