Talk:Note Block

Blocks for instruments
I've done a little research, and found that there are five instruments, and that each once can be reached through several different blocks being underneath, as follows:

Piano

 * Dirt
 * Wool
 * Air
 * Reeds
 * Leaves
 * Water

Drum

 * Stone
 * Cobblestone
 * Furnace
 * Obsidian
 * Netherack
 * Half-block

Guitar

 * Wood
 * Wood planks
 * Chest
 * Bookshelf
 * Fence
 * Note block

High hat

 * Sand
 * Gravel
 * Mud

Something else, not sure what

 * Glass

I also tested it above a workbench, and it doesn't make a sound. Anything else, I've not tested. Use how you will. Chilari 19:05, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Wiring Image
Can someone please upload this and add it under the wiring, with the caption "How to wire a Note Block." or something similar? Thanks. Link: http://i53.tinypic.com/28jureg.png -FragPl0x 14:20, 13 January 2011
 * First of all, learn to sign your comments!
 * Secondly I don't see any need for the image; it appears to follow the standard Redstone wiring conventions. - SoNick (Talk | Contribs) 22:42, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Image and Caption
This page is already fairly comprehensive, but might I add am image with a short explanation of how using note blocks and a clock generator you can make a repeating musical sequence? Or does that belong on the Circuits/Mechanisms page?
 * I'd like that! --Flippeh 03:28, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Have any of you heard an actual instrument before?
I just updated the instrument names and removed the "Rhodes" keyboard one. I checked the sound files and there are 7 sound files, 2 of which are similar enough to other instruments that they're practically duplicates, so there are 5 instruments. Secondly, checking the names of the files indicates that the all other blocks instrument is called harp (it has a similar sounding file called pling as well), so we should probably go with harp, since that's also what it actually sounds like. Secondly, I changed 'marimba' to double bass for similar reasons. I have absolutely no idea how anyone could confuse a double bass for a marimba, however. Whoever made that mistake, your hearing is bad and you should feel bad. --Yourself 07:21, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing one of the two sounds, that you thought were similar enough, to be the same as another; is the unique sound the note block makes, when placed on another note block. Perhabs that should be mentioned? Edit: Could be, that it's supposed, to be a 12 stringed guitar! --Mr FJ 14:21, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I was the one who added the Rhodes/Electric Keyboard. It's most certainly in the source files. The pling.ogg is not used in any of the current documented instruments, but it's in the folder, which means that either we have not figured out what block goes underneath (which is unlikely, I think we've tried them all), or it hasn't been implemented yet. But that pling.ogg is most definitely currently unused. --CosmoVibe 22:28, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Youtube Videos
I understand that people are excited that Notch added Note Blocks, and it provides the autistic in all of us to create some pretty neat songs using said Note Blocks, but I don't think we need THAT many Youtube Links... Shay 15:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Well.. here's an epic one, started by a single switch :)


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPVYrltke4


 * don't wanna mess with the wiki too much as i'm prett much a Wiki-noob. PS: that video isn't mine ;) Bambooz 20:35, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I shrunk all the links down to make the page flow better. It looks better without a bunch of random Youtube links spread around. Please shrink all future Youtube links on this page with single brackets. Shay 00:38, 15 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, i have to say that one above is much better than mine xD of course, it's still alive and what's better than still alive?^^ anyway, this is my noteblock song:  it's my own "composition" :) --Smashmello 19:09, 15 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Unfortunatly, the Wiki is no place to promote your own videos. It says this in the Wiki Rules under section 16-A. It also says on 16 itself that videos should be able to demonstrate something that images cannot... It doesn't say to post your own creations. I don't knock the fact that people love creating stuff with the note blocks, but I don't think we need 16 videos all showcasing a different song. We need one or two to get the basic premise across, and if people want more, they can search YouTube. - Shay 19:40, 15 January 2011 (UTC)