Funky Music Box

Wire 4-6 buttons for different sounds.

1. Place buttons on breadboard.
2. Connect button 1: one side to GPIO 17, other to GND.
3. Connect button 2 to GPIO 22.
4. Connect button 3 to GPIO 23.
5. Connect button 4 to GPIO 24.
6. Add more buttons to GPIO 25, 27 if desired.
7. All buttons share common GND connection.

Collect music and sound effects.

1. Create a sounds directory: mkdir ~/musicbox
2. Download or record sound files (drums, melodies, effects).
3. Save files as .wav format (best compatibility).
4. Name them: sound1.wav, sound2.wav, etc.
5. Place all sounds in ~/musicbox/.

Create Python script to map buttons to sounds.

1. Create the script: nano ~/musicbox/musicbox.py
2. Copy the code below.
3. Save and exit.

import pygame
from gpiozero import Button
from signal import pause

pygame.mixer.init()

sounds = {
    17: pygame.mixer.Sound('/home/pi/musicbox/sound1.wav'),
    22: pygame.mixer.Sound('/home/pi/musicbox/sound2.wav'),
    23: pygame.mixer.Sound('/home/pi/musicbox/sound3.wav'),
    24: pygame.mixer.Sound('/home/pi/musicbox/sound4.wav'),
}

buttons = {
    17: Button(17),
    22: Button(22),
    23: Button(23),
    24: Button(24),
}

def play_sound(pin):
    sounds[pin].play()
    print(f"Playing sound on pin {pin}")

for pin in buttons.keys():
    buttons[pin].when_pressed = lambda p=pin: play_sound(p)

print("Funky Music Box ready!")
print("Press buttons to play sounds.")
pause()

Play sounds with button presses.

1. Connect speaker or headphones.
2. Run: python3 ~/musicbox/musicbox.py
3. Press each button to hear its sound.
4. Try pressing multiple buttons in sequence to create rhythms.