For Adventurers unfamiliar with the Compose & Play system, this page will explain its basic functions and how to compose music using the system.

Don’t we all have a Beethoven inside of us just waiting to break free?

Shall we begin~? First, let’s discover from where exactly we can start composing!

You can access the Music Album via the main menu (hotkey: Esc) → Community → Music Album.

Select Music Album to open the following window.

There are four options here. Shall we take a look at each one?

Press the Compose button to see the following window where you can input notes as seen below.

Quite a few options, aren’t there? Let’s go over each one together! 

1. Effector: Here you can adjust settings for the effector. Read more about it in the Florchestra & Effector section below.

2. BPM: You can set the speed of your music. The fastest is 180, and lowering the BPM will slow down your music.

3. Meter: The number of beats and how they are divided.

4. Note Attribute: You can configure the notes here. 1/4 for quarter notes, ⅛ for eighth notes, 1/16 for sixteenth notes, etc.

5. Velocity: You can set the velocity of your music. Maximum velocity is 127, which you can change per note by clicking LMB on the notes individually. 

After setting the default velocity, change the velocity for each note according to the flow of music to add more flare.

6. Instrument: Wind, string, keyboard, and percussion are the 4 types of instruments you can choose from. If you are in a party, an ensemble is also possible.


You will see that some of the instruments are categorized as Florchestra and Marni’s, and are highlighted in different colors. Read the sections below named after each to learn how to obtain them and what makes them special.

7. Edit Mode, Select Mode: In Edit Mode, you can add notes. In Select Mode, you can edit the notes you’ve added onto the score.

In particular, you can use your mouse to drag over and select several notes to edit them all at once in Select Mode.

 

Here’s an example.
You’ve toiled really hard to compose your song, yet after listening to it, you feel it a bit too high and want to lower an octave.
You wouldn’t want to go back and input each note all over again, right?
Select all of the notes you wish to change, for you can move them or edit all of the selected notes at once.

8.Reset: You can reset your entire score and delete everything you’ve worked on so far.

9. Save: At the bottom right you will find both the Temporary Save and the Save options.

It’d be a waste to listen to such a masterpiece all by yourself!
Why not share it with other adventurers?

You can play your music by pressing Play on any character that has unlocked instruments.

There may be Adventurers who wish to compose even longer masterpieces.
By completing certain quests, you can increase your music level, which will expand the number of measures and notes you can compose with.

Think of all the music you’ll be able to compose at a higher music level!

Also, there’s the option to share your compositions with other Adventurers.
Compose/Score window → Press the cogwheel under Etc. to select “Share.”

Toggle “Allow Download” to allow other Adventurers to download your music, and “Register Music” to share your music with others.

Keep these options off to only see your music appear in “My Folder”!

Ta-da! Now you’re able to share your masterpieces!

Through the Music Album, you can listen to music shared by other Adventurers, download their music, as well as press the heart ♥ icon to like their music! ⸜₍๑•⌔•๑ ₎⸝

Now, shall we go and enjoy the music?

There are a total of 8 florchestra instruments, and out of the 8, 5 are upgraded versions of the old beginner instruments while 3 are completely new instruments that were not part of the beginner instruments.

Florchestra instruments boast a more exquisite exterior than the old beginner instruments, and their sounds can be modulated through a processor called an effector.

An effector is a device that affects sound in some way to change what you hear. For example, the Echo and Reverb knobs of a karaoke machine, which change the sound of your voice to be “richer” and “fuller” when you turn it on, are known as effectors.

While effectors can be categorized in several different ways, Florchestra’s effectors are primarily categorized into two systems: spatial and modulation.

For instance, applying a “spatial” effector transforms the sound to give it a sense of space, such as a room, music hall, etc. On the other hand, a modulator can change the tone of the sound to be deeper, stranger, etc.

The Florchestra Effectors can only be utilized with Florchestra instruments. These effectors can be attached to compositions and will be used alongside the Florchestra instruments.

You can adjust the effector as you compose a song, and the settings of the effector are saved with the song rather than each instrument. As this is meant to be an easier-to-understand concept, you can’t adjust the effector directly from your Florchestra instrument. To put it simply, you can understand the Florchestra Instrument as an instrument that can be influenced by an effector rather than played with an effector.

Since effectors consume a lot of the Black Spirit’s energy (in other words, it uses a lot of your PC’s CPU), they can’t be unlimited in how they’re used and must be used as efficiently as possible. So, they’ve been set up this way. Due to the limitations of this method, if you’re playing a song with effectors, but another group is playing another song next to you, you’ll hear their sound with the adjustments of the effectors in the song you are playing. Unfortunately, there is no other way to save the Black Spirit’s energy.

You can adjust the amount of sounds transferred from your instrument to the effector by using AuxSend from the Florchestra Instruments category. When it lights up, it means that the sounds are being transferred to the effector.

You can adjust the settings for the musical technique on the upper right of the Compose window. Musical techniques refer to ways of playing music, and they differ for each different type of instrument.

Keep the following in mind.

Beginner Violin

Beginner Cymbals

Beginner Recorder

Beginner Piano

Beginner Harp

If you complete the Artina's Flondor Instrument Shop quest from Artina at Lake Flondor with a character of level 56 or above, you can begin the [Florchestra] Legendary Musician quest.
Upon completion of this questline, you can obtain Florchestra Instruments. (8 types)

◈ New Instruments (Horn and Clarinet)

The following new instruments can be purchased for 5 million Silver each from Artina upon completing the newly added quests under the [Music] The Heavenly Sound of Florchestra Instruments! Suggested quest category.

Florchestra Horn

Florchestra Clarinet

Marni's instruments, invented by the infamous "mad" scientist, are now available. 4 different types of Marnians and the Marnibass are available and also 3 types of Marni Electric Guitar, ready to produce mystical sounds never heard before in the world of Black Desert.

The mysterious Marnians are aptly named (Wavy Planet, Illusion Tree, Secret Note, and Sandwich), each capable of producing 4 unique sounds for a total of 16 different styles.

While the Marni Electric Guitar (Silver Wave, Highway, and Hexe Glam) can produce 3 different types of sounds.

You can craft Marni's Instruments through the manufacture process (hotkey: L) with the relevant "Tremor Converticator" obtained through a quest.

You will first need to complete a prerequisite questline available once per family through the "Music Score: Genius of Keplan" purchased from Artina.

Marni's Instruments can be obtained as follows:

- First, purchase the "Music Score: Genius of Keplan" from Artina, then complete the prerequisite questline at Lake Kaia. Complete the questline to unlock Marni's shop in Tori Woods, near the Mountain of Eternal Winter.

- After this, purchase blueprints and converticators for the instruments from Marni's instrument shop and obtain the materials needed to craft the instruments.The rest of materials can be purchased directly from the Central Market)

- Then use Manufacture (Processing) with all materials.

Instrument	Materials
Marnian: Illusion Tree	[Blueprint] Marnian: Illusion Tree Triangle Tremor Converticator x10 Loopy Tree Plywood x10 Gold Ingot x100 Deer Blood x500
Marnian: Sandwich	[Blueprint] Marnian: Sandwich Blade Tremor Converticator x10 White Cedar Plywood x10 Gold Ingot x100 Rhino Blood x500
Marnian: Secret Note	[Blueprint] Marnian: Secret Note Square Tremor Converticator x10 Moss Tree Plywood x10 Gold Ingot x100 Wolf Blood x500
Marnian: Wavy Planet	[Blueprint] Marnian: Wavy Planet x1 Circle Tremor Converticator x10 Elder Tree Plywood x10 Gold Ingot x100 Lion Blood x500
Marnibass	[Blueprint] Marnibass x1 Dome Tremor Converticator x10 Birch Plywood x10 Gold Ingot x100 Sheep Blood x500
Marni Electric Guitar: Silver Wave	Purchased directly at Marni's instrument shop for 100,000,000 silver
Marni Electric Guitar: Highway	Purchased directly at Marni's instrument shop for 100,000,000 silver
Marni Electric Guitar: Hexe Glam	Purchased directly at Marni's instrument shop for 100,000,000 silver

Marnian: Illusion Tree/Sandwich/Secret Note/Wavy Planet

Marnibass

Marni Electric Guitar: Silver Wave	Marni Electric Guitar: Highway
Marni Electric Guitar: Hexe Glam