For a long time now I've been trying to locate any information about a music box project that I saw in ETI, Practical Electronics or possibly Everyday Electronics years ago, probably in the late 70's/early 80s. It was a microprocessor based music box that composed its own tunes algorithmically. I believe it was based around an SC/MP or possibly CDP1802 processor. I don't recall it being particularly complex but the article did go into some detail about how the music was composed.
While I have no musical talent whatsoever I have always had a fascination with the idea of generating "music" with a computer, and would love to find this article. I seem to recall the cover of the magazine was pale yellow with a picture of the music box in the middle if thats any help!
I've started looking through the magazines on the "American Radio History" archive (
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/ ) but as this may take some time given the only vague idea I have as to what magazine and what year it was this is going to take time, so any hints from others who may recall it or have stumbled across it would be great!
Any pointers to similar projects would be welcome too!