Musicbox - The Virtual Punch Tape Editor

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Musicbox - The Virtual Punch Tape Editor

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Hi,

A very specific niche topic, but it makes fun to create perforated tapes for music boxes. Since I always had problems getting the music onto these perforated tapes, I wrote an editor (The program has been around since 2017, but I have added a lot of features in the last few days). It can import MuseScore files (.mscz), offers a wide range of editing functions, allows you to preview and play your composition, and then export a print template as a PDF or SVG, which you can then use to punch holes (I explain the entire workflow on the homepage). Free to download for Win and macOS:

https://lebostein.de/musicbox/

PS: I like the great VectorDrawing-Lib of PureBasic, especially the direct export as PDF, PNG, or SVG. Thanks for that!

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That's pretty cool! Played around for a bit but will have to try it out some more. :D
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That is pretty neat!
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Interesting !
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Fred wrote: Thu Nov 13, 2025 1:32 pmInteresting !
You must be an elderly programmer; I bet punch tapes porn makes you remember the good ol' times :P :lol:
 
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