Musicbox - The Virtual Punch Tape Editor
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 5:18 pm
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!
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!
