BeepBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing chiptune melodies. BruceBox is a mod of ModBox 1, which is the first BeepBox mod there probably is! BruceBox is no longer being developed, but you can still make music here!
All song data is packaged into the URL at the top of your browser. When you make changes to the song, the URL is updated to reflect your changes. When you are satisfied with your song, just copy and paste the URL to save and share your song!
You can add or remove notes by clicking on the gray rows at the top. BruceBox automatically plays the notes out loud for you. Try it!
Notes go into patterns, and you can edit one pattern at a time. Those numbered boxes at the bottom of the editor are the different patterns you can edit. Click the other boxes to move to a different part of the song, or click the arrows on the currently selected box to swap which pattern is played during that part of the song.
There are four rows of patterns that BruceBox can play simultaneously, and each row has its own set of patterns. The first three rows can play melodies and the bottom row is for drums and white noise.
The purple loop underneath the numbered boxes controls which part of the song is currently repeating. Move the loop to listen to a different part of the song, or drag the ends to expand the loop to include the whole song.
When BruceBox has focus (click on its interface above), you can use these keyboard shortcuts:
Spacebar: Pause or Resume
Z: Undo
Y or Shift Z: Redo
C: Copy the current pattern
V: Paste the current
pattern
[ ]: Move the playhead backward and forward
Arrow Keys: Change which bar is selected
1-8: Reassign
a pattern to the currently selected bar
In the pattern editor, you can click and drag horizontally on a note to adjust its duration. You can also click above or below an existing note to enable a rapid arpeggio/trill effect, oscillating between 2-4 simultaneous notes.
AVDANCED: Drag vertically from an existing note to bend its pitch, or drag vertically from above or below the note to adjust its volume.
BruceBox has many more features. Try playing with the buttons and menus on the right side to find out what it can do!
Need some inspiration? Check out some of these vanilla BeepBox songs that other people have posted on Twitter!
BeepBox is developed by John Nesky, also known as @shaktool. BruceBox is developed by StinkerB06.
BeepBox, MeepMox, and BruceBox do not claim ownership over songs created with them, so original songs belong to their authors.
Neither John Nesky, BeepBox, StinkerB06, nor the MeepMox and BruceBox Dev Teams assume responsibility for any copyrighted material played on BruceBox. No songs are ever received, recorded, or distributed by BeepBox, MeepMox, or BruceBox's servers. All song data is contained in the URL after the hash (#) mark, and BruceBox running inside your browser converts that data into sound waves.
You can download and use the source code for free.
BruceBox Changelog
25/8/2017 1.0.0 - Project started. Based on Quirby64 and Theepicosity's "MeepMox". Or ModBox you should say.
25/8/2017 1.1.0 - New color palette in Channel 1 and 2
25/8/2017 1.2.0 - Added new rhythm, PoKEY 4bit LFSR instrument, and Vibraphone chorus. Border color and font also changed for the first time!
4/9/2017 2.0.0 - Expanded counts for arpeggios, and looping in song export, for the first time!
5/9/2017 2.0.0 Revision A - Removed arp count increase due to problems.
23/9/2017 2.1.0 - GB Periodic drum added.
28/9/2017 2.2.0 - Increased limits for bars and patterns. Also added two new rhythms, two new transposes (first time!), two new instruments, and Sixths scale. Also increased patterns limit. GB Periodic drum removed due to not working with non-32k values.