BeepBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing chiptune melodies. Modded BeepBox expands the world of BeepBox into a whole new realm! Harrybox expands the world of Modded Beepbox into... you get the picture.
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. BeepBox 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 BeepBox 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.
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 BeepBox 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 two or more 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.
BeepBox 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 songs that other people have posted on Twitter!
BeepBox is developed by John Nesky, also known as @shaktool. Modded Beepbox is developed by Quirby64, Theepicosity, and DARE.
BeepBox and Modded Beepbox do not claim ownership over songs created with it, so original songs belong to their authors.
Neither John Nesky, BeepBox, nor the Modded BeepBox Dev Team assume responsibility for any copyrighted material played on BeepBox. No songs are ever received, recorded, or distributed by BeepBox or Moded Beepbox's servers. All song data is contained in the URL after the hash (#) mark, and BeepBox running inside your browser converts that data into sound waves.
You can download an offline Flash version of BeepBox (right click and select "Save As...") to use when you don't have access to the internet. The features are otherwise the same. You can open BeepBoxOffline.swf in a browser tab to run it, or you can install a Flash Projector to run swf files without a browser.
You can download and use the source code under the MIT license. In particular, you can use the synth code as demonstrated here to play BeepBox songs in your own Flash or JavaScript projects!
Modded BeepBox Changelog
Go here to see the original Modded BeepBox and it's changelog for 1.x updates.
[2017, Oct. 01][U] 2.0 - ModBox 2.0 is launched, with a new channel!
[2017, Oct. 11][QF] 2.1 - Quick Fix
[2017, Nov. 19][U] 2.1.1 - Three new waveforms and the eighths rhythm.
[2017, Nov. 22][U] 2.1.2 - Added new overtone items.
[2017, Dec. 2][U] 2.2 - Added a new color slider to make your songs look fancy! Bugfixes and other things coming soon, if you have any issues direct yourself to the github issues page.
[2017, Dec. 3][QF] 2.2.1 - Viola should work again.
[2017, Dec. 3][QF] 2.2.2 - Acoustic Bass should work again.
[2017, Dec. 16] 2.7182 - hi t10
[2018, Jan. 2][U] 2.3 - Updated to the latest Beepbox update.
[2018, Feb. 12][U] 2.3.3 - Features all added back to Modbox. Ascetics update coming soon.
[2018, Feb. 14][U] 2.3.4 - Added new Harmony button to enable or disable harmony. Tempo new max is 25