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Make music online – secondary age

Make music online – secondary age
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Apps, Apps for inclusion, Composition, Curriculum, Inclusion, Music Production, Secondary age, Web apps

Interactive music websites suited to secondary age.

There's all sorts of fun to be had on interactive music websites which can turn your PC keyboard or mouse into a musical instrument. Some work on a phone/tablet, but some need a computer keyboard. These can be used as part of home-education, or for constructive fun and entertainment!

Perform - make music live within your browser

Incredibox Beatbox Looper - Animated beatboxers perform whichever samples you choose. Several different soundbanks to choose from, and you can mix by muting some tracks. Great fun!

Launchpad - a version of the iPad app that you can use in a browser. You can also plug in your hardware launchpad if you have one. Top-notch quality and with some practice you can perform like the pro's.

Sampulator - trigger samples with your computer keyboard to create your own performance. You can record your tracks using the built-in sequencer, and save them. Lots of fun, and a great introduction to music production!

Hip Hop sampler - perform and remix some of the samples used by Kanye West, 9th Wonder and J Dilla. Three banks of sounds to choose from. And you can try mixing it with drumbeats or other music created in other web apps.

Superlooper - record loops from drums, bass, chords and synths using your keyboard or mouse. Then layer and mix them.

 

Sequencers - a good introduction to music production and composition. Online sequencers let you do in a browser much of what you could do with DAW software (Digital Audio Workstation) such as Cubase or Logic.

BandLab for Education - a safe space for "walled garden" classrooms to explore all the fundamentals of music production - from composing and using virtual synths, to recording audio and mixing tracks. All free!

Soundation - A similar take to BandLab, but it has loads of loops. Very useful, but you can only save 10 tracks unless you pay a subscription. You have to be 13 or over to sign up, as there is a social element to Soundation.

Online Sequencer - A good introduction to using "piano roll" for sequencing, with a good range of sounds available.

Pulseboy - very retro. Use a tracker interface to sequence 8-bit sounds to make old-school game music.

 

Online Synths exploring the principles of how to create your own sounds:

Viktor - recreates an analogue synth.

https://dreampipe.fun

(Requires Chrome browser). A virtual synth that lets you play using your PC keyboard, and record loops on the 4 track recorder. It also has a drum machine to play along with.

Also by Dreampipe is this virtual drum machine:

https://html5drummachine.com/virtual-drum-machine/

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