It also has a voice recording option, where users can sing their melody into the program via a computer’s microphone. It can also save in MIDI format, which allows the user to transfer their work into other Digital Audio Workstations, where other effects and edits can added. There aren’t a lot of bells and whistles in this program, which is a positive, as sometimes extra features just cause extra confusion, yet it still has enough options to keep the user engaged long enough to create an artefact. I really like the simple layout of the Song Maker, and could see it being utilized in Arts Education, Science, and Numeracy. As mentioned before, a user is able to save or embed their creations with ease. The user can also change the tempo, key, and length in settings. There are 5 different piano sounds, and 4 different percussive sounds to choose from.

The Song Maker tool provides a 16 beat loop that includes a piano roll, so users can create their own melodies as well as a percussive track. Screenshot of Song Maker by Chrome Music Lab

It also allows users to easily share ideas with multiple export/download options, including embeddable links, and provides a wide range of uses. Sound Waves, which is a visualizer that accompanies the user’s note inputs), but there is also a Song Maker, that allows users to create, save, and share a 16 beat audio loop. Some of the experiments are more theoretical in nature (i.e. I decided to look at Chro me Music Lab, which is a collection of 14 open-source sound experiments that can be manipulated by the user, and is available on any device that can open the Google Chrome web browser.

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