Saturday, October 15, 2011

PE_4






For my R.I.L.S I chose to revisit my earlier web 2.0 tool Soundation. Since learning about Soundation in a previous assingment I have been playing with this free online sequencing software. I found that this software is not as extensive as other sequencing softwares that I use like Reason, Protools or Logic. However, for this to be a free online tool it is pretty good. In my exploration of soundation I found the Edit note option. The edit note option allows you to draw in your pitch and rhythm. The edit note option also allows you to change the vlocity of the notes in real time. In the free mode soundation has 7 instruments that can be played via a MIDI controller. A student could play a melody in first an then go into the edit note mode and make any pitch or rhythm corrections he/she might like.

 One other cool features that I found while on this virtual exploration of Soundation was THE WUB Machine. Wow this is a cool and powerful tool. This virtual instrument allows you to shape the sound and rhythm of the as you play it.The WUB Machine allows you to controll the shape of the wave and the speed of the osculations and that's just the surface. These two options alone can provide enough options for hundreds of songs.

Along with the virtual instruments Soundation also provides a pretty large bank of audio samples. the combination of samples and virtual instruments give the user a nice variety of tool to produce original compositions.
Because this Web 2.0 tool has a relatively small learning curve, I think my students will be able to use Soundation successfully.
 

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