...music tech

Software

Without any hesitation whatsoever c ubase 5 ($299) wins the award for the most innovative audio/midi software. I am so impressed with this software. I ended up sitting through 3 days of clinics on it. It runs on either mac or Windows, has the very best vocal editing and pitch correction on the market, comes packed with tons of great instrument sound libraries, has the best convolution reverb I have ever heard, tons of effects, and they have made it so easy to use with great tutorial videos on the cd to help get you up and running quickly.

“cloud computing” is soon to be the wave of the future (especially in education). For those of you new to this term “cloud computing” is where nothing is loaded onto your computer or stored onto your computer. all you really need is Internet access. all programs and files created are stored “in the clouds” or on a server located somewhere else. Noteflight (www.noteflight.com) is a simple composition program that is FR ee and can be used to create and store student compositions in the clouds. When you go to the site it will prompt you to sign in and join. You can then start a new score and save, edit, publish, and share it with anyone you wish. all of the menus are located over on the right side of the page. In the not so distant future, I think we will all be seeing the more advanced software companies going to some sort of cloud computing. Now is the time to get ready and learn about it.