Aviary Audio Editor: Myna
URL: http://aviary.com/tools/Myna
As I was searching my PLN resources this week, I came across a post for the Aviary Audio Editor, Myna (http://aviary.com/tools/Myna), on the Aviary website (http://aviary.com/). Aviary is a site that provides online applications for tasks such as photo-editing, logos, web template, and more, including its newest release, an audio editor called Myna. Myna is an online application for remixing sound tracks and audio clips, as well as providing the ability to record in sound and add effects and loops. I thought this site was interesting because the audio editor is similar in nature to Garage Band, which we are currently working with in class.
The Aviary Audio Editor, Myna, is not as powerful as Garage Band; however, I still think that it can be a valuable tool for music education. I feel that Myna can be valuable because it is an online application, which anyone can access, and it can be used for free. This is an advantage because even though Garage Band offers greater capabilities, it is only available on Mac computers, which not everyone has access to use. Therefore, I feel that Myna could be a valuable educational tool because it can provide students with a basic experience with audio editing and mixing. I think that Garage Band is a program that students would really enjoy using, but without Mac computers it is challenging to provide them with the experience, and I think Myna can be a way to give students a sampling of a similar program.
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Mark, I appreciate your presentation of the Aviary application. I had a conversation with a fellow professional this weekend about garage band and how, in order to use it in a classroom, one must be employed in a school district that would want to spend Mac money for a singular application. Garage Band would be an exciting application for students to work through in a general music or music theory class but in the five schools in which I've taught (including my student teaching experience), none of the schools owned Macs. The availability of an application that can be used on a PC and provide the creative flexibility for students like Garage Band offers, is terrific news!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this info! Myna sounds like a great way to introduce editing and mixing technology without the expense of school districts having to buy macs for one application. I think that seeing the sound waves, as in GarageBand, is a great way to teach students about musical phrasing and I'm thinking about introducing it in some of my private lessons. Doesn't Audacious do some of the same things?
ReplyDeleteMyna looks like it would be great for the classroom or private studio.
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