Author: muzketier
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Looping Regions in BandLab
Looping in BandLab lets you quickly repeat a region or loop over a section while composing. Here’s how to loop audio or MIDI regions. Looping a Region Playback Loop Tip: Use loops to build your arrangement section by section — for example, create an 8-bar drum loop and layer parts on top. Next Now that…
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Fade-in, Fade-out, and Crossfades in BandLab
BandLab makes it easy to add fade-ins, fade-outs, and crossfades to your audio regions. These tools help you smooth transitions and avoid sudden starts or cuts. Fade-in and Fade-out Tip: Use your browser zoom-in feature for easier operation of the zoom handles Crossfades Tip: Use fades to eliminate clicks or pops at region edges —…
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Adjusting Region Length in BandLab
Changing the length of audio or MIDI regions in BandLab helps you control timing, build loops, and fine-tune your arrangement. Here’s how to adjust regions with precision. Trimming Regions Looping and Repeating Snapping Regions to the Grid Regions snap to grid lines based on the zoom level and snap settings. Image: the Grid size setting…
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Arranging Regions in BandLab
Arranging your music in BandLab is easy using regions — the blocks that represent audio or MIDI parts. You can move, copy, delete and align these regions to structure your song. Moving Regions Copying Layering Stack regions vertically to layer sounds. Tip: Use the Loop and Zoom tools to check how each section transitions and…
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Audio Editing Techniques in BandLab
BandLab provides a simple and effective set of tools for editing audio. Whether you’re trimming a vocal take or applying a fade, this guide will walk you through essential audio editing techniques. Basic Editing in the Mix Editor Fade-in and Fade-out Gradually increase or decrease the level of your audio. Crossfade Because there is no…
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Dropping Samples and Loops in BandLab
BandLab offers an extensive loop library that you can freely use in your production. This guide shows you how to drop samples (called One-Shots) and loops into your tracks. Start building music right away. Using BandLab Samples Using BandLab Loops Sound Packs Packs are selections of samples and loops that fit together in a specific…
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Track Lanes and Mixer Basics in BandLab
BandLab is an online digital audio workstation (DAW) that lets you record, edit, and mix music from your browser. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the basics of the user interface, focusing on track lanes and essential mixer controls like solo, mute, volume, and pan. Track Lanes Each sound in your project is placed in…
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Using SongMaker to simply create play-along videos: Xmas edition
Using technology in your music lessons difficult? Creating play-along videos for your music education hard and time-consuming? Think again! In the following video you will learn a simple approach to creating a play-along score with accompaniment in BoomWhacker® colour notation. The process is easy and it does not take you long or cost you extra…
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TEDx TwenteU: Interaction technology for better teaching
On May 29, 2024, I delivered a talk at the TEDxTwenteU event, at the Concordia Theater in Enschede. This regional TEDx event provides a platform for thought leaders to exchange ideas. My talk was about the why and how of using interaction technology in teacher training in music education. It is important that the teachers of our…
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Presenting at EAS conference Dublin
The 2024 conference of the European Association of Music in Schools, held in Dublin, will be a busy one for me. Besides different obligations that being a board member brings to the table, I am also involved in one worksop and two symposia. Workshop “Music & Subject Integration: six ways to transform the curriculum” Symposium…