Appendix A

Additional resources for teacher and students:

Introduction to Music technology

https://cmtext.indiana.edu/

Recording Cambridge Music Technology MIC placement

https://www.cambridge-mt.com/rs/lmp/

Mixing
https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/

Decibels
https://ehomerecordingstudio.com/decibels/

File Formats
https://www.whathifi.com/advice/mp3-aac-wav-flac-all-the-audio-file-
formats-explained

Audio Ear Training

https://www.the-ilab.com/services-1/golden-ears-training

MIDI
https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/notes.html
https://midi.org/index.php
http://www.stevenestrella.com/midi/#setups
https://ehomerecordingstudio.com/digital-audio/

Glossary of Terms
https://soniced.com/glossary/#B

Mastering
https://tcmmastering.wordpress.com/tag/midi-synth/

What is Sound
https://www.mos.org/sites/dev-
elvis.mos.org/files/docs/education/mos_now-hear-this_sound-and-
hearing.pdf
https://homepages.wmich.edu/~hillenbr/206/ac.pdf

Windows Alternatives to Garageband:

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*Ableton Lite
https://www.ableton.com/en/products/live-lite/

*Ardour
https://ardour.org/

*Audacity for Mac and Windows (Waveform Generator for Digital Audio
Theory)
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

*Cakewalk by Bandlab
https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk

*Pro tools First

https://www.avid.com/pro-tools

*Soundbridge
https://soundbridge.io/

*Studio One Prime

https://shop.presonus.com/Studio-One-5-Prime

*Waveform Free
https://www.tracktion.com/products/waveform-free

Other Free, Term Limited, or Purchasable software:

*Chrome music lab-great for school kids.

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/

*OmniGraffle (for illustration design)

https://download.cnet.com/OmniGraffle/3000-2079_4-6762.html

*Garageband for Mac (sequencing and audio recording)

https://www.apple.com/ca/mac/garageband/

*Logic Pro free trial for 90 days Mac (Sequencing, Audio Recording) and
notation)
https://www.apple.com/ca/logic-pro/trial/

*ProTools free trial for 30 days Mac and Windows (Sequencing and Audio
Recording)
https://my.avid.com/get/pro-tools-ultimate-trial

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*Musescore for Mac/Windows (Music Notation)
https://musescore.org/en/download

*Finale free download for 30 days Mac and Windows (Music Notation)
https://www.finalemusic.com/free-trial/

*Reaper for Mac and Windows (Sequencing and Audio Recording)

https://www.reaper.fm/download.php

*Abelton Live free trial for 90 days (Sequencing and Audio Recording)
https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/

*Studio One
https://www.presonus.com/products/studio-one/

*Serato (Recording and Looping)

https://serato.com/studio/downloads?systemrequirements#system-
requirements

*PureData (Interactive Software Creation)

https://puredata.info/downloads

*C Sound (Audio Generation)

https://csound.com

*Spear for Mac and Windows (Spectral Analysis and Manipulation)

http://www.klingbeil.com/spear/downloads/

Soundgrain (Granular Synthesis works with Reaper)

http://ajaxsoundstudio.com/software/

*Cecilia(Versatile Sequencer, Recorder and Generator)

http://ajaxsoundstudio.com/software/cecilia/

Processing (Coding)
https://processing.org/

Virtual Synth
https://tytel.org/helm/downloads/

Eleven Free Audio Software (Short Various Trial Periods)

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https://www.nch.com.au/software/freedownloads.html?software=mixpad&k
w=garage%20band%20for%20windows&gclid=EAIaIQobC
hMIuI717N_G7QIV5A59Ch1eTgaBEAAYASACEgKodvD_BwE

Sequencers (Browser Based)

https://www.musicgateway.com/blog/how-to/15-of-the-best-online-music-
sequencers

Theory and Ear Training (Browser Based)

https://www.musictheory.net/
http://www.music.mcgill.ca/acf/example1-1.php
https://www.teoria.com/index.php
https://www.artusimusic.com/textbook/

Music theory and (technical) ear training earPlugins

http://earplugins.eu

Artusi
https://www.artusimusic.com/?utm_source=cms&utm_medium=email&utm
_campaign=artusimarketing-cms-2021-02-01&utm_content=orangebutton1

McGill University: Classical Form

http://www.music.mcgill.ca/acf/example1-1.php

MusicTheory.net
https://www.musictheory.net

TrainYourEars
https://www.trainyourears.com

Ear training for M Skills Lujex 61 Keys Hand Roll Up Flexible Electronic
Portable
Web Based
https://www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano
https://recursivearts.com/virtual-piano
https://www.musicca.com/piano

Mac
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xkey-piano/id965123264?mt=12

PC
https://windowsreport.com/piano-software-windows-10

Adobe Suite applications (i.e., Adobe Creative Cloud) Help Centre

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https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/support.html
https://www.adobe.com/ca/creativecloud/buy/students.html

Camtasia: capture and edit video, create interactive learning experiences,

and publish e-learning media
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/camtasia-2019-essential-training-the-
basics?trk=lilblog_04-
01-20_6-HED-teaching-online-COVID-19_learning

Crowdmark (collaborative online grading and analytics platform)

https://crowdmark.com/

Facebook Live
https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/solutions/facebook-live
GitHub
https://lab.github.com/githubtraining/introduction-to-github
https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/

G Suite, Google Office Tools (e.g., Jamboard, Google Classroom, Hangouts)

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/google-hangouts-essential-
training?trk=lilblog_04-01-20_6-
HED-teaching-online-COVID-19_learning
https://uleth.servicenow.com/sp/?id=kb_article&sys_id=41a8378fdbba8300
3a64fd7aae9619ed

iMovie (Mac OS)

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/imovie

Microsoft Remote Desktop

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/4028379/windows-10-how-to-
use-remote-desktop

Moodle
http://moodleanswers.com/
http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Moodle_in_education
https://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Student_tutorials

AJAX Sound Studio: Plug-ins/virtual instruments

http://ajaxsoundstudio.com/software/

Audiomovers
https://audiomovers.com

BlackHole (by Existential Audio) Rewiring software

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https://existential.audio

Cleanfeed
https://cleanfeed.net

dexed: FM virtual instrument

https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed
https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/d.j.benson/pages/html/dx7.html

*Estuary: Browser-based live coding environment

https://estuary.mcmaster.ca

Helm: Virtual instrument

https://tytel.org/helm/downloads/

Ircam Software
https://forum.ircam.fr/collections/detail/technologies-ircam/

IShowU
https://shinywhitebox.com
https://support.shinywhitebox.com/hc/en-us/articles/204161459-Installing-
iShowU-AudioCapture-Mojave-and-earlier-

Jack Audio Connection Kit

https://jackaudio.org

JackTrip
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/jacktrip/
Jamkazam
https://www.jamkazam.com

Jamulus
http://llcon.sourceforge.net
https://youtu.be/VKPfJrzDkgw

Lilypond (Music notation)

http://lilypond.org/

Loopback
https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/

Max
https://cycling74.com

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Naxos
https://youtu.be/Zto59Hs3TAs

Ninjam, Novel Intervallic Network Jamming Architecture for Music: Telematic

performances
https://www.cockos.com/ninjam/

NoteAbility Pro
http://debussy.music.ubc.ca/NoteAbility/

SmartMusic
https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us#smartmusic
https://usermanuals.smartmusic.com/onlinehelp/mobile/Content/troublesho
oting.htm
https://www.smartmusic.com/blog/smartmusic-blog-help-its-everywhere/

Sonic Visualizer
https://www.sonicvisualiser.org

SonoBus
https://www.sonobus.net

*Tidal Cycles: Live coding language

https://tidalcycles.org/index.php/Welcome

VoiceMeeter (Windows only)

-Internal audio routing for a Windows machine
-Use for Hubs
https://www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/index.htm

SoundGym
https://www.soundgym.co

TrainYourEars
https://www.trainyourears.com

Davinci Resolve
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/ca/products/davinciresolve/

LiveLab in Chrome
https://livelab.app/
https://www.culturehub.org/livelab

Processing

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https://processing.org/

Unreal Engine
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/

Nonlinear music and audio for games

FMOD
https://www.fmod.com

Readings on Tech and Teaching:

Teaching Technical Skills Through Video (Linkedin)

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/teaching-technical-skills-through-
video?trk=lilblog_04-01-
20_6-HED-teaching-online-COVID-19_learning

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/teaching-techniques-creating-
multimedialearning?trk=lilblog_04-01-20_6-HED-teaching-online-COVID-
19_learning

Learning to Teach Online (Linkedin)

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-to-teach-online-
2?trk=lilblog_04-01-20_6-HEDteaching-online-COVID-19_learning

Teaching with Technology (Linkedin)

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/teaching-with-technology?trk=lilblog_04-
01-20_6-HEDteaching-online-COVID-19_learning

Teaching Centre
https://www.uleth.ca/teachingcentre/teaching-online
Fit for Online: An Online Teaching Bootcamp with the Teaching Centre.
Guided and self-paced.
Includes resources for Fine Arts and Music.
https://www.uleth.ca/teachingcentre/teachingonline?fbclid=IwAR11lbsh53As
bX5UMlNfyNEMK2mkv7TYwJO-gxjhKbxAesnF5WVvUufFx80

Digital Audio Workstations

https://blog.landr.com/best-online-daw/

Low-latency audio
https://www.ianhowellcountertenor.com/technology-enabled-
musiclessons?fbclid=IwAR34GU69lu1Q17jPkPlRSUCGFoj0VJKwdB_6jX599Yt1
bbFwXMK1p8iP9ns

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Latency and Latency-Compensation

https://manual.ardour.org/synchronization/latency-and-latency-
compensation/
Music Sequencers
https://www.musicgateway.com/blog/how-to/15-of-the-best-online-music-
sequencers

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 Appendix B
Resources Consulted

Logic Tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8UtZNOrfY&t=4187s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnGsYw6Zjrk&t=532s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA6heC_fxxo

Alberta Programs of Studies:

Grade 6 music: https://education.alberta.ca/media/482116/elemusic.pdf

Grade 7-9 Music: https://education.alberta.ca/media/482121/jhmusic.pdf

*Note: This curriculum package was created as a component of a Music

Education Technologies course though the University of Lethbridge, 2022.
Course material, lesson structures, and layout were influences by materials
and lectures in this course, provided by the instructor. Some of this
information is private and cannot be included in this document.

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