Carolann’s ETEC565 Journey

Audio using Garage Band and Audacity

by Carolann Fraenkel

Since sound is a big part of what I do for a living, Garage Band and Audacity are on my list of regular tools.  I find audacity is really good for doing things like changing the tempo of an mp3 (to dance to for instance) and I use garage band with my kids because it is easy.

I had a Student who dug around and found this software for PC which is strikingly similar to Garage Band in many ways (for those of you who don’t have a  Mac)  They have a free trial if you want to check it out.

http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/

I have also embedded a little tune that my kids did as a project (their own composition) I liked it! UBC WordPress seems to be clipping the mp3 to mere seconds, which is frustrating, so I have linked it to a google page. (there are ways around this!)

Student Sample

2 comments


1 John P Egan { 06.23.09 at 9:34 am }

I’ve not used Garage Band since it was first released. I think I was transitioning from being an underemployed person with lots of mental bandwidth for exploring new technologies, to a persons whose job is challenging. I get home nowadays and find I’m disinclined to explore.

I like how you examine things purposefully and made your technological selections thereafter. More educators need to.


2 Carolann Fraenkel { 06.25.09 at 10:12 am }

Thanks, one of the things I am very passionate about is not using tools, or methods, (or songs) just because they are there. I try to have a purpose for whatever I do.

GarageBand is fun, but I just got the new version and it is *so* different from the old one that my summer may be spent figuring it out, so that I can at least sound like I have a clue when kids ask questions.

I can relate to the wanting downtime when you get home, sometimes I just need silence but there always seems to be music playing in my house. Occupational hazzard I guess.

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