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Free Online Music Making
These free online music making links are mainly for PC’s and you will need adobe flash. They are good enough to make whole songs and to get you thinking creatively.
Button Base Music
Quick, easy and fun. Turn it up! Keep it simple and work out what makes good loops that go together!
Dumb – Beat Makers
Simple, easy and fun to get and mix a beat. Could you figure out how to record your own mix and maybe add vocals?
Soundation
This is a fantastic online music studio for mixing loops. You will need to make an account to save your tunes.
Audio Tool
A more complex set of equipment making a whole studio. Use the tutorial for a quick guide, but lots of playing around to learn if you want something to get your teeth into.
Incredibox
Simple fun and effective – Mix some beats and loops
Audio Sauna
This is a very in deph and versatile synth / studio. You will need flash on.
Tony B Machine
A great little machine to get some funky sounds and have a jam on
One Motion Drum Machine
Funky little drum machine where you can export as a sound file and download!
Button Base
Get mixing loops with this great sample cube.
Jam Studio
Excellent free online Music Studio for the PC. You will need flash on and to make an account to save your music.
Rap Word Generator
Create some flow -Set the speed the random words appear and rap live and loud. Can you figure out how to record your raps over a beat?
Virtual Drum Kit
Have a go with a virtual drum kit.
Rap Generator
Stuck for lyric ideas? Fill in the boxes and use this rap generator. Copy and paste the result into word and you can edit and rewrite your rap around the results
Tab & Play Guitar
If you have a guitar just sitting in the corner, then this might help you start playing to songs.
Find Sounds
Download some samples to use
You DJ
I haven’t got this working yet, might be my version of flash. Looks good for mixing though.
Pianu
Learn to play piano online using your computer keyboard. Sign in to save progress.
Wiki How to Write Lyrics
Learn some tricks on how to write meaningful lyrics that communicate with your listeners.
BBC Sound Effects
16,000 samples free to download and use for music making.
Autochords
Get chord progressions and give your music some structure and your musical knowledge a boost. Easy to use and very helpful if you want to progress.
Drums and Drum Sequencers
Splice Sounds Beat Maker
Make a simple or complex beat. Easy and quick.
Sampulator
Simple to use but worth exploring. Record using the shift key, then stop. Record again to overdub on new tracks. Turn the metronome on and off by the bpm (bottom right corner)
One Motion Drum Machine
Funky little drum machine where you can export as a sound file and download!
Ear Slap – Otomata
A simple sequencer to play around with
Virtual Drum Kit
Have a go with a virtual drum kit.
Drumbit – Drum Machine
Awesome little drum sequencer. Get your beats flowing and your mates playing something over them!
Pattern Sketch – Drums
Another Awesome little drum machine that should work on Iphone and Ipad also.
Classic Drum Machine
Si,ple but classic. Great for working out your groove. Should work on iphones. Get your friends rapping or singing to your beats or write your own..
If you are on an ipad then check out our making music on ios guide coming soon.
If you have android, try downloading Caustic and watching some youtube videos on how to use it.
So, tell us, did you manage to make any music from the sites on this page?
Do you know any other good sites?
How do you record your mixes?
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Hi There. I’d like to hear from other people who make music about what are the tricks they use to make music, the things that they use over and again to allow them to do things quickly. So tell us here in the comments about what it is you do. Many thanks
Hi There.
I’d like to hear from other people who make music about what are the tricks they use to make music, the things that they use over and again to allow them to do things quickly.
So tell us here in the comments about what it is you do.
Many thanks