Kid-Friendly Recording Software?

Poststructural Pub
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Hey, folks.

I am looking for some recording software to use with some of my more advanced upper-elementary students. It has to be able to do the following things:

  1. Record and mix multi track sound (minimum four tracks).

  2. Enable at least rudimentary sound manipulation with equalizers and effects processing (reverb, etc).

  3. Have a easy to use interface that can be manipulated and understood by fairly on-the-ball sixth graders.

  4. Be free (or quite cheap), as this is, after all, for a public school music class.

My kids are currently composing their songs for their spring concert, and I would like to record them and let them see how the process works (using a digital projector and smartboard), possibly even making the decisions themselves.

I tried Krystal and couldn’t get it to work right. Any ideas?

Tom

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Audacity fits the bill, I think, points 1, 2, 3 and 4.

See this recent thread:
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=58293

Track synchronization is the main tricky issue, but those darn kids can probably figure that out. :slight_smile:

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yep, Audacity should do it. listen to MT’s recordings using it, a previous post, i don’t know how to link to it