46. Music Apps Research

The worst decision last year was using Garage Band. I didn't research on how to use it enough or have the musical ability to understand anything on what I was doing. Plus, the music spanned for the entire two minutes. This year, I will not be using Garage Band and use music sparingly. 

FL Studio: I have no idea on how to use it, but it isn't hard to randomly place notes. The main issue is that I can't download it onto my laptop at home, so I would have to use the mobile version, but just to download the app costs money. The only time I could work on music is at school, because it's free to download and use the trial. I will not be using it. 

Songsmith: For this app, I would have to create the music someplace else, then upload it into Songsmith. I won't be venturing back to Garage Band, so I cannot use it. The app itself is simple to use. Insert the music clips and change what needs to be done. 

Chrome Music Lab: This is a website that I have used once before and it's simple, easy and won't take a long time to learn. 

One downside is that there an be only 16 measures of music played in one session and 7 beats per measure. Changing the tempo can make the time longer if I need to, but that obviously changes the speed of the song. I don't know how long some song will be or any idea on what it may sound like. It may be okay and I won't have to use all 16 measures.

This link is to go to the song maker website.

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/ 

This will still be me place notes at relatively random, or to what sounds good.

The website is, visually, easier to understand as well. It uses simple shapes and easy to look at scores, instead of an actual music score. 

The interface of Chrome Music Lab.

Pressing the 'Marimba' button: Changes the instrument playing. You can choose from Marimba, Piano, Strings, Woodwind, or Synth. It changes the area entirely, minus the last two rows.

Pressing the 'Electronic' button: changes the 'extra' sounds, the last two rows. This adds an extra beat of sound unrelated to the instrument music. It can be electric, blocks (wooden), kit (snare drums), or conga. I would use that row to create the 'heartbeat' sound I want in the music.