Band Resources
A collection of on-line resources that students may access to help them with their interest in Band.
Audio
n-Track Studio
n-Track Studio is an audio and MIDI Digital Multitrack Recorder that transforms your PC into a powerful audio recording studio. You can record, playback, overdub just like with a tape multitrack recorder, but you can exploit the flexibility and power of today's PCs for applying effects, realtime input processing, automated aux channels sends and returns, destructive and non-destructive wave editing. The program supports 24bit-96 khz recording, multiple channels soundcards, live input processing, mp3 encoding and much more.
MixVibes
With MixVibes, mixing music on your computer has never been so easy, fun, and powerfull : up to 16 simultaneous virtual CD players, equalizer, sound effects, loops, skins and many more... Mixvibes supports the most popular sound formats, including mp3, wav and wma. MixVibes is available in Professional, Standard and Free editions. Check the products pages to understand the differences between these editions. MixVibes products bring the best solution for mix mp3 and for dj.
Songs
Karaoke
If you are a seasoned karaoke participant but don't know how to get started with computer karaoke, this site can help you! And if you are a computer user who hasn't discovered how fun and relaxing karaoke can be, this site will try to convince you! We can't all be pop stars, but we can have fun trying! The site contains links to programs to zip/unzip your karaoke songs, karaoke players, on-line karaoke songs and albums and karaoke FAQ's.
Music Theory
8notes Music Theory
8notes.com online Music Theory course. 46 Lessons introducing you to the most important concepts of music theory.
Music Notation
Learn to read music notation with key signatures. This application writes a note on a music staff and sounds the pitch of the note, and then you find the note on an on-screen piano keyboard. Accuracy is scored, so that you can benchmark your ability to pick the correct notes as they are played. Pitch may be modulated to simulate notes further up or down in range. Also included is the ability to play a note on the keyboard and see where it appears on the music staff. The creators of this freeware app also offer a variety of other commercial pitch training products.
Instruments
Links For Band
LinksForBand.com was created by a band director specifically for band students and directors. It features only the most informative, straightforward and useful websites pertaining to instrumental music. All sites have been carefully selected to exclude offensive or indecent material, however, this is the World Wide Web...so surf at your own risk. Commercial and "user-edited" websites (i.e. Wikipedia) have intentionally been kept to a minimum. Additionally, an effort has been made to avoid websites that might be accidentally blocked by school Internet filtering software. Finally, and best of all, these links are organized by grade and instrument, making LinksForBand.com a "one-stop-shop" for all band members. So enjoy...and then go practice!