Micro Speak
This is a simple to operate voice recorder available from Talking Products.
Useful Links: You Tube
2Simple Music Toolkit
The 2Simple Music Toolkit is a suite of 6 easy to use programs for Early to 3rd level and beyond. It comprises 2Explore, 2Beat, 2Play, 2Sequence, 2Compose, 2Synthesise and allows children to explore a wide variety of musical concepts, from creating simple sequences of sounds and rhythms through to composing short pieces of music. Pupils’ compositions can be saved and imported into movies as soundtracks.
Useful Links: User Guide You Tube – 2Explore You Tube – 2Sequence You Tube – 2Compose You Tube – 2Synthesise
Free copyright-free music 
You’ll find a really useful blog post here which explains, in simple terms, what music you can and can’t use in projects. It has links to websites where you can source music tracks, and I would definitely recommend Incompetech.
Audacity
This audio editing software is a full-featured professional audio and music editor. It lets you record, edit and enhance music, voice and other audio recordings.
Useful Links: Quick Help User Manual Support Forum You Tube
Garage Band
Simple to use audio creation and editing software created for Apple devices (ie Macs, iPad, etc). There is no official version for PCs .
Useful Links: You Tube
Online DJ Simulators
There are a variety of online games which allow pupils to create and experiment with sound files in the style of a DJ mixing desk. They tend to come with rather a lot of adverts, but give access to a variety of DJ style games, some of which are more useful than others. Try Online DJ Games for some simple games, or Master Mixer Guide to mix and create your own tracks, beats and sound effects on a very simple mixing desk. DJ Sheepwolf Mixer 5 is more sophisticated and, with a free download, allows you to record your mixes.
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