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This video demonstrates a possible project where students could take sound effects from their favorite video games and use them in a video that they created. This video does have some moments not suitable for K-12 students.

A tutorial on using Ableton to create music videos with Minecraft video clips and audio samples. This project could be done with any video game sounds as it's essentially a sampling project

This website allows you to upload sounds onto a profile and embed those sounds/playlists into various web applications. There is also the ability to comment directly on the wave form which allows for specific feedback.

This video walks you through the steps to install an 8-bit VST into GarageBand. Once you install the VST and select it on a track, your midi notation can begin to sound like 8-bit video games.

An example of early 8-bit gameplay. Early 8-bit games were limited by the number of sounds they could produce.

This video demonstrates how 8-bit music and sounds can be arranged/composed for modern gameplay videos.

An example of early 8-bit gameplay. Early 8-bit games were limited by the number of sounds they could produce.

This is a video of the first level of Super Mario Brothers. Students can use gameplay videos like this one to score music and sound effects to.

A list of free chiptune vsts that can be used in a DAW to create 8-bit sounds from MIDI data.

"The early technological constraints imposed on 8-bit composers can act as project criteria for composing and performing 8-bit music that interacts with live 8-bit video games. This two hour session will begin with an interaction with 8-bit media and then break out into groups to create short musical excerpts and sound effects for a live video game. After all of the groups share what they created, the session concludes with a discussion on musical problems, technological constraints impacting creativity, and future projects. "

From creator description: "Use the computer keyboard keys a,s,d,f,g,h,j,k to perform notes from the major scale. You can play multiple notes at a time! Hold down the up and down arrow keys while playing a note to bend the pitch. Use the left and right arrow keys to pan the sound left and right. Use the 1 and 2 keys to lower and raise the channel volume. This code requires running the experimental MIDI Scratch Java Server helper app (currently private). The Scratch MIDI Extension adds new blocks for playing MIDI notes on the server: note on note off controller pitch bend all notes off set instrument use java server? The MIDI sounds in this program are not coming from Scratch... they are being synthesized on a Java server. This code can also be used to play and control other external synthesizers (e.g., Garage Band, Main Stage, Ableton Live, etc.)." Notes and Credits: "MIDI Scratch Java Server - John Maloney (MIT Media Lab) Prototype MIDI Scratch Blocks - Eric Rosenbaum (MIT Media Lab) & Alex Ruthmann (NYU) Performamatics @ NYU http://experiencingaudio.org/"

This webs interface can be used to record and trigger sounds within the web browser. This could be used in place of projects that previously needed Ableton Live's trigger capabilities.

This website provides a visualization of processing effects and audio. This is a great way to interact with audio and see how the effects impact the sound.

This website sells kits for building your own synthesizers. This could lead to great STEM or STEAM projects in a classroom.

The Amazing Slow Downer allows you to adjust the speed of an audio file so you can transcribe or practice along to an audio file at any speed you want. The pitch of the file does not change while you vary the speed. You can also export the audio file to be whatever tempo you wanted

Interactive handout/companion website for ILMEA Summer Learning Series session. Description of session follows: Do you struggle with composing in your classroom and don't seem to know where to start? Do you love composing and need some new ideas? If either is true, this session is for you. In this session, you will be introduced to numerous compositional frameworks and projects to get your students (and yourself) engaging and playing with sound in new and deeply meaningful ways. From tech-based tools to composing with children's literature, from mapping and soundscapes to musical storytelling, in this session, you will explore the joys (and struggles) of composing with your students while also discussing topics like conflict management and assessment. You will walk away with some ready-made projects to try, some pieces that you've composed, and plenty of your own creative compositional ideas.