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Students can use DAWs to create music using MIDI, samples, live audio processing, etc.. Teachers can use DAWs to create practice tracks, accompany student performances, etc.

This free software allows you to batch process a music folder's tempi; this means you can analyze the tempo of a lot of files really quickly. Once you have analyzed the files, it then adds the bpm to the files so you can sort by BPM in an audio player like iTunes.

This YouTube playlist contains digital instruments and/or hybrid setups/ensembles.

You can organize playlists by BPM and then practice in a particular BPM range to your music without getting bored listening to the same song over and over and over and over...

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.

This network is for sharing and collaborating on project files for Ableton, FL Studio,and Logic Pro. If used in a classroom setting, you could collaborate with other musicians around the world, or simply use their uploaded project files as a resource for understanding how people use these DAWs to make music; i.e., analyze the project file like you would a score.

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

Scorch is a free software that students can use to play along with music created in Sibelius. It works in your browser and doesn't require students to have Sibelius. I used this as a practice tool for my elementary students and even for my high school students as it allowed them to play along with MIDI at a speed of their choice.

This web interface allows you to practice improvising with a looped pianist simply using your keyboard. This is an excellent interface that anyone can use with a web browser and a keyboard.