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Pump up the Volume, Carol S. Holzberg, techLEARNING

In this review of music tools, we examine several computerized music programs, beginning with introductory offerings for younger students with little or no musical training, such as Radio Disney's Music Mix Studio and Sonic Foundry's Super Duper Music Looper, and graduating to more advanced music creation, editing, and transcription software, such as PG Music's Band-in-a-Box and Cakewalk's Home Studio XL. All programs reviewed here serve as musical sketch pads, facilitating creativity by allowing students both to listen to and look at their graphically enhanced compositions or drag, drop, and rearrange sounds and elements knowing little if any music theory or notation.

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