I would look to Apple's free multi-track recording software 'Garageband'. Several packages (also Protools LE) are readily available; but most of the difficulty in implementing this idea would be in the building of a user interface that would guide all-age audio newbies through what I consider to be (as a dabbler in digital production) a complex process.
Chuck Eisenhardt Boston Children's Museum -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ari Davidow Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:47 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] FW: Creative/Technical advice needed! Technically not hard--Mac and mic will do this fine. I am pretty sure that Macs come with an application to record voice (ipods do, why not laptops). How you help families get the tracks from the mac to the installation I don't know off-hand, of course - my suspicion is that this would be time intensive and awkward - but for all that, may be what you are trying to do. So, I'll shut up and confirm that what you are trying to do is technically feasible, if humanly dubious ;-). ari On Nov 19, 2007 2:36 PM, Perian Sully <psully at magnes.org> wrote: > Thanks for your response Ari! > > Sorry I didn't elaborate on the information request. The exhibition is a > musical sound installation, and so what Heide (the Coordinator) would > like to do, I think, is be able to have families go into another area of > the museum to record their own "music" on individual tracks, blend them, > and then have a CD immediately produced for them to take home. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
