audiotool - Online Music Making Environment

audiotool

It's very new and only just come out of beta.

For most of the last year it was only accessible through

the hobnox web site and was really only a demo.

With that version, users weren't able to save their arrangements,

which meant you had to start from scratch each time you used it.

Now, even though there's still a link to it on hobnox , it has it's own website.

And arrangements can now be saved, so it's actually a valid musical tool.

To start you simply drag an instrument, device or FX from the device panel

on the right hand side, on to to the audiotool desktop and then connect

them via their output and input points.

Some instruments, like the Drum Machines and the ToneMatrix can be

sequenced via their own interface or via the timeline.

Other devices, like the bassline and the synth can only be sequenced

via the timeline or the ToneMatrix.

To access the loop library click on the arrow at the top of the device panel.

But first you have to drag an Audiotrack object onto the desktop.

Then drag the loop onto that object's track in the timeline.

to access the timeline, just click on the icon to the left of the blue

folder icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the desktop.

Or just drag it up via the border at the bottom of the desktop.

Everything is in step-time. No real-time input.

You have to enter everything with the mouse.

If you've ever used Roland's 808, 909 or 303 you'll

know what to do.

Checkout some of the arrangements people are sharing to get more of an idea.

You can download shared arrangements here:

http://www.audiotool.com/browse

Click on the actual filename to open an arrangement's page.

Click on it's arrow, if it has one to audition an audio version of the arrangement.

If you want to make your own and be able to save you have to subscribe

and login, which is free.

There are 3 tutorials on youtube but they're for more advanced features,

they don't cover the basics.

http://www.youtube.com/AudiotoolTutorials