Gigajam have added ‘The studio’ to its Online Music School. The Studio is designed to support the use of music technology in school as part of Gigajam’s vision of the Music Classroom for the Future.
The elearning partnership with Gigajam and Yamaha was launched at BETT in January 2010 and is the perfect partnership of; Gigajam’s digital curriculum for the guitar, bass, keyboard and drums and Yamaha’s great range of portable and affordable MIDI instruments.
eLearning partnership
The concept of creating new musicians with the digital curriculum and interactive musical instruments, means that students, in the classroom can Learn to Play. They can then Perform in a Band by applying their skills to playing live . The next step is to then take the developing musical competence to compose & record which is where Steinberg’s unqiue suite of desktop recording applications come in.
Music Classroom for the Future
Music Classroom for the Future Presentation
The studio environment we have created comprises of a downloadable version of Steinberg’s Sequel 2 which can be downloaded and installed and used freely for up to 45 days.
In addition to the free trial download, Steinberg have provided 8 music technology tutorials to help you understand how to get the most from recording and composing with Sequel. The list of tutorials available are as follows:
Introduction: Install Steinberg Sequel 2 Trial
Lesson 1 : Sequel 2 Tutorial
| This 10 minute video tutorial introduces you to Sequel 2 and will provide you with the building blocks to start recording and composing. |
Lesson 2 : Controller Learning Functions
| In this lesson there are four videos designed to support you making the most of your harware controller. |
Lesson 3 : Virtual Keyboards
| These two video tutorials outline how to use your computer keyboard and mouse as virtual controller keyboards. |
Lesson 4 : Tapping out a Tempo
Lesson 5 : Using Track Icons
Lesson 6 : Freezing a Track to Save CPU
Lesson 7 : Using The Media Bay
Lesson 8 : Reverse Clip Effect
We are looking to develop the studio offer with Steinberg and expand the depth and range of Music Technology tutorials on offer.
Steinberg are planning the release for an innovative new unlimited site licence for schools which will make using high quality desktop recording available at school and at home in an affordable plan. Details to follow soon.
For further information on the Gigajam Sequel Studio then please visit http://gigajamvle.com/content/studio.aspx
Contacts
Brian Greene|Gigajam|Managing Director| email brian.greene@gigajam.com
Andrew Shravemade|Steinberg |Education and Product Training UK| email a.schravemade@steinberg.de