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Apps for Students

DYMSDYMS
edited June 13 in General App Discussion

Hello All,
About 12 years ago I was involved with a project where we were teaching music production to young Japanese children as part of an afternoon school course. At the time there were many great apps that were inexpensive or free. However, the cost of replacing hundreds of iPads became too much, and we removed them from ourt program about 6 or 7 years ago.

However, we have decided to lease 100 iPads, and are bringing them back into the classes. I am wondering what apps are currently truly free (no IAP or Ads) that you would recommend for children 6-12.

Here is what we had back in the day. The ones with "*" seem to no longer be available.

  • Beatwave (now paid)
  • Figure
  • Yellowfier
  • e-Drops*
  • Finger Piano
  • Garageband
  • Keezy
  • Musyc (now has IAP)
  • PhaseRings
  • SingingFingers HD*
  • Toca Band*

I would love to hear any recommendations for apps that use the iPad interface well, allow for audio generation, creation, etc, and are low priced, free, and don't have IAP.

Thanks for your help.

Comments

  • colonel_mustardcolonel_mustard

    i'd grab nanostudio 2 for those ipads, while it still works. it's an abandoned app that will die and break their tiny hearts at some point downstream, but for now it's amazing and free:
    https://apps.apple.com/app/id1112601015

  • R_2R_2

    Gadget 2 LE

  • SquishySquishy

    @colonel_mustard said:
    i'd grab nanostudio 2 for those ipads, while it still works. it's an abandoned app that will die and break their tiny hearts at some point downstream, but for now it's amazing and free:
    https://apps.apple.com/app/id1112601015

    All the IAPs are free too, gotta “buy” them through the in App Store. Some real good drum kits and synth presets in there!

  • Philandering_BastardPhilandering_Bastard

    AudioKit Synth One is free. Also the upcoming Synth One J6 by @AnalogMatthew is going to be completely free.

  • Jer4Jer4

    Cool project! I think Audanika is a fun way to introduce them to making music.

    Primer synth is free and a good basic synth to teach them some programming stuff.

  • camcam

    Isnt there an edu for Koala Sampler?
    Cant remember… however
    Kids and Sampler is perfekt!

  • anicktanickt

    Just go with GarageBand to get them started.

  • reezyglereezygle

    @anickt said:
    Just go with GarageBand to get them started.

    This. Otherwise they'll be overwhelmed. I'd focus on fundamentals of electronic music production first vs here are a bunch of apps:

    What is MIDI and how does it work? What's an audio interface? How do you route audio and midi? What are AUs? etc.

    You can teach all that with Garageband.

  • BenjaminWhoBenjaminWho

    Until now, I’ve just been reading here on the forum. Many thanks for all the tips and the good vibes! I used to work as a music teacher, and since having children, I don’t have as much time to make music. That’s why I really appreciate the possibilities of producing tracks with just a small keyboard and an iPhone.
    As a starting point for students, children, or beginners, I recommend the following free apps:

    Viking Synth by Blamsoft – A Moog-style mono synth that’s great for learning subtractive synthesis. The same developer also offers some nice free AUv3 effects.

    Numa Player – Offers a lot of good basic piano and Rhodes sounds.

    King of FM – A DX7-style rompler and more, from the same developer as the mentioned Synth One.

    All of these are AUv3-compatible and very easy to use inside GarageBand.

  • AnalogMatthewAnalogMatthew

    Already testing in High Schools. And based on Japanese synths ;)

    https://audiokitpro.com/synthonej6

  • DYMSDYMS

    Thanks for all the tips and suggestions. I will check them out. Unfortunately (or fortunately for the IT folks) the iPads can’t access the App Store as the device and user management system locks it.

    While a major objective is teaching production and music in general, the other is to introduce the iPad and how the interface can be a tool for exploring sound in a unique way and that IPads don’t just have to be gaming devices or portable YouTube machines. Apps like Seaquence, NodeBeat, FluxPad and Borderlands, SECTOR, etc are all great for this.

    I also forgot that GarageBand now allows for plugins. Thanks for the reminder.

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