BandLab

How will you use bandlab?

To Teach a Class!

To create my own music!

Both!

EDU vs. Regular Users

Signing up for an Account

Regular Pros

EDU Pros

- Signing up is simple. Go to bandlab.com and click on sign up.

- Once you have an account, you will land on the feed.

- Create Assignments

- Create Classes

- Manage Teachers

- Manage Students

- Provide instructions

- Easy Collaboration

- Social Media Component

- Community focus

- Can be connected to EDU

- Encourages creativity over assignment completion

Regular Cons

EDU Cons

- Editing Assignments is difficult after publishing

- Taking revisions or multiple submissions of assignments is difficult

- Social Media aspect can be sketchy sometimes

- No way to assign something to other users

- Must know user name to collaborate

Collaborating on a phone

Creating Classes

Collaborating on Bandlab

Starting a project

- Click on Create

- Add collaborators by username or email by clicking on the add button in the top right corner

- Click on "Create Class" to get started

- Create a Classroom Name and write what it is about then hit save

- Now it's time to add students

Collaborating in a live session

- You will be notified by email when a revision has been saved

- With the mix editor now open, select which type of track you would like to add to your project first.

- You can also choose to browse the loop library or import Audio or midi.

- You can start a live collaboration by selecting "Start Session" and having your collaborators log on to join

- There is a chat feature in the bottom right corner to make notes and talk back and forth

Key of the project

General functions

BandLab

Time Signature

Adding Students

Video Walkthru for Bandlab EDU

Other helpful functions

Tempo

Metronome settings

Mute

Track volume

Metronome on/off

Looping

Solo

Pan

Delete

Duplicate

rename

Color

Move

Undo / Redo

Click and drag the circled arrow on the top right

This process is simple as long as you have a direct contact for the student. If you use a parent email, they are less likely to sign up or remember login credentials

Main Volume

Loop Library

Saving your project

Save often!

There is nothing worse than losing your work!

Press save in the top right corner

Instrument selection / Midi input device selection

Go to end

Go to beginning

Get started quick or find inspiration by starting with some premade loops.

- Click on the loops on the bottom right

- Search for key, instrument, style...etc

- Preview the file

- Click and drag the one you want into the timeline

Play/stop

record

Zoom in / Zoom out

Effects SElection / Effects editing

Midi Editor / Piano roll editor

Measure # / Beat # or

Minutes / Seconds

Creating music with or without a midi keyboard

Creating Assignments

Editing

- Add track and select "Instruments"

- With your new track highlighted, click on instrument in the bottom left corner

- Double click on the recording you want to edit (software instrument recording or audio recording)

- This pulls up your editing window

Softward instrument (piano roll)

Audio REcording (Wave editing)

From there you can:

- select your instrument

- select a midi device

- and see which qwerty keyboard letters to press for each musical pitch

- Click on "My Library"

- Click on "Mix Editor"

- Create your assignment tracks, accompaniment, etc.

- Make sure you save

- Go back to your dashboard and click on your class

- Click on "New Assignment"

- On the "Attachments" tab you will be able to select your saved files

- Fill out the rest of the assignment info and click "Publish Assignment"

- HIT Record and make some music!

- Split the track into two by placing the playhead and right clicking (ctrl + click) and selecting slice

- add fade in and fade out by scrolling to either end of the wave editor and clicking on the white box in the top corner and dragging it towards the center

- Shorten or lengthen notes by selecting them and clicking and dragging the rightmost end of the note in either direction

- Change pitches by clicking and dragging notes up or down

- Draw in new notes using the pencil tool

- Change the volume of individual notes by selecting the velocity tool

Pencil Tool

velocity Tool

Assignment Submission

Assignment Example

Recording real audio

- Add track and select "voice/mic"

- With your new track highlighted, click on source in the bottom left corner

You will receive an email when an assignment has been submitted

From there you can:

- select your input source/microphone

- choose whether or not to monitor that source in your speakers/headphones

- and see the input volume meter

- HIT Record and capture some music!

You can then preview or open with the mix editor to check out the assignment and leave a comment