Myna: online audio recording and editing

Oct 12th 2009
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Myna, an audio recording and editing tool, is the latest addition to the Aviary family of web applications, a suite of image creation and editing web applications which allow you to manipulate images to very high standard within your browser.

Myna will look familiar to those already using audio recording and editing software such as the fantastic Audacity but it actually reminds me more of Apple’s GarageBand, because of its effortless drag and drop interface and its library of audio tracks, clips and loops which allow you to quickly whip up professional sounding recordings.

These are Myna’s main features:

Powerful Clip Editing
Trim, Loop, Stretch and Reverse your audio clips, width editable loop points, and interactive time stretch capabilities.

Automation
Easily add fade-ins, fade-outs, pan from left to right, and modify gain over time, with editable control points.

Effects
Add non-destructive effects to your audio clips including Pitch Change, Reverb, Delay, Parametric EQ, and more.

Import / Export
Import your own audio files, or search one of our provided libraries. Mix it down and export directly to your desktop or publish back to your account.

Share and learn
Collaborate with other users. Follow step-by-step tutorials to learn new skills.

(Source: Aviary blog)

Browser based applications offer teachers and students alike an opportunity to freely access creation and manipulation tools which are generally otherwise unavailable to them, as they usually come with a hefty price tag or have to be installed by network administrators or both.

Because these web applications do not need to be installed (they will need to be unfiltered in some cases), they provide teachers and students with a fantastic way to bridge the gap between home and school work: they can start a project at home and finish to off at school or vice versa.

Accessibility is often all that’s necessary to promote creativity and independence in our students. Give them the tools, show them how to use them and let them get on with it!

Take a minute to have a look at the application and let me know what you think. Is it something you can see you or your students using? Is this the perfect podcasting tool?