So I've always pictured composing and mixing music as an extremely complicated, and time consuming endeavor reliant on expensive studio equipment. However, I've learned otherwise. The site Freesound.org is a site that features a large searchable library of sounds and sound clips covered by creative commons licenses. An interesting thing is that one can search for clips they want and open them in another tab in Firefox. They can repeat the process with as many clips as they want. By ensuring each of the clips in each tab is playing continuously, it is possible to create layers of sound. For example, I could open a track playing a summer thunderstorm in one tab and then open a tab playing a monastary chant and another one with a flute playing. With all playing simultaneously, it would create an eerie composition.
It is possible to record straight from the tabbed browser using the free recording software Audacity. I have been very excited now that I have at least a basic ability to produce some original music for free! The link below is one of my attempts at composition.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/npoling/Weird%20(2).mp3
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