Music Recording
Performing music has come a long since the time when you’d be lucky to hear a few songs from a traveling bard. Now, not only can you download a song in seconds, but you can also record your own music easily at home. Both individuals and bands can use the sites below to learn about the various technologies that will help them write and record music.
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Audio Recording Technology and Software
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Sounds and Songs for Recording
Music recording encompasses live recording and synthetic sounds. You may want to use songs and sounds prerecorded by others. The sites below are sources for music uploads that you can copy, cut, mix and re-record however you choose.
Dulcinea's Insight
- Visit the findingDulcinea Free Use Media Web Guide for more music and other types of media available for your use.
- Creative Commons is a licensing program that allows musicians, authors and scientists to share their work online. Many of the song and sound sharing sites below use sounds licensed by Creative Commons.
Dulcinea's Picks
For songs …
CC Mixter
lets you legally download songs from the Creative Commons database and remix, cut and record them as you please. You can also share your music on the site.
For sounds …
The Freesound Project
is exactly what the name implies: a community for sharing bits and snippets of music and sounds. Freesound allows you to you upload or download sounds that aren’t copyrighted.
For sharing and social networking …
Splice
is a social networking site for musicians. Share your songs and sounds, use bites from others, tweak tracks or create your own music online using the site software.
Who knew?
The Department of Special Collections at the University of California, Santa Barbara
’s Donald C. Davidson Library has a catalog of “cylinder recordings,” early recorded material produced during the turn of the 20th century.
Recording News and Magazines
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