John mlynczak — Music Ed Tech Talk

Thanks to my sponsor this month, MusicFirst

David MacDonald returns to the show to talk about the hardware and software in our virtual teaching setups. Then we speculate about touchscreen Macs and consider how Apple's recent App Store policies might impact the future of creative professional software on iOS.

Topics include:

New Zoom features for musicians and teachers
David and Philip Rothman's new podcast, Scoring Notes
Using Open Broadcaster Software to level up your virtual teaching
Routing audio from your apps into Zoom and Google Meet calls
Teaching with Auralia
LMS integration with third-party music education apps
Using MainStage and Logic for performing instruments into virtual classrooms
Touchscreen Macs
Apple's App Store Policy

Show Notes:

Optimize Your Zoom Settings for Music Teaching and Performing! | Music Ed Tech Talk
Better music experiences come to Zoom with high fidelity audio | Scoring Notes
My Online Teaching Setup (High-Tech Edition) | Music Ed Tech Talk
My Very Straightforward and Very Successful Setup for Teaching Virtual Private Lessons
Will Kuhn
Electronic Music School on Twitch... with Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein
Open Broadcaster Software https://obsproject.com/
Virtual Cam for Mac
AirServer
How can I use AirServer for Mac with OBS
Reflector
Hyper-Charging Online Classes with Open Broadcaster Software | Music Ed Tech Talk
Teaching Tech: Live keyboard overlay in Zoom | This Page Left Intentionally Useless
Loopback
Virtual Midi Piano Keyboard app (Free)
Rogue Amoeba's amazing audio apps for Mac
Farrago soundboard app
Fission audio editing app
IDAGIO
Izotope RX Plugins
Mac Power Users - #531: Teaching with GoodNotes, with David MacDonald
East West Composer Cloud - subscribe to plugins
Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast - #5 - Yours In Quarantine, featuring Julianna Mateyko, Director of Support and Training with MusicFirst
Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast - #13 - Exploring Noteflight Learn, with John Mlynczak
Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast - #12 - Making Music and Podcasts Using Soundtrap, with Meredith Allen, Sales Enablement Manager at Soundtrap
Auralia - Ear Training with Real Music
OBS Camera App
Logitech C920 Pro Webcam
Use iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to sketch in or mark up Mac documents
On Stage CM01 Video Camera/Digital Recorder Adapter
Elago Stream Deck
Keyboard Maestro
Philip Rothman's Stream Deck Profiles for Dorico/Sibelius/Musescore
MainStage
Apple Pro Apps for Education
Accidental Tech Podcast
forScore
forScore for Mac
GoodNotes
Collaboration in GoodNotes
PDF Expert
Alfred Clipboard Manager
StaffPad

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