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Soundboard app Farrago goes to version 2

Of all my favorite apps, Farrago is often one that my other colleagues instantly get the appeal of because of its colorful user interface, which depicts a grid of audio blocks.

Farrago has become the default way that I play soundbites, audio recordings, and practice tracks tracks for my band students. I have organized my Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks into a grid of color-coded exercises (organized by circle of fifths). I used to use iTunes for this, but the grid of squares is so much easier to navigate and operate during a busy rehearsal.

I have been beta testing Farrago 2 for months now and I am thrilled to say that it takes all of my workflows to the next level and even introduces new workflow possibilities that elevate my teaching.

Farrago 2 introduces numerous improvements and feature updates, which you can read about here.

My favorites are the integration with FreeSounds.org, Shortcuts, and Stream Deck. Watch the video below to see these features in action.

Learn more about Rogue Amoeba’s awesome apps on the podcast episode below.

Audio Hijack 4, Shortcuts, Podcasting Automation

Audio Hijack 4 is Here! | Rogue Amoeba Blog:

Today, we’re thrilled to unveil a major upgrade to Audio Hijack, our flagship audio recorder and processor. Audio Hijack 4 brings both powerful new functionality and powerful new interfaces, to make its ability to record any audio on your Mac more accessible than ever. With an absolutely ridiculous 107 new features, enhancements, improvements, and bug fixes, Audio Hijack has never been better.

Read on to learn more or just click to download Audio Hijack 4!

Audio Hijack is an essential tool in my workflow. I use it to do everything from recording my podcast to capturing audio from apps. It's sort of a Swiss Army Knife of audio utilities on the Mac. And today it gets better.

You can read the post from Rogue Amoeba above to get the full scoop. You can read my previous post on Audio Hijack to get a feel for how I use it. I also had Rogue Amoeba's CEO Paul Kafasis on Music Ed Tech Talk to talk about all sorts of creative ways to use their audio apps in the classroom.

My favorite new feature of Audio Hijack 4 is the Shortcuts integration.

I can now automate features of Audio Hijack by adding actions in my Shortcuts. One example of this is my "Podcasting" Shortcut which I trigger before I record my show (or go on Zoom calls).

This Shortcut...

  • reminds me to turn off my fan (using the speak text action)
  • tracks how long I record in the time tracking app Timery
  • sets a reminder to turn back on the fan later in the evening
  • opens Craft and Obsidian (where I keep my show outline and show notes, respectively)
  • opens Zoom, launches the meeting, mutes my mic, and records the call (as a back up)

Now I can add Audo Hijack as a step. In the action above, I am having it automatically start running my "Input Device" session, which takes the audio input of my Scarlet 6i6 audio interface and records it as an AIFF.

This Shortcut also puts my devices into a Podcasting Focus mode which silences all notifications except the ones from my wife.

Music Ed Tech Talk Episode #46 - Featuring Christopher Bill, from Classical Trombone

Christopher Bill joins the show to talk about the musicianship, hardware, software, and creative process behind his viral YouTube channel, Classical Trombone.

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Show Notes:

App of the Week

Robby - Keyboard Maestro

Christopher - Flic

Music of the Week

Robby - My Bluegrass Heart - Béla Fleck

Christopher - Don't Lose Sight - Song by Lawrence | Dirty Loops - Rollercoaster | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful - Florence and the Machine

Tech Tip of the Week

Robby - NFC stickers

Christopher - OVOU Business Card

Where to Find Us:

Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

Christopher - Twitter) | Website | YouTube

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#43 - iOS 15 and macOS Monterey, with Paul Shimmons

Paul Shimmons returns to the show to talk about the features in Apple’s new operating system updates, and how we plan to use them.

Patreon subscribers get a bootleg version of the recording, without the ads, and including bonus conversation about notation apps on iPad.

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App of the Week

Paul - Ultimate Drill Book

Robby - Sofa

Music of the Week

Paul - Powerhouse - White Heart

Robby - Cory Henry - Best of Me

Where to Find Us:

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Paul - Twitter | Website

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🎙 METT Episode #28 - Rehearse Your Ensembles Remotely

Robby explains the software, hardware, and teaching strategies he uses to run engaging and effective music rehearsals in a remote or hybrid environment.

This information was presented earlier this month at the Maryland Music Educators Association conference. The notes and links below are from the session notes of that presentation.

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Abstract

Learn the strategies and technologies to run engaging synchronous rehearsals. Engage students visually and speed up your flow using Open Broadcasting Software. Pump the sound video/music/play-along tracks directly through Zoom or Google Meet for a lag-free experience. Explore play along with resources, student reflection with Google Docs, effective camera/mic practices, and have students working collaboratively in synchronous chamber ensembles with Soundtrap! Software discussed includes: Keynote, Google Slides, Loopback, Soundsource, Farrago, AnyTune, Soundtrap, Smartmusic!

Broadcasting Software

Audio Routing

Making Play Along Tracks

Visual Presentation

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🎙 Music Ed Tech Talk #27 - Catching Up With Shawna Longo, with Shawna Longo

Shawna Longo joins the show to talk about our hybrid teaching gear, social emotional learning, cloud-based music tools, and our favorite apps/albums/tech tips of the week.

Topics include:

  • COVID hybrid teaching strategies
  • Teaching hardware (on a cart!)
  • Teaching performance virtually
  • social emotional learning
  • music tools in the cloud
  • the Canvas mastery grade book

Show Notes:

Tech Tips of the Week:
Robby - Command+K (or Control+K) will create a hyperlink
Shawna - Mute All for Google Meet | Use AirPod mic as input in Google Meet

App of the Week:
Robby - TIDAL Shawna - Scannable

Album of the Week:
Robby - Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa Shawna - Happiness Begins - The Jonas Brothers

Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Shawna - Twitter | Website

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🎙 METT Episode #26 - Featuring Katie Wardrobe

Technology trainer and speaker, Katie Wardrobe, joins the show to talk about producing technology training and resources for music teachers. (And way more)

Topics include:

  • Katie's exceptional website: Midnight Music
  • Free vs. paid software
  • Teaching facing / student facing software
  • M1 and Intel Macs
  • Tools Katie uses to make content
  • Canva
  • File Management on iPad
  • Podcasting
  • Managing big projects
  • Our recent favorite tech tips, albums, and apps

Show Notes:

Katie's Home Screen

Robby's Homescreen

App of the Week:
Robby - CalZones
Katie - DaVinci Resolve

Album of the Week:
Robby - Tye Tribbett Apple Music Essentials Playlist
Katie - The Arcadian Wild | Cory Wong & Metropole Orkest

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Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Katie - Twitter | Website

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METT Episode #25 - Mastering the Practice Process, with Rob Knopper

Rob Knopper (Metropolitan Opera, auditionhacker, percussionhacker) joins the show to talk about mastering practice, improving the audition process, and using technology to support his multifaceted efforts as a performing percussionist, teacher, and creator of web resources for musicians.

Other topics include:

  • How to Practice With Technology
  • Technology for Making Content
  • Developing Diverse Skills/Remaining Teachable
  • Finding Generalized vs. Specialist Mentors
  • Comprehensively Studying Masterworks and Making Practice Resources for Them
  • Acquiring Phrasing Language
  • Teaching Students to Recognize Mastery
  • Embracing Failure/Auditions Are Process Not Product
  • Our album and app picks of the week

Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby - SoundSource
Rob Knopper - Anki

Album of the Week:
Robby - An Oscar Petersen Christmas
Rob Knopper - Pictures at an Exhibition | Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Rob Knopper - Twitter | Website

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METT Episode #23 - Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps, with Paul Kafasis

Paul Kafasis, CEO of Rogue Amoeba, joins Robby to talk about the stellar audio apps they make and how Robby is using them in the music classroom both before and during COVID.

Show Notes:

Rogue Amoeba Website: Macaudio.com

Robby's Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks
Stream Deck

Rogue Amoeba Apps:

Audio Hijack
Loopback
Sound Source
Piezo
Farrago
Fission
Airfoil
Ultimate Podcast Bundle
Educator Discount and Volume Pricing

My blog post on Audio Hijack
My blog post on Loopback

Mimeo Photos Extension for the Mac | Make premium printed photo projects right on your Mac

Acorn | Full Featured Photo Editor for the Mac

App of the Week:
Robby - Pixelmator Pro
Paul - Tot

Album of the Week:
Robby - Charlie XCX | How I'm Feeling Now
Paul - The Colour and the Shape | Foo Fighters

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Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Paul - Twitter | Website

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