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Getting to grips with the invisible – Five Soundbeam tips

May 7, 2015 by Mark

Getting to grips with the invisible – Five Soundbeam tips

Although Soundbeam is a great resource it, and other non-contact sensors like the MIDIgesture, suffer from being invisible. To help people play the Soundbeam we need to be consistent about where we place the unit from week to week. Accurate records can help, but we can also use a few props to help.

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Special Children Article – Useful Links

April 20, 2015 by Mark

Here are some links that you might find useful as further reading from our article in the latest edition of Special Children, ‘Resurrecting old music technology’. Soundbeam Manuals & software – a great selection of manuals and handbooks for the various versions of Soundbeam, all the way back to Soundbeam 1. Effects Units Alesis MicroVerb4 – Look […]

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WOW – I want one of those: Korg Wavedrum Mini

January 26, 2015 by Andrew Cleaton

WOW – I want one of those: Korg Wavedrum Mini

An inexpensive, easy to use percussion instrument with a clip-on trigger that turns almost any surface into a playable instrument.

This review originally appeared as part of Andrew’s presentation at Music Education Expo 2014.

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WOW – I want one of those (Part 1)

January 26, 2015 by Andrew Cleaton

WOW – I want one of those (Part 1)

An important aspect of Best Practice in any situation is choosing the right tools for the job.  Over the past few years, I’ve been travelling around delivering accessible, participatory music projects in a range of Special Educational Needs and Disability Settings and I’ve been able to try out a number of different instruments and technologies.  […]

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Music Education Expo 2013 Teach Meet

March 26, 2013 by Andrew Cleaton

Here is a very rough recording of my presentation last week at the Music Education Expo in London. As you can tell, I didn’t know I was being filmed at the time! For those of you who don’t want to chance the dodgy video, my key take-away points are: Add technology to the toolkit and […]

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