Myna is an audio recording and editing tool and is the latest addition to the Aviary family of web applications; Aviary is best known as a suite of online image creation and editing web applications which allows users to manipulate images to very high standard within their browser.

As you are all aware, browser based applications offer practitioners and learners alike the opportunity to freely access creation and manipulation tools which are generally otherwise unavailable to them, because they usually come with a hefty price tag or have to be installed by network administrators or both.

Because these, and other web applications don't need to be installed (they may need to be unfiltered in some cases), they provide practitioners and learners with an affordable and sustainable way to bridge the gap between home and coursework: they can start a project at home and finish it off in their learning environments or vice versa.

Myna will look familiar to those of you already using audio recording and editing software such as, my favourite, Audacity but, I'm informed by Apple colleagues that it is more like Apple’s GarageBand, because of its drag and drop interface and its library of audio tracks, clips and loops which allow you to quickly whip up professional sounding recordings.

Myna’s main features include...

  • Powerful Clip Editing - Trim, Loop, Stretch and Reverse your audio clips, width editable loop points, and interactive time stretch capabilities.
  • Automation - Easily add fade-ins, fade-outs, pan from left to right, and modify gain over time, with editable control points.
  • Effects - Add non-destructive effects to your audio clips including Pitch Change, Reverb, Delay, Parametric EQ, and more.
  • Import / Export - Import your own audio files, or search one of our provided libraries. Mix it down and export directly to your desktop or publish back to your account.
  • Share and learn - Collaborate with other users. Follow step-by-step tutorials to learn new skills.

Accessibility is often all that’s necessary to promote creativity and independence in learners. Provide access to the tools, show them how to use them and let them get on with it!

Take a closer look at http://aviary.com/tools/myna#.