If you are a teacher, you have my permission to use this with your classes and make any changes you like. I've used the program for 6 different classes, and tweaked and improved it a little more each time. The Swedish based makers behind Soundation Studio today have introduced the first social remix contest with video collaboration.
There are directions for using Soundation, a rubric, and reflection questions. This is a copy of the assignment I've used with my 6th grade general music classes. sng files to a flash drive instead of using their cloud-based saving system can be confusing for students.
Students who are more advanced in music can write their own MIDI tracks. Soundation is a powerful online music studio with professional features like recording, effects, virtual instruments and over 700 free.
Soundation is an application in Google Plus hangouts, which means that two or more people can collaborate on a song in real time.If students don't want to sign up for an account, the program can be used without an account by exporting.Students can create their own accounts to save songs in the cloud.Soundation is free, and can be used in any computer lab, or a t home.