I curated this list of (mostly) free web-based music apps to support creative music making in physical, hybrid, and online settings. These apps are accessible online including with mobile devices and chromebooks.
Take a look at my other curated resources for music education.
Contents
Synths
Sampling
Drums and Beatmaking
- Beadz
- i808
- Drum Pattern
- Type Drummer
- Groove Pizza
- Shiny Happy WebAudio MIDI-fied Drum Machine
- Infinite Drum Machine
- Pattern Sketch
- Tinysynth
- Beepbox
DJing
- Google Doodle DJ: 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop
- google doodle that lets you crossfade and scratch with two vitual turntables
- YouTube DJ
- Youtube DJ is a free online music mixer app. It allows you to make beats and mashups of Youtube videos.
- YouDJ
- YouDJ is a free online DJing app allowing you to load YouTube Videos into virtual turntables to mix between.
- Beatport DJ
- An online DJing app that integrates with the Beatport music library. Has a free trial but requires a Beatport Link account.
Instruments & Creation Tools
- aQWERTYon
- Shared Piano – Chrome Music Lab
- The Rational Keyboard
- Sampulator
- Incredibox
- Patatap
- Blokdust
- Typatone
- Theremin
- Leimma
- Explore varied tuning systems. Includes information and context on the tuning systems.
- Chrome Music Lab
- Blob Opera
- Copland
- Calm by Tones
- Chrome Music Melody Maker
Accompaniment & Chord Progression Generators
Visual Performance Tools
Notation
- Noteflight
- Flat.io
- ABC Editor (to play & display ABC notation files)
Analysis
- Funklet
- Famous drum patterns with visualizations that you can play and edit in the browser
- Lightnote
- Western European Art Music-based Music Theory lessons
Musical Collaboration
- Jamkazam
- Live online collaboration for performing
- Kompoz
- Bandlab
- Soundtrap
- Plink
- Collaborative live music creation
DAWs
There are so many DAWs that I have a dedicated DAWs Resource Page
Listening
- Radio Garden
- Find radio stations live anywhere in the world with an interactive globe.