There used to be a day in the 30 day song challenge for using computer music as an alternative composition tool. That day got replaced by something else, mainly because nobody seemed interested in trying any of the poor selection of online tools which we were able to provide links to at the time.
The next course doesn’t start until June 6th Bank Holiday Monday, but if it were running today we would have been able to use the Google Doodle which is a Moog Synthesizer.
Moog Goog
The gadget is only there for one day though, celebrating Robert Moog’s 70th birthday, unless it remains archived somewhere in which case we might just resurrect that particular songwriting challenge. It even has a functioning reel to reel tape recorder gadget attached, so you can make recordings live on the doodle, then make a screenshot or audio recording of the tune once you are happy with it.
If you are reading this and it’s still May 23rd, hurry along to https://www.google.co.uk/ and exercise your inner Rick Wakeman
Update on the Moog Doodle after the day
OK, i’ve found out where they archive all the previous Google Doodle’s so now we can have a permanent link to the working Moog Synthesiser simulator with attached reel to reel tape recorder. Go ahead and compose!