Digital Creation

Drumbit.app - An easy-to-use "drum machine". Create drum beats in a visual layout.

Patatap.com - Use the letters on your keyboard to make a beat. Hit spacebar to change the set of sounds. Tons of sounds.

Sampulator.com - Similar to Patatap above. Use your keyboard to play the variety of sounds and make cool beats. You can even record and layer to get some pretty complex stuff.

Incredibox.com - A fun beatmaker. Simple to use, just drag "costumes" onto the characters to create a variety of beats. Not much customization besides layering the pre-existing beats.

YouDJ - Free DJ turntable software with access to a bunch of music, samples, and effects. Play two songs at once, fade between them. Great app to play around with some DJing.

Please note: Some music may contain inappropriate language or themes. Please practice good digital citizenship.

Bandlab - A powerful and feature-rich DAW on all platforms with a library of loops. You can sync your work on your account, share and view other people's creations in their social feeds, and put together audio creations in mulitple tracks pretty easily.

Soundtrap - Very similar to Bandlab. It allows you to collaborate on sessions, record somebody as a podcast, and syncs across multiple types of devices.

Sodaphonic.com - A simple web-based single-track audio editor. You can record straight into the app from your browser using your computer's microphone or import audio an file. Then, you have a limited set of tools to edit the audio: cut/copy/paste, trim, volume fade in/out, bleeping, reversing. Not as powerful as a full DAW, but easy and quick for simple jobs. You can save the files as MP3 or WAV.

GarageBand - A very powerful app for Mac OS and iOS. Record audio, import clips from a vast sound library, or create your own tracks with digital instruments. Then you can manipulate and layer them to create some amazing stuff.

Reaper - A free(ish) DAW for PC or Mac that is very powerful for editing and working with audio. The trial is technically unlimited, so they ask you to pay if you continue to use it past the trial, but you can still use it without paying. Lots of plug-ins and features where you can produce pretty professioal-sounding work.

Audacity - This is an application that you have to download and install on a Windows or Mac computer. With it, you can record or import audio tracks and manipulate, layer, add effects and so much more. You could use it to trim a clip from a song for a ringtone, create a mashup, or produce a whole hip hop track. Very powerful.

iMovie - Incredible app for video editing, and available for free on any iOS device. Edit and connect video clips with transitions. Easily insert videos into template and draw from a large library for sound, music, and effects.

FilmoraGO - A video editing app for Android devices. Also available on iOS. Lots of features and built-in styles allow you to make an impressive video with a little effort.

WeVideo - A powerful video editing app available in browsers and on mobile. The free version is limited in the features and the amount of video you can edit, but if you log in with your student Gmail, you have access to more features and time.