Recording Studio: Music studio overview

The Charms music studio provides a great option for students to record their musical assignments. It is also a good option for teachers who would like to create accompaniments for students to use as part of their assignments.

In this article we provide an overview of each tab in the music studio: 

• Record
• Assignments
• Accompaniments
• Upload MP3/MP4

Record

The Record tab in the music studio is where you record your music. Use the following buttons as you work in the music studio:

Rewind brings you back to the beginning of your recording, play allows you to hear what you recorded and loop allows you to play the recording in a continuous loop.

Click 

to start recording. Charms gives you a few seconds delay before the recording starts. You know you are recording when  the recording button changes to 

.

Notice that you can change the playback volume, microphone level, and the tempo by moving the slider left or right.

When you create a recording, Charms gives you 5 opportunities or "takes" to get it just right. If you reach the fifth take and do not like any of the recordings, click Clear All and receive  another 5 takes.

As you create a take, you can click the white arrow within the take button to play the recording. If you like the take, click Save. The Save button shows you which take you are saving. In the following example, we are saving Take 3.

When you save the the take, Charms uploads the recording to the Uploaded Recordings section of the music studio.

Uploaded Recordings

When you save a recording, it is available in the Uploaded Recordings section. This section shows the date the recording was uploaded (saved), the status, which tells you if it has been reviewed (red for no, green for yes), and the grade and teacher comments.

TIP: You can listen to an uploaded recording by clicking 

and downloading it. Or, if you prefer, right-click on the recording and select the option to open the link in a new tab or new window.  This allows you to listen without downloading the recording.

You can delete recordings that are not reviewed by clicking 

.

Assignments

When you create assignments, they display on the Assignments tab for each student that is part of the group you added to the assignment.

For assignment notes, click 

These are instructions added when the assignment was created. If the assignment has an accompaniment, you will see the play icon 

click to listen to the accompaniment. To load the assignment into the Record tab, click 

Accompaniments

You can upload accompaniments for students to use with their recordings. Accompaniments display on the Accompaniments tab of each student that is part of the group you selected when uploading the accompaniment.

For the full accompaniment filename, click 

To listen to the accompaniment, click 

and to load the accompaniment into the Record tab, click 

Upload MP3/MP4

The Upload MP3/MP4 tab is for uploading recordings that you want to use in Charms. Students can upload recordings they did outside of Charms so that instructors can grade them.

Uploaded files are placed in the Uploaded Recordings section of the Record tab. Until the recording is reviewed, the status displays a red circle and if desired, you can delete the recording.