Review

Tech reviews: YuStudio

Dale Wills unpacks Charanga's YuStudio platform and assesses its suitability for the music classroom.

Tools are important – I recently attempted a production line of pavlova with a plastic piping bag, and the results were as flat and uninspired as you might imagine. So, I am always excited when a new DAW crosses my desktop. Despite the ubiquity of function of the modern DAW, their workflow, functionality, and user interface lend themselves to different forms of working, different approaches, and ultimately different inspirations.

YuStudio is a platform from Charanga designed specifically for the classroom. Adding to a suite of workspaces, resources, and the already well-established Music Pad app, YuStudio is a fully functional DAW accessible online via either Google Classroom or Charanga's own Yumu for Students platform. As a result, it is compatible with any operating system and does not require high-end processing power from the machines running it. A secondary advantage of the cloud-based approach is to allow easy collaboration between students, leaders, and effortless assignment setting and assessment of progress.

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