The Songwriting Charity

SOUND SPARKSβ„’

CREATE β€’ PLAY β€’ COLLECT
WEB EDITION V1

🎀 CREATE & PLAY

Choose a sound, or make your own.

Record a sound, import audio, or choose from your library.

Clear this workspace to start a new sound. Your saved sounds stay safe.

Do you want to save?

Save your current sound to My Library before clearing? Clear without Saving removes this unsaved take and its edits from the workspace. It never deletes saved library sounds or original imported files.

Clearing leaves no sound loaded and returns to Choose or make. Your saved sounds and other projects stay safe.

Save uses the current sound name and collection and creates a new processed WAV, just like Save to Library.

1 Β· CHOOSE OR MAKE A SOUND

Microphone off

Recording limit: 2 minutes. Finish keeps your new take; Discard keeps the sound you had before recording.

βœ‚οΈ CHOOSE THE REGION TO PLAY
Load a sound to enable trimming.
NO SOUND LOADED

Drag the yellow handles or use the sliders. Trimming does not erase the original source.

2 Β· SHAPE & PLAY

Load a sound in Stage 1 to enable the keyboard and sound controls.

No sound loaded
Your sound controls

Hold keys or tap to play. Computer keys: A W S E D F T G Y H U J K Β· maximum 8 notes. C4 plays the original pitch. Octave shifts on-screen/computer keys; MIDI uses absolute pitch (60 = C4). Stop Sound also cancels pending import/record startup.

The keyboard uses your selected region and current effects. Listen to full source plays the original once; Preview plays the processed selection once. Newly chosen sources start with effects off, so saved effects are not accidentally applied again.

πŸ’Ύ NAME, SAVE & DOWNLOAD

Save and Download make a WAV of the selected region with the current reverse/reverb/delay applied once. They do not save an editable settings project or alter the original source. Save a new variant to keep your earlier library sound. Keyboard octave and volume are for playing and are not baked into these WAVs.

Choose from Library

πŸŽ›οΈ MY SOUND SYNTH

Make a musical instrument from your own sound.

● SAMPLE POWERED
No sample loaded
ROOT NOTE C4 (middle C)Leftmost key = C3; at zero tuning, C4 plays the sample at its original speed.
SOUND SPARKS Β· SOURCE LIBRARY

Choose a sound source

Search recordings, saved performances, Explore Sounds and instruments.

〰️ YOUR SOUND

Drag the yellow handles to choose what plays
Choose or create a sound to begin.
βœ‚οΈ TRIM SAMPLE IN SYNTH

Drag the yellow waveform handles, or use the Start/End sliders. Only the highlighted part plays and is saved as a new sound. Your source stays unchanged.

Start 0.00s β€’ End 0.00s
✨ SOUND ADVENTURES
Starting points made from your sound β€” no preset recordings.
β˜€οΈ

BRIGHTNESS

Dark ↔ Sparkly

〰️

WOBBLE

Still ↔ Wiggly

✨

SPACE

Close ↔ Far away

🌱 SHAPE YOUR SOUND

How each note begins, changes and fades
HOLD NOTE

Drag the green dots, or use the sliders. Hold Level is volume while the note is held, not a time.

🌱 SHAPE YOUR SOUND

🧰 MORE SOUND CONTROLS

Open a drawer to explore more ways to change your sound.

🎼 PITCH & TUNING
🎼 PITCH & TUNING
🟠 FILTER DETAIL
πŸŽ›οΈ FILTER β€” SHAPE YOUR SOUND
🟣 MOVEMENT DETAIL
〰️ MOVEMENT
πŸ” SAMPLE & LOOP
πŸ” SAMPLE
Uses the active trimmed section; looping includes a short edge fade to reduce clicks.
πŸ”΅ ECHO & DELAY
✨ EFFECTS
Echoes gently bounce from one speaker to the other. Adjust the echo, time and repeats above.
πŸ”Š OUTPUT
πŸ”Š OUTPUT

πŸ’Ύ SAVE NEW SOUND AS

Save a new WAV. Your original sound stays safe.

How saving works

Turn your current SYNTH settings into a new WAV sample in My Library. Your original sound stays untouched. Saves one C4 note with the current filter, envelope, movement and effects. For loops, exports a 2-second note.

New sounds appear in MY LIBRARY and can be selected as another SYNTH source. Existing CREATE WAV downloads are unchanged.
Resets knobs only. Your sounds stay safe.
🎹 PLAY YOUR INSTRUMENTA W S E D F T G Y H U J K · tap, click or hold · 8 notes
Choose a sound and play!
🎹 MIDI KEYBOARD

πŸ₯ PERFORMANCE STUDIO

❔ HOW TO PLAY (SHOW / HIDE)

1 Β· EDIT MODE: Choose EDIT MODE, then tap a coloured pad. Pick a sound from MY LIBRARY and press ASSIGN SOUND. Close the editor to choose another pad.

2 Β· PERFORM: Choose PERFORM, then tap pads to play your sounds. You can play several together. Keyboard keys: 1–4, Q–R, A–F and Z–V.

3 Β· LOOPS: One-shots play once. Loops start and stop on the selected beat or bar. Use STOP ALL to stop everything.

Tip: Try LOAD STARTER PACK for 16 ready-to-play sounds, or make your own in CREATE & PLAY or SYNTH.

SETS β–Ύ
BAR 1 Β· BEAT 1STOPPED

16 pads Β· Play with 1–4, Q–R, A–F, Z–V

Library

Build collections of sounds. They stay in this browser until you delete them or clear browser data. Export backups regularly.

Listen to, rename, download or delete your recorded performances. They are stored locally in this browser.

🏫 SOUND SPARKS FOR SCHOOLS

Keep creating after the workshop! Make a sound, shape it into an instrument, save it, then take your project to another computer.

πŸ’Ύ TAKE YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY WITH YOU

Download a portable .json project backup containing your WAV sounds and collection names. On another computer, choose that file to add its sounds to the library there. Existing sounds are never replaced. Privacy: this file includes WAV audio (which may contain voices) and is not encrypted. Store and share it securely.

Your library stays on this device unless you choose to export it.

🎲 CREATIVE SOUND CHALLENGES

Record a clap, then use SYNTH to turn it into a drum sound.

πŸ‘©β€πŸ« TEACHER CORNER

Three short classroom activities, with no accounts or uploads:

  1. Sound hunt (15 min): record five safe sounds; discuss what makes each recognisable.
  2. Build an instrument (20 min): choose a sound and explore pitch, filter and envelopes on SYNTH.
  3. Sound story (20 min): create a collection of five sounds that tells a story; export the pack and share it locally with your teacher.

Safety: ask permission before recording voices. Do not put children's names or personal information in sound names or backups. Exported projects contain audio, so handle them according to your school's safeguarding and data policies.

Compatibility: Chrome and Edge are recommended for USB MIDI on Windows and Mac. On iPad, use the on-screen keyboard. Open the hosted app in its own HTTPS browser tab. Microphone permission is requested only after Record; MIDI permission only after Connect MIDI. Installation and offline access depend on browser support and a completed first online visit.

πŸ“– Open the printable teacher guide