Anyone can leave an audio note about an attraction and pin it on an online map that's shared for playback via web or smartphone.

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Routing MIDI and audio to and from Maschine is close to seamless: one magical-feeling enhancement in this version is the ability to render the audio or MIDI tracks produced in Maschine immediately: if you hammer out a bar or two and want to drop it instantly as either an audio track or a set of MIDI note commands, you're just a drag and drop away.

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The site currently hosts 5, 000 courses, each a mix of video, audio and PowerPoint that users follow along with note-taking software off to the side.

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On a lighter note there is also the transcript, audio recordings and video of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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For anyone who has to do extensive note-taking, the Pulse's audio synchronization is worth the extra money.

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That's more the approach of Merrill Garbus, whose solo project is spelled tUnE-yArDs. (Hey, you won't forget her name, right?) Her 2009 album BiRd-BrAiNs began life as a DIY cassette release, assembled with a handheld voice recorder the "note to self" kind and free audio-editing software.

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The music note icon in the bottom left corner of every page makes it easy to control audio tracks from anywhere in Flipboard.

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Better yet, Quick Note can handle more than just typed words, with items such as images and audio attachments also being able to be added and saved.

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