Project archive – NYU Music Experience Design Lab

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Variation Playgrounds, Groove Pizza, aQWERTYon and Virtual Piano Duet remain active.

Variation Playgrounds →Groove Pizza →aQWERTYon →Virtual Piano Duet v2 →

Active project + source

Virtual Piano Duet v2

Improvise a virtual duet with pianist Steve Wogaman of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. The public repository credits code adapted from Yotam Mann, design by Diana Castro and Alex Ruthmann, and code updates by Guergana Tzatchkova.

Responsive design update: May 2020, according to the public source README.

V2 tracks melodies as piano rolls, saves named phrases in this browser, and supports replay and compatible melody JSON export/import. No cloud sync or microphone recording. Browser tests cover capture, save/reload, replay and Makey Makey keys; physical hardware remains untested.

Project profile & screenshot Open Virtual Piano Duet v2 Public application source

Documentation & provenance

Existing project documentation · Dated website source

Screenshot captured from the verified public restoration on 13 October 2026. Source links describe the material available; they do not establish a complete application backup or media licence.

Six projects, an ongoing history

These records collect public documentation, existing images and available links from past projects. An archived project may still have a working app. Availability labels describe what is accessible, without promising full restoration.

Links checked 13 October 2026. A responding endpoint does not confirm playback, saving or every external dependency.

Restoration preview: drawings + webcam

Fresh Annotator

A multimedia annotation tool developed for Fresh Ed, connecting hip-hop educational content with drawings, text, audio and video contributions. The project supports culturally responsive learning and student songwriting.

Project date not established in the cited site record.

The restoration supports listening, text and drawing annotations, copies and URL sharing. Five Fresh song sets include recovered default drawings; Wonderful World has a recovered set in its own variant. Webcam video appears behind graffiti at 50% opacity and stays in the tab. Tablet-sized drawing layouts and browser input tests pass; physical iPads, Apple Pencils and cameras remain untested. Recording uploads, general import/export and full historical-session recovery are unavailable. Original music playback has not been fully retested.

Project profile & screenshot Open restored annotator Open legacy annotator

Documentation & provenance

Existing project documentation · Dated website source

Screenshot captured from the verified public restoration on 13 October 2026. Source links describe the material available; they do not establish a complete application backup or media licence.

Annotator variants

Wonderful World

Rapport

Clean Green

Each profile includes its own launch link, tested features and limits.

Static archive

MathScienceMusic

A public toolkit connecting music, mathematics and science through learning materials for K–12 and college classrooms. Developed with Herbie Hancock and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, now the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.

Launched on International Jazz Day in 2016.

The preserved public website is available. External resources may have changed.

Visit static archive Public archive source

Documentation & provenance

Existing project documentation · Dated website source

Image reused from the existing public MusEDLab site. Source links describe the material available; they do not establish a complete application backup or media licence.

Curriculum available

Play With Your Music

An open learning project about audio engineering and creative music production, developed by NYU MusEDLab with P2PU and artist partners Clara Berry and Peter Gabriel.

First course: November 2013. Peter Gabriel collaboration: 2014.

Public curriculum remains available. This record does not include a forum export or restricted recordings. Existing mixer access controls still apply.

Explore curriculum Public curriculum source

Documentation & provenance

Existing project documentation · Dated website source

Image reused from the existing public MusEDLab site. Source links describe the material available; they do not establish a complete application backup or media licence.

Legacy app link

Soundbreaking

Classroom Tech Tools exploring recording and production, developed alongside Soundbreaking and the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation’s TeachRock educational materials.

Project date not established in the cited site record.

The app endpoint responds. Audio, lesson interactions and external dependencies have not been fully retested.

Open legacy Tech Tools

Documentation & provenance

Existing project documentation · Dated website source

Image reused from the existing public MusEDLab site. Source links describe the material available; they do not establish a complete application backup or media licence.

Restored legacy app

Puzzle Cards

Reorder graphical music cards to reconstruct a piece or create a remix. Developed in partnership with the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, with repertoire performed by the Aeolus Quartet and other collaborators.

Project date not established in the cited site record.

Play, Solve and Remix have been tested in the restored release. Historical saved sessions have not been recovered. New Remix saves stay in this browser, with JSON export/import for keeping or moving your work. Paint remains unavailable.

Project profile & screenshot Open restored Puzzle Cards

Documentation & provenance

Existing project documentation · Dated website source

Screenshot captured from the verified public restoration on 13 October 2026. Source links describe the material available; they do not establish a complete application backup or media licence.

Documentation + recordings

Immersive recordings

Spatial listening experiments with the Aeolus String Quartet, Steve Wogaman and the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. Related work includes an interactive exploration of Boulez’s Dialogue de l’ombre double with IRCAM.

Project dates not established in the cited site record.

The project page links to an existing public video playlist and related source. Media playback and the related mixer have not been fully retested.

Open public Aeolus playlist Related mixer source

Documentation & provenance

Existing project documentation · Dated website source

Image reused from the existing public MusEDLab site. Source links describe the material available; they do not establish a complete application backup or media licence.

About this archive

Dates appear only where supported by linked documentation; a missing date means it has not been verified. Existing project pages preserve further credits, research and context. Public source and curriculum are linked where their relationship to a project is established.

Private participant records and restricted media are not part of this public collection. Linked services retain their own access requirements. Historical links and third-party content may change.

Archive website source · All MusEDLab projects