Aviary launches Roc, an easy-to-use music creator

The Aviary suite of web apps is best known for its image editing capabilities, but now it's expanding its audio offerings, too, with a new beat creator called Roc. Roc is extremely easy to use and comes preloaded with 30+ instruments, from drums to guitars to pianos. Creating music with Roc is as simple as dragging in the instruments you want to use and clicking out a pattern of beats.

Roc may not be an expensive pro audio tool -- in fact, it's free -- but if you need to whip up a beat in a hurry, it'll get the job done. You can also record your voice and drop that in -- and then export the whole track as an mp3. Pro musicians likely won't be impressed, but novice beatmakers will be happy that Roc is so easy to learn. Some features can only be unlocked if you email out beta invitations to your friends, and that's a small price to pay considering the app itself is free.

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