Welcome to Midimaze!
A music education portal: interactive ways to learn music, in all of its aspects. Maintained by Professor Nakul Tiruviluamala at Southwestern College.
If your focus is recording inquiries, don’t miss our client-facing studio website: southwesternrecording.com↗.
Reference
Gear Catalog
Browse all 900+ pieces of studio equipment with photos and availability
Visualizers
Narrated math and DSP explainers — Fourier, the Hilbert transform, CORDIC, hyperbolic functions — with interactive twins
Video Studio
Annotate YouTube videos with timestamped gear references (includes Mix With The Masters)
Library
Books, manuals, scores, video and reference media
Midimaze Map
Interactive map of recording studios, artist birthplaces, and music geography
Keyboard Shortcuts
DAW shortcuts — view by concept or by software (ProTools, Ableton, Logic)
Audio Engineering
Studio Lab
Gear and DAW simulators: the SSL Duality console, Pro Tools, Pure Data, picked by category
Virtual Studio
Patchbay simulation, room views, signal flow & equipment placement
Dante Network
Dante topology, routing grid and device table: which cable does what, and why the Controller says Invalid
Hardware Insert Delay
Ping latency for every Studio A outboard unit and the Pro Tools H/W Insert Delay value per I/O path and sample rate
EQ Training
Frequency identification training
Ear Gym
Ear training games on one synthesized engine
Microphone Quiz
Identify mics from real session recordings
Composition & Improvisation
Instrument Explorer
Browse instruments by category with audio examples and recording techniques
Creative
Art Gallery
A chronological journey through music, visual art, film, and creative work
Games
Jeopardy
Subject-agnostic trivia in classic Jeopardy format — any topic, any class
Asteroids
Questions drift toward the wall — type the answer before impact!
Trivia
Browse and study trivia questions from all published packs
JagQuest
Campus game: build your Jaguar, walk the Jaguar Pathways, and unlock your student success plan
SWC Admin
Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
California Ed Code 78052 & SB 1359: 8-course pathway accreditation, Form B stipend deliverables, and Canvas training tracker
Grader
Pick a semester and a class (cross-listed sections as one), grade every project, discussion and quiz in any order
Classroom
Course dashboard: objectives, category weights & dual-mode quiz grading
Classroom Manager
Seat maps, attendance tracking & random name picker
Question Bank
The flat question pool by topic & difficulty, with a coverage grid of the gaps
Studio Maintenance
Cleaning routines per studio, overdue chores & assess-need
Lifestyle
Foods
Produce encyclopedia: taxonomy, varietal nutrition deltas, and superpowers
Botany
Plant taxonomy — families, genera, species. Edibility, medicinal, ornamental flags. Cross-links to Foods catalog.