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The Subliminal Kid In The Studio  

 

Shot in 2008 by Ruben Broman, the video shows The Subliminal Kid jamming with a selection of wonderful analogue toys incl. Roland TR 909, RE-301 and Macbeth M5N modular synthesizer.

 

 

Show Me Pro Tools  

 

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Tutorials, tips and tricks on the creative and technical apsects of producing music with Digidesn Pro Tools. A Pro Tools Quickstart guide is available for free to those who register.

 

 

 

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Audiotuts+  

 

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Another recently discovered gem, Audiotuts+ is a blog for musicians, producers and audio junkies!. Extensive selection of tutorials on the tools and tricks used in recording, production, mixing and mastering. Well worth a look!

 

youproduce.net  

 

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Online community for music producers, youproduce.net provides tutorial videos and resources for, well making music of course.

 

Firefox 2

 

 

The Teaspoon  

 

Each unit is hand built and includes a 3 year warranty. More information here. Mine has arrived ;-)

 

 

 

Create Digital Music  

   

Electronic Musician  

   

Making Music  

   

 

 

Visit Sound On Sound

 

 

Battles - Tonto  

 
 

I have a new favourite, and it is Battles! Outstanding sound, brilliant drummer and pretty fine video by UVA. Though the vocal processing may at first take some figuring, I thoroughly recommend a closer listen. More info here 

 

Yellow Drum Machine  

 

The real fun starts @ approximately 40 seconds. More information here


Sonic Visualiser  

 

 

Developed at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London, Sonic Visualiser (Linux, OSX & Windows) allows the user to view and analyse audio signals/data in great detail. Very impressive but processor intensive - this type of analysis is complex so patience is advised. Videos of seminars held at the Centre are available to view here, very interesting.

iBand  

 

 

I suppose it was only a matter of time! More info here 

 

Soundsnap  

 

 

Community powered online sound library aimed at supporting collaboration and sharing between users. With the selection currently in excess of 35,000 original and free to use audio samples, soundsnap is fast becoming popular with professional and amateur music producers, sound designers and musicians.

 

International Computer Music Association  

 

 

The ICMA is an international collective of persons and bodies involved in the technical, creative and performance areas of computer music. Quite a lot of information and resources are available.

 

 

Logic Cafe  

 

 

Logic users take note! Tutorials, Tips, Tricks, Downloads and more...

 

AudioMelody  

 

 

 

Free music and audio software site for the electronic musician. Interesting Articles page here and Downloads here  

Futuresounds  

 

 

Friendly folk and a nice selection of toys! 

Ardour DAW  

 

 

Open Source Digital Audio Workstation for Linux and OSX. For a small donation you can download the application and be up an running very quickly. We like! 

Links & Cool Stuff  


440 Forums - Forum dedicated to recording and pro audio. Somehow connected with Mac Music and PC Music. Also available in French

 

Analog Industries - Dedicated to music gear - problems, fixes and mods. Be sure to check the Bookstore

 

Audioclouds - Very interesting work on mobile computing, 3D sound and interaction. Several demos & videos give a better idea of the research 

 

AudioCubes - Innovative controller system by Percussa

 

Big Blue Lounge - Music and Audio Production Forum and Resource

 

CIRMMT (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology) - Interdisciplinary research into music media and technology based at McGill University 

 

CNMAT (Centre for New Music and Audio Technologies) @ Berkeley 

 

Cycling '74 on Youtube Cycling '74 develop software for specialised media needs.  Their flagship programming environments Max/MSP and Jitter are behind numerous innovative projects. To see what you can do -or- to see what is being done with the software check the link. Well worth a look!

 

EARS (ElectroAcoustic Resource Site) - Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre @ De Montfort University. Established for the purpose of providing resources to researchers in the area of electroacoustic music. There's an ever-expanding selection of interdisciplinary information available. Check the index here or instructions for using the site here

 

Electronic Musician -  Superb online magazine for the electronic musician

 

Electronic Music Interactive - From the University of Oregon, EMI was established to provide a music theory resource relating to electronic music specifically. Impressive! Shockwave is required 

 

eMasters - Online Mastering Studio

 

EQ Magazine - Online edition of EQ magazine

 

Free Plugin List - Free VST plugins and effects for Windows and Mac

 

Hitsquad Shareware Music Machine - Extensive Shareware Music Software Resource (Mac & PC) as listed by Hitsquad Musician Network  

 

Internet Audio Archive - Online Audio archive with a collection ranging from news recordings to music to concerts to book recordings and radio

 

Keyboard Magazine - Video Tutorials from Keyboard Magazine and Berklee College of Music

 

Making Music - ...with computers and software 

 

Music Dictionary - Online music dictionary from Virginia Tech 

 

Music Thing - Extensive site dedicated to all things music and technology 

 

musicx.net -  The Music Information Exchange: News for musicians and the music industry

 

Partners In Rhyme -  Royalty Free Music & Sound Effects

 

Peter Tools Software - Developers of the LiveSet and Hammer utilities 

 

Rane Pro Audio Reference - Extremely comprehensive online Pro Audio Reference

 

Soundfx - Sound Effects, Music Loops and Libraries 

 

Sound Scalpel - Sound Effect and Sample Library

 

Synthmaker - Modular Programming Environment

 

Synthsite - Perhaps the largest synthesiser database available

 

Synthtopia - Interesting site dedicated to all genres of electronic music 

 

Synthzone - Formidable site for synthesiser and electronic music production resources 

 

The Big Timeline - From The EMF Institute, here you'll find a breakdown of how electronic music has developed throughout the 20th Century. Lots of information, photos and further links. 

 

The Mixingbox - Online mixing service

 

Theremin Vox - All things Theremin, technology and gesture

 

Tweakheadz Lab - Dedicated to music production at the home/project studio. There's a quite a lot of information here. The Guide to the Home and Project Studio might be a good place to start; from here you'll find an extensive selection of pages directed at the project studio user. Forum here Creative Workshop here

 

What is Analogue Synthesis? - Accurate and to-the-point description of the main components of an analogue synthesiser