This is a page of links to all kinds of useful sites for audio and music

General Recording Links

Synth links

The Big Guys - Companies working in Lots of Areas

Keyboards

Mixers

Outboard

Microphones & Headphones

Soundcards, Digital Audio Interfaces, DAW systems

Software

Macintosh links

College Courses

UK Retailers

 

Some General Recording Links

Netherlands Audio Links (International, Very Useful)

 Audio Engineering Society
Doctor Audio Yahoo Recording Info Links

About.com - Home Recording A highly useful site with lots of archived articles and weekly newsletter.

 Professional Sound Magazine
TCSound's Pro Audio Tip of the Week Audio Engineering Society
Doctor Audio Apple - Design & Publishing - Music & Audio
D R A K E M U S I C P R O J E C T 2000 This is an organisation supporting disabled musicians. They have huge expertise in adapting MIDI and digital audio setups for recording and performance and have their own training scheme. Hyperphysics - Georgia State University Taking it all back to the physics of sound there is some really useful information here on Accoustics, microphones and many other topics, with useful diagrams.
Omega Art - where mind meets matter Stephan M. Sprenger's Audio DSP Pages
CuTips-Cubase Tips What is a Synthesizer?
Music and Computers Analog Modular Synthesis
Electronic Musical Instruments 1870 - 1990 Towards a Better Understanding of Stereo Microphone Techniques
Stereo Mic Techniques Turner audio
Rane Professional Audio Reference (A) RIM 456 Reproduction Modes
Modern Recording Techniques - Audio resources TapeOp.com - The Creative Music Recording Web
Purgatory Creek - Tools for the e-Musician Microphones
Ampthetex This is a young producer's site with some useful info - a really creditable effort.  

Sites with synth patches and information

Korgy Park - for owners of Korg X5 and 05R/W series Sonic State
http://www.vintagesynth.com/ Redshift's Synth Site
http://www.harmony-central.com/Synth/ http://www.synthzone.com/
Cyberden MIDI Hell - Synth Patches JV1080 Webring HQ
Sweetwater.com - Kurzweil K200 Sounds  JV XP Experience: Resources
http://www.brainforest.com/sy99soft.htm http://www.hyperreal.org/music/machines
http://www.fenderrhodes.org/rhodes/supersite/ http://www.wbmedia.com/ex5/

  Large Companies with many different products

Alesis

Yamaha Europe

Emu

Roland UK

Korg UK

Akai professional

Mackie

Tascam UK

Keyboards, Synthesisers, Samplers

Waldorf

Akai professional

Roland UK

Alesis

Korg UK

Big Briar (Bob Moog)

Doepfer

Elektron (Sidstation)

Emu

GEM

Kurzweil

Novation

Clavia

Hammond

Yamaha Synths

Access

Mixers

Mackie

Soundcraft

Roland

Tascam UK

Allen & Heath

Amek

Behringer

Sony Pro Audio

Soundtracs

D & R

SSL

Outboard - compressors, mic preamps, EQ units, noise gates, converters, effects units...

JOEMEEK World!

Element 78

Metric Halo Labs

Focusrite

TL Audio

MindPrint Processors

Aphex

Universal Audio

Presonus

Summit Audio

Amek

dbx

Behringer

Eventide

Drawmer

Digital Audio Denmark

Lexicon

Digitech

Dod

LA Audio

Manley Labs

Ridge Farm

Rocktron

Zoom

Microphones & Headphones

MXLMics

Oktava

AKG Accoustics

Beyerdynamic.com

Studio Projects

Audio-Technica

Red5 Audio

Royer Ribbon Mics

SE Electronics

AEA Ribbon Mics

ADK mics

Shure

DPA Microphones

Audix

Soundelux

Rode

Soundcards, Digital Audio Interfaces, DAW systems

RME

M Audio

Creamware

Lexicon

Digidesign

Steinberg

Mark of the Unicorn

Merging

Fairlight

Sadie

Sek'd

Aardvark

Echo

Guillemot

Soundscape

Sea Sound

Terratec

Sonic Foundry

Event

EgoSys

 Software

Waves

Muon

LinPlug

Magix

Celemony Software

TC Works

Cycling 74

BIAS

Steinberg

Syntrillium

Waves

Cakewalk

Macintosh Sites

 Search MacMusic's extensive links here

MacMusic

DAW-MAC

The Digital Audio Workstation site and list for Mac users - a site for ProTools users particularly

http://www.macrocks.com/

http://www.apple.com/publishing/music/  

COLLEGE COURSES

I started a page of links to UK colleges and other centres offering courses in Music Technology and related disciplines while still active with the Music Producers Guild Education Committee.

Please remember that just because I have a link to a college on this page, this does not mean that I (or the MPG) have looked at their courses and facilities and can recommend them. As a member of the Music Producers Guild UK Education Committee I was involved in serious discussions about how music industry professionals can raise the standards of these courses in the UK to the benefit of both students and the industry who may wish to employ them when they graduate. We participated in joint course validations with the music industry body the APRS, but this process was stalled somewhat due to the internal problems of that organisation. Please visit the MPG website to find latest news on this and for more information on its work with colleges, which includes one-off visits tours of colleges nationwide by leading professionals, giving students the rare chance to pick the brains of top producers and engineers about anything from contracts to compression.

Degree and Postgraduate level Courses

Gateway School of Recording (Kingston-on-Thames, Southwest London) is one centre which has APRS/MPG accreditation and does a variety of courses, both long and short.

School of Electronics, University of Glamorgan (Pontytpridd, South Wales) have a B.Sc in Music Technology. I may be biased here as a friend of mine runs the course, but staff are very motivated here and I have taught here myself and enjoyed using the studio.

London College of Music and Media, Thames Valley University (West London) offers degrees in Music Technology Music and Multimedia Technology Popular Music Performance and others.This is one college I have visited (in 2002) and I was very impressed with the standard of studio provision, both in build quality, standard of equipment and sheer number of studios available. Staff also seemed to have good industry experience and were very motivated to provide students with thorough background in the subject area.

SAE are an international provider of private courses in Sound Recording, with UK centres in North London and Glasgow and 16 others all over the world.

The Northern Centre for Performing Arts, Doncaster College (Yorkshire, North of England) offers a range of courses.

The Academy of Contemporary Music (Guildford, Surrey, Southeast England ) has degree and diploma courses in Contemporary Popular Music

Leeds College of Music (Yorkshire, North of England) offers courses from Diploma to HND and BA in Music Production

University of York does a degree in Music Technology and has specialised in Electronic music for many years

University of Westminster offer an MA in Audio Production and an MA In Music Business Management

City University offer a MSc/ Postgraduate Diploma in Music Information Technology

Birmingham Conservatoire in the University of Central England, Birmingham, English Midlands) BSc(Hons) Music Technology

University of Hertfordshire BSc in Music Technology

Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts are APRS accredited and have many useful courses in Performance, Recording and Music Business

University of Leeds BA Music and Electronic Engineering

University of Edinburgh Degree of Bachelor of Music Music Technology

Keele University Degree in Music Technology

University of Surrey Department of Sound Recording's Tonmeister degree course has a long history

Diploma/Higher National Diploma and other courses

Islington Music Workshop (North London) does diploma courses in SSL G+ Sound Recording and Music Technology.

The Institute of Music & Technology (Hurricane Studios) in Deptford, Southeast London offers City & Guilds and New Deal courses

Confetti Studios (Nottingham, English Midlands) offer Diploma and HND courses.

 UK Retailers

Emis Music TSC Advanced Sounds
Jarberry Music Turnkey Blue Systems
Digital Village GAK Boomerang Sounds
Music Control Aaronsound ROW Audio
The M Corporation Electrofix Classifieds Earth Music

Ika’s site offering Djembes Hand percussion African Drum By bali-treasures.com

General Recording Links

Synth links

The Big Guys - Companies working in Lots of Areas

Keyboards

Mixers

Outboard

Microphones & Headphones

Soundcards, Digital Audio Interfaces, DAW systems

Software

Macintosh Links

College Courses

UK Retailers

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