Resources

Inclusion in this list does not consitute a recommendation or endorsement of any of the resources.

Audio Samples and Related

www.sampleswap.org

vixy.net - convert youtube video files to audio.

Electronic Music History

The Big Timeline - a timeline of electronic music.

Two hour video of a presentation about the history of computers and music, featuring John Chowning.

120 Years of Electronic Music

bluesynths.com

Harmony Central

soundonsound.com

sonicstate.com

Vintage Synth Explorer

Performances/Video

Video of Kraftwerk performing "Autobahn" in 1975.

TONTO and Stevie Wonder

Poeme Electronique of Edgard Varese.

Software and hardware

BIAS - http://www.bias-inc.com/

Cakewalk - http://www.cakewalk.com/

CellSynth - http://www.cellsynth.co.uk/

Digidesign - http://www.digidesign.com - ProTools, ProTools Free, etc.

eMagic - http://www.emagic.de/ - Logic

GVOX - http://www.gvox.com/ - NotationStation, Encore, MusicTiime, MasterTracks Pro

Mark of the Unicorn - http://www.motu.com/

MIDI Workshop - Commercial sales to education with faculty and student discounts - http://midiworkshop.com/

Native Instruments - http://www.nativeinstruments.de/

Nuendo - http://www.nuendo.com/

Opcode - http://www.opcode.com/ - MusicShop, Vision, OMS

SFX Machine - http://www.sfxmachine.com/

SoundHack.com - http://www.soundhack.com/ - Source for the Sound Hack application and other audio programs.

SuperCollider

Symbolic Composer

SynthX - http://www.boenn.de/ies/synthx.htm - Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X software synthesizer

TC|WORKS - http://www.tcworks.de/

Vintage Synth Explorer - http://www.vintagesynth.com/

Notation Software

Finale - http://www.finalemusic.com/ - Highly regarded music notation software and other products.

Lime

Melody Assistant

Nightingale

Scorewriter

Vendors

academicsuperstore.com - http://www.academicsuperstore.com - Source of academic pricing on software, including music software.

MacSales Music - http://www.macsales/music - Macintosh music hardware and software

Other Resources

The EMF Institute and the EMF InfoHub.

The Environment Quarterly - about Logic environments

harmony-central.com - excellent online resource of electronic music information and news.

IRCAM

Hit Kit Logic Manual - online pdf Logic manual

Timeline of Early Electronic Instruments and Predecessors

At Synthmuseum: http://www.synthmuseum.com/magazine/time0010.html

Clavecin electronique

clavecin electrique at Wikipedia.

Singing Arc

http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/arc/index.html

Telharmonium (Dynamophone)

Cahill and his instruments at obsolete.com.

Telharmonium at Wikipedia.

Telharmonium at synthmuseum.

Theremin

Theremin World

Theremin at Wikipedia

Photo gallery at Theremin World.

Pamelia Kurstin plays the Theremin

Clara Rockmore performs:



Moog

Moog Music - the current version of the company started by Robert Moog.

A brief Moog history from the Moog Music web site.

A Moog history at obsolete.com

Moog Synthesizer entry at wikipedia.

Buchla

Buchla and Associates - Don Buchla's current web site, including links to lots of interesting historical stuff regard Buchla instruments

Buchla instruments at vintage synth explorer.

Buchla at wikipedia.

Columbia-Princeton RCA Mark II Synthesizer

Google results on this instrument.

Music and Film