Resources for electronic musicians/producers

cornbb

While this forum may be a unique meeting and discussion point for Irish musicians and producers, it doesn't offer a full range of features to attract musicians, e.g. hosting for audio files, FAQs/tutorials for musicians, links to free plugins etc. Therefore I suggest that links to such portals/communities can be posted here. I don't believe this would diminish the significance of this forum, in fact it might increase the amount of traffic here. Maybe this thread could be stickied if enough people post replies?

My own links would be catering a bit more for electronic (but not dance) musicians. Here are a few to get started:

http://www.em411.com: blogs, forums, events, mp3 hosting and much more for electronic musicians
http://www.kvraudio.com: *the* number one site for comprehensive listings of VST/AU/RTAS plugins and hosts. Essential for locating excellent free software. Also features a News section and extensive forums.
http://musicthing.blogspot.co.uk: fantastic blog catering for musicians, gear junkies and music techies alike. Loads of excellent music technology related YouTube videos.
http://www.rekkerd.org: hosts loads of free loops and VSTs (including my VST )
http://electro-music.com/forum: the URL says it all! A bit dry and intellectual, but worth getting involved in

frobisher

Good timing Cornbb, I've just recently been made a MOD here and was thinking the exact same thing. It be great to give the forum a bit of a boost and see if we can liven things up round here. I'm working on a list of links and resources that I'll sticky when complete and will add yours.

If anyone has any links they can suggest please add them or PM them to me, I'll merge them as one.

condra

http://forum.midiaddict.com/
computer music magazine forums. generally very helpful people, great for beginners.

http://ccmixter.org/media/view/media/pells
ccmixter - royalty free samples.

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php
freesound - more royalty free samples

http://www.dandont.com/invision/
a stupidly bloated forum, which contains some excellent tutorials if youre prepared to dig.

http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm
the beginners bible.

http://www.audiomidi.com/rss/podcasts/
audiomidi.com podcasts... sometimes theyre interesting but the guys voice is annoying and the overall production is tacky.

http://emusician.com/
online music/audio mag.

http://www.bigbluelounge.com/forums/index.php
osx audio forums. nice folks there too.

www.abletonlivedj.com
gear reviews, and a great forum, not just for DJs.

squibs

http://www.gearwire.com/ news and video podcasts on computer recording
http://www.harmonycentral.com audio gear news
http://www.insidehomerecording.com/ audio podcast with techniques and gear reviews
http://www.soundonsound.com/index.php?url=/ indispensible archive of articles from old sound on sound issues.

frobisher

Nice one on the links. They'll be included.

Squibs: Any chance you could have a look at the new sticky in the forum and leave some of your thoughts there for us?

squibs

Done - congrats on your mod role - I have an almost terminal case of sticky blindness, so I missed that.

eddyc

http://createdigitalmusic.com/ - Nice electronic music blog, News on software/hardware , tutorials and interesting links

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ohmforce&search=Search - Youtube tutorial videos from ohmforce themselves on using predatohm and ohmboyz plugins

http://www.dnbwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page - Centered around DnB although very usefull for anyone making electronic music, a nice wiki on production with some good links