Sofa King's Music Directory

**Software**
Publicly Available Audio and Music Applications	Electronic Music Software.
Arachnaut's Lair - FTP E-Music Software List	This document is software-generated from a list of FTP directories containing source code for electronic music software and such stuff.
SoX: Sound eXchange	Sox is a sound file format converter for Unix and DOS PCs.
Songlab's Csound Link Site	A great set of Csound links.
ACCCI Index Page	Amsterdam Catalogue of Csound Computer Instruments v1.1: The ACCCI includes approximately 100 documented SWSS instruments, amongst which all of Risset's 25 Bell Lab Catalogue instruments and ca. 75 other instruments focussing on various aspects of Software Sound Synthesis (SWSS). All instruments have been programmed adopting one style, with strong emphasis on documentation and transparency. The corpus of instruments is systematically subdivided into a hierarchy of main groups and subgroups according to synthesis technique or topic.
Csound software at Bath	John Fitch's FTP directory for Csound. Mirrored at this site in North America.
Csound Title Page	Hypertext version of the Csound Manual: A Manual for the Audio Processing System and Supporting Programs, with Tutorials - by Barry Vercoe - Media Lab MIT
MusicKit	The CCRMA Music Kit and DSP Tools Distribution. The Music Kit is an object-oriented software system for building music, sound, signal processing, and MIDI applications under the NEXTSTEP operating system.
Digital Audio for Unix	Looking for an easy way to get sound working with Linux, SCO,Solaris/x86, Solaris/Sparc, AIX, UnixWare and others?
Some Interesting Sound & MIDI Software For Linux	Hundreds of applications for Linux
Fakespace Music	Music-driven virtual reality software for the SGI platform. Soundsculpt Toolkit.
Tim Thompson - Music Software	Tim's web site has some of his music, and this page which has software he wrote, including KeyKit, Muse-O-Matic, and Web Tones.
The Csound Front Page	Welcome to the Csound Front Page coming from the Department of Music at Leeds University with information for users of Barry Vercoe's Csound program.
Midi2Cs 0.93 - Midifile to Csound converter	Midi2Cs is designed to produce Csound input files from MIDIfiles. Csound plays the created input without any further modification in realtime on fast machines. Another Songlab link.
Installing Csound for DOS/Windows	Just what it says.
Princeton Sound Kitchen	Various software programs for various computer platforms (SGI, NEXT, etc.)
The CMIX Home Page	CMIX is a computer music "language" designed to create and manipulate soundfiles, or files containing raw binary data which can be converted into sound on a computer equipped with an appropriate digital-to-analog converter.
Amiga file collections	The definitive source for all things Amiga.
Amiga Music Software	Composing and MIDI software for the Amiga.
Amsterdam Catalogue of Composition Algorithms	The Amsterdam Catalogue of Composition Algorithms is a catalogue of algorithms, which are meant to be used to modify or generate musical structures.
Cecilia	CECILIA is a music/sound production system that uses MIT's Csound as its sound-processing language. CECILIA is entirely built using John Ousterhout's tcl/tk language, but is available as an SGI executable only. Ports to MacOS and Linux are envisaged for the near future.
Coda Music Technology	Makers of Finale and Vivace software.
Csound DX7 Patch Translator	Source code for 32 DX7 algorithms for CSound.
Download CSound Manual	CSound manual in PDF format (other formats, too).
CSound Instruments	A collection of CSound instruments and effects.
A Small Collection of CSound Helpers	CSound software from Toby Shepard.
CSound Front Page	The CSound Book, Dr. Richard Boulanger, editor.
Buzz 2	A modular synth/sampler/sequencer for Win95/NT.
NTONYX home page	NTONYX, the innovator and leading developer of Performance Modeling software now presents Style Enhancer Micro 1.2(8) - Plug-ins for Cakewalk Pro Audio 6.0,7.0,8.0. New NTONYX products - furthering development of revolutionary technology for MIDI composing and sequencing, giving sequences a live and expressive sound.
Sheet Music from Sunhawk	Sunhawk Corporation is a music publisher and software manufacturer that delivers playable, printable sheet music via the Internet using our exclusive SOLERO TM technology.
"Sonic" - a Digital Audio Programming Language	Sonic is a computer programming language designed by Don Cross. It's purpose is to facilitate the synthesis and processing of digital audio recordings, with emphasis on concise coding and rapid development.
Interval Home Page	Interval makes Macintosh Music Software...
Emagic Logic-Users Web Page	These pages contain information for users of Emagic software, with an emphasis on Logic, but including Notator SL,SoundSurfer/SoundDiver and Logic Audio. These pages are maintained by enthusiastic users.
MAC Sound Utilities	With these utilities you can convert and edit just about any sound file and play it on your Mac.
MARS by IRIS	IRIS enters the next dimension in developing musical and DSP applications with its Audio Resource Editing System ver. 1.0 for the PC world running Windows 95 and Windows 3.x.
MIDI Keyboard	A Java applet which requires Java MIDI.
Michael Gogins	Michael is a computer musician with a special interest in algorithmic composition and synthesis. He has some shareware products, including a graphical user interface for Csound, and algorithmic composition programs for Windows.
Multimedia Software	Yamaha XG software, MIDI Plug-in, and S-YG20.
Soundtrek - Home of the JAMMER	Jammer software is a music composition tool which emulates various styles.
Sweet Music Software	RONI MUSIC is a Swedish software company with emphasis on MIDI software. The main products are the Sweet Sixteen MIDI Sequencer software and Sweet Little Piano which lets you play your soundcard from the computer keyboard.
Syntrillium	Makers of CoolEdit and other software.
Techno Toys	Software for Electronic Music
The JAZZ midi sequencer	JAZZ is a midi sequencer for X11 and Windows.
The Music Animation Machine	Music Animation Machine, an animated musical score designed for listeners to watch while hearing music.
Welcome to Headspace HQ	Developing Rich Music Format (RMF) software tools. Also, the Beatnik plug-in.
Kelly's Music & Computers	Kelly's Music & Computer's web site offers many links & downloads of demo software. We also have articles, tutorials, tips and hints for using music technology. The site features strategies for using computers in music education.
WinAmp	Winamp is a high quality MPEG audio player. It plays all Layer 2 and Layer 3 MPEG audio streams, and combines the most functionality found in any MPEG audio player with an intuitive interface. Despite all its features, Winamp's performance is competitive with every other player.
Random Access	Your Forum for Audio Production in the Computer Age. Forums include Hardware, Systems, Gear, Tips, Waves, Cool Edit, SAW SoundForge, Samplitude, Cakewalk, Cubase, Plugins.
MP3 Utilities and Links	MPEG software for many platforms with links to other sites.
Audio Architect	Transform your PC into a synthesizer of your choice and design.
AudioSim Virtual Analog Synthesizer	AudioSim is a realistic, easy to use software-based analog synth.
MIDI EDITOR, the Universal MIDI Device Manager	Powerful MIDI SysEx editor.
Cosmiksquirrel's Software Synth Page	Virtual Synths & Samplers; MIDI Editors; Sound, Patch & Theory Links
The Sonic Spot	A comprehensive audio software library with detailed descriptions, reviews, screen shots, links and downloads.
Dr. Jam 2.0 from Silicon Highlands--A New Way to Make Music!	Home page of Dr. Jam, a MIDI improvisation and performance program for Microsoft Windows. Four players, including a drum machine and guitar picker, can be played alone or in combination. Think of it as a digital autoharp with a brain.
CSound Magazine	CSound Magazine.
Sonic Spot	A comprehensive music software library with detailed descriptions, reviews, screen shots, links and downloads.
Reed Kotler Music, Inc.	Home of cool transcribing aids that help you learn by ear from your favorite recordings.
Presenting NameThatChord!	Samples traditional chord name symbols, also custom guitar tablature writing with chord names.

**Synthesizers**
Aural Research Facilities	DIY Electronic Synth.
Music Machines	Many music synthesizer descriptions, with pictures, software, manufacturer information, etc.
Digital Music Zone	The Digital Music Zone is a tiny corner of the Web devoted to the design, construction and use of music electronics. Schematics included.
Icotec Music Productions Home Page	Icotec features music they have produced, and has many other resources - synth pages, software and effects, and much more.
SYNTH FOOL!	This site was put up for lovers of analog music synthesizers. Essentially a photo gallery, the pics and technical information contained within are intended to serve as a source of reference or entertainment.
Synth Site - It's enormous!	Review articles of synths, manufacturer lists, classified ads.
SYNTH ZONE - Midi resources & synthesizer sounds list	Synthesizer lists, on-line magazines, sample sites. A thorough coverage of Synths on the Web.
Jamie Heilman's Home Page	Schematics for both commercial and home-brew effects, amps, etc.
Analog Heaven	Analog Music Synthesizers.
3D Sounds	Sounds for Ensoniq ASR-10, EPS, EPS-16+, TS-10 and Mirage; Kurzweil K-2000; YamahaTX-16W; Turtle Beach; Gravis Ultrasound; MIDI files; Wave files; Audio Sample CD's and patches for synthesizers.
Buchla's Electronic Music Site	Welcome to the Web site of BUCHLA AND ASSOCIATES, creators of the spatial MIDI controller, LIGHTNING II.
Creative Zone	Creative Labs.
CAKEWALK - Home	Cakewalk is the leading software for creating MIDI and digital audio on your Windows PC.
Dave Benson's DX7 Page	This is a page for the Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer.
E-mu Home Page	Emu Systems, Inc. is the leading developer of innovative digital audio products based on digital sampling technology for the musical instrument and computer controlled sound markets.
Blacet Research Music Products	Blacet Research got started in 1978 and was called Blacet Music Research. A series of DIY articles in Synapse and Polyphony magazines led to the introduction of some analog/digital synthesis modules in kit form. These included the Digital Pattern Generator, the Voltage Controlled Clock (with Event Arranger), the Phasefilter and the Frequency Divider.
The Gear-Head List	Reviews of electronic music components.
ENSONIQ	Ensoniq makes state of the art musical instruments, multimedia soundcards, and specialized integrated circuits for music and sound processing.
ENSONIQ Resources on the Internet	Thorough coverage of Ensoniq WWW sites. Software, patches, other links.
Erin's Electronic Percussion Page	Information about electronic drums.
ESQ1 MIDI patches FTP directory	Ensoniq ESQ-1 patches.
Exhibit Cross Reference - Theremin	The Exploratorium Theremin Exhibit.
Midwest Analog Products	Midwest Analog Products is your online source for kits, printed circuit boards, hard-to-find components and information for the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) electronic musician.
Sequential Circuits PRO-1 Mods	This is a collection of my circuit modifications and some other miscellaneous information about the Sequential Circuits Pro-One synthesizer. See also VCO mods for Curtis-based synths
Synthesizer & Sampler Picture Gallery	Photos and links to manufacturers.
Theremin Enthusiasts Club International Home Page	Our mandate is to facilitate the open discussion of this truly unique musical instrument, its colorful history, and the discipline needed to perform with it.
Ensoniq VFX Home Page	VXF mailing list, user's group, and much more.
VFX MIDI patches directory	Large collection of VFX synth patches.
Vintage Synths	Collection of pictures and descriptions of vintage synthesizers.
Waldorf Electronics - Waldorf Homepage	Waldorf Electronics is a manufacturer of electronic music instruments.
Music Central	New - Used & Vintage synthesizers, pro audio, guitar pedals, software and hard disk recording systems.
Cyberwave Electronic music systems	Unique Sample CD from a one off mainframe synthesizer if you want huge soundwalls this is the place to go!
Exploding Art Music Productions - Synthesizer Scores	Exploding Art specializes in music resources for education. In particular synthesizer performance, and rock music.

**MIDI**
Betty's MIDI Page	Betty Kainz's MIDI Page. Cakewalk tutorial and much, much more. Excellent set of MIDI and music links.
Classical MIDI Archives	Classical Music files in Midi Format. Humongous!
MMA Home Page	The MMA was formed in 1984 as a "trust" to maintain the MIDI specification as an open standard which no one company would control. The MMA provides forums for discussion of proposals aimed at improving and standardizing the capabilities and marketability of MIDI-related products, and provides a process for adoption and subsequent publication of any enhancements or clarifications resulting from these activities.
Hypertext Midi Archive	This archive contains MIDI and other electronic music stuff. From the Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
FTP MIDI archive	The best MIDI resource:FTP server at the Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Anna & Luca's music home page	A site full of lovely MIDI transcriptions of classical music.
Lord Jonin's MIDI Page	Very good set of MIDI resources.
The Music of Cyberspace	A collection of composer MIDI files. Playing time, MIDI file size, song description,instrument list, and if available, audio samples are included in the song pages.
Standard MIDI Files on the Net	This is the Internet's most complete list of sites which have standard MIDI files.
Doctor Audio	High-Tech Hard Disk Recording, MIDI & Pro Audio Sales for the World Wide Web.
MIDI Composers' Exchange	MIDI files showing off various composer's works.
MIDI Home Page	Many MIDI links.
MidiWeb - User supported MIDI WEB Site	MIDIWeb contains a huge resource of information on MIDI related subjects.
The Macintosh MIDI User's Internet Guide	Information and Links For The Mac MIDI Musician.
The Midi Mart	This is the place to find a wide selection of general midi files for your multimedia presentations.
Italian MIDI	The Italian page devoted to the use of computer resources in electronic music.

**Sounds**
Internet Underground Music Archive	The free Internet hi-fi music archive.
Downloadable Music Site	Over 9 Gig MPEG Music Archive, free MPEG audio players, vinyl database, music links, web rings.
The Cabinet of Dr. Casey - Horror in Music	Soundfiles from the horror genre.
Bell Labs Text-to-Speech Synthesis	Text-to-Speech Synthesis
jamies ftpable items	Samples for various synthesizers.
PBF banks for Pinnacle	Some patch banks for the Pinnacle sound card
Narcopop.com	Narcopop.com - Home of the Legal Mp3 Awards.
University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples page	High quality acoustic samples of instruments.
All Kook Radio - Radiokook	Click onto 'E-radio' then 'Comedy'. We are Music & Comedy. Listen.
ambiance & trance music by pulsar bleu	ambient-style music free download of mp3 and wavs.
Sounds & Music for your PC Soundcard	Banish bland PC audio. Downloadable sounds easily load into your PC soundcard or software synthesizer. For web surfers, webmasters, musicians, composers, gamers, MIDI file enthusiasts.

**Organizations**
Electronic Music Foundation	Electronic Music Foundation (EMF) was founded in September 1994 to disseminate information and materials related to the history and current development of electronic music. Includes a store and "CDeMusic" service.
CCRMA	The Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics(CCRMA) is a multidisciplinary facility where composers and researchers work together using computer-based technology both as an artistic medium and as a research tool.
Ircam Server	A major force in the world of computer music.
The Media Laboratory	MIT's Media Laboratory, founded in 1985, carries on advanced research into a broad range of information technologies including digital television, holographic imaging, computer music, computer vision, electronic publishing, artificial intelligence, human/machine interface design, and education-related technologies.
CERL Sound Group	The CERL Sound Group is unique on the University of Illinois campus as a center for research and hardware/software development in digital audio signal processing.
Florida Electroacoustic Music Studio	The University of Florida Electronic Music Program headed by Dr. James Paul Sain is a program that is burgeoning into a productive environment for students from all majors to exercise their creative ideas in the field of Electroacoustic Music.
The International Computer Music Association	The International Computer Music Association is an international affiliation of individuals and institutions involved in the technical, creative, and performance aspects of computer music.
Art for Ears Homepage	The purpose of this organization is to promote ambient & electronic music in Belgium and throughout the world.
QUT New Media	Queensland University of Technology (QUT) New Media program prepares students for work in the multimedia music industry.
Australian Computer Music Association	With other links to Australian Music.
Bregman Studio at Dartmouth College	Electronic Studio at Dartmouth.
Canadian Electroacoustic Community	The CEC, Canada's national electroacoustic/computer-music association, draws together like-minded people: those interested and active in electroacoustics and computer music.
CCM Electronic Music Studios	CCM's Electronic Music Studios
CDCM Home Page	CDCM: Consortium to Distribute Computer Music came into being in 1986 as an expansion and continuation of a consortium of computer music studios.
CECM Home Page	Center for Electronic and Computer Music at the University of Indiana. Some useful studio information.
CEM	The Centre for Electronic Music in Amsterdam, is the oldest institute for electronic-and electro-acoustic music and research in the Netherlands.
CEMI - University of North Texas	Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Intermedia is combining music with visual or kinetic mediums integrated by a single, unified artistic concept.
Center For Research in Computing and the Arts	CRCA is concerned with the application of computing technology to a wide array of artistic endeavors.
Computer Music - DCS-IME/USP	The emerging research group in Computer Music at DCS-IME-USP has been studying the possible interactions between computational technologies and musical practice.
Computer Music Center	IBM researchers making music software.
Courses of study in Sound and Computer Music	A number of colleges and universities offer courses of study and degrees in computer music and/or other subjects related to computers and sound.
seventh heaven music	sound clips/sound art (hard-to-classify contemporary musics, techno, alternative etc.), articles/review and links, contributed by creative artists.
Eastman Computer Music Center	Computer Music Center of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester.
Experimental Music Studios	Known for significant creative and technical developments in electronic and computer music composition, the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios were founded in 1958 and were the first of their kind in the western hemisphere.
HRRC Home Page	The HRRC is a coalition of consumers, consumer groups, trade associations, retailers and consumer electronics manufacturers, dedicated to preserving your right to purchase and use home audio and video recording products for noncommercial purposes.
IPEM multimedia archive: English Homepage	Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music in Belgium.
Music & Audio Associations	Professional organizations.
Music Departments	Music Departments in universities world wide.
Music in the Isle of Man: Home Page	This web site is a non-profit making facility funded through the Isle of Man Electronic Arts Society and maintained entirely by musicians working in the Isle of Man.
MuSIG Home	MuSIG is the Special Interest Group for Music - a network of people helping each other learn about computers and music: MIDI, hardware, software, education, composition, performance, and programming.
SCREAM	Southern Center for Research in ElectroAcoustic Music .
SEAMUS	SEAMUS is a non-profit national organization of composers, performers, and teachers of electro-acoustic music.
SEMI: The Studio of Electronic Music, Inc.	The Studio of Electronic Music, Inc., is a private non-profit corporation founded in 1983 as a forum for professionals and students to present concerts and to educate the public in the electronic genre.
System-X	System-X is an Internet system aimed specifically at artists working in the electronic domain (i.e. electronic & computer music, video, computer graphics, interactive art, and so on), and other artists utilising cross-disciplinary methodologies in their working practice. It is totally owned and operated by working artists.
University of York Electronics Music Studio	University of York Electronics Music Studio.
Welcome to Leonardo	Leonardo is a professional society for individuals and organizations interested in the use of science or developing technologies in the contemporary arts.
Winham Computer Music Laboratory at Princeton	Winham Computer Music Laboratory at Princeton.
Studio of Electronic Music, Inc. Homepage	An artist-run, non-profit presenting organization for electroacoustic music.
The University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios	The Electronic Music Studios have played a central role in the Composition Program at The University of Iowa for over thirty years. The traditional emphasis on the compositional aspects of electronic media have helped prepare Iowa's graduates for composing, research, and teaching careers at colleges and universities throughout the US.
Centre for Dutch electronic music NEAR	The centre for Dutch electro-acoustic music released cd's with electro-acoustic music by Ton Bruynèl, Dick Raaijmakers and Jan Boerman. Other activities include: making soundtracks available for performances; providing information about electro-acoustic music in The Netherlands.
Optical Sound	Optical Sound is a French electronic and experimental label, the first edition Rainier Lericolais is totally free in MP3 and real audio for the visitor. The second project of Optical Sound is an open participation compilation based on "Music for Dream machine"

**Commercial Sites**
The Music Equipment Mail / Phone List	Addresses for music resources, with Web page references.
Cakewalk Music Software	Cakewalk's official home page. It also has a very nice set of links for musicians.
Cakewalk Users Home Page	The unofficial home page for users of the Cakewalk series of sequencers. With an FTP site.
Core Dump Records Home Page	Core Dump Records, a label dedicated to avant-garde, experimental, and outlandish electronic music that transcends scenes and genres.
Electronic Music from Surreal to Real	Surreal to Real is the leading UK label specializing in Synthesizer, Electronic and Electronic Rock music.
MASTERMAKERS(tm) HOME PAGE	MasterMakers specializes in mastering music from independent labels and musicians to help them compete nose-to-nose with the "big boys".
New Age Music Center	Links to record labels and artists in the 'new age' genre.
Sonic Images Home Page	Sonic Images Records was formed in 1991 by Christopher Franke, former 18-year member of the pioneering electronic band Tangerine Dream. Initially started as an outlet for Franke's prolific studio and film & television soundtrack work, the label has grown to include an eclectic mix of musical artists, from New Age to World Music to Jazz to, of course, Electronic Music.
Moog Music, Inc.	Moog synthesizers.
Sonosphere	Sonosphere distributes original music and musical tools. Custom software and audio services are also available.
Starmode Music Homepage	Starmode Music is a Champaign-based record label, featuring mostly electronic music.
Synthcom System's Used Gear Price List	Prices for used electronic music gear.
Synthcom Systems, Inc. Home Page!	Musicians building cool stuff for other musicians.
The Music Industry Pages	Commercial sites list.
USA New Gear Price List	The USA New Gear Price List is a compilation of market prices for electronic music and pro audio equipment. One can use this list to eliminate some of the guesswork when buying gear.
Exploding Art Music Productions	Exploding Art Music Productions provide music products for you to order online. We represent synthesizer composers and specialise in musical scores for synthesizer performance, music education publications, and music on CD. We maintain the XArt Online Journal focusing on music technology and education issues.
Music1Search - The Fastest Growing Online Music Store	Music1Search's goal is to unite 1000’s of independent music sellers, with their inventory into one giant searchable database available free to anyone who has access to the Internet & we are growing daily.
a plus four organization: Selling Audio Effects and Synthesizers	We sell audio production and post production studio effects processors and synthesizers with the creative musician in mind. On Sale, The Mutronics Mutator, and the DACS Ring Modulators - The FREQue, ColOSCil, and MODule8.
Dune Records - electronic music label -	independent electronic music label. Experimental attitude and constant attention to the beat. Genres: breakbeat, noise beatz, d'n'b, electro,trip hop, etc. Artists: LIN, Weird Uncle Betty, Wave Workers Foundation, Transonia, Left-Right, Fabba, and many more.
pitchcadet records	fairly new IDM/electronic music label focusing on new and different electronic music releases - drawing from labels such as Warp, Choc.Industries, MAS, Skam, etc......we like experimentation of sound. we have a very reasonable, simple mail order section.
SlowGold	Slows down music, while maintaining accurate pitch.
Tree-Top - Customize your own CD!	Order a custom CD of new music.

**Mailing Lists**
CTI Music: List of Musical Mailing Lists	Music email discussion lists.
EMUSIC-L/SYNTH-L	Electronic Music and synthesizer mailing list. List owners: Joe McMahon and Mike Metlay.
Exotica (The Exotic Music Mailing List)	Mailing list discussing musical styles from the Age of Exotica.
Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists - Index for electronics	Mailing lists for electronic music.
The Analogue Heaven Home Page	Analogue Heaven is a mailing list for people interested in playing, collecting, modifying, and designing analog musical equipment.
The dat-heads mailing list archive	This is the WWW home page for the DAT-heads mailing list. DAT-heads concerns itself with Digital Audio Tape decks, with an emphasis on their use for the recording and distribution of live music.
Ensoniq VFX Home Page	VFX mailing list, user's group, and much more.
Csound email list by thread	Hypermail web of the Csound Mailing list.
Tapdrum	Forum for musicians and DJS to play Electronic Drum by fingers and play it on guitar strap

**Far Out**
Fractal Music Lab	Fractal Music Lab's objective is to provide you with software tools, basic information, and musical examples so that you may begin to participate in and enjoy this fascinating subject.
Music from Chaos	David Clark Little, composer, has worked on compositional methods based on chaos science and fractals.
The Fractal Music Project	About Fractal music, with mailing list and references.
Welcome to Thierry's Home Page	Paradoxical music and other links.
Acoustic Illusions	Endlessly rising melodies: The Shepard effect
Algorithmic Composition	This page is about variations, an algorithmic composition system developed by me (BLJ). It produces scores for acoustic instruments, as I am more interested in hearing it performed by live performers than realized upon synthesizers and samplers.
Fractal Music by Bob DeVore	Bob presents a few fractal music songs he made and links to the software he uses.
Chua's Circuit	Chua's Circuit is one of a few physical systems for which the presence of chaos has been observed experimentally, verified by computer simulations, and proven mathematically. It can also be used to generate musical signals and compositions.
Hearing the Mandelbrot Set	A mapping of a portion of the Mandelbrot set to pitches.
Mandelbrot Sound Maps	This group of pages presents an experiment in sonifying the Mandelbrot Set. The sound examples were created using Symbolic Composer, an object-oriented music composition program by Tonality Systems.
FTP list of microtonal music on CD	This list contains microtonal/xenharmonic/non-12 music on CD only and no works in 12-note just intonation, 12-note in historical temperaments or ethnic traditional music.
Justonic Tuning	Justonic makes software to allow synthesizers and soundcards to play music in non-ET scales.
Paradoxical Sounds and Music	MIDPRDXL: paradoxical sounds on MIDI synthesizers with an Atari ST computer
Risset's Endless Glissando	Soundfiles demonstrating audible illusions.
The Earcons Home Page	Experiments using audio icons.
The Just Intonation Network	The JUST INTONATION NETWORK is a non-profit group fostering communication among composers,musicians, instrument designers, and theorists working with Just Intonation.
Fractal-Vibes	A website devoted to Fractal / Algorithmic Music and Fractal Art. MIDI and Streaming Real Audio of compositions created with Gingerbread, FMusic, MusiNum, ArtSong, QuasiFractal Composer,Oblivion, and AudioMulch. Several galleries of fractal graphics,links to many other fractal websites, and an explanation of what fractals are and how they are used to create music and art.

**Pioneers**
Wendy Carlos	Official Wendy Carlos Online Information Source.
Larry Fast/SYNERGY	This is the official site for information about Larry Fast and the SYNERGY projects.
PAiA Electronics, Inc	One of the original electronic music instrument companies.
Christopher Franke - Home Page	Christopher Franke was the first musician in Tangerine Dream to make use of the synthesizer for developing a new direction in experimental music.
Eno home	A page dedicated to Brian Eno.
F. Richard Moore	Composer and pioneer in computer music. Author of CARL and CMUSIC.
SIS: Forbidden Planet	MGM's Forbidden Planet is perhaps best known for its Fruedian adaptation of Shakespeare's Tempest but it is also memorable in film history for its mesmerizing and groundbreaking electronic soundtrack.
Hearts of Space	Stephen Hill was one of the first to promote what is now called New Age music.
InterStudio: Electronic Music Archive 1932	The world's first public demonstration of Electronic Music.
James Beauchamp	One of the pioneers in Computer Music.
July 1990 issue of Sound On Sound	Vangelis by Richard Buskin Sound On Sound Magazine July 1990
Paul Lansky's Home Page	One of the pioneers in computer music.
Dr. Harry F. Olson	Interview with Dr. Olson - 1975.
St. Alphonzo's Pancake Homepage	For Zappa fans.
The Vangelis WWW page	About Vangelis.
The Raymond Scott Homepage	Raymond Scott was the Thomas Edison of electronic music. His contributions to 20th century music are often overlooked. This is the site to educate yourself to the mastery of Raymond Scott.
Harry Partch	His life and his works, plus link to gifs of his instruments and sound files

**Individuals**
David Denniston, Composer	Composer and artist.
Electronic Genre: Ultimate Band List	Large set of electronic music performers.
Kaleidospace	Independent Internet Artists.
Hyperreal	Hyperreal is a collaborative publishing effort by over one hundred volunteers. Our mission is to give a home to alternative culture, music and expression.
Sound Bytes	Electronic music compositions, FTP software list, and links to emusic sites.
After the Taj Mahal: new music by Christopher Penrose	New music by Christopher Penrose.
aina hey	Tom Erbe's home page.
Andrew Lewis	Andrew Lewis is a composer specializing in electroacoustic music.
Apparition Music	Electronic music by Patrick Godfrey.
Art Rudich's Home Page	Considered an authority for electronic music in Israel.
Atomic City	Atomic City is a place where people aren't afraid of the future. Webspace of Team Metlay.
Aural Expansion Index	Aural Expansion (a.k.a. Jouni Alkio) makes occasionally weird and hopefully enjoyable electronic music
avant garde computer music by rupert r. chappelle	Live improvisational computer music.
Tatlin / Marc McNulty	The experimenal electronic works of Marc McNulty released by TATLIN.
Digital Music by Duncan Long	Compositions by Duncan Long. Electronic music with a science fiction theme.
bobby prince Music Entry Point	Music and Sound Effects by bobby prince Music
C A S S I E L	Dedicated to the production of innovative performance projects which combine European styles of contemporary dance with live sound scores performed on custom-built, computer-based music systems.
Carl Stone	Carl Stone builds his electronic music from natural sounds and acoustic instruments, sometimes using fragments of familiar musical pieces,electronically reproduced.
Charlie Baker's Homepage	A composer who likes strange electronic instruments and programs that make sounds.
Craig Weston's Homepage	Asst. Prof., Music Composition, Theory, Electronic and Computer Music.
Crash course in Electronic Art music	Roger Schwenke. Freemusic.
David A. Jaffe's Home Page	Composer of Silicon Valley Breakdown.
Dave Phillips Web Page	A page of emusic links.
David Drexler: Composer	WWW site for composer David Drexler, featuring a list of works, program notes, bio, and sound clips.
DC Music WWW: Electronic	Electronic musicians.
First Principles	Robin Whittle's website.
Guy Garnett	Guy is a composer, conductor, researcher, and theorist.
Home Page for Bill Alves	Composer using alternate tunings.
Howard Jonathan Fredrics' Home Page	Howard Jonathan Fredrics is active as a composer, performer and music educator.
IGEME Home Page	IGEME, the International Gathering of Electronic Music Enthusiasts, is an informal organization of electronic music artists and fans, engaged in a free exchange of information and ideas.
John Fitch	John Fitch makes CSound ports.
Lindsay Vickery	Composer for electronic music group Magnetic Pig.
Major Minor's Electronic Music Page	Electronic music composer.
Music Systems: Hardware and Software	By Nick Rothwell.
Mehmet Okonsar: Pianist - Composer	Mehmet Okonsar: Pianist - Composer. Fractal and aleatoric compositions.
Old Crow's Electronic Music Page	Composer Christopher S. Rider
PETER FROHMADER	Electronic music composer.
Piet van Oostrum	Indefatigable collector of music resources.
Robert Scott Thompson	Computer music composition, sound synthesis, digital signal processing and algorithm design. Audio restoration techniques using applications of digital signal processing. Creative composition work emphasizing the influence of electronic and computer music techniques upon music for acoustic ensembles.
Spindrift Music Company	Publishing contemporary classical music by Pamela J. Marshall.
Static Press 19 homepage	A live 20th century improvisational trio employing samplers, synthesizers, turntables and numerous traditional instruments.
The Jonn Serrie HomePage	Informational pages about John Serrie.
the opaque web	this is the ever-growing, much confused efforts of r. luke dubois, columbia student of electronic music composition...
The Web Site of Composer Jerry Gerber	Electronic music and articles by the composer.
Violet Arcana - Welcome	Dreamy, ethereal, melodic ambient soundscapes for the surreal music listener.
Xtreme Analog	Xtreme Analog: An Evening of Improvised Electronic Music featuring Todd Barton, Sean McCoy, Matt Matthews and Michael Vannice.
Welcome to Gabriel Maldonado's Home Page	I'm a musician, composer and researcher. My main interest is electronic music and my research is oriented facing new musical forms and compositive paradigms. I like integrate music with the other arts and I work together with other artists who share my ideas.
Harmonics of Frequency Modulation	Would you like to listen to music that has the power to inspire and stimulate the glandular system and, among people, and their sexual vibes. The music by Harmonics of Frequency Modulation is just the ticket!
Magical Animal	Freely-copiable, experimental outdoor mood music, created with free software and released as freeware itself.
James H. Sidlo web page	Contains sound/song samples for three bands: Crevice (a 4-piece electro-acoustic, experimental ensemble), DreamLand (an ambient duo: guitar/keyboards, etc.), and Honey Barbara (psychedelic).
Full Blown Kirk	Blurring the distinction between styles with hypnotic grooves and textural soundscapes is the essence of Full Blown Kirk. Though quickly having wrought their own unique sound, this Kent, Ohio band is perpetually reinventing themselves with experimental techniques.
The Dick Zved Show	Primarily, it's about the music, electronically fashioned, manipulated, cloned, pasted, looped, robotized, stretched: all very natural processes.
Kana	Kana is a virtual album by Steve Layton.
The Progressive Rock and Electronic Music Site of Thomas Metcalf	Electronic music by Thomas Metcalf.
Oh No, the Modulator	Music from an experimental computer band in Toronto.
Earthboys	Electroacoustic experimental ambient group, debut CD release entitled "Effigy". RealAudio clips, global reviews and secure purchase on the website.
REbRO	" In this work, the band Rebro utilize electronics with great imagination, succeeding in creating musical structures far from the most usual trends.
The Away Team Website	The site contains interactive graphics with sound files, pictures, cartoons, humor, links to MP3.com, and pages describing our studio and some of the instruments and dsp tools we use to make our music.
AnalogX	Original music, articles, and music tools, such as DirectX Audio plugins, music calculators, MIDI tools, and more. All available for free.
dreamSTATE - ambient electronic soundscapes	Official site for ambient electronic musicians dreamSTATE. The Links Page is designed as a resource for ambient/electronic/experimental explorations.
Official Spacecraft Homepage	Recalling the early years of Tangerine Dream, electronic music group, Spacecraft, blends it own musical flavor to create an intoxicating sound. Check out their website for touring information and new releases...
Win A New Head	Win A New Head are a web-based collaborative effort. Except for vocals, sound production is entirely via software synthesis. We utilize aleatory methods for composition and also occasionally to generate or transmute song text. Many pieces make use of just intonation. There are elements of "constrained chance" in the music at several levels of abstraction.
multiplex	electronic music project,established since 1988. mp3 music,news,links.
Decadnids	Audio doodles, for one and all.
loren jan wilson II	Experimental ambient noisepop. Hi-fi DiY...all songs are downloadable on the site in high-quality MP3 format.
Prediction	Official website of the experimental electronic and computer generated soundings of composer Kristin Anderson.
Vor Electronic Music	Dark, melodical, and experimental electronic music in the vintage style. Demos in MP3 and RA format. CDs for sale.
About the Leather Horn	A web site has be launched to showcase the incredible leather horn instruments. Started as an exercise in form by leather sculptor Garry Greenwood and the musical creativity of composer Karlin Love. These instruments are causing excitement wherever they go, and from their home in Tasmania (Australia) they have gone a long way so far.
Michael Bross...Music Composer/Sound Artist	Find info and hear clips of music by composer Michael Bross.
Musical Nature	An Ambient Project in Experimental Sound

**Books**
Computer Music Journal Home Page	Computer Music Journal (CMJ) is a quarterly Journal that covers a wide range of topics related to digital audio signal processing and electroacoustic music.
soundsite	Soundsite is a World Wide Web publication for sound artists, practitioners and theorists.
Bibliography on synthesizers, Midi, Computer and Electronic Music	Assorted books listed by Piet van Oostrum.
Computer Music Bibliography FTP site	This is a bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and electronic music.
Eighth Nerve	Welcome to the Eighth Nerve, a newsletter on sound design, digital audio, computer music, electronic music, and computer generated sound. Featuring Kyma.
KYMA by Eighth Nerve	Welcome to the Eighth Nerve, a newsletter on sound design, digital audio, computer music, and computer generated sound. This is part of the online users' group for Kyma: a visual language and multiprocessor DSP mainframe for sound design, electronic music, psychoacoustics, data-driven sound, sound-at-the-user-interface, multimedia design, DSP, and other applications of computer-generated sound and digital audio signal processing.
Journal of New Music Research	The Journal of New Music Research is an international journal devoted to the discussion of developments in new music and new research in music.
MIT Music Library: Electronic Music Books--Selected Holdings	Good bibliography of electronic music.
MusicEEG	Perception of Music and Dimensional Complexity of Brain Activity
Transoniq Hacker	Transoniq Hacker is a user's magazine for Ensoniq keyboard and effects processor owners.
Where's the Music?	The Electronic Journal of Contemporary Music for Music and Audio Professionals.
Maximum MIDI: Music Applications in C++	A ToolKit of MIDI routines, written in C and C++, are introduced and explored in the book. This ToolKit, the Maximum MIDI Programmer's ToolKit, makes writing MIDI programs for Windows 95 (and for other operating systems, too) a breeze.
The Age of Spiritual Machines	Companion site to Ray Kurzweil's book. Contains excerpts and extensive links to resources in computer science, artificial intelligence, neurology, physics, biology, history, and the future.

**Audio/DSP**
Audio Documents	This FTP directory contains various documents and programs having to do with sound, including the Audio File Formats FAQ. Some speech compression software may also be found here.
Signal Processing	This page contains collection of files related to signal processing. It houses the comp.dsp FAQ.
WWW Pages Relating to Sound Computation	Links to DSP, Auditory research, etc.
FTP site of Computer-Music-Journal Sound directory	This is a collection of sound files collected by Bill Schottstaedt and Stephen Travis Pope. Associated software can be found in the directory ../Code/SoundFiles. These sound files are intended to demonstrate various file formats, not to serve as a digital sound database.
Acoustical Society of America HomePage.	The international scientific society in acoustics, dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.
Ambisonics Home Page	The home page for Ambisonics and related 3-D audio research.
Audio Engineering Society	The Audio Engineering Society is a professional society devoted to audio technology.
Audio Related Technical Papers from the Audio Engineering Society	Acoustics, etc.
CARA: Pro Audio Links	Links to pro-audio sites.
Christopher Hicks	Audio Restoration; Multi-channel Audio Signal Modeling; Digital Audio.
FTP comp.speech info directory	Speech recognition software, comp.speech FAQ, etc.
Muscle Fish	Muscle Fish was founded in 1992 by a group of engineers who had worked together on electronic musical instrument research and development for Yamaha Music Technologies USA, Inc. They now specialize in audio, music, MIDI, and digital signal processing (DSP) software applications.

**Miscellaneous**
Harmony Central	Harmony Central is an attempt to bring together much of the music related items that can be found on the Internet.
Electronic Music Resources	Part of the Worldwide Internet Music Resources from the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University.
Faderboy's Audio Resources	Great selection of music software links and other resources for many computer platforms.
WWW Virtual Library: Music	A good starting point for Web exploration.
Contemporary Music: Electroacoustic Music: DISCOGRAPHY	Assorted CDs collated by the Florida Electroacoustic Music Studio.
AUSTRALIAN MUSIC RESOURCES	Australian Music Resources.
Composers In Electronic Residence	CIER is an interactive conference site designed to explore original student music in the classroom. Through a dynamic exchange of midi music files and comments, schools from Canada, United States, Europe and Japan communicate with professional composers.
FTP Audio Software directory	Stuff from rec.audio.high-end.
CAIRSS	CAIRSS is a bibliographic database of music research literature in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine.
Classical Music - Classical Net Home Page - Classical Music	The purpose of this home page is to provide a point-of-entry into a wide array of informational files about classical music, as well as links to other interesting web sites.
Co-NECT Exchange Music Page	Using the Internet, students collaborate on studying music composition, sequencing and creating their own sounds.
Jim Cara's Digital Music	Our group provides a virtual community for people who have an interest in Computer Music and Sound. Areas include, News and Features, File Libraries, Newsgroups, Mailing Lists and Chat Conferences.
Digital Soundlab	Reviews of electronic music.
Electronic Music and Art	Electronic Music, Art. World Percussion Sample Library for K2000.
Electronic Music Interactive	Electronic Music Interactive is a multimedia primer for electronic music that prepares students for more advanced study.
FAQs by Category: music	ALL off the Usenet Music FAQs.
Festivals	Contemporary Music Festivals.
GR MUSIC	This is THE WEB PAGE dedicated to covering and continuously updating nearly everything in 20th and 21st Century Art Music: Notation files, Sound files, Concert Schedules, New Music information and resources, Composer and Performer profiles, and links to all other New Music sites.
How to play WAV files on a SPARC	If you have a Sparc of workstation capable of playing .au soundfiles, here's an easy way to get your WWW browser to play .wav files.
Music Research Databases	Research links.
New Musical Notation: Instrumental Categories: electronic	Suggested symbols for electronic music notation.
NewMusNet Home Page	Information about new music; discuss issues concerning composers, performers and presenters of experimental music.
Soundout	Soundout is the Web magazine of contemporary music - but not contemporary music in the King of Pop sense!
TECHNOHOUSE.COM electronic music server	Search engine for progressive music, fashion, graphix and interactivity.
The David Tudor Project Homepage	David Tudor, 70, Avant-Garde Composer and Performer died August 13, 1996.
Virtual Radio(tm)	Welcome to Virtual Radio(TM) the only nonstop user-definable music broadcast that brings you the latest in new music.
ProAudio Web	We offering the latest news from the world of professional audio, including a news archive, a business diary and a search engine of all the ProAudio related Web sites.
The Music Page	The site provides information and resources for musicians, producers, developers and hobbyist engineers. The info takes the form of software reviews written by visitors, technical data collections, articles and non-vocal sound samples. Some of the articles feature historical content as well. There is also a bookshop and a huge compendium of links to other relevant sites.
UMMO DISCS / INTELLIGENTSIA	Imagine discovering an instrument that is modeled after the flow of life; that can serve as a direct extension, radiator, and articulator of a composer's view; that embodies the collective thoughts of visionaries in the sciences and the arts; that invites the composer to enter into a circuit with activity and meditation; that beams energy to the composer's center, which transforms and reflects it into unique and ephemeral forms analogous to that center's perspective, biases, inclinations and tendencies.
forward/decaying/orbit	ambient forum for those who want what is soul
The Ukulele Trance Project	The Ukulele Trance Project mixes electronica with the Intergalactic Friendship instrument, the ukulele. They are freaks.
Mi2N Music Industry News Network	Mi2N is a music industry newswire service for music professional featuring new music releases, band and record label announcements, tour and event dates, tech and online news as well as new music sites.
All-Reviews.com Music Reviews	Reviews of all types of music, including electronic music. Most of the electronic music is reviewed by DjBatman, one of our music reviewers. We accept reviews for publication.

All images within this WWW site, © 1992 - 1999 Sofa King Productions
This website may contain names and trademarks of Sofa King Productions and other companies.
Copyright and other legal issues.

OTHER MUSICSITES

Jazz

Classsical Music

Mixed-up Miscellaneous

Musical Agenda

MUSIC PROGRAMS

COMPUTERS & MUSIC

Other Resources