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Tutorials

• Mac vs PC? - Librarian Bruce Glazner wrote this excellent comparison survey from his experience on both platforms.
• Mac or PC: Tips for Beginners - tough reading for beginners, but worth the necessary rereads.
• Web Audio Tutorial for Music Professionals- by Ken Davies. Basics and  more of audio and sound on the web as applies to composers, publishers, performers, educators: MIDI, audio formats, explanations, tutorials, resources, tips.
•  ABC's of Using MIDI Files on the Net - Everything you need to know, but only what you absolutely need to know.
• Composing Music Using Computers: An Introduction - An Introduction. By Donald S. Griffin 10-10-96.
• MIDI for beginners - Shane Faber, a guide to all the aspects of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
• Beginner's Recording Handbook - by Shane Faber, a great starting place.
• MOD music tutorial - a very good tutorial but specific to ScreamTracker 3.21. More MODs on this page
• Various tutorials from Shareware Music Machine - some good, some so-so
• MuSIG - learn about computers and music: MIDI, hardware, software etc

Magazines Online

• Electronic Musician - THE
• Intermusic.com - tech gear & record news
• Making Music - British music magazine
• Keyboard Online
• Keyboard Magazine
• Music Maker Publications - Recording Magazine and Musico Pro (Spanish)
• Pro Sound News - a longtime audio industry standard now has a website
• ProStudio - the home for
• What's New in Pro Audio www.WNIPA.com is an on-line version of the product compendium.
• One to One, www.oto-online.com the CD/DVD replicator and duplicators' magazine
• Studio Sound www.studio-sound.com is an international magazine for professional audio recording, production, post production broadcast and commercial music recording techniques and technologies.
• Pro Sound News Asia www.prosoundasia.com covers recording and post, mastering and media, audio for broadcast, sound reinforcement, plus product news across Asia and Australia.
• Pro Sound News Europe www.prosoundeurope.com covers recording and post, mastering and media, audio for broadcast, sound reinforcement, plus hardware and software news across Europe.
• Sound on Sound Publications - UK hi-tech recording magazine
• Studio_Online
• Music Web Hunter - Music News Online (a link list of ezines and journals)
• the List at U of I - a comrehensive list of Music Journals and Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicals.
• See also Theory Journals below

Theory

• Boethius Server - theory stuff from U. Cal - Santa Barbara
• The Society for Music Theory and Music Theory Online - Society for Music Theory electronic journal - Music Theory Online Dissertation Index
• Journals
• Analitica: Published by the Group for Music Analysis and Theory (G.A.T.M.) in collaboration with the State University of Bologna, Departement of Music
• ECHO: an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal created and edited by graduate students in the Department of Musicology at UCLA
• EUNOMIOS: an open online journal for theory, analysis, and semiotics of music
• Computing in Musicology
• Dutch Journal of Music Theory
• Indiana Theory Review
• Intégral
• Journal of Music Theory
• Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy
• Journal of New Music Research
• Music Perception
• Music Theory Spectrum
• Perspectives of New Music
• Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory
• The Fractal Music Project
• Harmonics, Music, Pythagoras & the Universe
• IRCAM Server and IRCAM Multimedia Library © Ircam, 1996-7 - Research Institute in Acoustics and Music- Paris, France
• SHARC Timbre Database Homepage composers/arrangers page
• CCRMA - Center for Computer Research in Music & Acoustics
• CEMI - University of North Texas
• CIER - Composers In Electronic Residence
• Computer Music Bibliography - a LARGE document file.
•  C-sound Front Page - Csound software information & download links from Leeds
• SongLab Midi2Cs - converts standard MIDI files to C sound score files. free
• Schillinger System of Musical Composition
• rec.music.theory - newsgroup
• rec.music.compose - newsgroup

Songwriting Biz

• Semantic Rhyming Dictionary,
• American Songwriters Network
• Seth Jackson's Songwriting & Business Page - links and updated legislative info for pros
• Jeff Mallett's Songwriter Site - link list; resources, most of the writer organizations
• Songwriters, Li'l Hank's Guide For - link list
• Songwriters' Web Ring [home] [List]
• Songwriters Web Ring Mall - Many rings of different styles under one "roof?"
• Songwriters Resource Network

MIDI, MP3,  Files and Tools, MODs

Mar 2001

MIDI File Directories

• The Macintosh MIDI User's Internet Guide - Charles Kelley's long time standard.
• Standard MIDI Files on the Net - The List of Sites With MIDI Files
• The MIDI Farm Internet
• The Complete MIDI File Directory
• Midi, midi, midi
• MIDI/CHRISTIAN/ - /files/midifiles/General
• SYNTH ZONE - MIDI resources & synthesizer sounds list
• The best of MIDI page --software--
• Classical Midi Archives
• Midiworld
• The Classical Midi Connection.
• MIDITrax - lots of MIDIfiles and RA files. Be sure to check out Serge's Page
• MIDI Workshop - a resource for music educators and theological institutions
• Norton Music - MIDIfiles of Standards, Band In A Box accessories, etc
• Gilbert & Sullivan - opera archives, including MIDI files

Sound File & MIDI Players, Tools and Utilities

• Shareware Music Machine Get Players & Editors, Midi & Mod Tools For Windows 95, Windows 3.xx, DOS, Macintosh, Linux, OS/2, Atari.
• SoundJam MP - Mac MP3 player-encoder-converter. Free version/Buy version. Converts music quickly into high quality  MP3s from CD, AIFF, QuickTimeô, and WAV formats, and allows you to play MP3 streams over the internet.
• Inline Plug-ins: Audio/Video from Netscape
• Index of Mac Multimedia Downloadable utilities and applications for Macintosh to help you look & listen. All have "read-mes" to explain what they do.
• Midi-It - Mac freeware utility from RokSoft that changes file types into 'Midi', which is the identification mark of Standard MIDI Files. apply to the MacOS 8.5. It also added the Emagic LOGIC as a default application. - version 1.3.0 Feb99 download free Midi_It.130.sit
• http://www.maczilla.com - Mac users! Get the latest Maczilla here to read all of those sound files.
• SoundApp - Mac sound file player. One of the very best and most versatile.
• The Internet Synthesizer (Fourth Incarnation) - Create audio samples via forms from your Internet browser.
• The Musician - Download a new shareware soundplayer for Mac.
• Red Sweater Software's Clarion 1.0 -from Daniel Jalkut, uses QuickTime to teach musical interval recognition. It requires a PowerPC and Mac OS 8.1 or later.
• PlayerPRO 5.0 is a version of the Mac "sound tracker" application, which supports MOD, S3M, Midi, MTM, MADx, OKTA, System 7 sound, MINS, WAV, XI, AIFF, AIFC, MED, 669, IT, ULT and XM file formats. The new version has many improvements, including support for Mac OS 8.5 and QuickTime 3 and a new oscilloscope window.

MOD Resources

MODs are similar to MIDI files with one important difference: the instrument sound samples are embedded into the files along with the performance data. Here are some links to MOD player/editors ("trackers").
• The Mod Resources Web - information about mods, sampling, FAQ's, and more
• MOD FAQ - definitive, maintained by MOD-dom's Rebel Riffs (Steve  Gilmore).
• The MOD Archive
• The Zen of Tracking
• MOD Mod mod - List of Mod File Sites
• The Mod Ring
• alt.binaries.sounds.mods FAQ [part 1] and FAQ [part 2]
• Mod, Mod, Mod
• Mod Trackers & Players for Mac (Shareware Music Machine) and More Mac Mod Stuff

Browser Plug-ins, Utilities

• Beatnik - an Interactive MIDI plug-in from Headspace
• Liquid Audio
• LiveUpdate - CRESCENDO MIDI Plug-In technology for your browser
• MIDplug Japan. - Yamaha's MIDI plug-in for your browser
• RealAudio - one of several internet industry standards
• Shockwave - from Macromedia

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Notation Software

for Both Mac and Windows

• Coda Technology, Finale and its little brothers (Allegro, PrintMusic, and NotePad) notation softwares for Mac or Windows. You can download updates & demos of new stuff here. Finale-Allegro is good for educational and personal use if you aren't a full-range pro composer/copyist & don't need the expanded capacities, more dialog boxes, and steep learning curve of the full-sized Finale. Requires a MIDI keyboard & MIDI interface connections. Available for both Mac & PC. Coda also makes Vivace/SmartMusic accompaniment software.
• Finale Links from Coda (3rd party fonts & resources)
• Finale Resource Page .
• The Finale Music Viewer plug-in is coming to compete with Sibelius' Scorch.
• Download Finale NotePad free - a simple version of Finale Mac/Win.
• Sibelius USA - write, play, scan, edit, print, publish to internet. Download the free Scorch2 plug-in for viewing Sibelius scores displayed on the internet.
• Lime Music Notation Software from ECS (Electronic Courseware Systems). Developed by the CERL Sound Group at Univ of Illinois. Mac or Windows. Download demo: for Macintosh Download demo: for Windows95 and WindowsNT
• Passport Products: Encore and Rhapsody for Mac or PC (defunct)
• AutoScore from Wildcat Software - for Mac

Notation freeware/shareware

• Igor - large and heavy duty pro engraving software for Mac PPC. Download Free.
• Finale NotePad - a freeware simple version of Finale Mac/Win.
• A1 Soft: Simplified Music Notation Editor, Free Software a free download but Windows only. Simplified numerical music notation widely used in Asian countries. Appears similar to Nashville Number System. For music education use.
• Calliope Music Notation Editor for NeXTStep systems. Info page.
• Common Music Notation written in Common Lisp. A bit complex and "non-mouseable," but it's a free download. The following document Common Lisp Music and Common Music Notation - an explanation may help.
• Muse Music Shareware Editor ABC folk music notation Music Software Program Inexpensive, but worth it!

other notation info pages

• Touch of Sound - Music Notation reference A music notation reference guide. Click on any part of a red & black notated measure for full definitions of related part. Takes a while to download to your screen but kinda fun to look at. Definitions & explanation are quite thorough.
• MusiScript (TM) a new chromatic music notation Site plays a nice rendition of Beethoven's "Für Elise" as you view a very colorful illustration of a "new" piano tablature style notation system developed by André Lippens, Wayside, NJ.
• Music Software Information Annotated Bibliography As said.
• ARA Computerised Engravers Directory
• International Conference on New Music Notation 1974 in Ghent, Belgium Not about MIDI or software but lots about notation.
• ASMC - American Society of Music Copyists. Member's informational page.
• NIFF - Notation Interchange File Format. This is the standard digital format for the representation of musical notation, and has become the heart of Finale's scanning technology, due to Coda's recent partnership with Musitek.
• The Big Site of Music Notation and Engraving at Colorado College. A great resource - includes an extensive notation bibliography, links, notation conventions, and keyword search of the Finale Digests.
• Gregorian Chant Home Page - with links to other sites related to Gregorian chant

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Synths, Sequencers and Recording

Sequencers

Mark of the Unicorn, Inc. Maker of Performer, a top pro sequencer software

package for Mac.

Cakewalk Music Software Top pro sequencer package for PC. The Cakewalk Users Guild offers tips.

Musicator - Windows

MIDI Sequencing Software - A brief introduction to METRO 3.0 MIDI Sequencing Software

Synthesizers, Samplers, & other hardware etc.

SYNTH ZONE - Midi resources & synthesizer sounds list An excellent information site on most of the gear that's out there. Links to manufacturers & user groups, software & hardware.

Harmony Central - huge site featuring reviews, shareware, hardware, tutorials, more.

Korg M3R Synthesis module - A brief introduction

Mixman - software to easily create your own music or re-mix others'

IAEKM - International Assn. of Electronic Keyboard Mfrs

MMA - The MIDI Manufacturer's Association

Arboretum Systems - makers of Hyperprism, a real-time sound effects processor for the Mac

BIAS, inc. - digital audio editing tools for Mac. Makers of PEAK and SFX Machine

Recording information & equipment

The Recording Website - good overviews on several areas.

DAT machine - A brief introduction to the Sony PCM-2300 Digital Audio Recorder

Mackie Mixer - A quick start Tutorial to the MACKIE CR-1604 16 CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER

DAW-Mac Homepage - mailing list for users of Macintosh Digital Audio Workstations.

AES - Audio Engineering Society

HRRC - Home Recording Rights Coalition

Ogg Vorbis - this is an open source sound format (.ogg) that is billed as a codec replacement for mp3 at higher sound quality. Why? Frauenhofer's mp3 codec won't be "free" anymore.

For Atari Computers

• Atari Software sites at Umich (University of Michigan) Archives
• archive.umich.edu
• gopher://gopher.archive.umich.edu
• http://www.umich.edu~archive/
• http://www.archive.umich.edu
• Logic-Users Group World Wide - emagic's Logic sequencer/notation software is apparently still available but no longer supported. Yet many musicians are still using it. You may find information and answers here.
• Freeware for Atari - from Shareware Music Machine
• Music-X Amiga University- Info on the original Amiga sequencer Music-X including writing sysex protocols. Also see Driptomatic Fairytales for Music-X info and resources. AM/FM also provide disk images containing many Amiga MIDI articles and tools.

Especially Music Education

• Eartraining shareware program for Apple Macintosh. It helps you to practice Intervals, Chords, Scales. Sound output from either MIDI or the Mac itself.
• Big Note Music Speller - program for teaching/learning music reading.
• Music Ace A fun, engaging and non-judgmental music education program for 68k Macs.Mac PPC version
• Rhythm Method - Graded and comprehensive rhythm reading and rhythm dictation programs for beginners and advanced alike
• Young Musicians Inc - this company provides music teaching aids
• Music Composition for Beginners
• Read Music Now- not a program, but a tutorial for learning basic keyboard music reading. Like the Hindemith approach, it covers rhythm first. A good feature of the pitch section is the use of flats only, making it possible for beginners to negotiate non-tonal or transposed music fragments almost immediately without the confusions usually associated with enharmonics and key signatures.

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Music Software/Shareware/Freeware

General Sites

• Shareware Music Machine Get Players & Editors, Midi & Mod Tools For Windows 95, Windows 3.xx, DOS, Macintosh, Linux, OS/2, Atari.
• Freeware alphabetical - Mac - Windows 95 - Windows 98 - Windows NT - Windows 3.1
• The MIDI Farm
• MusicWare - a database of all the best FREEWARE and SHAREWARE audio tools, utilities and programs, all reviewed with screenshots and up-to-date downloads. related links

Assorted Freeware and Utilities for Mac

Software Collections

Worth Looking At

The following applications are archived at INFO-MAC at http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/
The abstract is a text document explaining the application.

Other Electronic Music Resources

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Publishing & Licensing Organizations

• NMPA (Nat'l Music PublishersAssoc) & Harry Fox Agency administers copyright 'mechanical rights' for recordings, TV, etc. on behalf of composers & publishers.
• ASCAP: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
• BMI: Broadcast Music Inc
• SESAC: Society of European Stage Authors and Composers
• ASCAP, BMI, & SESAC are Performing Rights Societies which monitor & collect from radio, TV, and concert performances and pay composers & publishers.
• World list of Performing Rights Societies
• CCLI - Christian Copyright Licensing International handles copyright licensing for its members concerned with church service and religious event performances.
• SOCAN Canadian Performing Rights Society
• ALCS -Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, United Kingdom
• IMRO -Irish Music Rights Organisation
• The Authors Registry
• National Writers Union Publications Rights Clearinghouse
• CCC (Copyright Clearance Center)
• MPLC (Motion Picture Licensing Corporation)
• WATCH (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders)
• MMA - The MIDI Manufacturer's Association
• SDMI - Secure Digital Music Initiative is a forum of companies and organizations representing information technology, consumer electronics, security technology, the worldwide recording industry, and Internet service providers
• SMPTE - Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers



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• Film Score Monthly - The Online Magazine of Motion Picture and Television Music Appreciation
• National Association of Composers USA - The National Association of American Composers and Conductors founded  in 1932. In 1975, it was reorganized  as NACUSA with its headquarters in Los Angeles. It sponsors several concerts each year featuring music by its members, has chapters in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baton Rouge, Philadelphia, and Virginia.
• Meet The Composer -

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Copyright, Intellectual Property, & Public Domain

• U.S. Copyright Office Home Page - can download free info & forms. PDF format needs the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Address = Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S. E., Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
• U.S. Copyright Statute Title 17 (circular 92) - or download circ92.pdf PDF format (835K)
• Copyright Basics (Circular 1) - or download circ01.pdf
• Copyright FAQ -
• List of Free Information Publications (circulars) in PDF format.
• Work-Made-For-Hire Under the 1976 Copyright Act  circ09.pdf
• Copyright Registration for Derivative Works  circ14.pdf
• Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians circ21.pdf
• Musical Compositions - or download circ50.pdf
• Copyright for Sound Recordings or download circ56.pdf
• Copyright Registration of Musical Compositions - circ56a.pdf
• Copyright Registration for Online Works or download circ66.pdf
• Compulsory License For Making and Distributing Phonorecords - circ73.pdf
• Fair Use (FL 102) - fl102.pdf
• Music (FL 105) - fl105.pdf -- poetry (FL 106) - fl106.pdf
• Copyright Registration Forms - printable PDF downloads
• Form PA: - published/unpublished works of performing arts (musical and dramatic works, pantomimes and choreographic works, motion pictures and other audiovisual works)
• Form SR  - published and unpublished sound recordings
• Form TX - published and unpublished nondramatic literary works
• Form VA - published and unpublished works of the visual arts (pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works, including architectural works)
• Short Forms TX, PA, and VA - short versions of applications for original registration.
• FA©E (Friends of Active Copyright Education, supports copyright awareness by the Copyright Society of the USA)
• Federal Communications Commission
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• Kohn On Music Licensing
• Musicians' Intellectual Law & Resources Links to copyright stuff
• "Hot Links" Get Pointed to the Answers To Music Business Questions!
• MUSIC & COPYRIGHT - Sample Issue
• Copyrights & SMF (standard MIDI files)
• The Performing Right Society
• ACA Copyright & Intellectual Property Pages
• Intellectual Property and the Arts: A Sampling of Internet Resources
• Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
• Copyrights and Intellectual Property Laws
• General information about copyrights
• Guide to Copyright ... Bibliography
• CCLI - Christian Copyright Licensing International - Home Page
• LION: Copyright and Fair Use Issues for School Librarians
• Copyright Website
• Savetz's Unofficial Internet Public Domain Index
• Public Domain Information
• Canadian Intellectual Property Statutes and Regulations
• European Copyright User Platform
• WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
• Berne Convention - Cornell University has put together this great Hypertext resource

General Interest

Encyclopedia - of New Age, Electronic and Ambient Music. Italian and English

Kalvos & Damian's Worldwide Composer Resources:

 Site Search (by keyword)
 Sites for composers - Sites by composers