Links
Websites of Note
- Create Digital Music cdm.link Gear news, artist features.
- Synthopia synthtopia.com Gear news.
- KVRAudio kvraudio.com Plugin repository and download site, as well as plugin news.
- Gearslutz gearslutz.com Where paralysis analysis finds a home.
- Music Radar musicradar.com Gear news and reviews.
- Switched On Austin switchedonaustin.com Representing the local synth shop with one of the best cross sections of gear you could hope for in a local shop, which means more temptation than should be reasonable. Great people and solid expertise on repairs. The website does get updated pretty frequently with new inventory and they do ship.
- Ghostly International ghostly.com One of the best labels for IDM and chillwave based in Ann Arbor, MI, but they're mainly here because I enjoy playing cheeky Twitter games with their social media liaisons(s).
- /r/synthesizers reddit.com Gear discussion and sound demos.
- /r/edmproduction reddit.com Free samples, sound design, some gear and mixing discussion.
- /r/modular reddit.com Modular synthesizer discussion and demos.
- /r/noise reddit.com Appreciation of noise.
- /r/triphop reddit.com For those of us who still like the dirty and dusty down tempo.
- /r/makinghiphop reddit.com Discussion of sample use and chopping, contests, and critiques.
- /r/glitchart reddit.com Either accidentally or purposefully created artwork emphasizing the happy accidents that result from failing or malfunctioning cameras or playback devices.
YouTube
- Sonic State youtube.com Nick Batt discusses Pulse Width Modulation.
- Red Means Recording youtube.com All you really need is an OP-1
- Cuckoo Music youtube.com Excellent gear demos and tutorials, particularly toward the Elektron range of little black boxes.
- SwitchedOn youtube.com Gear demos and performances from the local guys.