Music Electronics Page

General information

• 120 Years of Electronic Music
• Add Realism to Your Synthesized Sequences - article first appeared in the November 1997 issue of Recording magazine
• Analog Music Zone - circuits, software, FAQs
• Electronic Music Interfaces
• Harmony Central Internet Resource for Musicians - attempt to bring together music related items
• Hyperreal Music Archive
• Music & Audio Connection - software, resources, audio-related companies
• Music Machines at Hyperreal - home of musical electronica
• The Musician's Ultimate CyberWorld Destination
• The Music Yellow Pages - index of manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and nationwide retailers for the music, pro audio, entertainment and lighting industries

Effects

• Guitar Effects FAQ
• Guitar Effects Oriented Web Page

Instruments

• 8 Note Tune Player - little circuit that can play 8 note tunes at any speed you want
• A Paradoxical Sound Syntetizer - the main property of paradoxical sounds is that their frequency do not change when you go an octave higher
• Analog Music Synthesizers - some example circuits
• Analog Synth Electronics Music D.I.Y.
• Art's Theremin Page - lots of information on theremins
• ASM-1 Analog Synthesizer Module
• Audio Synthesis via Vacuum Tubes - plans for tube based sound syntetizing circuits which form a modular audio syntetizer circuit
• Big Briar - Theremins and innovative electronic musical instruments designed by Bob Moog
• Electronic Music Interfaces - article which tells about the controlling interfaces on mysic syntetisers
• Synth-DIY Mirror Archive - synth schematics and articles
• Touch Switches - for exaple for drum machine
• Transistor Organ - very simple circuit
• Music Machines - syntetizers, schematics, DIY info pages
• PAiA Electronics - company which sells analogue syntetizer kits
• Simple Voltage Contolled Twin-T Oscillator/Filter/Drum
• Synth Fool - synthetizer schematics
• Synth Zone - analogue syntetizer equipment info
• The Wild Hog in the Woods Other Links of Interest - mostly acoustic instrument related links
• Theremin - very large theremin page
• The Theremin Home Page
• Troika Ranch - theremin-to-MIDI, interactive technology
• Unplugged In: A Guide to Taking Your Favorite Acoustic Guitar Electric
• Vintage Synth Explorer - information on old analogue syntetizers

Other useful circuits

• A simple audio (e.g. hihat or bassdrum) to trigger converter
• Audio circuits - amplifiers, mixers, compressor/limiters, crossovers, preamplifiers
• Birdie Doorbell Ringer
• Burning Flux - some MIDI and music related projects
• CV-ranger - transforms a 0-5V input voltage to a adjustable range between 0-10V
• DI-box circuits
• Din-sync to trigger (8th or 16th) converter
• Musical Instrument Tube Amp Building, Maintaining and Modifying FAQ

Midi

General

• Making your own MIDI Cables
• MIDI channels, voices, timbres and Modes
• MIDI Protocol Guide - overview of midi messages, manufacturer ID numbers, system structure and MIDI control numbers
• Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) - overview
• MIDI Manufacturers Association - source for information on MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) technology
• MIDI Time Code - Detailed Specification
• Mdiweb - basic information, technology, programming, MIDI files
• Professional MIDI Guide - information on reliable cabling and reliable circuit construction
• The Midi Archive - MIDI and other electronic music stuff, patches, software, songs, documents, links
• Using MIDI in a Professional Environment - useful tips and sccessory schematics

MIDI circuits

• Creating Custom MIDI Sensors
• Hardware Web Midi page - computer interfaces, keyboard, wires, tester
• Low cost analog to MIDI convertor - 8 channel converter
• Low-Cost MIDI-Knobbox - text in German and English
• MIDI controlled switches - can drive up to 128 individual relais, solenoids, motors, etc. with a MIDI note-on and note-off messages
• MIDI Drum Pads
• Midi input circuitry - MIDI to TTL converter
• MIDItools - MIDI computer hardware design and software
• Midi Passthrough Circuit - circuit with one MIDI input and on or more outputs
• Music Machines: do-it-yourself
• Professional MIDI Guide - information on reliable cabling and reliable circuit construction
• Tom Scaff MIDI Projects - microcontroller based MIDI projects