Music Websites

Video Synthesizers usually refer to analog devices from the early ’70s driven by oscillators, similar to analog audio synthesizers. They create and modify video in realtime.
Audio Visualizers features information on video synths and related items and technologies.

Squeezytunes is an interesting new blog that covers electromechanical and mechanical keyboard instruments (ie. not modern synthesisers), including all types of organs, squeezeboxes, pianos, even Ondiolines (see photo, right).
No synth coverage, but interesting pre-synth stuff and oddball weirdness, too.

Bent-Tronics is a site that carries specialty electronic parts for circuit-bending and other electronic experimentation.
Its selection is small, but it carries many items for benders that can be hard to find. Their selection includes body contacts, potentiometers, knobs, LEDs, connectors, switches and tools.
Bent-Tronics

Bent-Tronics features components specifically for instrument circuit-bending.
The site calls itself the “World’s first circuit bending store,” and carries body contacts, joysticks, knobs, LEDs, connectors, switches and tools.
“My goal is to provide one central site that offers essential supplies for fellow circuit benders,” notes the site’s owner. “I’ve spent hundreds of hours on the web tracking […]

Voxengo has relaunched their web site, offering visitors a lot of new features.
First of all, the Voxengo web site now features a new redesigned look and feel. Beside viewing normal product pages you can now conveniently browse through product group pages where you can quickly find a product suitable for a specific audio processing application.
Secondly, […]

MacJams.com has announced that it is immediately providing free, unlimited song hosting to all Mac-based musicians.
MacJam’s hosting allows musicians who use Macintosh computers to upload their original creations so that other musicians and music fans may listen, download, and critique the songs.
All songs submitted to the MacJams site are licensed under a Creative Commons license, […]

Podcasting News features information on the world of iPods and podcasting. It includes information on how to create podcasts and on using podcasts.

DJ Lisa Lashes, known to dance fans as the Queen of Hard House, has a new web site.
Lashes is among the world’s most popular DJs, ranked in the top ten by DJ Magazine, and considered by many to be the top-ranking female DJ. HereEuphoria mix albums are top selling hard house compilations.
The site features play […]

Zero-G is one of the leading developers of sampled content and sample-based virtual instruments.
For nearly 15 years, Zero-G has been creating highly rated sample libaries. Currently, they market over 120 different products, including ausio loops in all genres, video clips, and sound modules. Recently, they have partnered with Native Instruments to create sound modules based […]

Theremin.info covers the theremin from many angles. It has historical information about the life of Leon Theremin, patents, schematics, reviews of early performances, reviews with famous performers, and information on building a theremin.
They have an active forum for theremin enthusiasts, and a gig guide for performers and listeners. A section on the theremin in film […]

Keeping the art of the theremin alive in the UK is musician, actress, and radio personality Hypnotique.
Her site features information on her theremin, cabaret, commercial and performance art work. The site also features MP3 samples of her performances and information about her participation in a Switched On radio project, including interviews with Jean-Jacques Perrey and […]

Steinberg is a leading creator of audio technology. Their products include Cubase, Nuendo and WaveLab.
Steinberg, the audio division of Pinnacle Systems, has been providing technologically-advanced music and media production products for musicians and producers of music, video and film since 1984. Steinberg is today one of the world’s largest audio software houses with more than […]

If a synth fan is taking a trip to Orlando, chances are they are not going to Disneyworld. Nearby Winter Park, Florida is the home of the Keyboard Museum, home of over 1,300 vintage keyboards and synthesizers!
The Audio Playground Keyboard Museum came to life in June of 1992, and since then it has amassed a […]

Age takes its toll on the keyboards of classic synths, which can make them difficult to play. Archive Sound specializes in rebuild kits for synths of the past.
Age deteriorates the critical rubber bushings which are the “heart & soul” of Pratt-Read key mechanism, the action used in many of the great synths of the past, […]

Analog Modular Systems specializes in selling rare and unusual analog synthesizers, including big modular systems.
AMS is based in Las Angeles, and has about ten year’s experience dealing in classic analog equipment. In addition to selling systems, they also service and restore analog synths both electronically and cosmetically.
Their stock is extensive, and typically includes items from […]