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Electronic devises for creating or listening to music.

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CNET Music Center

http://music.cnet.com/

News and information on online music formats and distribution.

Author: CNET Networks, Inc.

Subjects:

Computers & Internet--Computers & Internet News

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

Keywords: digital music; mp3; Napster

Electric Guitar

http://www.si.edu/lemelson/guitars/index.htm

"This exhibit features instruments that illustrate how innovative makers and players combined the guitar with a pickup (sensor) and amplifier to create a new instrument and a new sound that profoundly changed popular music--blues, country, rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll--in the 20th century."

Author: National Museum of American History

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Genres--Pop, Rock & Alternative

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Performance--Instruments

Keywords: Rock music

etown.com: The Consumer Electronics Source

http://www.etown.com/

This award-winning site (including the Better Business Bureau and Good Housekeeping) features "expert advice, comparison shopping, and online purchasing" for consumer electronics, such as home theater systems, television, camcorders, home audio systems, protable tchnology, and telecom services.

Author: Collaborative Media, Inc. (jason@etown.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Consumer Issues & Services

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

Science & Technology--Electronics

intermusic.com

http://www.intermusic.com/

"intermusic.com is the new network of great web sites for anyone who wants to make music. Looking for impartial, well-informed buying advice? Here you'll find thousands of unbiased gear reviews, from retro synths to the latest guitars, written by professional musicians, and all searchable by model and manufacturer. And our reader reviews feature lets you rate and review the gear too. You'll also find tutorials and advice onevery aspect of music making, from stringing a guitar to setting up a DJ turntable. Plus star interviews, free music downloads, daily news and comment, webcasts, competitions and much, much more." Other features include samples available for downloading and a music shareware site.

Author: Future Publishing

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Performance--Instruments

Keywords: recording; drums; software; samplers; audio

KBapps

http://www.kbapps.com/

"Online calculators for designing speaker enclosure systems. Included are designs for tube guitar amplifiers. Perfect for do-it-yourself projects."

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

Keywords: speakers

Mac Digital Audio

http://www.macdigitalaudio.com/

"Mac Digital Audio is an independent website intended to provide timely news and useful information relating to digital audio for the Macintosh community, with a focus on MP3 technology. "

Author:

Subjects:

Computers & Internet--Computer Science--Art, Imaging, Multimedia & Performance

Computers & Internet--Platforms--Macintosh

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

Keywords: MP3

rec.audio.car Frequently Asked Questions List

http://www.mobileaudio.com/rac-faq/

FAQ for the Usenet group rec.audio.car. Deals with all aspects of automotive audio systems, but focuses mainly on explaining technical terms and concepts for the layperson, plus consumer and installation information.

Author: Ian D. Bjorhovde

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

Science & Technology--Transportation--Road--Vehicles

Keywords: Car; Automotive; Consumer

Sample Spotter

http://www.samplespotter.com/

Trying to figure out the name of a song that is sampled in another song? Look for it in Sample Spotter, "an internet resource dedicated to the 'art' of sampling. The scope of the site is intended to be as broad as possible, encompassing the full spectrum of musical sampling activity." The heart of this site is a database of sample-based tracks, which you can search in a variety of ways (sampled artist and track or sampling artist and track). Most of songs in the database are hip-hop and house (these being the genres that do the most sampling), but pop, rock, soul, disco, jazz, techno, and funk are also represented.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Genres--Hip Hop & Rap

Keywords: Sampling; DJs; Pop; Rock; Samplers; Dance

Shareware Music Machine

http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/

"Shareware Music Machine is the world's largest site devoted entirely to music software. We cater to all major operating systems and have over thirty categories devoted to everything from midi sequencing to MP3 software to the latest programs for remixing music in real-time. You'll find links to nearly 2000 software titles on the site as well as regular features on issues pertaining to musicians who want to use software as part of their music making." Site also features the latest music software news and links to music books.

Author: Hitsquad

Subjects:

Computers & Internet--Computer Software

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Audio Equipment & Technology

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