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[rhythmboy]

As a parting gift from my old Bachleor of Music Tech degree and my now-defunct 'Internet and Streaming Audio' subject, here is the master list of websites I used in my lectures. Gradually accumulated over 3 years.

Nearly 300 sites covering everything from how the Introweborz works and a ton of info on media formats, through to serious music and audio sites, wireless and mobile, copyright and industry, algorithmic composition sites, world's best band sites, even drummer jokes 

Even described and divided into sections for ya


Codecs

Dolby Fax
http://www.ednet.net/audio/dolby.html
Windows Media 4CC codes
http://www.fourcc.org/fcccodec.htm
Third party codecs for QuickTime:
http://www.apple.com...components.html
Quicktime component developer source code:
http://developer.app...ation-date.html
Audio tags
http://www.audiotag.org/

Internet Protocols and ISP's

Telstra Big Pond sites
http://www.bigpond.c...ble/howitworks/
http://www.bigpond.c...dsl/howitworks/
http://telstraglobal...centre_services
Ozemail site
http://ozemail.com.a...ucts/broadband/
ADSL info
http://www.everythingdsl.com/whatis/
Protocols info
http://www.networkdi...c2a79111d168faf
http://www.surfnet.n...in/00-2/h5.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTSP

Servers and the Internet Backbone

Info and tutorials on how the Internet works from webdevelopersnotes
http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/
Microsoft Windows Media - comparison of web servers vs streaming servers
http://www.microsoft...streamserv.aspx
Apple Servers - web servers
http://www.apple.com...web_server.html
Apple Severs - streaming servers
http://www.apple.com..._streaming.html
Entire US backbone – by Ben Worthen
http://blogs.cio.com/node/209
Links to Australian Exchange Points
http://www.ep.net/naps_ap.html
Maps of major backbones in the US
http://www.nthelp.com/maps.htm
Map of Telstra’s own backbone
http://www.telstra.c...ct/aboutnet.htm
Maps of Australian Internet connectivity
http://sdndiscovery....?Action=1&id=-1
Pacific Internet’s backbone networks
http://www.pacific.n.../about/network/
Telstra Global Internet
http://telstraglobal.com/network

Online Streaming Radio Directories

Shoutcast by Nullsoft
http://www.shoutcast.com/
Live365
http://www.live365.com/index.live
Web-radio
http://www.web-radio.fm/
Radio Tower
http://www.radiotower.com/
Radio-locator
http://www.radio-locator.com/
Penguin Radio
http://www.penguinradio.com/index.php
Stream Finder
http://www.streamfinder.com/

iTunes and Gracenote CDDB

Apple ipod and iTunes home page
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Apple iTunes download - Mac and Windows
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
ipod and iTunes add-ons and plug-ins at Apple
http://www.apple.com...sx/ipod_itunes/

Directory of iTunes plug-ins for OSX at pluginsworld
http://itunes.plugin...software=itunes
Directory of iTunes plug-ins for Windows at versiontracker
http://www.versiontr...ows/ipod-itunes

iTunes Utilities for OSX at versiontracker
http://www.versiontr...tunes-utilities
iTunes Utilities for Windows at versiontracker
http://www.versiontr...tunes-utilities

iTunes visualiser tips and tricks
http://www.macworld....visualizer.html

Gracenote
http://www.gracenote.com/
Gracenote Music ID technology
http://www.gracenote...tions/music_id/
Gracenote Mobile Music ID
http://www.gracenote...ns/mobileMusic/
Gracenote Classical Music Initiative
http://www.gracenote..._solutions/cmi/

QuickTime

QuickTime home page
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
QuickTime Pro
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/
Playback Components
http://www.apple.com...components.html
QuickTime Technologies – how it works
http://www.apple.com...chnologies.html
QuickTime developer kits for programmers
http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/

Third Party components
Xiph Component – plays Ogg Vorbis and FLAC in QT and iTunes
http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/
Perian – plays Xvid, Div-X, AVI, Flash, etc
http://perian.org/
Flip4Mac – plays Windows Media formats
http://www.telestrea...mv/overview.htm
XviD Component – plays XviD AVI files
http://n.ethz.ch/~naegelic/download/

MPEG

History of mp3
http://www.iis.fraun...story/index.jsp
Fraunhofer Audio Multimedia home page
http://www.iis.fraun...f/amm/index.jsp
Overview of Fraunhofer technologies and projects
http://www.iis.fraun...jects/index.jsp
Overview of mp4
http://www.iis.fraun...ndex.html#aaclc

MPEG Group
http://www.mpeg.org
LAME mp3 encoding - mp3 developers group
http://www.mp3dev.org/sourceforge.net
Coding Technologies Group - mp3Pro
http://www.codingtec...s.com/index.htm
Perceptual Coding
http://harmsy.freeuk.com/mostync/

Apple site with info on AAC, MPEG-4 etc.
http://www.apple.com...chnologies/aac/
SourceForge site devoted to open source coding of AAC and various codecs and utilities for Windows.
http://www.audiocoding.com/

Windows Media

Windows Media Player home
http://www.microsoft...er/default.aspx
Windows Media Player plug-ins
http://www.microsoft...er/plugins.aspx
Overview of how to stream content using Windows Media
http://www.microsoft...s/contdist.aspx
Microsoft Expression Encoder for Silverlight
http://www.microsoft...spx?key=encoder
Windows Media Encoder 9
http://www.microsoft...er/default.mspx
Microsoft DRM
http://www.microsoft...rm/default.mspx
Companies that use Microsoft DRM
http://www.microsoft.../providers.aspx

Real-time global online statistics at Akamai
http://www.akamai.co...ing_akamai.html

RealNetworks and Open Source Developers

RealNetworks
http://www.realnetwo...m/index_rn.html
RealNetworks – getting started and downloads
http://www.realnetwo...ence/index.html
RealProducer – Real format encoder for PC
http://www.realnetwo...ucer/basic.html
RealExport – encoder plug-in for Quicktime OSX
http://www.realnetwo...port/index.html
Helix media servers
http://www.realnetwo...a_delivery.html
Helix Server free downloads
http://www.realnetwo...valservers.html
RealAudio codec specifications
http://www.realnetwo.../realaudio.html

Sourceforge open source community
http://sourceforge.net/index.php
Sourceforge multimedia software
http://sourceforge.n...php?form_cat=99
Sourceforge audio software
http://sourceforge.n...hp?form_cat=113
FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec
http://sourceforge.net/projects/flac

Xiph open source community
http://www.xiph.org/
OGG Vorbis – Vorbis.com
http://www.vorbis.com/
Icecast – free streaming server software
http://www.icecast.org/

Cockos Reaper – DAW software
http://www.cockos.com/reaper/
Cockos Ninjam – online real-time audio interaction
http://ninjam.com/index.php
Cockoc Jesusonic – guitar processor
http://www.jesusonic.com/

Careers and Business

Queensland University of Technology - list of potential music careers from QUT music website (not a job vacancy listing)
http://www.uq.edu.au...1&ntemplate=668

Seek - direct link to ‘advertising/media/entertainment’ job vacancies in Australia http://www.seek.com....acking=googleau
Music Council of Australia - jobs/employment bulletin board
http://www.mca.org.a..._employment.php
Music Council of Australia - competitions and scholarships bulletin board
http://www.mca.org.a...ompetitions.php
Fuel4Arts - marketing, promotion and advice for freelance/independent Australiann artists
http://www.fuel4arts.com.au/
ArtsHub - Australian Arts networking site with job vacancies (paid membership), also links to US and UK equivalents http://www.artshub.c.../au/default.asp

Myspace remixing job listing (USA)
http://jobs.myspace....t/q-REMIX+MUSIC
Myspace music production job listing (USA)
http://jobs.myspace....0production/l-/
Extreme Remixer – blog site devoted to remixing and remix sites
http://blog.emxr.com.../label/remixing

Andrew Dubber – New Music Strategies
http://newmusicstrategies.com/
New music strategies video interview
http://newmusicstrat...m/tag/strategy/
New Music Strategies 120 page free e-book - DOWNLOAD AND READ
http://newmusicstrategies.com/ebook/

YouLicense - online music licensing for web, film, TV, games, etc
http://www.youlicense.com/About.aspx
Rumblefish Music Licensing Store - online music licensing for web, film, TV, etc
http://www.musiclicensingstore.com/

Award Winning Music Sites

Australian Music Industry websites

The Music – Aust music business site
http://www.themusic.com.au/
Immedia – the Australian Music Industry Directory
http://www.immedia.c.../amid/index.php
Articles on success in the music business
http://www.themusic....icbiz/index.php

Award Winning Music Websites

Bandzoogle – build your own band website
http://bandzoogle.co...CFRI5agodJGXTfQ
Modern Rock – top 300 band websites
http://modernrock.co...s/hot_sites.htm
Linkin Park – No. 1 website at Modern Rock
http://linkinpark.com/
Top 25 music websites at Entertainment weekly
http://www.ew.com/ew...1195793,00.html
Top 25 music sites at Stereogum
http://stereogum.com...tes_002625.html
The Turntable Lab
http://turntablelab.com/
The Live Music Archive – 43,000+ live recordings by 2,600+ bands
http://www.archive.org/details/etree
The Audio Archive – 198,000+ songs
http://www.archive.org/details/audio

The Value of Music on the Internet

Interview with David Byrne and Thom Yorke
http://www.wired.com.../16-01/ff_yorke
Surviving in the music industry by David Byrne, includes interview with Brian Eno
http://www.wired.com.../16-01/ff_byrne
"The value of Music" essay/commentary by Beppe Colli
http://www.cloudsand...es/value_E.html

Podcast of a roundtable discussion on the value of music at CDbaby
http://cdbabypodcast.com/?p=298
Article that inspired the podcast above
http://cdbaby.org/st...27/8767150.html

SP-MIDI, Sound Fonts and DLS

Hammersound - links to free sound fonts and PC software
http://www.hammersound.net/
Official Sound Font archive from creators Emu/Ensoniq and Creative
http://web.archive.o....com/index.html
Sound font editor for PC
http://www.soundfaction.com/alive/
Sound font synth (AU plug-in) for OSX
http://andydrabble.users.btopenworld.com/soundfontsynth/moreinfo.html
Polyphontics - DLS/sound font editor/builder for Mac OSX
http://sonicamigos.com/polyphontics.php
About SP-MIDI
http://www.midi.org/...abtspmidi.shtml
Vienna Soundfont Studio app - PC
http://www.soundblas...t/downloads.asp
Vienna soundfont tutorial
http://www.soundblas...articleid=54142
Sound font info @ Creative
http://www.soundblas...articleid=54141

Sound Fonts site
http://www.soundfonts.it/
Free sound fonts
http://www.personalc.../sfarkfonts.htm
http://www.soundfonts.it/?a=soundfonts
Drum set sound fonts and DLS
http://www.modernbea...m/soundsets.php
Free soundfonts (80Mb)
http://www.digitalsoundfactory.com/
More soundfonts (paid and free)
http://www.soundfont...sh/download.htm[/ur
http://www.voicecrys...com.sfengine.mv
http://www.sf2midi.com/

Ringtone Applications

Download 14-day demo of Mobile Sound Builder - makes mobile XMF files (PC only)
http://www.beatnik.c...ucts/sound.html
Download demo of Beatnik Editor - makes RMF files (Mac and PC)
http://www.beatnik.c...cts/editor.html
Retrofolio ringtone management software
http://www.retrofolio.com/home.php
Milksoft - Mobile Media Converter - mp3 to AMR, mpeg to 3GP, etc (PC/Mac)
http://www.miksoft.n...iaConverter.htm

GSM, 3GPP and AMR(WB)

Mobile Audio Media Study - Arbitron and Telephia
http://www.arbitron....audio_study.asp
How GSM works - technical paper
http://cellphones.ab.../gsmreport.html
How GSM works - youtube clip
http://www.wifinotes...hitechture.html
3rd generation partnership project (3GPP)
http://www.3gpp.org/
3GPP links to specification documents – zipped by article number
http://www.3gpp.org/...s/numbering.htm
WAV/mp3 to AMR conversion FAQ
http://www.gromkov.c...q2004-0078.html
The entire Holy Quran recited in AMR fomat
http://www.guidedway...nrecitation.php

Mobile phones and wireless technologies

Nokia multimedia converter – info and download
http://www.gromkov.c...04-0078sub.html
Nokia forum – tools and resources
http://www.forum.nok...rces/index.html
Nokia Australia – phone specifications
http://www.nokia.com.au/A4519005
Nokia Australia - support and software downloads
http://www.nokia.com.au/A4520001
Motorola Motorazr V8
http://www.motorola....llSpecification
Motorazr V8 music functions guide
http://direct.motoro...S&language=ENA#
Apple iphone
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
Apple iphone specifications
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
Apple iphone apps
http://www.apple.com...pps-for-iphone/

Podcast and RSS sites

RSS specifications
http://www.rss-speci...cifications.htm
Podcasting Tools - tutorials and links
http://www.podcastin...-to-podcast.htm
on-line RSS maker application
http://www.webrefere...perl/makerss.pl
How to make RSS
http://www.create-rs...ntro-to-rss.htm
Directory of RSS feeds
http://www.rssfeeds.com/
Directory of podcasts
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/
Juice (was ipodder) - freeware cross-platform podcast receiver
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/

Free File Hosts

File Crunch - up to 250Mb per file
http://www.filecrunc...CFQkkhgod5ThIzQ
Imageshack - photos only
http://www.imageshack.us
My Free File Hosting - up to 100Mb per file
http://myfreefilehosting.com/
SoundPunk file server - need to apply for password
http://www.soundpunk.com/downloads


Wireless Technologies

List of Device Bandwidths - Wireless and Cabled
http://en.wikipedia....vice_bandwidths

Bluetooth
http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/
How Bluetooth Works
http://www.bluetooth...chnology/Works/
Bluetooth Profiles
http://www.bluetooth...es_Overview.htm
Comparison of Bluetooth against Wi-fi and other technologies
http://www.bluetooth.../Works/Compare/

IEEE 802.11 (Wi-fi)
http://standards.iee...802/802.11.html
Wikipedia "plain English" version
http://en.wikipedia....iki/IEEE_802.11
Australian 802.11 standards
http://www.acma.gov....DARD/pc=PC_1794

Audio Archiving and Preservation

Australian National Film & Sound Archive – preserving and restoring audio and video
http://screensound.g...u/preservation/
US Library of Congress – storing audio for archive
http://www.digitalpr...ats/index.shtml
http://www.digitalpr...fdd000115.shtml
Archiving CD data
http://www.mrichter....mer/archive.htm
Sound Recordings Procedures Manual – preserving media (pdf)
http://masterdigital...RASndRecMan.pdf

Remote storage, file delivery and PC access

Digidelivery info from Digidesign
http://www.digidelivery.net
Digidelivery Serv/LT
http://www.digidesig...=40&itemid=4172
Digidelivery Serv/GT
http://www.digidesig...=39&itemid=4869
RocketDelivery technology
http://findarticles...._10/ai_85667584
Goto MyPC – remote desktop access to your own PC
https://www.gotomypc...5771075300:null
File4ward – remote PC access
http://www.yea.ca/file4ward//index.htm
Apple .mac (‘dot mac’) accounts
http://www.apple.com/au/dotmac/
Cyberduck – ftp application for Mac
http://cyberduck.ch/
Smart ftp – ftp application for PC
http://www.smartftp.com/
DriveHQ – free ftp server and software
http://www.drivehq.c...52&srcID=300222
Filesanywhere – free and paid file host, file manager, ftp, backup
http://filesanywhere.com/

Copyright, Creative Commons and Peer to Peer

Copyright Council of Australia - homepage
http://www.copyright.org.au
Copyright Council - Information Sheets
http://www.copyright.../infosheets.htm
APRA/AMCOS
http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/
APRA Online and Mobile Licensing - fees and laws
http://www.apra-amco...rnetmobile.aspx

World Intellectual Property Organisation
http://www.wipo.int/...l/index.html.en
The Berne Convention - International Copyright Treaty
http://www.wipo.int/...es/en/ip/berne/

Ban Piracy - illegal software
http://www.banpiracy.com

Creative Commons licences
http://creativecommo...et-the-licenses
http://creativecommons.org/license/
CC sampling licence
http://creativecommo.../about/sampling
http://creativecommo.../sampling-movie
CC audio news
http://creativecommons.org/audio/
Pump audio – online music agent supporting CC licences
http://pumpaudio.com/
Magnatune – online music download and licensing supporting CC licences
http://magnatune.com/
Soundclick – free and licensed music
http://www.soundclic...icense_list.cfm
Freesound – CC sound effects site
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

Limewire info
http://www.limewire..../features.shtml
Soulseek info
http://www.slsknet.org/
Kazaa info
http://www.kazaa.com/us/index.htm

Funny, Informative and Interesting music websites

General Music News – Serious and Funny
Musicthing
http://musicthing.blogspot.com/
Musicradar
http://www.musicradar.com/
Vocalist.org – resources for singers
http://www.vocalist.org.uk

Music Industry Forums
Audioforums – 9,000+ members, USA, serious hi-tech and audio
http://www.audioforums.com/
Tranceaddict – 85,000 members, Europe, Home Production sections
http://www.tranceadd...orums/index.php
Inthemix – 12,000 members, Aust, Home Production section
http://www.inthemix.....php?forumid=20

Jokes and Comedy
Music Jokes at MIT
http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/jokes/
Singing and Musician Jokes
http://www.vocalist.org.uk/jokes.html
Jimmy Barney (drummer)
http://www.jimmybarney.com/
Drummer Jokes
http://www.drumjokes.com/
Jens Henneman’s Complicated drumming Technique
http://www.musicrada...ique-dvd-134640

Australian Music Industry websites

The Music – Aust music business site
http://www.themusic.com.au/
Immedia – the Australian Music Industry Directory
http://www.immedia.c.../amid/index.php
Articles on success in the music business
http://www.themusic....icbiz/index.php

Award Winning Music Websites

Bandzoogle – build your own band website
http://bandzoogle.co...CFRI5agodJGXTfQ
Modern Rock – top 300 band websites
http://modernrock.co...s/hot_sites.htm
Linkin Park – No. 1 website at Modern Rock
http://linkinpark.com/
Top 25 music websites at Entertainment weekly
http://www.ew.com/ew...1195793,00.html
The Turntable Lab – No. 8 website at entertainment weekly
http://turntablelab.com/
The Live Music Archive – 43,000+ live recordings by 2,600+ bands
http://www.archive.org/details/etree
The Audio Archive – 198,000+ songs
http://www.archive.org/details/audio

Java Sites

Many Java Music sites need one or more of these plug-ins installed:
JSyn - Java Synth Plug-in (homepage)
http://www.softsynth.com/jsyn/
JSyn plug-in installer
http://www.softsynth.com/jsyn/plugins/
MIDIShare - real-time MIDI operating system
http://midishare.sourceforge.net/

Jay W Rice – links to Java music applications
http://jaywrice.net/javamusic/
Java Music – links to Java music applications
http://www.softsynth...java_music.html
Jmusic at QUT – links to freeware and shareware apps
http://jmusic.ci.qut.edu.au/
Various links to Java music and audio applications
http://javaboutique....rnet.com/audio/
Squidoo - links to many different Java and Flash music apps and games
http://www.squidoo.com/soundtoys/

Fractal Music

Introduction to Fractals with interactive Java applets
http://ejad.best.vwh...als/intro.shtml
Fractal music applets
http://www.algomusic...ndelMusic.shtml
Fractal music links to applications and works
http://www.fractal-v.../fvc/links.html
Fractovia - portal for fractal art, music and applications
http://www.fractovia.org/art/index.php

Easy Fractal - Fractal Mandelbrot/Julia set generator for Mac
http://www.berkhan.c...sy/easyfrac.htm
Double Fractal - Fractal Mandelbrot/Julia set generator for PC
http://www.schulers..../pascal/lsm.htm
Fractal Harmonies - Fractal Music generator for PC
http://www.bmeijer.c...nies/index.html
LMUSe - fractal music generator for PC and Java
http://www.geocities...muse/lmuse.html

Online Composition Tools and Music Games

Wikicomposer – online composition tool
http://www.wikicompo...CFR-YYAodxCOSaQ
Kakophone – online ringtone composer
http://www.kakophone...koPhoneMain.php
Dictionaraoke – music made with GM files and online dictionaries
http://www.dictionaraoke.org/
Punos Music - links to algorthmic music apps
http://www.punosmusi...unosindex.shtml
Nick Didkovsky's Rhythmicon
http://www.didkovsky.com/rhythmicon/
Lexicon-Sonate - online and stand-alone algorithmic composition app
http://www.essl.at/w...kon-Sonate.html
Mozart Minuet & Trio Dice Game
http://sunsite.univi...at/Mozart/dice/

Myspace Page Editors

Thomas's Myspace editor
http://strikefile.com/myspace/
My Wacko Space
http://www.mywackospace.com/
Myspace Toolbox
http://www.myspacetoolbox.com/
HTML generators
http://www.htmlgens.com/
Pimp myspace layouts
http://www.pimpmyspacelayouts.net/

Employment, careers and resume sites

Dan Meyer – example music industry resume (US)
http://www.blue-n-go...dan/dansres.htm
Arts Hub – job vacancies in the arts (Aust)
http://www.artshub.c.../au/default.asp
Fuel4arts – promotion, publicity, career advice (Aust)
http://www.fuel4arts.com
My Career – general advice on resumes and job seeking (Aust)
http://content.mycar...e-research.aspx
Arts resumes – how to format (US)
http://www.artistsfo...rts_resumes.htm
Various resume templates and examples (US)
[url=http://www.careerservices.calpoly.edu/students/JobSearch/sampleres.htm]http://www.careerser...h/sampleres.htm

[Spectrum]

Wow! Just so sad that they stem from a rockin' long era for you. But old doors close and new doors open, as they say.

[Cheyne]

Epic list RB , nice one ..