AcidFanatic -Samples and Loops.

ACIDLOOP -Over 100 professionally recorded orchestral music loops, a full symphony orchestra at your fingertips   - now available for instant download

Ampcast -Your source for MP3 downloads.

Ampfea.org -Maintains an open, world-wide community for anyone who has an interest in art-forms which predominantly depend on the application of electronic tools. Mailing lists are provided for a number of keyboard and electronic music discussions.

Analog Synth Gallery -Specs and descriptions of analog synths from a number of manufacturers.

Audionaut -The biggest free synth sound database in the world.

Audio Playground -A large Florida based synthesizer collection put together by Joseph Rivers. Pictures & general descriptions of many synths included at this site. Synth repair available in Tampa Florida from Mike Jay's Pro Audio Repair.

Balanced Output -Synth site with information and patches for the Casio VZ1, Kawai K1, E-Mu Proteus 1 & Yamaha DX/TX 7.

BANGIN BEATS -Industry's # 1 for Bangin' Drums & FX Hands Down.

Chicken Systems, Inc -The Rubber Chicken... Great resources, info, products, etc.

Chris Carter's Reviews -Chris Carter presents a long list of reviews of recent synth models that were published in Sound On Sound magazine.

Cool Keys Page -A page simply dedicated to the memory of the Wurlitzer and Rhodes electric piano with some Real Audio and MP3 classic examples.

CRMAV -Gear info and some user reviews including synths & keyboards.

Dancetech -Good range of links, info and some RealAudio samples of synths, drum machines and anything related to producing techno dance music.

Deep Synthesis -mp3 examples, info, new editor module for Emagic SoundDiver.

Electronic Music Primer -A very comprehensive glossary of electronic music terms with graphic & audio examples. You will need the Shockwave plugin & a reasonably fast connection (as load times are heavy). Despite the wait time, this is a very useful & extremely well produced web presentation.

Electronic Musical Instruments 1870-1990 -Info and pictures tracing electronic instruments over 120 years.

Electronic Musician -Search for past articles from Electronic Musician magazine. They provide invaluable insight into producing electronic music and making best use of a range of music & audio products. Also check their Personal Studio Buyers Guide for info on electronic gear. You can also read some articles at Looksmart.

EMIS Homepage -Home of the Bristol Synth Club and the EMIS Synth Museum.

Epinions Keyboards & MIDI -Small but growing archive of online opinions of synths and keyboards.

eServiceInfo.com -Datasheets, schematics, service manuals free download.

FutureProducers.com -Provide gear reviews, plus there are a wide variety of related forums as well as reviews and news.

Gear-Heads List -Great list of personal reviews of a vast range of keyboards.

Harmony Synth Database -User submitted synth reviews. Some good technical resources & schematics on building midi interfaces on the Mac, PC and Amiga, as well as the Midi Resource Page.

Hiro Suzuki Sound Laboratory -Manuals & Schematics for & analogue synths including ARP, EML, Sequential Circuits etc. Also some parts are also available.

Hollow Sun -Descriptions of a number of vintage synths with some sound samples to download.

IAEKM -International Association of Electronic Keyboard Manufacturers provides some useful magazine articles on synths and MIDI.

Intermusic.com -An archive of a past site from Future Publishing with links for all instruments & recording. Includes auctions, reviews and downloads for keyboards and samplers. Also check the Gearfinder for a wide range of reviews.

IOTech Vintage Synth Patches -An archive of patches for analog synths stored as .WAV & sysex files to allow you to load then into your synth. The list of patch files includes MOOG, Roland, Korg, Crumar, Oberheim, Sequential Circuits & Oxford. Presented by IOTech a Scandinavian analog synth repair company.

Jetboy Junction -A variety of information & resources related to analog synthesizers.

Ken Stone -Ken Stone's Modular Synthesizer page provides accounts of Ken's construction of his modular synth.

Mark Glinsky's Home Page -Mark is a collector of manuals & documentation for older & now unsupported synths.

MEMI Makers -A German electronic music site with a collection of bass & drumkit sysex dumps and samples taken from a number of different synths. Drumloops are also available for download.

Microtonal Synthesis Homepage -A listing of all synthesizers, samplers, sound cards and software synthesizers capable of user programmable microtonal scales or tunings: just intonation, non-12 equal tempered, well-tempered scales, xenharmonics, etc.

Midi Hell -A collection of patches, programs and other assorted synth & midi files from Cyberden mainly for older synths.

Midiworld -Provides specs and documentation for a number of recent synths including Korg, Yamaha and E-Mu/Ensoniq.

MP3.com -Links to lots of mp3 sites.

Music Gear Review -Good site with user reviews for a range of electronic music gear including synths.

Music Machines -A very good synth site with info on all types of synthesizer.Check out their manufacturers page as well as schematics.

Musicians News -Provides overviews of many current synths plus other features of interest to keyboard players.

Music Player -Miller Freeman presents this site which has wide coverage of recent gear from keyboards to guitar to DJ products etc. Also visit the MusicPlayer BBS with forums moderated by technical experts such as Craig Anderton and Roger Nichols plus others.

Synth Zone - info & specs for the Mellatron, ARP 2600, Stylophone, Mini Moog, DX-7, Roland guitar and many other analog synths.

Organfax -A great website for organ related resources online plus support for electric pianos and arranger keyboards. See related links.

Physical Modeling Page -Articles on physical modeling synths plus some resources for the Yamaha VL-1.

Piet van Oostrum -Piet's Home page with a link to his Midi Archive Lots of midi and synth related software and files.

Philipp Koltsov -Provides patches for a number of older synths.

Pro-Music News -Online news providing releases on the latest electronic music gear and DJ products.

Purgatory Creek -Provide keyboard and DAW related resources including a Digital Piano Shootout and audio files of SMPTE timecodes for using in DAW applications to synchronize SMPTE compliant gear.

REC'UP -Archive of public domain patches for some popular synths.

Remix Reviews -Remix magazine also review samplers and synths.

RetroSound -info & links.

R.L. Reid - Microtonal Composition -Notes on microtonal composition including microtuning the DX11/TX81Z.

Rolamtech -Provides original mp3 demos and sys-ex downloads for various Oberheim, Waldorf, Yamaha and Novation synths.

Route 66 Studios -Sequencer upgrades, manuals, service manuals, floppy drives, floppy disc media, parts and service.

SampleKings -great instructional videos and sounds on the EPS16+/EPS/ASR10 and many other top samplers and software.

SCSIforSamplers -New SCSI Storage Gear for All Samplers at Excellent Prices.

Sealed's Deep Synthesis Page -A number of Emagic Soundiver setups for the Mac are available.

Simon's Hall Of Electric Pianos -Info and specs of many electric pianos over the years.

Sonic Control -They have user submitted gear reviews as well as info on MIDI and sequencing.

Sonic State -resources for all kinds of synthesizers.

SoUnDEnGiNe -has the highly rated Technosis sound banks.

Sound Of Music -Provides resources, specs and manual for older gear including the Hohner Clavinet.

Sound-On-Sound Magazine -Provide years of informative reviews and articles on electronic music gear including synths. Click on "Articles" for a wealth of information.

SONIC Electronic And Music Sales -Service Manuals for many brands of Synthesizers,Amplifiers,Effects.

Sonik Matter -Provides some interviews with synthesizer pioneers.

Subtractive & FM Synthesis -An explanation of how to program using subtractive synthesis & FM synthesis using text and diagrams.

Supersonica -Suspersonica provides detailed charts and specifications on a variety of electronic equipment. As well they will be offering virtual seminar services soon covering the Akai S6000, Yamaha 01V, and Roland VS1680 basic operations.

Sweetwater -Music technology direct.

Synrise -Info and pictures of selected analog synths, links to electronic music equipment manufacturers plus a listing of synths by model name & number.

Syntaur -Our sounds have been used on platinum-selling records by major producers! Extensive library of factory and original sounds.

Syntec -Sound Food for Synthesizers.

SynthBase.net -free synthesizer patch database. Exchange your patches or add your links.

Synth Fool -A very good site with analogue synth associated info, schematics, patch sheets etc for many analog synths.

Synth Services -Provide patch sheets for a number of analog synths. Will burn custom sound EPROMs for Linn, Oberheim and Simmons drum machines.

Synthetiseur.net -A French site with user reviews of many synths. French language option only.

Synths'R'Us -The synthesizer DIY pages of Ren� Schmitz covering VCO design, a DIY CV to MIDI circuit and driver, plus other related information.

Synthesizers.com -Roger Arrick builds analog modular synthesizers, so check out his site if you want to expand your sound palette.

Synthfreak -Provides some synth sounds and OS updates for the Access Virus, Roland XV-3080 and Novation Nova plus other synths.

Synthpop -Historical reference on synthesizers and the synthpop that they were used to create.

Synth.Site -Presented by Sonicstate, this site provides user reviews & pictures of a vast number of synths. But they can always use your review submissions to increase & improve coverage. Also has discussion forums for each major synth brand name.

Synthony's Synth & MIDI Museum -Pictures and descriptions of over 500 synths and MIDI hardware presented by Synthony Music who are also a great vendor of discount electronic music gear online.

Synthesizer Network -Info on various analog synths, related books and midi/CV interfaces.

Synthtopia -A portal devoted to electronic music that includes many articles covering synthesizers and music software and hardware.

The Patch King -The Best Sounds @ The Best Prices. Thousands of new sounds for over 100 Synths and Samplers. Check us out!

The Synth Pages -Synth descriptions & tips on the JX8P/10, Six Trak and other chosen models.

Treble Soundz -free sounds and soundfonts too.

Vintage Keys Magazine -Provides some retro keyboard resources and articles.

Vintage Synth Dreams -Good basic synth programming information with specific info on the AWE-64 and also has Soundfont files and free FM wave rendering software available.

Vintage Synth Explorer -Specs and info on many genuine vintage & modern vintage emulation synthesizers.

Virtual Synthesizer Museum -A new site featuring information and resources for synths prior to 1990. Currently under construction but already has coverage of a variety of synthesizers.

Yahoo Synthesizer Groups -Yahoo host a large collection of synth user groups with discussion and links for many synths.

Yamahaforums.co.uk -All Yamaha Gear covered. Ensoniq users welcome. Join us!

Zicweb -Zicweb provides factory presets for many synths as well as info on music software and hardware.

Zinn Deadly -the asr-10 at its finest.