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Computing
Electronic components
- Displays
Display resolutions, HD44780 - Microcontrollers
ATmega328P, TMP80C49P, μPD650, μPD8048, μPD8049 - Microprocessors
68000, HD6303X, μPD780, μPD8080, μPD70216 - RAM
μPD444
General concepts
Hardware
- Home computers
Amiga, Beige box, PICO-8, ST, Soviet ZX Spectrum clones, ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum 128 - Mechanical keyboards
Keychron keyboards, Southpaw, Switch (mechanical keyboard)
Manufacturers
- Atmel
ATmega328P - Hitachi
HD6303X, HD44780 - NEC
μPD444, μPD650, μPD780, μPD8048, μPD8049, μPD8080, μPD70216 - Texas Instruments
Language Translator, Speak & Spell - Toshiba
TMP80C49P
Software
Electronic music making
Advice
- Electronic music making essays
Fidelity, Professional - Electronic music making guides
Aphex Twin guide, Creator guide, DX21 guide, DrumStation guide, MCV-24 guide, MicroVerb III guide, S1000 guide, ST guide, Solina String Ensemble guide - Tips
How to add proportional reverb in Reaper, How to git diff FLAC files, How to import S1000 CDs into Kontakt and Ableton Live - Workflows
Music-first workflow, Quantity Over Quality
Books
- Electronic music making books
Analog Days, The A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers
Events
- Clubs
Megadog - Tours
MIDI Circus, Rave New World, See the Light
Formats
- Audio coding formats
MP3 - Audio storage formats
CD, Cassette tape, DAT, MiniDisc - Data storage formats
CD, Cassette tape, DAT, Floppy disk, MiniDisc
General concepts
- Hip hop culture
Breakbeat, DJ battle tool - Music theory
Arpeggio, Block chord, Broken chord, Circle of fifths, Interval, Linear drumming, Music, Pitched tempos, Polymetre and polyrhythm, Rest, Swing, Velocity - Release types
EP - Sample rates
8.363 kHz, 31.25 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.056 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz - Sampling
A cappella, Breakbeat, DJ battle tool, Personal sample library, Pingpong loop, Sample CD - Studio infrastructure
ACSI, DCB, Eurorack, MIDI, SCSI, Tracks and channels - Synthesis
Cross modulation, Envelope generator, Footing, Frequency shifter, Noise, Oscillator, Periodic waveform, Program (synthesiser), Pulsewidth modulation, Sub-oscillator, VCA, VCF, VCO
Genres
- Detroit techno
Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson
Hardware by modularity
- Hardwired synthesisers
CZ-101, Juno-6, Juno-60, Juno-106, MC-202, MS-1, MS-5, Minimoog, Model D, Polivoks, RS-101, RS-202, SH-5, SH-101, Solina String Ensemble, String Ensemble, TB-303, VC340, VP-330 - Modular synthesisers
100 Series (Behringer), 900 Series (Behringer), 900 Series (Moog), 900 Series (Synth-Werk), A-100, Concussor, System-100M - Semi-modular synthesisers
2600, K-2, MS-10, MS-20, System-100, VCS3
Hardware by polyphony
- Monophonic synthesisers
MC-202, MS-1, MS-5, Minimoog, Model D, SH-5, SH-101, TB-303 - Duophonic synthesisers
2600, Polivoks - Paraphonic synthesisers
RS-101, RS-202, Solina String Ensemble, String Ensemble, VC340, VP-330 - Polyphonic synthesisers
Juno-6, Juno-60, Juno-106
Hardware by type
- Analogue step sequencers
100 Series (Behringer), 900 Series (Behringer), Sequencer Complement, System-100, System-100M - Controller keyboards
900 Series (Moog), System-100M, microKEY - Digital sequencers
MC-4, MC-8, The Digital Sequencer - Digital step sequencers
MC-202, MS-1, RD-6, SH-101, TB-303, TR-606, TR-808 - Drum machines
R-8, RD-6, TR-606, TR-808, TR-909 - Drum synthesisers
Concussor, DrumStation, Syncussion-1 - Effects
DynaMike, MicroVerb III, Micro Rack Series, QuadraVerb, RV-1000, VT-1 - FM synthesisers
DX7, DX21, TX81Z - Hardware MIDI sequencers
ASQ10, CZ-101, Studio 440, TR-909, W-30 - Hardware speech synthesisers
Language Translator, Speak & Spell - MIDI to CV converters
MCV-24, MPU-101 - Mixers
RX1602 - Modifications
Devil Fish - Multitrack recorders
ADAT, ADAT HD24, DA-88 - PD synthesisers
CZ-101 - Recording playback keyboards
Orchestron - Romplers
Carnaval, JV-1080, Orbit 9090, Planet Phatt, R-8, U-110, Vintage Keys - Samplers
FZ-1, S612, S900, S950, S1000, S1100, Studio 440, W-30 - Sampling workstations
Studio 440, W-30 - Speakers
NS-10M - Stereo recorders
DA-1, HD-S1, PCM-F1, R-09 - String machines
RS-101, RS-202, Solina String Ensemble, String Ensemble, VC340, VP-330 - Synchronisers
PPS-2 - Vocoders
VC340, VP-330
Manufacturers
- ARP
2600, String Ensemble - Aiwa
HD-S1 - Akai
ASQ10, S612, S900, S950, S1000, S1000 guide, S1000 page map, S1100 - Alesis
ADAT, ADAT HD24, MicroVerb III, MicroVerb III guide, QuadraVerb - Analogue Solutions
Concussor - Bandai
DynaMike - Behringer
100 Series (Behringer), 900 Series (Behringer), ADA8200, K-2, MS-1, MS-5, Model D, RD-6, RX1602, Solina String Ensemble, VC340 - Boss
Micro Rack Series, RV-1000, VT-1 - Casio
CZ-101, Casio watches, DA-1, FZ-1, G-Shock - Doepfer
A-100, MCV-24, MCV-24 guide - Edirol
R-09 - EMS
VCS3 - Korg
MS-10, MS-20, microKEY - Moog
900 Series (Moog), Bob Moog, Minimoog - Novation
DrumStation, DrumStation guide - Pearl
Syncussion-1 - Roland
Boss, DCB, Edirol, JV-1080, Juno-6, Juno-60, Juno-106, MC-4, MC-8, MC-202, MPU-101, R-8, RS-101, RS-202, SH-5, SH-101, SN-R8 series, SN-U110 series, SO-PCM1 series, SR-JV80 series, System-100, System-100M, TB-303, TR-606, TR-808, TR-909, U-110, VP-330, W-30 - Sequential Circuits
Studio 440 - Solina
String Ensemble - Sony
CD, DAT, MiniDisc, NW-A45 guide, PCM-F1 - Synth-Werk
900 Series (Synth-Werk) - Texas Instruments
Language Translator, Speak & Spell - Vako
Orchestron - Yamaha
DX7, DX21, DX21 guide, NS-10M, TX81Z
People
- Artists
Aphex Twin, Autechre, Derrick May, Fatboy Slim, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Kraftwerk, LFO (artist), Man Machine, Moby, Nine Inch Nails, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, The Future Sound of London, The Prodigy, Underworld, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Wendy Carlos, William Orbit, Zoë Blade - Engineers
Bob Moog, Harald Bode
Platforms
- Atari ST
4-Op Deluxe, Creator, Cubase, Dump-It!, M, Pro-24, Realtime, ST MIDI sequencer timeline, ST Speech, Sweet Sixteen, Tiger Cub - Commodore 64
Pro-16 - DOS
Impulse Tracker, Scream Tracker 3 - ZX Spectrum
Music Machine, Soviet ZX Spectrum clones, ZX Spectrum 128
Record labels
- Fax +49-69/450464
Richie Hawtin - R&S Records
Aphex Twin, Juan Atkins - Rephlex Records
Aphex Twin - Warp Records
Aphex Twin, Aphex Twin guide, Autechre, LFO (artist), Richie Hawtin
Software by type
- Editors/librarians
4-Op Deluxe, Dump-It! - Software MIDI sequencers
Creator, Cubase, M, Music Machine, Pro-16, Pro-24, Realtime, Sweet Sixteen, Tiger Cub - Software speech synthesisers
ST Speech - Trackers
Impulse Tracker, Scream Tracker 3
Soundware
- Expansion boards
SR-JV80 series - PCM cards
SN-R8 series, SN-U110 series, SO-PCM1 series - Sample CDs
Datafiles, Peter Siedleczek's Advanced Orchestra
Studio infrastructure
- MIDI
DAW, Editor/librarian, MIDI clock, MIDI sequencer, MIDI timing, ST MIDI sequencer timeline, Song position pointer, SysEx file - Signal routing
Cinch-Jones connector, Jack normalling, Phone jack, Pin matrix - Synchronisation
DIN sync, MIDI clock, Tape sync
Tables
- Electronic music making tables
BPM to milliseconds, DX21 guide, Interval, MicroVerb III guide, Pitched tempos, Pitches, S1000 page map, ST MIDI sequencer timeline, Transposing tempos
Filmmaking
- Cinematography
Smoke - Filmmaking equipment
Meike MFT cine lenses - Filmmaking essays
A brief history of 35 mm movie aspect ratios in the US, Fidelity, Professional
Misc
- Misc
Manga Video - Misc guides
IRC guide, NW-A45 guide, Regular expressions guide - Standards
ISBN, ISO, NATO strap, SI unit, Useful Unicode characters - Watches
Casio watches, Chronograph, NATO strap
Sociology
Autism and allism
- Allistic hypotheses books
A Field Guide to Earthlings - Allistic hypotheses
Common sense - Am I autistic?
Autistic and allistic traits, Autistic imposter syndrome, If I'm autistic, why don't I stim?, Online autism tests, Self-diagnosis is valid - Autism
Arithmomania - Autistic paradigms and terminology
Antonym, Asperger syndrome, Medical model, The autism spectrum - Communication
Ask Culture vs. Guess Culture, Body language, Implicature, Pragmatics, Saving face, Scripting, Shavian, Socialisation - Senses
Alexithymia, Auditory processing disorder, Dissociation, Interoceptive hyposensitivity - Stimming
If I'm autistic, why don't I stim?, Stims
Gender
- Gender
Dysmorphia and dysphoria, Gender dysphoria - Gender paradigms and terminology
Antonym, Medical model
Toys, puzzles, and games
- Chess
Chess set, Elo rating system, Tactic - Lego
BrickLink Common Palette, Lego brick dimensions, Lego clone, Lego colour, Lego element, Lego minifigure, Lego model, Lego part, Lego scale, Lego set, Lego storage, Lego theme, SNOT
I've made a traceable rack template for sketching out studio setups, both 19" rackmount generally and Eurorack subracks specifically.
