Online Music Education

• Dolmetsch - a wealth of musical information
  
• OnMusic Dictionary
  
• Music Dictionary : musical symbols
  
• A Musical Playground for Kids: Music Theory Lessons
  
• Music Publishers Association : Music Notation
  
• Guide to Drum and Percussion Notation
• Music Theory
• Music definitions
• Infinite Guitar - lessons and resources
• Another Music Theory site
• AulaActual: Spanish online music education
• Guide to an Online Music Degree
  

Music Recording Techniques

• Sound on Sound Magazine
• HomeRecording.com
  
• Harmony Central
  

Web sites with free MIDI Song files

Download files from these sites and then load them into Anvil Studio, where you can view, edit, and play them.


• Professor Bill Edwards
  
• MIDI Database - Free MIDI Files
  
• PRS Corp.'s Classical MIDI Archive
  
• MIDI World
  

These sites distribute free or shareware VST or DirectX audio effects pluggins

• Coolsoft VirtualMIDISynth
• KVR Audio
  
• SFZ+.dll (which plays SoundFont files)
  
• DSK Free Virtual Instruments
  
• Sosnowski Synthesizer
• VstPlanet.com
  
• Harmony Central
  

Web sites with free sheet music

• International Music Score Library Project

Converting .WAV files to .MP3 files, or .MP3 files to .WAV files

http://www.apple.com/itunes   Free Windows .mp3/.wav conversion software from Apple.

Recommended Soundcards

• TASCAM US-16x08 USB Audio Interface
  • 16 Audio Inputs. 8 Audio Outputs. Sample size of 24 or 16 bits.
  • Sample rate of 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz.
  • Core-Audio and ASIO interfaces.
  • Includes one MIDI-In/Out interface.
  • Rack-mount or desktop.
  • Works great with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
  • Lets you take full advantage of the Multi-Audio 8/16 accessory, Combo-Accessory-Pack 2, or Anvil Studio Works.

MIDI Technical Information

• MIDI Basics
  
• MIDI technical info

SoundFont Resources

• SynthZone.com/soundfont
  

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