Computer audio essential Links

[rickcr42]

UNDER CONSTRUCTION !

This area will be reserved and stickied so only moderators can add to it or modify it.
It is intended to be for links to relevant computer audio sites that can answer either the basics,the questions asked numerous times over and over plus certain specialised topics that deserve more detailed answers than anyone not specifically an expert in those areas can answer.

When in doubt ask those who know ! :allteeth:

Be patient folks and as I have the time I will begin adding links until this becomes a more complete your computer audio questions......hopefully

Rickster

********NOTICE !******

It is not my intention to provide free advertising by including commercial links.While some overlap IS not avoidable it is mainly the amatuer or hard information sites included below unless the information is found no where else



under continuous construction



TOPICS :


COMPUTER AUDIO BASICS :


Positive Feedback Magazine Article,very informative :
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue22/nugent.htm


Computer Audio FAQ from the Tapeless Studio computer audio online magazine ;
http://webdevelopersjournal.com/disc...tml#audio_card


PC Recording Dot Com-It is all here ;Hardware,software,set up,tips-anything to do with a DAW and is also applicable to general audio PC use.A must visit site :
http://pcrecording.com/






DIGITAL AUDIO HARDWARE


Andy McFadden's CD-recordable FAQ-It is ALL here folks ! everything you ever wanted to know about the CD-R/CD-RW :
http://www.cdrfaq.org/


DSP for Audio

a really nice resource with a forum and source codes plus actual practical info :
http://musicdsp.org/index.php







QUIET PC INFORMATION :

Homebrew Silent PC Articles :
http://www.silentpcreview.com/section8.html

Step-By-Step : Quiet PC from The ground up ;
http://www.overclockers.com/tips1099/

How Can I Quiet My existing PC ? (step #11 works especially well) ;
http://www.antec.com/pdf/article/inf...computing.html

SilentDrive-quite hard drive :
http://www.molex.com/cgi-bin/bv/mole...lentdrive.html




CONVERGENCE :
Coming to a living room near you soon !




RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE


PLAYERS

Foobar 2000,sounds good,has some interesting plugins plenty of support available from users and best of all free ! What's not to like ?
http://www.foobar2000.org/



RIPPERS

Exact Audio copy-the best ripper there is for copying damaged discs ;
http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/


EDITORS
Pro Tools : Audio Editor,8-Track digital recorder,48 traks of MIDI and uses real time plug-ins ! HUGE download at 32 MB Windows OS/40 MB MAC OS but the price is right-FREE !
http://www.digidesign.com/ptfree/


BURNERS



MISCELLANEOUS

4Front headphones-crossfeed simulation plugin ;
http://www.yohng.com/headphones.html

Another Crossfeed simulator ;
http://www.naivesoftware.com/software.html

Analog-X Direct X audio Plugins-nice tidy little but useful programs ;
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio.htm

VideoHelp dot com Tools-all things video/DVD/ripping/media players/etc. ;
http://www.videohelp.com/tools









DIY PROJECTS :

Building A Home Theater PC : A DIY full-featured cinema quality home theater PC :
Target Guide-
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/...IY_HTPC_1.html
Article-
http://www.audioholics.com/showcase/...ld_HTPC_1.html
Powerstrip program Guide-
http://www.audioholics.com/showcase/...riphtpcp1.html


Site dedicated to DIY PC related info
http://www.pc-craftsman.com/

A DIY DVR
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759...129TX1BTT00586






ONLINE MAGAZINES

EDN Magazine Digital Den-Very cool biweekly internet magazine that stays on top of new innovations in the multimedia and convergence areas
http://www.edn.com/community/22043/Digital+Den.html

The Tapeless Studio-the magazine of computer audio : a nice resource ;
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/studio/



ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Radified Guide To ripping And Encoding PC audio for best fidelity ;
http://mp3.radified.com/

The Musicians Guide to Home Recording-the Personal computer Based home Studio (very extensive information,all here folks) ;
http://home.earthlink.net/~rongonz/home_rec/home.html

Build An Audio Jukebox ;
http://www.audio-jukebox.com/

CD-RW Dot Org-extensive article database on all things ripping and recording ;
http://cd-rw.org/articles/

Hydrogen Audio-Articles and Guides :if it is not covered here (both hardware and software) there will be a link to a place that does ! ;
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index....c_Index#Guides




MISC. SITES OF INTEREST

Tom's Hardware Guide-all things computer hardware :
http://www.tomshardware.com/





HISTORY OF COMPUTERS .....general interest reading on the history of the microprossor based personal computer

Retro Computing-it is all here,all the early machines
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/

BYTE Magazine 1975-1976 -pretty cool reading of what was considered "new" back then ;
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/BYTE/BYTE.HTM

The SWTPC 6800 series collection includes schematics ;
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/index.html


The Obsolete Computer Museum-Not as complete as the 'Retro Computing' site but still pretty cool ;
http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/

"When PCs Were Micros"-Some more in the "off the beaten trail" type of early computing information ;
http://rwebs.net/micros/






JUST FOR FUN :allteeth:

Quiet PC gallery :
http://www.directron.com/gallery.html

Dilbert (everyone loves dilbert !):
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/




more to come.................