Here are some useful links to other sites with information about Ableton Live, creating music, tutorials and other audio resources.
Ableton Live Resources
- Ableton - Homesite for Ableton Live music creation software
- Are You Prepared - Nice site includes a free prepared piano Live pack and a flash demo to try it out.
- BT Network - Remix packs from House music producer BT for Ableton Live.
- Covert Ops - Some free live packs and lots of good tutorials for Live and more.
- Max for Live - Good MFL site with free devices to download.
- Puremagnetik - Sound content subscription service specializing in Ableton Live, NI Kontakt Packs. Some Freebies.
- Tarekith - Some good music, info, excellent production tutorials and great Live effects packs. (See Misc section)
- Tom Cosm - Tom has free music downloads and lots of Ableton Live information and tutorials.
- TrackTeam Audio - Lots of good music production resources. Some free Ableton Live packs and tutorial videos.
Ableton Live tutorials
- Audio Tutorial Videos - Nice site with a huge collection of links to audio tutorials from the net.
- Audio Tweaker - Sound design video tutorials presented by Mark T.
- Covert Ops - Some free live packs and lots of good tutorials for Live and more.
- Music Software Training - In depth Ableton Live Tutorials by Herman Cattaneo
- Nicks Tutorials - Nick Maxwells video tutorials on music production with Ableton Live.
- Tom Cosm - Tom has free music downloads and lots of Ableton Live information and tutorials.
Audio Editing - Sequencing - Free
DJ Stuff
- Ableton Live DJ - Ableton Live DJ community.
- DJ Net - DJ Community
- DjForums - DjForums is the largest worldwide dj community.
- The DJ List - The worlds largest DJ listing.
EZines
- Computer Music - Make Music Now…
- DJ Mag - Livin and Breathin Dance Music.
- Electronic Musician - Featuring the best of REMIX
- Future Music - Music production news and reviews.
- Sound On Sound - Worlds best music recording magazine.
Free Loops and Samples
- Asia La Kay - Free acapellas, Ableton live sets, beats and more from singer, songwriter and producer Asia La Kay
- Freesound - A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Huge sample collection.
- Jungle Breaks - Site containing information, samples of the classic breakbeats and origins.
- Looperman - Looperman.com – Royalty Free Loops, Samples, Tutorials and Pro Audio Resources
- Loops4Free - Loops4free.net – Your 1st link directory for free loops & samples on the net!
- Music Machines - Lots of info, images, specs and samples of classical music gear.
- SampleSwap - Gigabytes of 100% free professional quality audio samples and creative commons electronic music.
Free Music Culture
- CC: Content Directories - Links to creative commons content providers.
- CC: License - Creative commons license generator.
- Creative Commons - The main creative commons website.
- Musik klarmachen zum aendern - German free music culture website.
Graphic and Web Design
- Denver Web Design - Web designs and marketing consultant Asia La Kays website
- Indie Cover - Very good Art & Creative Director and Graphic Designer Ray provides album covers and more.
- Sum-1 - Web designer Tobias Peterson, our own site designer, Togeo Music artist Sum-1.
Internet Radio (Streams)
- Dubstep.fm - Dubstep internet radio from Burning Man website.
- Jenny FM - Streaming radio featuring trance, techno. house and progressive music.
- Last.fm - Good site for free mp3 music and a unique audio scrobbler radio concept.
- Radio LFO - Streaming net radio featuring house, electro, minimal techno and progressive music.
- Rasio 4by4 - House electronic streaming radio station with live DJ chat.
- Reload Radio - Internet radio streaming Dubstep.
- StillStream - Ambient radio station that is on the air 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- SubFM - Net radio featuring Dubstep, Garage, Grime, Dub, Niche, Wonky and more!
- Trance.fm - Internet streaming radio featuring electronic trance music, a mixed and a DJ channel.
- Transmission FM - DJ promotion channel, music downloads and net radio.
Mastering - Studios
- Demon Digital - Demon Digital Sound Studio – Drum Samples – Studio Services
Music Downloads - Free
- Barefiles - Downloads for Dubstep music, mixes and internet radio streams.
- Clafooti - Lots of good minimal house/techno mixes available for download in mp3 format.
- Dogbite Music - DogbiteMusic – free singer songwriter mp3 downloads.
- Edward Cufaude - Edward has free music downloads of breakbeat, big beat, electronic dance style.
- Jamendo - Worlds number one site for free Creative Commons music downloads. Full albums in mp3, Ogg format.
- Last.fm - Good site for free mp3 music and a unique audio scrobbler radio concept.
- Togeo Music - Our own netlabel featuring free electronic music downloads in every format.
- Tom Cosm - Tom has free music downloads and lots of Ableton Live information and tutorials.
Music Hardware
- Access - Makers of the famous Virus series of synthesizers.
- Akai Pro - Hardware midi controllers , keyboards, the popular MPC series and the new APC40 for Ableton Live.
- DJ Store - Dj Equipment (UK)
- IDJ Now - DJ Equipment
- Jazz Mutant - Makers of the notorious Lemur and Dexter hardware controllers
- Korg - Makers of a wide range of a wide range of products for musicians, DJ’s and Prouducers
- M-Audio - The M-audio product line includes soundcards, interfaces and a wide range of midi keyboards and controllers.
- Planet DJ - Dj Equipment
- Roland - Makers of popular hardware midi controllers, drum machines, keyboards and more.
- Thomann (Europe) - Music is our passion.
Music Hosting Sites
- Bandcamp - Bandcamp music hosting with some unique new features.
- Jamendo - Jamendo is a music hosting site featuring creative commons artists.
- Last.fm - Last.fm is a music social networking site
- ReverbNation - ReverbNation is a music social networking site.
- Soundcloud - Soundcloud is a free/pay music hosting website.
- The Internet Archive - Free hosting of music as well as many other free CC and PD files.
- The Sixtyone - The 61 is a music social networking site.
- Virb - Virb is a musicians social network.
Music Production
- AudioTuts - A good selection of music, sound and audio tutorials.
- Designing Sound - Sound design info and articles for movies and film production.
- Digital Pro Sound - Digital Pro Sound – audio production, mixing audio, audio engineering.
- Hometracked - Some good articles related to music production.
- Looperman - Looperman.com – Royalty Free Loops, Samples, Tutorials and Pro Audio Resources
- RhythmCreation - Another site of Edward Cufaudes with lots of good music production information and tutorials.
- Serious Sounds - Music production discussion forum and community.
- Sound On Sound - SOS has a huge archive of audio tutorials and lots of great articles for music production.
- Tarekith - Some good music, info, excellent production tutorials and great Live effects packs. (See Misc section)
- Tweakheadz - Lots of good information on music production and home studios.
- Wink Sound - Audio tutorials and music production infos.
Music Software
- Ableton - Homesite for Ableton Live music creation software
- Cakewalk - Homesite of Cakewalk makers of Sonar, Project5 and many other audio software applications.
- Cockos Reaper - Reaper music editing software VST host.
- DJ Deals - DJ Equipment
- Image-Line - Homesite for the makers of FL Studio audio and music creation software.
- Propellerheads - Homesite for the makers of Reason/Recycle audio and music creation software.
- Steinberg - Homesite for Steinberg makers of Cubase, Nuendo and many other audio software applications.
Netlabels
- Digitalkunstrasen - Features: Music, Art, Poetry
- DNA Productions - Features: Drone, Noise, Ambient
- Micro Label - Features: Techno, Minimal, Electronica
- Muertepop Records - Featuring: Indie, Electronic, Experimental
- Togeo Music - Our own netlabel featuring free electronic music downloads in every format.
Other Music Related
- Create Digital Music - Great articles with lots of good unique infos on music production and products.
- DJ Passion - Dance music community & DJ mixes website
- Free Audio Plugins - Download free dx, vst, audio units, rtas plugins, effects and virtual instruments.
- KVR Audio - Audio plugin news and information and large audio forum.
- Mic Mell - Audio Production, Artist and Label Development
- MNML - Minimal house/techno discussion forum. Lots of good info and links to free music.
- Music Machines - Lots of info, images, specs and samples of classical music gear.
- Musicians Wages - A lot of good reference articles on self-releasing an album.
- Patch Arena - Free presets and patch banks for VST plugins, music programs and hardware synth instruments
- TonePedia - Tonepedia is a user generated resource for electric guitars.
- Turn Me Up - Anti Loudness Wars website. Bringing Dynamics back to music.
- VST Cafe - Great all around info site, covering everything from music production to free vst.
Remix - Collaboration
- ccMixter - ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons.
- FIXT Remix - Remix site with downloads. Life’s A Glitch…Get Your’s FiXT
- RemixComps - Edward Cufaude site featuring information and links to remix contests and competitions.
VJ Software - Video Resources
- Create Digital Motion - Lots of good information on video, animation, VeeJay software and products.
- FreeFrame - Home page for the Freeframe open-source video effects filters.
- Visual Jockey - Home page for Visual Jockey, a feature rich, now free VJ software.
- Visual Jockey Forum - Visual Jockey support forum.
- VJForums - General discussion forum for VeeJays covering awide variety of software.
VST Effects - Free
- Blue Cat Audio - Maker of profesional VST mastering effects plugins, BCA also has a free pack of effects.
- Jeroen Breebaart - Maker of free VST effects including the Omniverb reverb, Timemachine and others.
- Krakli - Lots of free interesting synths and effects. Developers of Tim Conrardys Cygnus.
- Leftover Lasagne - Makers of free effect plugins. The Pushtec 5+1A EQ came in 5th place in the KVR Developers Challenge.
- OdoSynths - Odo is the developer of many very good quality free or donationware synths and effects.
- TAL - Togu Audio Line – free VST synths and effects, including Tilt-EQ, BitCrusher, Vocoder, Dub 2, Bassline and Uno-62
- Tin Brooke Tales - Very nice free VST effects.
VST Instruments - free
- B.Serrano - Maker free VST instruments and effects including, Artemis, Adonis and a lot more.
- EVM Synths - Add-ons for Synthedit and free VST instruments including Ensonique, Syncoder 32-2 and Bassline.
- Fuzzpils - Download page for the superb free softsynth VSTi Oatmeal.
- Greenoak - Developer site for the excellent softsynth VSTi Crystal.
- H.G. Fortune - Developer of many ambient and soundscape synth. Most have a free as well as pro versions.
- Krakli - Lots of free interesting synths and effects. Developers of Tim Conrardys Cygnus.
- KX77FREE - Maker of free VST Instruments including the modular KX-Modulad, the new KX Synth X16 and others.
- Minimogue - Voltkitchen groups Minimogue – Free Minimoog type VST synth with good sound.
- Novaflash - Makers of free VST instruments and effects including Ocytin, Axon, Phasm, T-Synth and more.
- OdoSynths - Odo is the developer of many very good quality free or donationware synths and effects.
- Saltine - Maker free VST instruments and effects including, Ichi, San, NI, Son of a Pitch, Cadence and Jekyll.
- Sonic Assault - Makers of free VST instruments and effects including Sinthecyza!, Capture!, Arpecyza!, Rndwave! and more.
- TAL - Togu Audio Line – free VST synths and effects, including Tilt-EQ, BitCrusher, Vocoder, Dub 2, Bassline and Uno-62
- Voltkitchen - Moog (MinimogueVA) and Arp (Arp2600VA) free vst softsynth sims of the Virtual Analog legends.
