History of electronic music technologyListing includes archives of info on vintage synths.
Electronic Music Interfaces
Compehensive review of the subject of music controllers, discusses all kinds of innovative and facinating devices for interacting with electronic music.
https://paradiso.media.mit.edu/SpectrumWeb/SpectrumX.html
Moog Archives
Rare photos and historic documents regarding Moog synthesizers, Theremins, the factories and people.
http://moogarchives.com/
Synthmuseum.com
Large online museum of vintage electronic musical instruments, including synths and drum machines, both analog and digital.
https://www.synthmuseum.com/
Vintage Synth Explorer
An evergrowing source of images, sound samples, reviews and links for over 400 popular vintage synthesizers.
https://www.vintagesynth.com/
Synth Site
Part of SonicState.com, this is an important resource for reviews information and links relating to electronic music synthesisers, old and new.
http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/
Synth Zone
Lots of links to patches, software, and web pages devoted to specific synths/samplers, along with plenty of other music links.
http://www.synthzone.com/
Wendy Carlos Online Information Source
Wendy aka Walter Carlos was the pioneer of electronically synthesised re-interpretations of classical tunes. The official Wendy Carlos site promises a definitive collection of information about this seminal synthesist and composer.
https://www.wendycarlos.com/
Japanese Electronic Music
Nicholas Kent is based in New York. He has a collection of electronic music and technopop by Japanese artists. This discographic site describes Japanese records with a lot of synth sounds, which may be enjoyable as well as weird or quaint.
http://www.artskool.biz/jem/
Music Machines
Music Machines began as the archives for the Analogue Heaven mailing list. Loads of files, all contributed by volunteers, are organised by manufacturer, model, and type of file.
http://machines.hyperreal.org/
to contents page for lists of links
to Phil Rees Music Tech home page
page checked and updated: 3 March 2025
History of computing links