Links to useful audio-related sites |
Useful music-related sites
| AIM | Association of Independent Music |
| APRS | Association of Professional Recording Services |
| BPI | The British Phonographic Industry Ltd - representing British Record Companies |
| MCPS (UK) | Mechanical Copyright Protection Society |
| Billboard Online | For daily music news |
| Music Week | UK music news & reviews |
| MPG | Music Producers Guild |
| MU | Musicians Union |
| IFPI | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |
| In The City | Annual international music convention sponsored by Disctronics |
| PRS | Performing Rights Society |
| The Tip Sheet | Spreading enthusiasm for great new sounds through a network of nearly 1000 music-loving individuals. |
| RIAA | Recording Industry Association of America |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
| MPEG Pointers and Resources | Start here first. Although this site is devoted to all types of MPEG compression, it contains an extraordinary amount of up-to-date information about MP3. It also contains bunches of links to other MP3 sites.. |
| Ultimate MIDI Page - MP3, VQF, AAC, MP4 Information | This page from the Ultimate MIDI page contains a wealth of information on MP3s and other digital sound formats. |
| The Official FAQ for alt.binaries.sounds.mp3 | Having trouble downloading MP3s from Newsgroups? This list of Frequently Asked Questions explains it all. |
| CD-ROM Digital Audio introduction, survey, and software | Stewart Addison maintains a superb collection of knowledge regarding the use of CD-ROM drives for storing music. Users submit surveys regarding which brands of CD-ROMs work best. |
| International Audio Formats page | Can't keep track of all those audio format? This site tracks most of them, and provides links to their sites. |
| MPEG Audio Layer-3 | Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about MP3 by Fraunhofer Institut, one of the inventors of MP3 compression. Be prepared for Engineer-level talk. |
Portable MP3 Players
| For the
most up-to-date list of Portable MP3 players, head to MP3.com's hardware page. |
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| The MP-man family | MP-F10, MP-F20, MP-F30, MP-H10, MP-CL10 by Saehan (Korea) |
| The Rio Family | Rio PMP300, Rio 500 by Diamond Multimedia (USA) |
| Nomad | by Creative Labs (USA) |
| raveMP | by Sensory Science (USA) |
| Lyra | by RCA / Thomson Consumer Electronics (USA) |
| MPride | by Hango Electronics (Korean distributor) |
| MPride | by Remote Solution (USA distributor) |
| I-JAM | by I-JAM Multi Media (Korea) |
| Yepp | by Samsung Electronics (Korea) |
| jazPiper | by RFC Distribution (Singapore) |
| VaroMan | by Varo Vision (Korea) |
| Diva | InnoMedia (Korea) |
| MPlayer3 | by Pontis (Germany) |
| ZipMAN | by ZipAudio Technology (Singapore) |
| DAP | by Right Technology (Sweden) |
| The D'Music Family | SM-320V, SM-320F by Pine (Canada, Hong Kong) |
| Nex | by Frontier Labs (Hong Kong) |
