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This page contains some useful and/or interesting PA-related links. They are categorised but, with the exception of the first category, have no particular order within each category. If you would like to suggest your own site (or any other site that you have found) to be added here, please contact PAforMusic.
No approval of the security or content of the listed sites is implied. Access to them is at your own risk.
Please note that links to PA (and related) manufacturers' and suppliers' sites have their own pages on PAforMusic − click these links.
Contents
(where relevant, forums now have their own sub-section
at the end of each section)
- Organisations, associations, standards bodies, etc.
- General PA / audio / acoustics
- For musicians, vocalists & recording
- AV, TV, theatre, film, events, etc:
- Equipment repair, mods, self-build, etc:
- Music, audio clips & related info
Organisations, associations, standards bodies, etc.
- ABTT − Association of British Theatre Technicians (UK)
- AES − Audio Engineering Society (USA)
- ALD − Association of Lighting Designers (UK)
- ANSI − American National Standards Institute (USA)
- ASD − Association of Sound Designers (UK)
- ATSC − Advanced Television Systems Committee
- AVIXA − Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (USA)
- BADA − British Audio-visual Dealers Association (UK)
- BECTU − Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (UK)
- BEIRG − British Entertainment Industry Radio Group (UK)
- BFA − British Federation of Audio − now defunct, but see BFA
- BSI − British Standards Institution (UK)
- CCIR − International Radio Consultative Committee − replaced by
ITU-R (see
About ITU)
- CENELEC − European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardisation
- DIN − Deutsches Institut für Normung (Germany)
- EBU − European Broadcasting Union
- ECIA − Electronic Components Industry Association (USA)
- EIA − Electronic Industries Alliance − replaced by ECIA (USA)
- EIF − Events Industry Forum (UK)
- ESTA − Entertainment Services and Technology Association (USA)
- ETSI − European Telecommunications Standardisation
Institute
- IBS − Institute of Broadcast Sound (UK)
- IEC − International Electrotechnical Commission
- IEE − Institution of Electrical Engineers − replaced by IET (UK)
- IEEE − Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA)
- IET − Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK)
- IFPI − International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
- IRT − Institut für Rundfunktechnik (Germany)
- ISCE − Institute of Sound and Communications Engineers (UK)
- ISO − International Organization for Standardization
- ITU − International Telecommunication Union
- JFMG − (Joint Frequency Management Group) now replaced by PMSE (Ofcom)
- MCPS − Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (part of PRS for Music) (UK)
- NAB − National Association of Broadcasters (USA)
- NAMM − National Association of Music Merchants (formerly International Music Products Association) (USA)
- NOEA − National Outdoor Events Association (UK)
- PLASA − Professional Lighting and Sound Association (UK)
- PMSE (Ofcom) − radio/wireless licensing for programme-making and special events (formerly JFMG) (UK)
- PPL − Public music broadcast licences and ISRC registration (UK)
- PRS − Performing Right Society (part of PRS for Music) (UK)
- PSA − Production Services Association (UK)
- RIAA − Recording Industry Association of America (USA)
- SMPTE − Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (USA)
- TESA − The Event Services Association (UK)
- TIA − Telecommunications Industry Association (USA)
- USITT − United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USA)
General PA / audio / acoustics
- Uneeda Audio
- Rane pro audio knowledge base
- Scott's tutorial (archived copy − IGNORE the "New site" links)
- All Mixed Up (Bob Mills)
- PAforMusic
- ROADIE.NET
- AuSIM glossary
- SALT − Sound And Light Training manual
- Sound Advice − noise pollution & health &safety advice (UK)
- smack my pitch up
- World Wide Pro Audio Directory
- Testing 1212
- Church SoundCheck articles
- ChurchTechArts (blog)
- Creative Planet Network mag
- Harvey Appleton's blog
- Sound Design Live articles
- Microphone data (Rycote)
- Shure (UK) educational material
- The History of Public Address
- The Hardware Book − HwB (connector pinouts and cable descriptions)
- Sengpielaudio (German) − calculators, links, forums, etc.
- Doctor ProAudio (Spanish) − categorised links to professional audio sites
- Sound engineering articles − Electric Blues Club
- Speech intelligibility calculator − Mc Squared
- BB List − Bazza's Bazaar (private sales of used equipment: audio, video, film, etc.)
- Handbook for Acoustic Ecology
Forums:
- blue room − all stage tech: sound, lighting, video, pyro etc.
- ProSoundWeb − pro audio
- AudioAsylum (incorporating VideoAsylum)
- Sound Forums.net − pro audio
- gearslutz.com − pro audio
- SOS (Sound On Sound) − pro audio
- ChurchMedia.Net (CMN) − church media community
- Lansing Heritage forums
- speakerplans.com
For musicians, vocalists & recording
- Electrical Safety for Entertainers − HSE INDG 247 (for UK)
- Vocalist
- Sing Wise
- RecordingEq glossary
- Instrument samples
- Songstuff music resources (glossary etc.)
- Commercial music CDs as audio references
- Shavano Music Online − musicians' info site (incl. tech stuff)
- Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)
- Audacity (SourceForge)
- GM Arts − mostly guitar and MIDI related info
- The Pro Audio Files − mostly recording info & tips
- Musicaroo − techniques for singing and playing instruments; useful articles; links to online lessons etc.
- We Love Singing − singing tips, product reviews, etc.
- Musika Lessons blog − a wide variety of interesting articles for musicians
Forums:
- The Gear Page − mostly guitar & bass chat including amps, pedals etc.
- Basschat − for bass guitarists
- TalkBass − for bass guitarists
- Guitar Forums − for guitarists: electric, acoustic, bass
- The FretBoard − for guitarists: gear, playing, classifieds, chat (UK)
- Ultimate Guitar − sections for guitarists and general music, instruments, etc.
- Yamaha Forums UK − mostly keyboard (inc. Roland & Korg) and guitar chat
- Home Recording
- Recording.org − general audio recording, commercial/home
AV, TV, theatre, film, events, etc:
- SHOWORKS glossary
- Morgan Scott AV pages
- FilmTVsound − production sound articles (previously Equipment Emporium)
- TheatreCrafts glossary
- Backstage World
- EntsWeb entertainment & event management directory
- Ents 24 live events listings & ticket sales
- The Drama and Theater Resource Guide − links to study resources, blogs, etc
Forums:
Equipment repair, mods, self-build, etc:
- Health & Safety document eis36 − repair of domestic audio, TV, etc. (pdf file)
- Health & Safety document indg354 − testing of electrical equipment (pdf file)
- Electricity at Work Regulations
- Repair FAQ
- Repair FAQ − repair info
- Sam's bookmarks
- samswebsite.com − Sams Technical Publishing
- sci.electronics.repair − Usenet group via Google
- Findchips − chip finder
- AllDataSheet − component data sheets
- Datasheets360 − database of component data sheets & suggested suppliers
- DatasheetArchive − search engine for component data sheets & application notes
- SMD marking codes
- Device package info
- Many useful DIY audio projects − schematics, some PCBs for sale (Elliot Sound Products)
- Useful audio projects and design information (Beis.de)
- Connector pin-outs information (some AV
but mostly computer-related)
- eSi − eServiceInfo − service manuals etc.
- ElectronicsRepair.net − repair manuals etc
- Elektro Tanya − service manuals & schematics
- Electronica PT − electronics circuits & schematics
- Synfo − vintage synth service manuals etc
- Remont Audio (Russian)
- SchematicsForFree
- Schematics Unlimited
- JustRadios − old TV schematics
- ManualUniverse.com
- AllShemes.com − TV repair manuals
- MusicParts.com − schematics & manuals
- Schematics.ca − free audio equipment schematics
- Gyraf
Audio's Obscure Schematics
- DrTube − guitar amps, info & schematics
- AmpRepairParts − sound equipment schematics
- The Tube Store − guitar amp schematics
- Champ Electronics 'vintage valve amp hospital' − mods & info
- Guitar effects info − schematics
- London Sound (repair & spares shop)
- The Snowfields − vintage musical equipment manuals & schematics
- Electronic Studio
− vintage Fender amp schematics etc.
- Seme-NEDIS − domestic appliance spares
- Euras.com − info for consumer electronics service engineers
- Audio capacitor characteristics (Elliot Sound Products)
- AA battery comparisons and characteristics (BitBox)
Forums:
- diyAudio − DIY audio projects etc.
- GroupDIY − DIY audio projects etc. − mostly studio / recording / mastering gear
- Music Electronics
- e-repair Service Engineers Forum
- Amp Garage
- El34 World
- speakerplans.com
Music, audio clips & related info
- AllTheLyrics
- LyricWiki
- Lyrics Mania
- Song Meanings
- Song Facts
- Free sound effects (registration needed)
- Royalty-free music & sound FX
- SoundBible − free sound clips, sound FX, etc.
- Commercial music CDs as audio references
- SoundCloud
Notes:
- No approval of the security or content of the listed sites is implied. Access to them is at your own risk.
- Please contact PAforMusic if any of these links are broken, or if you would like to suggest other sites to be added.
This page last updated 18-Feb-2020.