Electronic Music Mangling Group

This group is focused on electronic music, all kinds and genera.

Useful Links

Favor real websites and not social media links (instagram etc) as not everybody can/want_to see them.

General Knowledge

Old contraptions

• https://spectrum.ieee.org/electronic-music - What Is an Electronic Sackbut?

Courses

• https://courses.underdog.brussels/ - Electronic music course also has a youtube channel with a lot of videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnderdogElectronicMusicSchool

Talks

• Lindsay's Notes on Modern Music Production https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BF2a41x87Gv8bh5Q9XXc-PmKD9Ql5hGA/view?usp=drive_link

Books

• https://www.dancemusicproduction.com/dance-music-manual/ - The dance music manual.https://www.abebooks.com/9780688031060/Art-Electronic-Music-0688031064/plp
• https://olympiapublishers.com/book/marshall-jefferson-the-diary-of-a-dj - on the origins of House Music in Chicago

Tools and software

DAW: Digital Audio Workstations

• https://www.bitwig.com/ - Bitwig studio is a all in DAW (Proprietary software, works on Mac, Windows and Linux)
• https://ardour.org/ - Ardour is an Open Source/Free Software high-quality DAW (Mac/Windows/Linux)
• https://www.reaper.fm/ - Another DAW that's Mac/Windows/Linux, recommended for multi-channel audio and extreme customization
• https://www.bespokesynth.com - a free or paid for modular DAW (Mac/Windows/Linux)
• https://www.audacityteam.org/ - FOSS multi-track audio editor with a wide array of plugins including Paulstretch

Modular synth

• https://cardinal.kx.studio/ - A modular synth in your computer, Open Source and Free Software (Mac, Windows and Linux) available as standalone and plugin
• https://electro-music.com/forum/topic-42772.html - Lunetta thread index - DIY modular synth with CMOS logic
• https://puredata.info/ - software modular synth, precursor to Max/MSP
• https://supercollider.github.io/ - audio programming language

Places with experimental/electronic music in Chicago and around

• https://tritriangle.net/upcoming-events/ - Mostly experimental music, concerts every week, in Wicker park
• https://smartbarchicago.com/ - Iconic club, lots of stuff more on the dancing side, drag shows on Sundays
• https://lampo.org/ - An association that mostly meet in the Graham foundation and the CCC, lots of really cool stuff, usually 5-6 concerts a year
• https://linktr.ee/sanctumchicago - Mostly Dark/Goth/Indus/EBM, organizes shows in the International Museum of Surgical Science, festivals etc
• https://ess.org/ - Sound studio, but they also organize concerts
• https://www.stretchmetal.org/drone-sleepover - 8hr sleep with drone, bring your sleeping bag
• https://constellation-chicago.com/ - Often offers ambient concerts
• https://elasticarts.org/events - Elastic Arts, lots of stuff
• https://highconceptlabs.org/ - Lots of stuff, residencies, concerts, workshops
• http://www.dadschicago.com - Lots of stuff too, concerts and events mostly

Studios

• https://ess.org/
• https://www.superiorst.com/

Gear shops

• https://rocknrollvintage.com/ - Synth City inside rock n roll vintage
• https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com - Lots of stuff used and new
• https://www.microcenter.com/ - Electronic components and boards
• https://www.guitarcenter.com/ - large chain store