Sonolgy and Acoustics
The Acoustical Foundations of Music by John Backus
Musical Acoustics by Donald E. Hall
The Audible Past by Jonathan Sterne
First Sounds – Interesting project combining history, archeology, and sound technology
Institute of Sonology – Get a degree in sound art
The Art of Noise by Luigi Russolo – Early sound artist manifesto
Invented Instruments
Texts and Tools
Musical Instrument Design by Bart Hopkins – A great book for getting started building every kind of instrument
Parts and Supplies
Electronics
Texts and Tools
Falstad Circuit Simulator – This developer deserves a prize for this amazing electronics simulator. Its an applet so if your stuck at a day job and would rather be prototyping, here you go!
Protoboard Design + Arduino Simulator
Electronic Projects for Musicians by Craig Anderton
Hardware Hacking by Nic Collins
Antitheory: Reed Ghazala
Parts and Supplies
Sparkfun – Great kits and parts specific to microcontroller dev, 3d printers, maker stuff
Adafruit – Great kits and parts specific to microcontroller dev, 3d printers, maker stuff
All Electronics – Surplus parts, kits and parts specific to microcontroller dev, 3d printers, maker stuff
Electronic Goldmine – Surplus parts
Software and Embedded Hardware
Max/MSP – NOT FREE
Pure Data – Runs on a Raspberry Pi and its OPEN SOURCE!
Raspberry PI and Pure Data Ref
Raspberry Pi (RASPI)
PiMiDi using RASPI built-in serial so you don’t need a USB MIDI interface
Note names, MIDI numbers and frequencies
Midi Arpeggiator and LFO – Works with RASPI
3D Design
Belt Pulley Generator for Laser Cutting
DIY CULTURE AND RESOURCES
Artists
Baschet Brothers – Composition, Sculpture, Performance, Invented Instruments
Trimpin – Composition, Sculpture, Invented Instruments, Installation
Logos Foundation – Composition, Performance, Invented Instruments, Installation
Bart Hopkins – Composition, invented Instruments, Installation
Colnan Nancarrow – Composition, Invented Instruments, Installation
Glenn Branca – Composition, Invented Instruments
Piere Bastian – Composition, Sculpture, Invented Instruments, Performance
Léo Maurel – Invented Instruments
Maryanne Marcher – Composition, Installation, Performance
John Zorn – Composition
Pauline Oliveros – Composition, Philosophy
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Composition
Ken Rinaldo – Performance, Installation
Joseph Beuys -Sculpture, Performance, Installation
Tim Hawkinson -Sculpture, Installation
Mike Kelley -Sculpture, Installation, Performance
Else Marie Pade – Composition
Nic Collins – Composition, Invented Instruments
Shawn Decker – Composition, Sculpture, Invented Instruments, Installation
Peter Vogel – Sculpture, Sound, Installation
Huong Ngo -Sculpture, Installation, Performance
Terry Riley – Composition
Steve Reich – Composition
Wendy Carlos – Composition
Bart Hopkin – Composition, Invented Instruments
Luigi Russolo – Composition, Invented Instruments
Harry Partch – Composition, Invented Instruments
David Tudor – Composition, Invented Instruments, Performance, Installation
Alvin Lucier – Composition, Invented Instruments, Performance, Installation
Douglas Repetto – Invented Instruments, Installation
Chico MacMurtrie -Installation, sound, Sculpture
Videos: Teaching and Learning about the Sonic Arts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2U0q4lZiFg