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For musicians and producers, increasingly the web is full of a dizzying array of dope things to download. Some of our personal favourite places to go read or download things from are listed below.

Yes, there are alternatives to Cubase and Sonar. Why not take a look at:

• FruityLoops Studio - http://www.flstudio.com.
• Massiva - http://webmassiva.com.
• Reason - http://www.propellerheads.se/.
• Tracktion - http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com.

If you are looking for good VST synth plugins, you could do a lot worse than check these companies out:

• Green Oak - http://www.greenoak.com/vst.html.
• LinPlug - http://www.linplug.com/.
• Muon - http://www.muon-software.com/.
• Native Instruments - http://www.native-instruments.com/.
• reFX - http://www.refx.net/.
• rgcAudio - http://www.rgcaudio.com/.

Some of our favourite FX plugins, and developers.

• Fish Fillets - http://www.digitalfishphones.com/main.php?item=2&subItem=5.
• Kjaerhus Audio - http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/.
• OhmForce - http://www.ohmforce.com.
• Paris EQ - http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/~mcraig/projects/paris/#ParisEQ.
• SIR Reverb - http://www.knufinke.de/sir/index_en.html.

Useful VST plug-ins that aren't effects or synths.

• StepChild - http://subminimal.org/stepchild/. StepChild is a step sequencer VST plug-in, useful for drum programming and the like. It will only run in hosts that support chained plug-ins and vst MIDI, such as Tracktion and Bidule.

Sites that are just good reading.

• KvR VST - http://www.kvr-vst.com. The definitive website for information on plugins and computer based music production.
• TracktionFaction - http://www.tracktionfaction.com. A website dedicated to all things Tracktion. Resources, tutorials, sample kits, links and more.
• Sound On Sound - http://www.sospubs.co.uk. The UK's premier music production and technology magazine. Essential reading.

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