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Computer Music

Development/Theory
- TKK Akustiika - essential virtual analog algorithms
- MinBLEPs - article (with code) about the MinBLEP algorithm for synthesizing band-limited analog waveforms
- Filters - digital state variable filter, bilinear transform, etc.
- Filer Design and Analysis - online calculaion of coefficients for many analog filter designs
- musicdsp.org (DSP algorithm collection)
- Electric Druid (Synth DIY + useful infos about some digital/hybrid algorithms)
- "Introduction to Digital Filters" by JOS
- DSP Tutorial
- Articles by James A. Moorer
- Enlightening articles about realtime softsynth architecture by kb
- PortAudio - C cross-platform audio library
- Book "Matters Computational" - collection of algorithms coded in C++ with some explanations
Forums, Blogs, link lists, samples, etc.
- Create Digital Music
- Synthopia
- Ruccas computer music links
- Apple Logic users' forum
- The Conet Project (free MP3s of shortwave number stations recordings)
- Freesound (free categorized samples with waveform and audio preview)
Software
- SonicBirth - An AudioUnit design application
- FFFADO (formerly known as FreeBoB) - Linux drivers for Firewire audio interfaces
- Common Music - Algorithmic music in Common Lisp
- Puredata (graphical programming environment)
- jMusic (Java framework for synthesis and composition)
- ChucK (live coding)
- SuperCollider (live coding)
- Nyquist (DSP programming enviorenment based on XLisp)
- Audacity (free/libre audio editor)
- Qtractor An Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer
- Jack for OS X
- Ugly VSTi Interface for MacOS (9 or X)
- MIDICSV (command line tool that converts from MIDI to CSV and vice-versa)

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Electronics

Lightweight USB Framework for AVRs (LUFA)
Homepage of Aron Lanterman - with links to video lectures about electronics for music synthesis (i.e. synth DIY)
Octopart - a search enginge for electronic parts
qucs - a beautiful free mixed-mode circuit simulation program for KDE
xup - GPLed programming software for the Xilinx Spartan3E Starter Kit
fpga4fun.com
ASIC World Verilog Page (includes the very nice "Verilog in Onde Day" tutorial)
Hyperlinked Verilog grammar
JTAG programmer
Serasidis Vasilis amazing AVR site (includes VGA signal generation)
Chipdir
Kabel FAQ
Beyond Logic (USB, embedded internet, all sorts of interface stuff)
AVR-USB (USB without special USB hardware)

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Computer Science and related stuff

Coq, proof assistants
- The Coq Proof Assistant - official homepage at INRIA
- Proof General - Emacs mode for working with proof assistants
- Certified Programming with Dependent Types - an in-progress textbook about Coq
- Interactive Computer Theorem Proving - homepage of a course about Coq
- Cocorico! - Wiki with useful advice for working with Coq
- Using Proof Assistants for Programming Language Research

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Programming

Misc
- Lean Programming (see lean production, agile methods, extreme programming)
- Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
- Coroutines in C
- C++ Tip-of-the-Day
- Google C++ Style Guide
- Smalltalk (historical resources)
- Security Engineering - The Book
- RFC and STD collection
- IRC RFCs
Functional Programming
- The Common Lisp Cookbook
- Advanced Use of Lisp's FORMAT Function
- Lisp Books and Information
- Lambda Unlimited (lisp machine resources including emulators and historical documentation)
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Video Lectures
- "The Implementation of Functional Programming Languages" (online version of the book by Simon Peyton Jones)
- Lambda the ultimate (fp weblog)
Forth
- Starting Forth (online version of the book by Leo Brodie)
- Thinking Forth
- ANS Forth Draft Standard
- FIG-FORTH Internals
- pForth
- Factor programming language (interesting cross between Forth, Lisp and Joy)

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Web

XML.com
W3 Schools nice tutorials + references on everything web-related
Python universal feed parser (really sweet RSS and Atom parser)
HTML validator for Firefox and Mozilla (based on tidy)

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