Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians?

Posted by hoers on Monday August 19, 2013 @11:38AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey guys, I love spending time here, especially the way new ideas are being shared and discussed - but my other (musician) half gets more and more jealous by the day, considering how well my tech half is being fed with info.

Sure, there are some great forums like gearslutz.com and decent subreddits, but those are mostly centered around personal inquiries and suggestions.

If anyone knows a site where audio-technical soft- and hardware developers meet, discuss cutting edge technology and share general ideas about music, please let me know.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by ScottWhigham on Monday August 19, 2013 @01:01PM (#6238255)

I think forums fit the bill for most musicians I know - The Gear Page and Gearslutz are two popular ones but there are tons. Both TGP and GS have few "developers" but they are there. Outside of that, the music industry is so fragged that I think mostly there are lots of niche forums. Facebook groups have taken a small chunk too, I think. I'd be up for it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by burrokeet on Monday August 19, 2013 @12:41PM (#6238148)

A couple interesting places:

DJ Tech Tools forums (a lot of stuff about controllerism and related hacking topics) - http://forums.djtechtools.com/

Create Digital Music - http://www.createdigitalmusic.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by fujitak on Monday August 19, 2013 @02:46PM (#6238863)

I've been a HarmonyCentral reader/contributor for a while. Maybe this is what you are looking for? http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/Forums/ct-p/Forums

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by heuermh on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @06:26PM (#6247006)

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm also looking for someplace better, as I'm not very fond of forums.

That said, here are a bunch of forum links:

electro-music.com http://www.electro-music.com/forum/

Muff's Modules & More http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/

GuitarPCB.com http://www.guitarpcb.com/apps/forums/

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by wturner on Monday August 19, 2013 @06:23PM (#6240304)

It's very scattered. I dipped into the ring when I put together wikiaudio ..... but it never worked out.

Socialsounddesign.com hasn't been mentioned so there's another one for you.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by thattallguy on Monday August 19, 2013 @12:01PM (#6237935)

The closest I've found is the subreddit r/WeAreTheMusicMakers . Totally not as technically focused as you've outlined above, but I've seen some interesting threads.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by lewispollard on Monday August 19, 2013 @12:09PM (#6237976)

The more specific production subreddits are a lot better than WATMM I've found - stuff like /r/drums, /r/edmproduction, etc

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by brickmort on Monday August 19, 2013 @12:21PM (#6238042)

also /r/audioengineering, tangiential but relevant.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a site like HN for musicians? by kiep on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @06:48PM (#6247099)

Expert Knob Twiddlers

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