An area where a lexicon of musical instruments is being established. The emphasis is on the needs of MIDI musicians when orchestrating their sequences. Typically, each entry has a brief history of the instrument, its photo, a diagram of its range or compass, with a sample which you can hear, its compatibility with other instruments, often with samples, and some downloadable MIDI sequences demonstrating the technical possibilities of the instrument. Some of the contemporary MIDI composers whose works are listed with MIDIbiz have entries giving biographical notes, photo, home pages, and with a shortcut to their MIDI works in the Forum. Sites supplying data on composers and musicians.
Live studio broadcasts on the Internet.
A library of animated GIFs for viewing and downloading. While most of the applications are shareware, some are freeware, and of a very high standard. Three major databases where you can do a search to find out who wrote a song, who owns it, and who you need to pay if you want to sell your sequences of it. There is a link to Stanford which has a legal area devoted to the increasingly important area of 'fair use'. Another important link is to the US Library of Congress Copyright Office, whose database has easily understandable tracts on copyright matters.