Music FTP Index
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Music ftp sites
The information in this document is derived from: a file maintained by Piet van Oostrum who is setting up a midi archive at ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] and would welcome submissions; from the results of searches carried out on behalf of the Music TLTP Project by Graham Stark of the the Dept. of Music of the University of Glasgow; and form information provided by colleagues here at the University of Leeds: Dr. David Cooper Director of the Electronic Studio in the Department of Music and Kia Ng of the School of Computer Studies. (See also Music FTP Sites without information about contents).
- plaza.aamet.edu.au/ contains basically mirrors of Simtel-20- IBM compat; info-mac - Macintosh; aminet - Amiga.
The relevant directories for music and sound are Simtel-20 /micros/pc/oak/music: all sorts of sound, midi, music type progs; info-mac /micros/mac/info-mac/snd; basically System7 sound files of lots of movies etc; and /micros/mac/info-mac/snd/util - utilities for sound manipulation, midi sequencers etc; aminet - /micros/amiga/aminet/mus - lots of stuff for amiga sound format translation, midi stuff etc
- alfuib.no/: music kit
- atari.archive.umich.edu/atari/Music at atari.archive.umich.edu [141.211.164.8].
- sounds.sdsu.edu/: Large amount of samples (8-bit Mu-law)
- biome.bio.ns.ca/: Lyrics
- castrovalva.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.33.197] contains some Macintosh stuff and the EMUSIC-L mailing list archives.
- cattell.psych.upenn.edu/pub/Music.Research [12128.91.2.173] Archives of the Music-Research Digest
- ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/ See Note 5
- cs.utk.edu:/pub/martin/K2000 Kurzweill samples (maintained by martin@cs.utk.edu).
- cs.uwp.edu/ Databases of interviews, pics, press etc,
- cs.uwp.edu/pub/music/programs has Roland canvas editors, Proaudio-Spectrum+ 1 6 software developer kit.
- einstein.mse.lehigh.edu/ Scores
- elof.iit.edu/pub/drum/acoustics
- emx.cc.utexas.edu/music56k/ has 56000 music language plus read/write midi transfer from Csnd-Midi
- emx.cc.utexas.edu/pub/music/NeXT/
- euler.math.usma.edu/pub/acoustic
- f.ms.uky.edu/pub/atari/music Note 1
- ftp-ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de/pub/tx16w/samples TX16W samples, maintained by one of the TX16W list-members, while there are back issues of the TX-16W newsletter in pub/tx16w/mail with a mirror site in the U.S.A. at ftp.aii.com:/pub/midi/tx16w
- FTP.CICA.INDIANA.EDU/pub/pc/win3/sounds A shareware sequencer called WinJammer for MS-Windows
- ftp.cwi.nl/pub/audio/ Audio file format specs, or you can read them with this browser;
- ftp.eu.net/comp/mac/sound
- ftp.udel.edu/pub/midi/software
- ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/kurzweil Kurzweill samples (maintained by jbuckman@aas.org)
- Garbo.Uwasa.fihas NoiseTracker/SoundTracker MOD files, and Soundblaster things in /pc/sb and /pc/music while you can find more at:
- gdr.bath.ac.uk/msdos/music Note 2.
- impaqt1.mem.drexel.edu/pub/files/ibm/midi [129.25.10.1] has a couple of msdos files.
- interviews.stanford.edu/dist/2.5/iv/doc/composition interviews.
- IR5/contrib/lib/andrew/atk/music/ "play":A package that provides an interface for playing notes and tones on an IBM/RT/PC keyboard
- IRCAM has an anonymous ftp site at ftp.ircam.fr. Since they are connected to the Internet via a 9600b line, please try to do your bulk transfers between 10pm MET and 8 am MET as a courtesy to their users. Please use, don't abuse! Its contents include:
- music/ Computer music software and info
- archives/ List of directories of some well-known comp music ftp sites
- databases/ Music databases
- doc/ Documentation
- FAQ/ FAQ about audio, dsp, etc...
- MIDI/ MIDI standard definition
- papers/ Papers on music
- OMR/ Bibliographies in Optical Music Recognition
- programs/ Repository of public domain computer music programs
- irus.rri.uwo.ca:/pub/music
contains a Cubase demo. You might also try anonymous FTP to ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/cubase
- liasun3.epfl.ch/pub/audio The Csound Manual.
- lotus.UWaterloo.ca/pub/sgroup directory A Roland Sampler archive that includes introductory information, useful utilities (read Roland disks on your computer), archives of the mailing list, and some samples.
- louie.udel.edu/pub/midi [128.175.1.3] has various patches, samples, sequences and software.
- mac.archive.umich.edu/mac/sound/midi [141.211.165.41].
- mcsun.eu.net/comp/mac/sound
- media-lab.media.mit.edu/music/midi at MIT media-lab.media.mit.edu [18.85.0.2].
- nextweek.reed.edu/pub/samples [134.10.2.20] has EPS-16+ samples. A list is in /pub/docs/samples/sample.index.txt. There are some programs for the EPS in /pub/utils(Atari ST and MSDOS). See /pub/docs/utils for info.
- nic.funet.fi/pub/culture/music includes:
- nic.funet.fi/pub/culture/music/DAT, All text files, score, sounds and papers.
- nic.funet.fi/pub/culture/music/ethnomusicologists,
- nic.funet.fi/pub/culture/music/indian,
- nic.funet.fi/pub/culture/music/lyrics,
- nic.funet.fi/pub/culture/music/middle-eastem,
- nic.funet.fi/pub/culture/music/samples
- nic.funet.fipub/msdos/sound/cakewalk [128.214.6.100] Cakewalk files.
- nic.switch.ch/ Scores/sounds
- nuri.inria.fr/ mac,sparc,atarist,unix,ibmpc,Next
- pinus.slu.se/msdos.nfs.sunet.se/mirrors/msdos/music MBLOCKS.ARC-musical blocks: graphical music creation program.
- plains.nodak.edu/ az.shk, gsirc.sh, msg.bxy,mathemusic.shk,sndsmithl0l.shk No documentation
- potemkin.cs.pdx.edu/ ravel: a C-like interpreted programming language that directly supports MIDI music constructs. It combines C-like features with MIDI facilities built into the language. The system is intended to be used for building algorithmic based music systems; also pip Music to graphics for IBMPC
- princeton.edu/ Note 3
- qiclab.scn.rain.com/ Note 4 No documentation
- qiclab.scn.rain.com/pub/music contains various conversion programs.
- scam.berkeley.edu/misc/netjam/submissions at scam.berkeley.edu [128.32.138.1] contains netjam submissions on midifiles.
- sol.cs.ruu.nl/midi/ATARI:midi/mmm Midi Music Maker, V2.21
- sol.cs.ruu.nl/midi/perfpich Pitch training for MIDI users, V 1. I
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk/dist/2.5/iv/doc/composition interviews
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/comp.archives/music "Lime"-Notation for Mac-Qabriel":block diagram programming environment for DSP
- sweaty.palm.cri.nz (161.66.1.11) EMAX (I and II) FTP sitewith some samples, FAQ, archives of mailing list and some software to allow sample interchange for PC compatibles
- toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp/ /X/X.Vl
- ucsd.edu .[128.54.16.1] MIDI files, patches and a few programs. See the directory midi
- wagner.musicnet.ua.edu is a site that just started to collect music stuff. Report all problems/questions to root@tbf.musicnet.ua.edu.
This document edited by Peter J. Nix
and last revised on 8/12/93
More Music FTP Sites
(See also Music FTP Sites with information about contents).
Sites returned by Archie search with keyword "Music"
Prepared 21/3/94 by P. J. Nix
of the Department of Music of the University of Leeds.
cs.uwp.edu 131.210.1.4
louie.udel.edu 128.175.1.3
ucsd.edu 128.54.16.1
ems.media.mit.edu 18.85.0.104 /pub/Csound/Samples
K2000
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ftp.uwp.edu 131.210.1.4 /pub/music/lists/kurzweil
(maintained by jbuckman@aas.org)
cs.utk.edu 128.169.201.1 /pub/martin/K2000
(maintained by martin@cs.utk.edu)
Roland S series
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lotus.uwaterloo.ca 129.97.140.9 /pub/sgroup
Ensoniq EPS
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ftp.reed.edu 134.10.2.24 /pub/eps
Emu Emax
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sweaty.palm.cri.nz 161.66.1.11 /emax
(maintained by hrpsdj@pnv.palm.cri.nz)
Yamaha TX16W
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ftp-ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
129.217.52.140 /pub/tx16W
(maintained by ruprecht@ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de)
Also SampleVision?
faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de #Amiga ftp site
louie.udel.edu 128.175.1.3 #Midi/Synth patches stuff
atari.archive.umich.edu 141.211.165.41 #Atari ftp site
amiga.physik.unizh.ch 130.60.80.80 #Amiga ftp site
nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 #Finnish Amiga/IBMPC/SVR4/Linux
athena.sdsu.edu 130.191.224.8 #SanDiegoState Samples ftp site
litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32 #Amiga ftp site
qiclab.scn.rain.com 147.28.0.97 #Midi stuff
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 #Amiga/PC/Atari & Mirrors ftp site
garfield.catt.ncsu.edu 152.1.43.23 #Midi stuff
ucsd.edu 128.54.16.1 #Midi stuff
aupair.cs.athabascau.ca 131.232.10.8 #Amiga ftp site
merlin.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20 #Amiga ftp site
oes.orst.edu 128.193.124.2 #Amiga ftp site
usenet.mcs.kent.edu 131.123.2.137 #Mod files
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil 192.88.110.20 #DOS files
Simtel20.Army.Mil
oak.oakland.edu 141.210.10.117 #DOS files
castrovalva.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.33.197 #Macintosh files & Midi
Garbo.Uwasa.fi 128.214.87.1 #DOS SoundBlaster files
archive.epas.utoronto.ca /pub/pc/ultrasound
wagner.musicnet.ua.edu 130.160.156.75 /pub/music/csound.
ftp.cs.ruu.nl
SOX source is free, from netcom.com:pub/thinman/st.[1-9].Z
From: oliver@math.uni-muenster.de (Oliver Bellmann)
Date: 8 Oct 1993 10:36:50 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: MODCHART.SITES
Hello Friends!
This is a list of anonymous-ftp-sites that have MOD-files.
AUSTRALIA:
plaza.aarnet.edu.au /micros/amiga/incoming/mods
GERMANY:
ftp.germany.eu.net /pub/comp/amiga/mods
ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 /pub/amiga/wuarchive/mods
/incoming/amiga/mods
ftp.uni-muenster.de /pub/sounds/
ftp.uni-oldenburg.de /pub/amiga/incoming/mods
ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7
/pub/amiga/uni-kl/wuarchive/mods Mirror of
/pub/amiga/uni-kl/uni-kl/mods ftp.uni-kl.de
/pub/amiga/uni-kl/incoming/mods
/pub/amiga/sound/modules
rs3.hrz.th-darmstadt.de /pub/machines/amiga/aminet/mods
UNITED KINGDOM:
ftp.brad.ac.uk /misc/mods/ and /incoming/mods/
FINLAND:
nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/amiga/audio/modules
FRANCE:
geocub.greco-prog.fr /pub/incoming/amiga/mods
SWEDEN:
ftp.luth.se 130.240.16.3 /pub/OS/amiga/mods
lysator.liu.se /pub/amiga/mods
USA:
ftp.uwp.edu (cs.uwp.edu)/pub/music/sounds/mods
/pub/music/lists/btl/mods
/pub/incoming/sounds/mods
/pub/incoming/msdos/modplayer/mods
ftp.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.5.59 /pub/amiga
ftp.mcs.kent.edu /pub/SB-Adlib/ntmods
oes.orst.edu /pub/mirror/amiga.physik.unizh.ch/amiga/mods
wuarchive.wustl.edu (ftp.wustl.edu) 128.252.135.4
/systems/amiga/incoming/mods
/systems/amiga/audio/music
/mirrors4/amiga.physik.unizh.ch/amiga/mods
AMINET:
*** THE MODS + TEXTFILES OF THE MODCHARTS ARE HERE!!!
Australia splat.aarnet.edu.au 192.107.107.6 /pub/aminet
(closed 6:30 am to 4 pm on weekdays)
Switzerland amiga.physik.unizh.ch 130.60.80.80 /pub/aminet/
Switzerland litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32 /pub/aminet/
Scandinavia ftp.luth.se 130.240.16.3 /pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 /pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 /pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.th-darmstadt.de 130.83.55.75 /pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.32 /pub/aminet
Germany ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.1.43 /pub/aminet
USA ftp.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20 /pub/aminet/
USA ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /pub/aminet/
USA oes.orst.edu 128.193.124.2 /pub/aminet/
The charts are in /pub/amiga/aminet/mods/charts/
If there is another anonymous "MOD-server" close to you which is
not yet in this list or if any of these servers listed above is
off duty or shows a "strange" behavior, please let me know immediately.
I'm trying to keep this list as much up-to-date as possible. Thank you.
Oliver (oliver@math.uni-muenster.de)
(a.k.a. HITMAN on IRC, #modcharts)
Janus.Library.cmu.edu /next/Library/Mods