- geared toward synthesis of leftfield sound elements
- probably using traditional synthesis methods e.g subtractive, FM etc.

- not necessarily tied to any platform/software/hardware just general
- perhaps somewhere I could post a short audio clip of a sound and people could chime in about how they would synthesize that type of sound



http://puredata.hurleur.com/ Pd forum, covers all the bold points very well, very helpful community as is this list.

I like http://createdigitalmusic.com/ for general news rather then specific advice, kind of a well of ideas.

If you find a really good general synth community I'd love to hear about it too.

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Richie