Links
Train your ears
SoundGym
Short daily ear-training games for producers and engineers: EQ, compression, panning, levels.
ToneGym
Ear training for musicians: intervals, chords, scales and pitch, as games and workouts.
Learn by doing
Ableton Learning Music
Free, in-browser lessons on beats, chords, melody and song structure. No DAW needed.
Ableton Learning Synths
A playable synth in your browser that walks you through oscillators, filters, envelopes and LFOs.
musictheory.net
Short, clear theory lessons and drills: notes, intervals, scales, chords and ear training.
Communities
r/WeAreTheMusicMakers
Reddit's big general community for making music: production, songwriting, gear and feedback.
r/audioengineering
Recording, mixing and studio questions, answered by working engineers and serious hobbyists.
r/edmproduction
Electronic music production: sound design, arrangement, mixdowns and feedback threads.
r/mixingmastering
Focused on mixing and mastering, with mix critiques and before-and-after comparisons.
r/musictheory
Theory questions at every level, from reading notes to analysing harmony.
Gearspace
The long-running pro audio forum: recording, mixing, mastering and studio gear.
Elektronauts
The forum for Elektron users, and one of the friendliest places to talk hardware, jamming and workflow.
lines (llllllll)
A community around monome, norns, modular and experimental music practice. Thoughtful and generous.
ModWiggler
The long-running forum for modular synthesis: Eurorack, Buchla, Serge, DIY and everything in between.
Discover music
Bandcamp Daily
Bandcamp's editorial site: genre deep dives, label profiles and the best new releases, written by people who love them.
WhoSampled
Who sampled what, who covered whom, and where a famous break came from.
Every Noise at Once
A map of thousands of genres, each with an example. A rabbit hole for finding sounds you've never heard.
Where the videos come from
YouTube
Every video here is hosted on YouTube and plays through its embedded player. Thanks to the creators who make them.
Hacker News
Some picks started as Hacker News recommendations. This link opens HN's search for music production.
HackerTube
The site that collects the videos Hacker News talks about, and the model for this one.