General : an overview

An online store : American musicals: www.americanmusical.com
Academic buyers: http://www.etcetera.co.uk/learning.shtml
Before you start shopping: What do you need for a computer/digital music system?
Components: http://www.computermusic.co.uk/basics/basics.asp
Digital Music's Basic Guide on setting up your system http://www.digitalmusicworld.com/html/hardware/ConnectingPCs/MidiTutorialP1.php

Lists of hardware manufacturers

Lexicon
Yamaha
Creative Lab
Casio
Kurzweil
Alesis

Shareware

Music Programs to download (converter, player, etc)http://drn.digitalriver.com/category.php?id=197&SiteID=driverguide

Links

Music Yellow Page http://www.musicyellowpages.com/
Synthzone http://www.synthzone.com/
How to make mp3 file http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=999
Web listing to other sites http://www.lukol.com/Top/Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/; http://www.djpeanuts.co.uk/directory/Computers; http://www.jaspergifts.com/Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/
The system: How computer plays sound http://www.pctechguide.com/11sound.htm
Build your own studio http://www.tweakheadz.com/newbie_guide.htm
MIDI guide http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/anaes/rpa/Loadsmanextras/midi.html

Research in Digital Music Digital music has been extensively studied by many computer scientists. Here are only some of the many: