links page

Associated Websites

Reflect Creative   web & paper design company run by my lovely friend Ilze!

Matt Dixey   matt's homepage (where's it gone matt?)

Miles Cain   miles' own website

spyhop   reading based trippy duo!

Eve & The Garden   paul's former band

nChant   alison eve-cudby's medieval inspired singing group's new homepage

Anna McArthur Garden Design   a wonderfully talented garden designer

Equipment Links

Mark of the Unicorn  home of the makers of Digital Performer & Hard Disk recording systems

Musictrack - UK suppliers of all things MOTU and a wonderful support team!

Crimson Guitars  just about the best guitars in the universe, the astonishing Ben Crowe

Parker Guitars  just about the 2nd best guitars in the universe

Stick Enterprises  makers of the remarkable and often impenetrable Chapman Stick™

tfpro  first Fawlty Towers, now pro-audio.  the torquay massive!  though we're not allowed to mention that whole Joe Meek thing now, tfpro are still the products of audio genius ted fletcher.  i had my P2 on hire for 1day and then rang Adam to just buy it!!  fantastic products - do yourself a favour, try the P2 and transform your sound.

Auralex   fantastic range of room treatment foam products including MoPAD monitor isolators, which are astounding - they work the minute you shove them under your monitors - they may just look like foam but...   tollbooth is proud to have Auralex Roominator DST kits in the control room - and thanks to Paul Eastwood at Audio Agency in the UK for sorting out the order!

Line 6 Products  POD & POD2 / Bass POD info & support

Focusrite   makers of the wonderful Platinum series processors.  Great workhorse additions to your rack.

Mackie - home of the HR624 monitors and the Universal Control surface oh - and the Big Knob!

Roger Linn Designs   makers of the amazing AdrenaLinn II guitar processor - a wonderful beat-synched device from the daddy of the drum machine.  i hate to boast, but Roger Linn signed my AdrenaLinn himself!  why is it only me that gets excited about that??

Tech 21   makers of the SansAmp series and also the astonishing Trademark amplifiers!

Native Instruments   designers of some of the most innovative and usable soft-synths & instruments

Spectrasonics   home of the most beautiful soft synth ever - Roger Persing's Atmosphere Dream Synth module & the astonishing Stylus RMX groove machine

Tannoy  check out the Reveal nearfield monitors, fantastic budget monitors

The Amazing EBow  coolest extension to a musical instrument ever.

AudioEase  use VST plug-ins, even when you don't have Cubase!!!  Home of the new Audio Units wrappers and the astounding Altiverb Reverb plug-in

Waves Digital Audio Processing   the all-time classic plug-ins

Alesis   lovely and faithful signal processors

tc electronic   highly intuitive and musical signal processors

dbx  compression & dynamic processors

www.spiritbysoundcraft.com  desks, desks and did I mention... desks

Akai Products samplers

Antares Auto-Tune  home of the worst kept secret in music.  better b-e-lieeeeee-ve it!

Behringer  dynamic processors & effectors - also some great budget workhorse tools like cable testers, patch bays etc etc 

Glyph  great external drive bay solutions

Propellerhead Software  home of the awesome Reason software

r o x i o  new home of Adaptec Jam

R o l a n d U K  does what it says on the tin

Time Space  cool and creative sample cds

Suppliers

Jigsaw Systems   these guys are just the best.  knowledgeable, helpful.... nice! rare and precious things in the audio industry these days.  they pretty much refitted tollbooth after the doncaster move.  talk to rob williams in sales.

Turnkey Home Page  the charing cross road deal kings, now have a very good online service

Richer Sounds  want hi-fi components - don't look anywhere else

RaperAndWayman.com  expensive studio gear but their service is unparalleled

Musikhaus Thomann - English version  v approachable cheap gear on import from Germany - beware of possible problems with warranties.  some manufacturers will not honour your warranty if bought outside the UK.  roland in particular.  great for things that are non critical though, like mike stands and peripherals.

Digital Village  the best advice & service for PC & Mac recording systems

CANCOM Apple Mac and PC Hardware & Software  excellent web based Mac supplier

B&Q  the only DIY shop worth touching.  all staff over 12 even on sunday!!

SendIt  for when you just need to kick back with a DVD - just the friendliest customer care ever

mathmos  for the all-time creative essential - the lavalamp.

black mountain chilli   fantastic products to groove up your guitar life!

Resources

Musicians' Union  if you are a muso, get involved!!

MakePovertyHistory  please please please also get involved!!  2005 is a crucial year to be a UK citizen!

Riviera Multimedia   really nice people who supply all our media and packaging stuff!

Yorkshire Mac Users Group  wonderful group of people who keep the studio working!!!

DulyNoted   if you are a musician, poet, writer or just general creative person, check out my friend Jules' copyright provision site.  good value copyright registration schemes offered!

Digital Domain - CD Mastering, Replication, Digital Imaging & more...  all stuff digital

Greenbelt Festivals  the official site

Guitar Craft  more philosophising on the art & craft of guitar.  actually well worth a few hours.

HitQuarters - Resource For Songwriters, Artists, Producers  semi-commercial site for industry contacts

Home Recording dot com  a goldmine for panic moments when all goes horribly wrong

Image Farm Royalty-Free Stock Photography  stuck for a demo cover??

Songwriters WebRing Homepage  some good sites - some..erm...

Alesis - Craig's Corner  excellent guide from alesis on studio maintenance etc

Britlinks  me pals at britlinks

The Phantom Tollbooth  namesakes but no connection.  cool site.  nice people

Sound On Sound  the holy grail - don't ever buy anything if it's had a bad review in here!!!!!

WOMAD - World of Music Arts and Dance  just get there and learn

Barbara The Bread for all my friends with food intolerances - this woman is a genius!  Hugely wonderful resource for gluten-free baking!

Space Calculator   really handy little hard disk space calculator utility from glyph

Ultravox   go and relive the sheer genius that was Ultravox, and have a chat with lovely people!