Since this forum is the best, I want an alternative hang-out to read a little news and pick up a few tips about sound design, production techniques, reviews of VSTs etc.
I now hang at KVR but many people seem very immature, noob-ish and rants/flamewars are very frequent, many topics are pretty useless too.
Any recommendations? Gearslutz seem like a good place to start in a quick look.
Check out createdigitalmusic.com
They write about everything from professional DAWs to trackers like Renoise and Milkytracker. Not so many tests and such, but a lot of interesting stuff on creating digital music in various forms.
Kara-Moon.com has a general forum which is pretty mature and has a great samples section.
it does not have great exposure, but certainly deserves more
big blue lounge mostly mac users, but lot’s of relevant non-os-related subjects.
http://www.bigbluelounge.com/forums/index.php
just take a look at my sig 
it contains experimental chiptune music and some harder stuff.
you should check it out.
dnbforum
breakcore.nl
partyflock (not really for musicians but handy for promotional use)
kraakpiep
all for dutchies…
Nice, it looks like I have some checking to do tonight 
Thanks guys!
Is it me or is this forum completely dead?
It’s no widerstand to be sure, but it’s not entirely dead. They have compos every once and a while. I’m not particularly active on there though.
nice thread
foem (big forum with monthly remix competition of well-known techno acts)
mnml.nl (good forum)
for germans:
synthesizer forum (big, very mature)
technoforum (very mature, great community)
deejay forum
patrick lindsey forum (great community)
If he wants maturity I would advise to avoid Dogs On Acid and Blackout Audio with a bargepole.
Haven’t been on there for a month or so now but seemed more active than most similarly aimed forums, such as C8.
MartinIR: What kind of music are you into/write? Makes a lot of difference to what would be suitable to suggest.
Good point. I make mostly dance and I want to try some orchestral stuff. I’m not a breakcore guy which many of the regulars seem to be 