http://discuss.slashgear.com/tags/music Discuss Gadgets! en-US Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:03:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://discuss.slashgear.com/search.php http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/guitarbud-lets-you-connect-your-guitar-to-your-iphone#post-8493 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:34:22 +0000 Shane McGlaun 8493@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>As close as I come to playing a musical instrument is the occasional round of Rock Band. If you are a guitarist looking for an easier way to record your songs and jam sessions, using your iPhone or iPod touch the <a href="http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/PRS-Guitar-Bud-Interface-Cable-for-iPhone-and-iPod-Touch?sku=423207&amp;src=3WFRWXX&amp;ZYXSEM=0&amp;CAWELAID=437922359">Guitarbud</a> device is just what you need.</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/guitarbuds-sg.jpg" alt="guitarbuds sg" width="500" height="371" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-77397" title="" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/guitarbud-lets-you-connect-your-guitar-to-your-iphone-1177396/">Guitarbud lets you connect your guitar to your iPhone</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/zoom-drops-new-g2nu-and-g21nu-guitar-pedals-for-rockers#post-8526 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:32:14 +0000 Shane McGlaun 8526@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>My lack of musical talent has been well documented. I attribute my musical inability to the lack of interest in any sort of practice. Guitarists have all sorts of gadgets and gear they can use to make their music sound better and different like effects pedals and other stuff. A company called Zoom has unveiled a couple new effects pedals for guitarists called the <a href="http://maxborgesagencyblog.com/2010/03/11/power-tone-and-intuitive-control-advance-with-zoom%E2%80%99s-g2nu-and-g2-1nu/">G2Nu and the G2.1Nu</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/zoompedal-sg.jpg" alt="zoompedal sg" width="500" height="387" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-77477" title="" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/zoom-drops-new-g2nu-and-g2-1nu-guitar-pedals-for-rockers-1277476/">Zoom drops new G2Nu and G2.1Nu guitar pedals for rockers</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/ok-go%e2%80%99s-rube-goldberg-machine-an-engineered-feat-of-creative-complexity-video#post-8288 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:25:49 +0000 Paul Fang 8288@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Rock group OK Go’s unique music video featuring perfectly synchronized treadmills may have some competition, well, from their own latest music video, which takes the concept of the Rube Goldberg to a whole new level.  Check out the insane genius (or persistence) in the MV after the break.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-76609" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ok-go-540x280.png" alt="ok go 540x280" width="540" height="280" title="" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/ok-go%e2%80%99s-rube-goldberg-machine-an-engineered-feat-of-creative-complexity-video-0376608/">OK Go’s Rube Goldberg Machine, an engineered feat of creative complexity [Video]</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/yamaha-unveils-new-tenori-on-orange-musical-inspiration-device#post-7859 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:04:53 +0000 Shane McGlaun 7859@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>I have seen some strange musical gadgets before, but the Tenori-On from Yamaha is one of the strangest. We first spied the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/yamaha-tenori-on-sequencer-or-av-art-317079/">original gadget</a> way back in 2007 when it debuted. The original device is far from cheap at a street price of $999. Yamaha has unveiled a new, cheaper version called the <a href="http://www.tenori-onusa.com/tenori-on/us/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=1&amp;products_id=22">Tenori-On O</a> with a street price of $699.99.</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yamahatemorio-sg.jpg" alt="yamahatemorio sg" width="500" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-75107" title="" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/yamaha-unveils-new-tenori-on-orange-musical-inspiration-device-2275106/">Yamaha unveils new Tenori-On Orange musical inspiration device</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/notput-music-table-helps-students-learn-to-read-music#post-7740 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:19:59 +0000 Shane McGlaun 7740@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>When I was in first grade, I thought it would be really cool to learn to play the guitar. I went to about four lessons before I realized that I couldn’t just pick up an electric guitar and learning an instrument was a lot like going to school. The hardest part was learning to read music. If I had had the Notput music table, I probably still would have quit lessons, but at least I might have learned to read music.</p> <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/musictable-sg.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-74787"><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/musictable-sg.jpg" alt="musictable sg" width="500" height="333" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-74787" title="" /></a></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/notput-music-table-helps-students-learn-to-read-music-1874786/">Notput music table helps students learn to read music</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/warner-music-schooled-in-supply-and-demand-by-way-of-itunes-pricing#post-7449 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:11:38 +0000 Paul Fang 7449@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Warner Music Group has confirmed what most may have assumed all along  – increased iTunes pricing on various music tracks leads to slower sales of said music tracks.</p> <p><a rel="attachment wp-att-73452" href="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/itunes.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-73452" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/itunes.png" alt="itunes" width="450" height="283" title="" /></a></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/warner-music-schooled-in-supply-and-demand-by-way-of-itunes-pricing-0973451/">Warner Music schooled in supply and demand by way of iTunes pricing</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/buffalo-linkstation-pro-duo-review#post-2692 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:21:17 +0000 James Allan Brady 2692@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>So I met with Buffalo at CES, and then shortly after they were kind enough to send me their LinkStation Pro Duo for review. I must say I am impressed, it is quite squarely aimed at business users, but for home users, it has some fairly useful features as well.</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/gallery/data_files/2/7/8/BuffalNASLinkStationProDuo2.JPG" title="" alt="" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/buffalo-linkstation-pro-duo-review-0610116/">Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo review</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/beat-thang-lets-djs-and-producers-make-beats-anywhere#post-5257 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:08:54 +0000 Shane McGlaun 5257@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>I&#8217;m a bit of an ADD type so I don&#8217;t listen to music when I am working or I get distracted. I know some people who are the opposite and can only work if they have music. If music is your work a cool new hardware device called the <a href="http://www.beatkangz.com/">Beat Thang</a> has debuted that lets you mix beats and tracks anywhere.</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/beatthang-2.jpg" alt="beatthang 2" width="500" height="341" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-66126" title="" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/beat-thang-lets-djs-and-producers-make-beats-anywhere-1666125/">Beat Thang lets DJs and producers make beats anywhere</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/jaybird-bluetooth-stereo-headphones-reviewed#post-4973 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:18:26 +0000 James Allan Brady 4973@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>So they are Bluetooth, they don’t have an ugly lanyard attached, and they are really simple to use. There is a small wire that connects behind the head, but that’s about it, all the hardware sits on your ears.</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/gallery/data_files/2/7/8/JayBirdBluetoothHeadset.jpg" title="" alt="JayBirdBluetoothHeadset" /></p> <p>Sure, that sounds uncomfortable, but both halves are balanced as far as weight goes, and they don’t feel uncomfortable at all. The best part, they are made for jogging, and other such activities, so they don’t jiggle, or move, or otherwise feel like they are going to fall off, trust me I tried it. I mean, “My Plague” by Slipknot came up on my computer and started playing, and I went full on headbanger’s ball style, bending at the waist and flailing up and down just like I was at the concert, and nothing moved.</p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/jaybird-bluetooth-stereo-headphones-reviewed-218627/">JayBird Bluetooth Stereo Headphones Reviewed</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/technics-axe-1200-and-1210-turntables#post-4506 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:30:03 +0000 Chris Davies 4506@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>The digital juggernaut continues its mindless destruction of analog classics, with the latest brand to throw in the towel being venerable club favorite Technics.  Manufacturing parent <a href="http://www.panasonic.com/" target="_blank">Panasonic</a> has apparently issued a statement blaming &#8220;low sales globally in analogue turntables&#8221; for the demise of the Technics 1200 and 1210 decks, which it will cease producing in February 2010.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-64582" title="technics_1200_mk2" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/technics_1200_mk2-540x405.jpg" alt="technics 1200 mk2 540x405" width="540" height="405" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/technics-axe-1200-and-1210-turntables-2764581/">Technics axe 1200 and 1210 turntables</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/bliptronic-5000-synth-is-monome-on-a-budget-video#post-4502 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:15:13 +0000 Chris Davies 4502@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Devices like Yamaha&#8217;s <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/yamaha-tenori-on-sequencer-or-av-art-317079/" target="_blank">Tenori-On</a> or the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/monome-turned-into-diy-low-res-twitter-display-video-1660735/" target="_blank">monome</a> are great, but their pricing is definitely out of the &#8220;casual treat&#8221; range and well into &#8220;serious investment&#8221;.  Stepping into the fray to sate your button-led retro synth whimsy needs, therefore, comes the <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/musical-instruments/c4e1/" target="_blank">$49.99 Bliptronic 5000</a>, a battery-powered 8-bit synth that makes pattern-based music creation indecently straightforward.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-64568" title="bliptronic_5000_led_synth_4" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bliptronic_5000_led_synth_4.jpg" alt="bliptronic 5000 led synth 4" width="400" height="336" /></p> <p><em>Video demo after the cut</em></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bliptronic-5000-synth-is-monome-on-a-budget-video-2764564/">Bliptronic 5000 synth is monome on a budget [Video]</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/arduino-enabled-didgeridoo-makes-for-bizarre-music-manipulation-video#post-4076 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:39:45 +0000 Chris Davies 4076@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Ah, <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/arduino" target="_blank">Arduino</a> &#8211; is there anything you can&#8217;t do?  Didgeridoo enthusiast Kyle Evans decided to take his instrument of choice <a href="http://yaktronix.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">into the wireless age</a>, by coupling it with a Bluetooth-capable Arduino microprocessor and custom-built externally-mounted sound modules that allow the player to manipulate the sound and control various software instruments (that, again, have been custom created).  The end result looks like it should fire rockets and sounds like nothing on Earth.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-63417" title="electronic_didgeridoo_2" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/electronic_didgeridoo_2.jpg" alt="electronic didgeridoo 2" width="400" height="300" /></p> <p><em>Video demo after the cut</em></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/arduino-enabled-didgeridoo-makes-for-bizarre-music-manipulation-video-1263415/">Arduino-enabled didgeridoo makes for bizarre music manipulation [Video]</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/google-discover-music-search-launches-previews-mp3-downloads-video#post-3605 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:38:14 +0000 Chris Davies 3605@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Google&#8217;s rumored <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/google-audio-music-download-store-coming-october-28th-2161355/" target="_blank">push into music</a> has panned out into an <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/making-search-more-musical.html" target="_blank">new search function</a> with integrated playback.  Thanks to a deal with MySpace (who have acquired media playback firm iLike) and Lala, searches for songs, artists or albums will also produce links to audio previews and places you can actually buy the track.  Meanwhile partnerships with Pandora, Rhapsody and imeem will offer suggestions of similar artists and music.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62161" title="google discover music search" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/google-discover-music-search-540x181.jpg" alt="google discover music search" width="540" height="181" /></p> <p><em>Video overview after the cut</em></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/google-discover-music-search-launches-previews-mp3-downloads-video-2962160/">Google Discover Music search launches: previews &#038; MP3 downloads [Video]</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/google-audio-music-download-store-coming-october-28th#post-3320 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:57:36 +0000 Chris Davies 3320@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p><img class="size-full wp-image-61360 alignright" title="google_audio_logo" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/google_audio_logo.jpg" alt="google audio logo" width="274" height="138" />It seems the rift between Google and Apple is growing; after the latter made moves to supply its own mapping technologies for the iPhone and iPod touch, Google now looks set to kick off its own music service to rival iTunes.  According to TechCrunch&#8217;s sources, the so-called Google Audio service will <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/google-to-partner-with-ilike-and-lala-for-new-music-service/" target="_blank">launch on October 28th</a>, and offer US users both access to streaming media together with purchase/download links.</p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/google-audio-music-download-store-coming-october-28th-2161355/">Google Audio music download store coming October 28th?</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/alesis-dm6-digital-drum-kit-for-rock-band-upgraders#post-2441 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:30:11 +0000 Chris Davies 2441@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Lured into a frenzy of drumming thanks to <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/rock-band" target="_blank">Rock Band</a> and its bashable peripherals?  Ready to trade up to a real instrument?  <a href="http://www.alesis.com/" target="_blank">Alesis</a> may have the answer for those who&#8217;d like a little more freedom with their drum kit but who still have family or housemates not keen to be kept up all night, in the shape of the <a href="http://alesis.com/dm6kit" target="_blank">Alesis DM6 Kit</a>.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-58054" title="alesis_dm6_kit" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/alesis_dm6_kit-525x500.jpg" alt="alesis dm6 kit 525x500" width="525" height="500" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/alesis-dm6-digital-drum-kit-for-rock-band-upgraders-2558053/">Alesis DM6 digital drum kit for Rock Band upgraders</a></p>