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Seaboard GRAND Is A Keyboard With Flexible Keys

ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

With synthesizers and electronic keyboards (no, your Electronic Music Synthesizer Shirt doesn’t count), creating a mass of unique sounds from a single instrument is easier than ever. Of course, that also means you’ll be busying yourself not just with the keys when playing, but the lot of knobs, dials and sliders available on the console, as well. The Seaboard GRAND is a new musical instrument that lets you do everything without taking your digits off the keys. Made by [...]

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M80 Vertigo Standing Guitar Case: No More Bending Over

ENTERTAINMENT, LATEST

You may not be the best guitar player in the club tonight. Heck, you’re barely even intermediate. You don’t care, though — chicks don’t really dig dudes that can wax magical on those ancient instruments with strings anymore. All you really care about is how cool you can look with one. The M80 Vertigo Electric Case ensures you’ve got the style over substance part down pat. Bending down to open your guitar case, taking out the instrument and getting back [...]

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OD-11 Speaker Will Play Music From The Cloud

GADGETS

Teenage Engineering call their new product the world’s first cloud speaker. By that, they mean the OD-11 Cloud Speaker will pull its content exclusively over WiFi, presumably from your virtual storage hosted somewhere in the web (although it could probably get it from your shared devices on the network, too). If you keep most of your music in the cloud for streaming to your phone, this new device will simply mirror that process. That way, you don’t have to leave [...]

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Nessie USB Mic Produces Polished Recordings

ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

Blue Microphones have long had one of the more interesting lines of USB recording gadgets. Their latest device, announced at CES 2013, is called Nessie, a snazzy-looking USB microphone that applies “fundamental recording techniques in real time for instantly polished results.” Armed with a built-in pop filter and internal shockmount, the mic can record “expertly finished sound” with no need for additional mixing or editing post-recording. The integrated hardware supposedly reduces harsh plosives, disruptive rumblings and vibrations on the fly, [...]

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Cool Things To Find Video

ENTERTAINMENT

Nope, we did not pay in any way to get this video created. I wish we could have though. I would have loved to see our logo somewhere in there. Curiosity Rover and cats, (let us know if you miss the reference at 0:40 in the video), Wall-E, Nixon, Half-Life and cool robots all in one video! What’s not to like? All it’s missing is a cameo by Neil DeGrasse Tyson at the end. Thanks to all the readers for [...]

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Pianocade Is A Perfect Synthesizer For Arcade Button Mashers

GADGETS

You always wanted to play with one of those DJ boxes, but could never quite get over being intimidated by all those knobs, sliders and pads. After all, you grew up on joysticks and buttons — what the hell do you know about those kinds of controls anyway? Well, the Pianocade might just give you a way in. A chiptunes synthesizer in the body of an arcade control pad, it’s the music-making instrument for the rest of us. No keyboard [...]

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This Laptop Desk Features A Built-In Sound System

FURNITURE, GADGETS, HOME

Do you spend most of the time on a laptop either making or listening to music? Then it should be hard to find a more fitting workstation than the La Boite LD120 Laptop Desk, which integrates a hi-fi sound system right into the table frame. No, these aren’t just desktop speakers slotted into cabinets either — this is a high-quality sound system built into a functional work desk. It’s the kind of table every budding digital producer should have, instead [...]

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Philips Mini Hi-Fi System Is A Standalone iPhone DJ Boombox

GADGETS

Once you’ve had your fill of DJ apps on the iPhone, you want to graduate to something more tactile. While there are plenty of peripherals that let you take the virtual DJ-ing to the physical level, I have a feeling this Philips Mini Hi-Fi System will be a lot more satisfying. Instead of just giving you a slab with a selection of knobs, dials and buttons for controlling your apps, the rig brings a complete standalone DJ set that you [...]

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Pear Is A Bluetooth Dongle For iPod Speaker Docks

GADGETS

You have an older iPod speaker dock that you’ve grown to love. And it’s so old it doesn’t even Bluetooth. And it’s one of those “works with iPods only” gadgets that doesn’t even have a 3.5mm connector. And you’ve sold off all your iPods and switched to an Android phone. But you still love that speaker and you keep wishing that one of these days, something will happen that will make it usable again. That day may be here with [...]

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Philips Shoqbox SB7200 Brings Real Ruggedness To Mobile Speakers

GADGETS

Your favorite bar-style mobile speaker might be awesome for daily use, but we doubt they’ll survive the unrelenting grind of rugged outdoor abuse. For that, you’ll need something built with the express purpose of surviving unusual hardship. That’s where the Philips Shoqbox SB7200 comes in. Unlike the Jamboxes of the world, this extra-tough speaker comes in a durable rubber casing that can live through bumps, drops and even water splashes, making it an easier sell for anyone who wishes to [...]

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iRig Mix Is A Portable DJ Rig For Your iOS Devices

ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

There’s no shortage of DJ and music production apps on iOS. But touch controls can only feed your electronic music jollies so far. At some point, you’ll want a physical mixer, just like the ones you use with the mixing software in your computer. That’s where the iRig Mix comes in. Touted as the “first mobile mixer” for iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads, the device measures 217 x 110 x 46 mm, allowing you to easily slip it into a [...]

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Devium Dash Can Make iPhone Your In-Dash Car Stereo

GADGETS, WHEELS

Hooking up an iPhone to your counterfeit Lamborghini’s car stereo and then using that vehicle’s built-in control system to navigate your files has always felt like a backwards way of doing things, given how functionally smart the IOS interface is. Well, that finally ends with the Devium Dash, an in-dash stereo replacement that skips the middleman and uses your iPhone as the control board. Originally a Kickstarter project that’s now gone into full production, it features an easy docking slot [...]

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Marshall Fridge: Music Amp On The Outside, Cold Beer Inside

ENTERTAINMENT, HOME

Playing music is tiring. That’s why musicians drink a lot. Well, that and they usually have hidden insecurities that alcohol seems to melt away. That’s why every band’s practice space needs a fridge filled with cold drinks. And we can’t imagine a more fitting one than the Marshall Fridge. No, this isn’t just old amps shopped out of flea markets, fixed up and converted into a fridge cabinet. Instead, it appears to be mash-ups built from the ground up with [...]

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Quirky Wired Earbuds Use Thick Cables For Tangle-Free Bundling

ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

Keeping earphones in your pockets is not the best way to carry them around because nine out of ten times, they’ll come out of that same pocket a tangled mess. Quirky’s Wired Earbuds offer a simple solution: adding alternating thicker sections on the wire to make them easy to fold and unlikely to get knotted up. Currently in the evaluation phase at the crowdsourcing website, the product delivers the same headphone hardware, but changes things up with the rubber covering [...]

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Eco Terra Waterproof Boombox Will Even Play Music While You Drown

ENTERTAINMENT

If you’re going to take a boombox out to the beach or the woods, you better make sure it can survive the elements. So far, few modern boomboxes we’ve seen offer the same kind of durability as the Grace Digital Eco Terra. Certified according to IPX-7 standards, the portable noise machine is fully submersible in water, all without wreaking havoc on any of its parts. And, yes, you can submerge it with your iPod docked inside. Neither the boombox hardware [...]

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Lasonic I931X Brings 80s Gaudy Fashion To Modern iPod Boombox

ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

When modern companies try to update the boombox, they often do it with the same trim and sleek designs as modern gadgets tend to have (example: the TDK Boombox). Which is an absolute travesty. If you believe the boombox, an icon of 80s street culture, was meant to be as gaudy and trashy-looking as Cyndi Lauper in her heyday, then the Lasonic I931X is the modern ghetto blaster for you. If you’re not familiar with Lasonic, they’re supposed to have [...]

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PocketStrings Is A Pocket-Sized Tool For Guitar Practice On The Road

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When you’re learning guitar, you’ll want to practice as much as you can. Problem is, guitars are big and heavy — not exactly the best thing to have around when you’re traveling light. If you’d rather not deal with the hassle of rolling with one, you can put your practice time in with PocketStrings. Aimed at folks who want to get their six-string practice without a guitar, you can use it to work on finger placements and chord transitions, allowing [...]

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ION LP 2 GO Is An Ultra Portable USB Turntable Vinyl Record Player

ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

Vinyl records are cool in my book. Don’t worry if some folks do not understand your love affair with this format because nobody understands my undying devotion to Justin Bieber either, so I won’t judge. I kid, I kid. About the judging part. Anyway, if you can’t quite get into portable music because all that digital crap just rubs you the wrong way, here’s a way to get your vinyl fix on the road: the ION LP 2 GO. Granted [...]

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Akai MPC Fly Turns Your iPad Into A Music Production Center

GADGETS

Akai’s series of MPCs are among the most popular sampler/sequencer rigs in the business. Soon, you can turn your Apple tablet into one with the Akai MPC Fly, an iPad case with built-in control pads for sampling, recording, mixing and producing kickass music on the go. While producing tracks on the iPad has always been possible with the selection of software on the App Store, Akai’s setup seems to make it more professional than ever. The hardware comes with an [...]

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