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These miniature electronic instruments let you kick out the jams wherever you go. The BlueBox MiJam Mini series let you carry entire band in your backpack.
First up, there’s the Mini Drumpad, which features a bunch of percussion sounds as well as rhythm an tempo settings to keep the sounds…
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May 12th, 2007 by: Technabob
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This upcoming gadget claims to put an entire professional DJ system in the palm of your hand. While early images of the Pacemaker look more like concept art than a final product, it does look like it will be a pretty cool device when it’s released this Fall.
Tonium’s Pacemaker…
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May 8th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Creative today announced their latest MP3 player, the ZEN Stone. Aimed squarely between the eyes of Apple’s iPod Shuffle, the Stone is a small, flash-based player designed for the low-end of the market.
The 1GB Zen Stone will retail for the amazingly low price of just $39.99 (roughly half the…
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May 3rd, 2007 by: Technabob
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Dig that retro “Speak & Spell” sound? This sound module out of Germany produces an array of interesting eighties-esque bleeps, blips and fuzz that can incorporate little bits of speech and other sound effects.
The Flame Talking Synth can also be driven by a MIDI controller so you can really…
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April 20th, 2007 by: Technabob
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These funky speakers provide let you listen to your iPod in the kitchen, on the beach or in the bathtub while keeping your precious music player nice and dry.
The unique ZumReed Drop Speaker looks like a water droplet, and features a hidden nook that securely docks your iPod on…
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April 19th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Sony has introduced the latest in their Digital Media Port line of accessories for their Bravia audio systems, the TDM-NC1.
The $199 device lets you wirelessly stream music (ATRAC, AAC and WMA formats) from your PC to your Bravia home entertainment system (assuming you have one of the models with…
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April 4th, 2007 by: Technabob
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This clip from a live performance of music from Nintendo games reveals a little known fact. The highly recognizable theme song for Super Mario Brothers actually has lyrics.
The song is actually titled “Go Go Mario”… and the lyrics are in Japanese.
Luckily a dedicated fan took the time to
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March 22nd, 2007 by: Technabob
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This electronic kit from Japan looks like a traditional music box from the outside, but when you open up the cover, it reveals an array of electronics that play music read from specially encoded music sheets.
Elekit’s OTOKIBAKO plays music data from strips of paper with black and white bars…
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March 20th, 2007 by: Technabob
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This unique iPod holder out of Japan looks like a china cup, but actually features a speaker built into the bottom.
The MusicMug from I.D.E.A. is a ceramic enclosure with a special (un-amplified) speaker that’s optimized for playback directly from the output of your iPod. Apparently, the china construction is…
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March 7th, 2007 by: Technabob
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If you’re looking for an easy way to stream music from your PC to any room in your house, and don’t want a lot of unsightly equipment laying around, check out this new digital music streamer coming from Sony.
The VAIO WA Wireless Digital Music Streamer (VGF-WA1) is a complete…
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March 3rd, 2007 by: Technabob