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  • AmpliTube iRig: Rock out with your ‘Phone out!

    AmpliTube iRig: Rock out with your ‘Phone out!

    Posted on June 16, 2010 | No Comments
    IK Multimedia - makers of fine Guitar and Bass modeling software, among other things – have pre-order and pricing info available for their new iRig/Amplitube combo for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. This system requires their iRig dongle in conjunction with an app on your device. I have used both their Amplitube and SVX desktop [...]

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  • Inspired Instruments Raises $1.25M, Lets You Rock Out On A Digital Guitar (Video)

    Inspired Instruments Raises $1.25M, Lets You Rock Out On A Digital Guitar (Video)

    Posted on June 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Inspired Instruments, makers of a portable, real-string digital guitar dubbed the You Rock Guitar, has raised $1.25 million from a number of private investors in preparation for the launch of the You Rock Guitar platform and to move forward with a line of accessories and software solutions. The company's flagship product, the You Rock Guitar, is a mobile digital guitar and game controller that plays nice with the Wii, PlayStation 3, your computer, iPod / iPhone, iPad, your amplifier or stereo and with popular games like Guitar Hero and RockBand.

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  • Phone guitar: iPhone OS, Windows Mobile and Android got all night to set the world right (video)

    Phone guitar: iPhone OS, Windows Mobile and Android got all night to set the world right (video)

    Posted on May 8, 2010 | No Comments
    What can you do when no one's got a phone to jam with you? Why, you can be a geeky one-man band, of course! Web developer Steffest (just one name, like Sting or Madonna) managed to do just that by strapping a couple of Android devices (possibly an Archos 5 and a HTC Desire), a couple of WinMo handhelds (looks like a HP iPAQ h1940 and a HTC Touch Diamond), and an iPod touch on top of a portable speaker. All this just for a forthcoming presentation on mobile cross development -- Steffest had to painstakingly write the same audio program "in Java for Android, in C# for Windows Mobile and in Objective-C for iPhone." Oh, and it doesn't just end there -- turns out this dude can also pluck tap away a good Neil Diamond classic on this five-way nerd-o-strummer. Get on board and check out the video after the break.

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  • Guitar/headphone interface for iPhone

    Guitar/headphone interface for iPhone

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    The slew of music recording / creation apps for the iPhone all share the same weakness. They rely on the internal microphone, and a recording quality microphone it is not. The Guitarbud from PRS Guitars gives you a direct input into your iDevice without taking away headphone capability. It’s a simple, yet effective little cord. All [...]

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  • I got my first real six-string/ Bought it to play Guitar Hero

    I got my first real six-string/ Bought it to play Guitar Hero

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    The original complaint about music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that they convinced kids that playing the guitar was actually easy. A few taps, a few strums and you sounded like Jack White or Ozzy, right? Well Powergig wants to change that perception by offering a real six-string guitar that you can really play and, with the flip of a switch, you can dampen the strings and strum along to your favorite tunes on the XBox 360 or PS3. The company, Seven45, is also making a guitar game with its own downloadable content that will be something like Brutal Legend, and the guitars are made by their parent company, First Act makers of "entry level" AKA toy guitars and instruments. Nice synergy, eh?

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  • i-tab digital tablature reader

    i-tab digital tablature reader

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Its a proven fact that playing guitar will get you chicks. Unfortunately, by the time you actually put in the time to stop sucking at it, most of the chicks are gone. The i-tab will have you playing pop songs in no time, its up to you whether or not you look like a putz [...]

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  • SMASH: Electric guitar made just to get destroyed, then recycled

    SMASH: Electric guitar made just to get destroyed, then recycled

    Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments
    I don't know how to begin this, so I'll get right to it: A Japanese company called K's Japan is offering an "electric guitar" [JP] that's just made to get destroyed. And, after you smashed the thing to bits, you can recycle it. So what we have here is a "destroyable price and recyclable system" (K's Japan's official tag line), which is ideal for guitarists who want to look cool without sacrificing their real instrument.

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  • Virtual guitar pedalboard interface

    Virtual guitar pedalboard interface

    Posted on February 14, 2010 | No Comments
    If you have a friend who is a “serious” guitarist, you probably know how they love to show off their pedal collection. A dizzying array of brightly colored metal housings that more often than not, they don’t know exactly how they all work. Dave Verlee from the University of Illinois has cooked up a really [...]

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  • Portable speaker turns your iPhone into an electric guitar (sort of)

    Portable speaker turns your iPhone into an electric guitar (sort of)

    Posted on January 25, 2010 | No Comments
    Japan-based Bird Electron has announced [JP] the Ezison 100 today, a quite unusual speaker for the iPhone (or iPod touch) that's supposed to turn those devices into some kind of electric guitar. The Ezison 100 is (hand)made in Japan, with Bird Electron saying they used mainly wood and acrylic fiber in the production process.

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  • Those about to rock, we encourage you to recompile your Linux kernel

    Those about to rock, we encourage you to recompile your Linux kernel

    Posted on January 19, 2010 | No Comments
    This crazy guitar is actually an open source MIDI system using a sexy touchscreen with multi-touch and reactive fretboard. The result? Let's just say while you probably won't get much cherry pie playing this thing, the guys at Information Society will definitely invite you into their trailer at the Iowa State Fair this year.

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  • Vox amPlug headphone amps

    Vox amPlug headphone amps

    Posted on December 20, 2009 | No Comments
    It's a well known fact of life that creativity flows better when the sun is down. The best essays are written the night before class, the best coding is done at 2 AM, and the best music is written when everyone else would rather sleep. VOX's series of headphone amps allow you to rock out without your neighbors calling the police.

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  • Altec Lansing announces Rock Band speakers

    Altec Lansing announces Rock Band speakers

    Posted on October 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Why be a video game rockstar if you can't hear it? Have you always wanted to put your foot on something while you power chord-ed your way to stardom? For those of you who are using the stock speakers in your TV to play Rock Band, Guitar Hero, or Harmonica Hero, first off, shame on you.

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  • Mellotron on a guitar

    Mellotron on a guitar

    Posted on September 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Listen to this amazing EFX Effectology demo and tell me it’s not amazing. Essentially the guitarist, Bill Ruppert, is recreating the classic proto-sampler sound of the Mellotron with a few stompboxes and some carefully calibrated presets. The results, in the beginning, are amazing: He essentially recreated the first notes of Strawberry Fields Forever on a [...]

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