Violet Designs aimed for a mass-market, large-condenser with their new Wedge microphone, but missed the target trying to be quirky and popular at the same time. More...

Stanton is back. After years of lackluster new product announcements, strictly cosmetic product polishing and recovering from their very public breakup with Native Instruments, the seminal DJ company finally has something to smile about, their new SC.3d... More!

One of the biggest problems that project studio owners face is the dreaded "wall wart." These oversized adapters have a tendency to take up two or three plugs on a surge protector, making them highly inefficent, and creating a tangled web of wires. Enter Socket Sense! More...

So now that Ive been told by Apple that I was on my own with my iPhone activation and number port, I was now set to enter the Blame Game. More...

NAMM always gives us a massive Gear Hangover. With the multitude of new product announcements, demonstrations, performances and parties, it consistently shocks us when we make it back to the office in one piece...well, mostly one piece. More...

With the controllerism and its offshoots in full bloom around the world, musicians will rejoice upon learning about MITÕs new Sixth Sense interface technology. More...

Like all major manufacturers hoping to cut through the din of new product announcements, Native Instruments did its fair share of hyping their new products for NAMM this year. The German concern had long been rumored to be working on some sort of hardware controller for electronic musicians, and most industry watchers, including FutureMusic, believed this would come in the shape of a MIDI DJ controller that would perfectly integrate with Traktor. Wrong!! More...

A wave of fearless piano manufacturers are defying tradition with new designs that tear down past convictions and point the industry decisively into the future. More...

Seven UK dance music download stores have joined together to create the Dance Download Alliance (DDA). The seven members, 3Beat Digital, Audiojelly, DJdownload, Juno Download, TrackitDown, Trax2Burn and Xpressbeats, have joined together to counteract a proposal offered to dance labels and distributors by Beatport who offers an exclusivity arrangement, as an option, on all new releases from labels if they chose to participate. More...

Apple Computer completely revamped the entire iPod line in a pre-emptive strike to the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons. The new iPod features a 60 percent brighter and more vibrant 2.5-inch color display perfect for watching TV shows and now Hollywood movies right in the palm of your hand. The real buzz came when Apple introduced the new iPod Shuffle. Nearly half the size of the original, the new iPod shuffle is just half a cubic inch in volume, weighs just half an ounce and features a stunning all-new aluminum design and a built-in clip which makes it the most wearable iPod ever. More...