When trying to teach how to play guitar there isn't much between the real thing and a flimsy toy guitar. The Loog guitars are the perfect choice for kids that want to learn how to play and have a capable guitar for teaching you all the basics. The companion Loog guitar app is essential in letting kids stick to ...
There's something about holding a gamepad that just makes everything more fun. The new Nanoloop synthesizer that's launching on Kickstarter is one such example that gamifies music making. This is a portable sequencer and synth that provides a very immediate way to create bleeps and bloops, similar to the Pocket ...
The most Japanese of all musical instruments has now turned even more Japanese. Cube-Works has released an official Kirby edition of the quirky Otamatone synthesizer.What is an Otamatone?In case you're wondering what an Otamatone is, this is a musical note shaped synthesizer toy. There's a black strip on the ...
There are countless app for tuning your guitar or that serve as a metronome to keep a tight timing on your music performance. Even smartwatches are slowing growing into tools musicians can use. The Soundbrenner Core takes it a bit further. It has all the tools you need as a musician with better performance and ...
Among all the synth release violence of NAMM 2019 stood out something special. The Soma PIPE is a synthesizer you control with your mouth. It can process your singing or beatboxing into a wild music performance.The PIPE is a creation by Vlad Kreimer from Russia. Not very good at singing he decided to turn his ...
In advance of the NAMM music show Teenage Engineering announced their own take on the popular modular synthesisers. The Pocket Operator Modular is labeled as the poor-man’s modular and is a set of IKEA-style components you can build into your own wall of sound.What is the Pocket Operator Modular?Teenage ...
In advance of NAMM 2019 (the yearly music gear lust fest) Korg announced the perfect balance between portability and usefulness. The Korg Volca Drum is looking to be a fun and immediate portable drum machine. Less of a toy, this time around it's a Volca you can actually put to good use in music production and live ...
I love the soothing sounds of a saxophone. I always wanted to try playing the saxophone, but never had a proper place to store such a musical instrument. The Saxaflute is a great idea, you'll have the full sound and character of a saxophone in portable flute form.These bamboo saxaflute instruments are made for ...
Forget this new SL1200 Technics just announced. Crosley is preparing something awesome to be sold on Record Store Day; a tiny, 3-inch turntable you can use to play actual, tiny records.This shrunken record player is a limited collector's edition device featuring a moving magnet cartridge by Audio-Technica, pitch ...
Roland has just introduced a new piano that might be the perfect real piano experience for beginners. The GO:PIANO88 is a full sized, 88-key digital piano that features onboard sounds and speakers, is lightweight and can be battery powered so you can bring it anywhere. The GO:PIANO also features Bluetooth so you can ...
I regretted selling my Technics SL-1200MK2 back in the day. Sure, I needed some money to invest in other gear while my turntable collected dust. It was however the most durable piece of gear I've ever owned and on top of that Technics decided to discontinue their famous vinyl turntable for DJ's. Now, the SL-1200 is ...
The Specdrums are the missing link my finger-drumming self needed. These app-enabled smart rings are able to detect the color you're tapping and can then produce an associated sound with it. It will unleash your finger drumming into full fledged music production.What are the Specdrums?You can have one or ...