They’re getting smaller and smaller:

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From Gizmodo:

“M-Audio still hasn’t officially announced the FlashTracker USB recorder, but they’ve now shown it “secretly” at two European trade shows. The recorder is ultra-small, and has USB 2.0, 24-bit/96kHz, and with digital, analog, and mic inputs.”

Ok, I’m interested.

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Got your attention?

Metasonix makes the $549 Butt Probe. It’s a vacuum tube distortion box for your guitfiddle.

Here’s their quote:

“We feel that the TX-2 BUTTPROBE is far more extreme than the famed Sherman Filterbank, and far more tube-freaky than your mother’s enema kit.”

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Peter Gabriel and David Engelke Purchase SSL

June 18, 2005

Solid State Logic announced that the company’s assets have been acquired by a joint venture established by musician and technologist, Peter Gabriel, and broadcast industry entrepreneur, David Engelke. The company, which will trade as Solid State Logic, will continue to design and manufacture mixing consoles and related audio technology at its Begbroke, Oxford headquarters.

The principal investors bring considerable experience of both the company’s main markets: music recording and broadcast.

Peter Gabriel’s background as an artist is well known, but he has had a long involvement with technology. Syco Systems, which he co-founded, developed the ‘Tablet’, one of the world’s first purpose-built digital audio workstations. Real World Multi Media, part of Peter’s Real World Group, won awards for both technological and creative innovation. More recently, he has had success with OD2 (On Demand Distribution), now the leading European platform provider for the distribution of on-line music. At the same time his many years as artist and studio owner at Real World in Wiltshire have given him a passion for the possibilities of technology, and how it can serve and transform the process of music making and post production.

American David Engelke, formerly also an SSL console owner, has been involved with production and broadcast companies including Pinnacle Systems, Montage Group, and Digital Editing Services and invented several widely adopted technologies in the broadcast industry. Technologies developed by him and his engineering teams have earned them three EMMY Awards from the US National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and an OSCAR from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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In this post I showed some very cool analog synths. Some of you got excited about them. I had hoped for more comments on that post but I’m going to break the news to you anyway.

Those pics of the analog synths are not real. They’re 3D modeling.

Gotcha.

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Intersted? I have an interesting story to tell about this awesome new analog synth. But you are going to have to wait to hear it….

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I’m packing my gear Thursday night for my gig. I’ve got a little Yamaha kit I keep in cases in my garage for gigs. My nice Gretsch kit doesn’t leave the house. So I get the whole kit packed but the snare drum. I can’t find the friggin’ thing anywhere.

I tore the place apart and racked my brain trying to figure out if I left it at the last show.

The snare is an 1962-63 Ludwig. 4.5″ tall with a chrome finish, but it’s really made out of solid brass. It’s worth a fortune and it is THE best sounding snare I’ve ever heard and the most dynamic, responsive and LOUD. I was the coolest drum I owned. I could have had the rest of the freaking kit stolen and I’d be happier.

Inside the soft case along with the snare were my Zildjian HH cymbals. These cymbals I’ve had for 30 years. Yes, you heard that….30 years. (I’ve been playing drums for 34 years or so).

I stopped by the last club I played at to see if by some miracle they had my case in the back room somewhere. Nope.

So either I’m a bonehead and left the damn case at a gig somewhere, or someone ripped it right out of my garage. Either way, I was very depressed at the gig Thursday. I even had fans coming up to me asking what was wrong.

What a bummer.

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If you need a little extra storage space for your computer I’d recommend the Barbie USB device.

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Here’s a review of the Etymotic Research 6i Isolation earphones. These are noise cancelling phones that cut out the outside world. These could be great for musicians instead of lugging big monitors and amps to the gig.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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For my 2nd article at The Apple Blog I’ve tested out the iMic by Griffin Technology. This is a neat little USB audio interface that is real cheap for the quality you are getting.

CLICK HERE to check out my article

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