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Andy's mystery device

Andy and his iUkeThe mystery of the secret device has been solved folks, and it was something that I would never have guessed. I am writing, of course, about Andy's secret something that he was to show off at the end of his Keynote, and show it off he did.

Thanks to the magic of a company called iGuitar Andy has in his possession, for a limited time only, the iUke. What is the iUke? Why, it is an ukulele with an USB interface for interacting with Garageband. This allows you to strum on an ukulele, pipe it into Garageband and make it sound like a Baby Grand Piano or a harpsichord.

There is only one in existence, and Andy must send it back to iGuitar so they can gear up for the massive demand that is sure to follow. 

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The mystery of the secret device has been solved folks, and it was something that I would never have guessed. I am writing, of course,...
 

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Christopher Robin

"This allows you to strum on an ukulele, pipe it into Garageband and make it sound like a Baby Grand Piano or a harpsichord." That's SO much better than sounding like a ukelele!

July 12 2005 at 7:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Limeybloke

Mr Andy Ihnatko write in Macworld magazine in the UK (and presumably also the US version) and is blessed with the rare combination of specialist knowledge, perception, vision and most importantly HUMOR! one of the best magazine writers anywhere, he even puts many columnists in The Times to shame. Gizza Link to any QT movies, please! PS I work in the Theatre industry in London, thanks to all for the recent supportive comments. :-)

July 12 2005 at 7:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Eric

Andy used to write for MacUser, Macworld, and various other Mac publications, and was one of the Mac guys in the '90s, along with David Pogue and Guy Kawasaki to name a few. Currently, he writes the tech column for the Chicago Sun-Times (or at least did when I last checked - I get the Trib).

July 12 2005 at 6:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Davy Fields

That's.... so funny? What kind of keynote was this? He's showing off illegal dvd-mpeg rippers, HUD displays, Ukeleles? What's the point?

July 12 2005 at 4:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob Knight

All you need now is iGrass skirt and iHawaiian shirt (sounds like Scott has this covered) and you've got iDonHo.

July 12 2005 at 2:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pmsg

That nust have been hilarious. Tell me there's video of this....!

July 12 2005 at 1:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jeremiah

Soooooooooooo the question remains......... Who is Andy Inhatko and what is the big deal with him?

July 12 2005 at 1:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rohn

An iUke isn't far away from an iMandolin... I wonder if it can be restrung to GDAE tuning, if so iGuitar can add one more to the demand count.

July 12 2005 at 1:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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