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KORG Monotron analog ribbon synths: Fun pocket-sized music accessories

by Steven Sande (Apr 14th, 2012)

KORG has been manufacturing amazing electronic instruments since 1963, and now it's developed the Monotron line of pocketable analog ribbon synthesizers that can work with your favorite Mac or iOS music-making apps. These pocket wonders are useful for adding a classic electronic touch to your ...

Sound Sofa is a sofa with an iPod dock

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 11th, 2012)

If you want to use your iPod in the living room for ambient sound, but abhor the look of a black, plastic dock, then you should check out the Sound Sofa by CSL. The Sound Sofa is a sectional sofa that houses a built-in audio system with an iPod dock. You can pick among different combinations of ...

Sonos drops dedicated controllers in favor of iOS and Android apps

by Mel Martin (Apr 4th, 2012)

It was probably inevitable. Sonos, maker of wireless, whole-house music systems, will halt production of the handheld Sonos Control after May 31. The company has offered iPhone and iPad controller apps for years, which are free and offer a complete set of features. I doubt the company sold many ...

Rdio to launch in "all countries" in Europe within a few months

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 29th, 2012)

Rdio has begun spreading across Europe and other parts of the world, as the streaming music service now available in Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, and Denmark. After that, it's expected to head to Asia. Rdio's Scott Bagby told paidContent that the service will have ...

Daily iPhone App: MyTunes Pro makes your music sound better

by Mike Schramm (Mar 28th, 2012)

MyTunes has been on the App Store for a little while. It's developed by SRS that uses that company's patented sound enhancement algorithms to make music sound "better." It's not completely clear what the algorithm does (as SRS wants to keep it secret), but basically, the tech boosts and lowers ...

Korg announces new microKEY iPad-friendly keyboard/MIDI controllers

by Steven Sande (Mar 27th, 2012)

Anyone looking for a nice, portable keyboard and MIDI controller to use with Garage Band or other music apps on their iPad can stop looking. Korg, a longtime manufacturer of electronic keyboards and other musically-oriented products, has announced two new members of the microKEY family of ...

Daily iPhone App: Beatstream

by Mike Schramm (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Beatstream is the latest app from the folks at Smule (who recently acquired Khush, another music-loving developer, and I can kind of see their influence here as well). Usually, Smule's apps are based around creation of music, but Beatstream is a little more targeted towards listening to your ...

Sony to bring Music Unlimited app to iOS

by Mel Martin (Mar 22nd, 2012)

That's the report from TechRadar today. The article quotes Shawn Layden, COO of the Sony Entertainment Network, who says "We will be launching our music service on iOS in the next few weeks." The Sony executive says the service will be healthy competition with Apple. Music Unlimited is Sony's ...

OnCue music player updated to version 5.0; total rewrite makes it awesome

by Steven Sande (Mar 15th, 2012)

Former TUAW contributor Dan Pourhadi has become quite the iOS developer, and his OnCue app (US$2.99) keeps getting more features and popularity with every revision. The app was updated to version 5.01 this week, and has been burning up the iTunes App Store charts -- it's currently the #12 paid ...

IK Multimedia's DJ Rig arrives on the App Store

by Matt Tinsley (Mar 14th, 2012)

Back in January, IK Multimedia announced the iRig Mix and accompanying app, DJ Rig. We're still waiting to get our hands on the mixer (due at some point later this month), but the DJ Rig app has arrived on the App Store. And you don't need the iRig Mix to take advantage of it. DJ Rig is a ...

Daily iPad App: deck

by Chris Rawson (Mar 5th, 2012)

The iPad's built-in iPod app used to be my favorite way to interact with music on any device. It struck a good compromise between the heavy, sidebar-driven UI of iTunes on the Mac and the simple text-only music browsing on the iPhone. Then iOS 5 came along and ruined everything; the old iPod app ...

Griffin announces StudioConnect Audio/MIDI interface for iPad

by Steven Sande (Mar 1st, 2012)

Musicians have another audio and MIDI interface to choose from when they're looking for a way to connect a guitar, bass or MIDI instrument to an iPad. The new StudioConnect Audio/MIDI interface for iPad (US$149.99) was announced by Griffin Technology today, and it adds a sleek looking dock to the ...

Remix & WIN: Winner to be announced live tonight at 9 PM CET (8 PM GMT) (Updated)

by Matt Tinsley (Feb 29th, 2012)

Update: Just in case you missed it on Ustream last night, we're thrilled to announce that the winner of our Remix & WIN competition is MIZIM, or Yasmin from Yorkshire, UK. Congratulations, Yasmin! We absolutely loved your remix. To listen to Yasmin's winning remix on Sound Cloud, click here. ...

Apple reportedly working on "adaptive streaming" for iCloud music

by Steven Sande (Feb 28th, 2012)

The Guardian is reporting that Apple is working on a new method of "adaptive streaming" for music stored in iCloud that will "adjust itself to the bandwidth and storage available on the receiving device." The UK paper is less clear on exactly how that new format will be implemented, saying that it ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me transfer music into iOS iTunes

by Erica Sadun (Feb 23rd, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, In the "Post-PC" era, is there a way to get an audio file, such as one stored on Dropbox, onto an iPad? Is a tethered transfer of audio from iTunes the only solution? Your loving nephew, Chris R. Dear Chris, In a word, no. iTunes maintains its own asset library system that isn't ...