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Smule's Ge Wang plays Magic Guitar for us at CES

by Mike Schramm (Jan 17th, 2012)

We got to sit down for a quick chat with Smule's own Dr. Ge Wang at CES in Las Vegas last week, and the result is the video below. Not only is the co-founder overseeing Smule's musical experiences for mobile devices (and its recent merger with ...

Slacker Radio tries to break through a flooded streaming music market

by Mike Schramm (Jan 17th, 2012)

One of our final meetings at CES last week was with Slacker Radio's VP of Marketing, Jonathan Sasse, who sat down in a Las Vegas lobby restaurant to tell us what his company has been up to lately. Slacker Radio is one of the many streaming radio ...

Hands on with Propellerhead's Reason 6 and Balance interface

by Matt Tinsley (Jan 13th, 2012)

I've always been curious about Propellerhead's Reason software, but since I'm not really an electronic music-making enthusiast, and the fact that up until more recently Reason had no audio recording capabilities, I've always turned to other ...

iFrogz releases Boost speaker, uses 'near field audio' to boost sound

by Mike Schramm (Jan 12th, 2012)

iFrogz was back at CES this year. Last year, most of its new products were iPhone and iPad cases, but this year the company is branching out. In addition to a USB gaming headset called the Caliber (it vibrates when loud sounds are played, ...

Algoriddim's Mac App of the Year djay 4 trades iOS and Mac features

by Mike Schramm (Jan 11th, 2012)

Algoriddim is back in a booth at CES 2012 this week in Las Vegas, and TUAW stopped by to chat with the company as well as congratulate them on winning Mac App of the Year for its turntable music app, djay 4. We got to see the app early before it ...

Shazam Player brings lyrics support and more to iOS

by Chris Rawson (Jan 11th, 2012)

The iPhone's default Music app already has lyrics support built in, but you have to fetch the lyrics yourself; songs sold on the iTunes Store still don't include lyrics after all these years. Shazam, makers of the well-known app that will identify ...

Griffin's Twenty audio amp gives AirPlay 20 watts per channel

by Chris Rawson (Jan 9th, 2012)

Griffin has announced an accessory called Twenty, a small audio amplifier that will accept audio from an AirPort Express to drive unpowered speakers. The Twenty includes a TOSLINK cable to deliver pure digital audio from the AirPort Express to ...

SpotON Radio app for iPhone out now

by Mike Schramm (Jan 9th, 2012)

Spotify is the über-popular music service that lets you stream a huge library of music to your computer. You can also use the service on your iPhone with a premium subscription, letting you either sync and listen to your own music, or ...

Able Planet Clear Harmony headphones deliver top quality sound at a premium price (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Jan 7th, 2012)

One of the more widely-used accessories for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac is a set of headphones. Whether you're using that little headset that came with your iPhone or iPod touch, or you have moved up to another type of headphone, you know ...

Garage Band: TUAW Best of 2011 for iPad music apps

by Steven Sande (Jan 6th, 2012)

It's been a long haul, but we've finally come to the end of the TUAW Best of 2011. The last category in which readers nominated their favorites and then voted for the top five finishers was iPad music apps. This was a huge category -- music apps ...

TUAW Best of 2011: Vote for your favorite iPad music app

by Steven Sande (Jan 2nd, 2012)

The nominations are in, and the poll is ready to go! The TUAW Best of 2011 awards are all about you -- the readers -- and what you think is the cream of the crop of Apple or third-party products and software. To vote, select one entry from the top ...