If you buy a keyboard at a music supply you expect to power it up and get some sounds out of it. That won't happen with the Evolution (or M-Audio) MK-449C because it's a so called MIDI controller. All it does is send the status of each key, fader, knob and button through a basic digital protocol that was developed in the early 80's. As lame as that may sound, it does put you in control of thousands of synthesizers. Traditionally MIDI connects through a special MIDI connector, (...) read more
This DeLonghi Kenwood toaster has all the specs of a modern bread toaster in a retro design plus a built in FM radio. It's not a kitchen media center station but it's enough to bring you the news or the pop charts. The radio toaster is available at Amazon for $69,-.via: (...) read more
Nokia has been making great phones for years but in my eyes a big flaw has always been the Nokia pop port. It's the connector that connects your Nokia to your headset, your computer or other add-ons. The problem is you can only connect special Nokia headsets to it that use the Nokia pop-port connector. So you can't connect your own headphone, iPod ear plugs or other 3.5mm connections.The best way to solve this is to use a Nokia pop-port to 3.5mm audio jack converter. You can buy them from (...) read more
Apple just announced a complete new iPod line-up with the new iPod nano and brand new iPod touch as most interesting devices. The tiny iPod shuffle gets some new colors and the iPod we used to call the video iPod is now the iPod classic. There aren't many changes in these two devices. The Shuffle only has 5 new colors but will still have 1 GB of storage and will still sell at $79,-. The iPod classic has a new user interface (the same as the new iPod nano) and will come in 80 GB and 160 GB for (...) read more
In an earlier post we showed the magic of MIDI and how a simple protocol can control dozens of synthesizers. Now GadgetVenue shows us some YouTube videos of MIDI controller pants. Certain parts of the pants are equipped with touch sensors that work kind of the same way as the keys on a MIDI keyboard. This way you can control a synthesizer and in this case a drum computer is the perfect synthesizer for the job. Below is an example of the drum pants in action. If you still have some old MIDI equipment (...) read more
