Turntablists! Feeling left out of the mix when playing Guitar Hero?? Feel like you should be scratchin’ up a storm instead of strumming that tired old axe? Well, don’t fret… Dubbed the Scratch Blaster, this Guitar Hero controller mod is being shown at CES and is looking for investors. Make it wireless and you may have some...

Fraunhofer IIS is pimping its “new” HD-AAC format bigtime at CES. Fraunhofer claims the compressed HD-AAC digital music encoding format is sonically superior to 16bit/44.1kHz audio CDs. HD-AAC is based on the MPEG-4 SLS (Scalable to Lossless) standard, an extension to the MPEG-4 audio standard jointly developed by Fraunhofer and Infocomm Research....

Percussa, a Belgium based electronic musical instruments concern, will showcase new software for its AudioCubes hardware platform at NAMM. AudioCubes are a unique and visually intriguing performance tool that can be used as fully assignable MIDI controllers for music and multimedia as well as a standalone wireless digital/analog lo-fi sound generator and...

Lauten Audio is readying three new studio microphones, the LT-381, FC-357 and ST-221. Lauten LT-381 The LT-381 features a newly designed large dual-diaphragm capsule, new-old-stock military grade pentode input and triode output circuit, and variable omni, cardioid and figure-8 polar patterns. The LT-381 is designed to be a vocal microphone that produces full...

Audiovox has premiered the FPS10 subwoofer that features a unique proposition, flat design. Instead of the usual big and bulky squares that we’re used to, Audiovox’s FPS10 has a 31.5″w x 4.5″h x 15.2″d footprint. Aimed at the home market, the FPS10 was designed to be hidden in the family room, either under a couch or behind a...