According to our sources in Japan, Roland will debut a new wearable, MIDI controller keyboard dubbed the AX-Synth. Based on Roland’s AX-1 that was something of an icon back in the heyday of 80′s New Wave, the new AX-Synth can not only act as a controller, but also has a built-in synth engine. No word yet on specifics, but we’re hoping...

Without any fanfare, Slacker has debuted the Slacker Player app on iTunes for the iPod Touch and the iPhone. It is only available for iPhone users in the United States at this time. Features: » Free music library featuring millions of songs » Stereo playback from any wireless connection » Over 100 professionally programmed genre stations »...

Symbolic Sound Corporation has announced two new music-specific computers for sound design and live performance. The Pacarana and Paca are two new multiprocessor computers optimized for capturing, processing and synthesizing sound for the award-winning Kyma Sound Design Environment. Designed by Symbolic Sound Corporation to serve as a smaller, more affordable...

Allen & Heath has premiered the new Xone:22, a more affordable, 2-channel, analog DJ club mixer. The DJ mixer features a full cut isolator/EQ, accurate metering, high quality faders and pro-standard audio headroom. A&H also incorporated a “lite” version of Xone’s VCF filter system. Features: » 2 stereo channels with dual...

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., announced the discovery of cosmic radio noise is six times louder than what the scientists expected. A team led by Alan Kogut discovered the radio noise via a balloon-housed instrument dubbed ARCADE, which stands for the Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission. In July...