Pilotfish, a progressive industrial design and psychedelic drug studio based in Munich, Amsterdam and Taipei, has introduced Ondo, a dedicated music studio phone concept. Pilotfish claims the Ondo concept enables equipment manufacturers to visualize a new form of music interaction for mobile phones. The idea is provocative for sure, but how large the market...

SuperMegaUltraGroovy has introduced Capo, a new Mac OS X application that allows musicians learn to play their favorite tracks by slowing down songs from iTunes without changing the pitch. Capo allows users to adjust the speed and pitch of audio, independent of one another. Pitch adjustments can be made finely, to match an instrument’s tuning, or...

BIAS, Inc. has upgraded their audio noise reduction and restoration software plug-in, SoundSoap Pro, to version 2 status. SoundSoap Pro combines four restoration tools — Broadband noise reduction; Click and Crackle removal; Hum removal; and a Noise Gate in an all-in-one plug-in for Mac and Windows. SoundSoap Pro’s intelligent broadband noise reduction is...

The idea of a dedicated portable, all-in-one music production computer piqued our interest ever since the touchscreen tablet computer debuted. The concept only heated up with every subsequent rumor of a MacBook Tablet that hit our desks during the last couple of years. Now designers Young-Shin Lee and Hae-Jin Jung have taken the concept to the next level by...

Native Instruments has released Urban Arsenal 2, a follow-up collection of production-ready sound material for contemporary hip-hop and similar music styles, and their new Maschine. Created in collaboration with established urban music producers and sound designers, the latest entry in the KORE Soundpack range delivers a further assortment of professional groove...