Eigenharp has announced that it will be adding the Pico, to its lineup of instruments that were inspired by the Cantina Band in the first Star Wars movie. The Pico is the baby brother to the Alpha, a £4000 experimental musical instrument that utilizes a breath controller to shape software-driven sounds. Eigenharp claims the Pico is simple to use and...

Considering the sheer amount of new iPod dock announcements we receive every week, FutureMusic could literally create a new section detailing all the new products. While we don’t report on every new model, every now and again a new system catches our eyes and ears. JVC’s new XS-SR3 iPod speaker system features a unique wraparound design, Dolby...

Pioneer, Beatport, DJ Magazine and Let’s Mix have announced the Next Generation DJ (NGDJ) talent competition. (Hmmm, sounds familiar… —Ed.) To win, DJs will have to demonstrate their skills by uploading and promoting a mix on the new mixing and social networking platform, letsmix.com as well as prove that they have the entrepreneurial aptitude...

Beat Kangz Electronics, a group that’s poised to usher in a new paradigm of hardware manufacturing if their products can deliver, has announced they will be shipping their long-awaited Beat Thang music production center some time in early 2010. The announcement comes after a previous declaration last Spring that the Thang would be shipping last summer,...

Thomas Mascall, a Falmouth design student, has created the Touchtable, a compact turntable player/controller concept. The Touchtable contain a digital music player and a turntable paradigm into a single, palm-sized unit. His idea is to have the user interact more with their music, but the real takeaway for gear whores like ourselves is how great this would be to...