R.I.P. Gibson Digital Guitar

Gibson has pulled the plug, or should we say, Ethernet cable, on their groundbreaking Digital Guitar. We were pretty bullish on the innovative new guitar after interviewing CEO Henry Juszkiewicz just before the product’s launch in 2004, but unfortunately the steep price tag and lack of enthusiasm from the guitar crowd put the final nail in the coffin. Juszkiewicz reveals that some of the technology utilized in developing the...

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DJ Hero 2 Announced With Novation Launchpad Support

Activision has announced DJ Hero 2, which features the inclusion of Novation’s Launchpad in the gameplay. The developers all utilized Ableton Live and the Launchpad, so they reached out to Novation to see if they’d like to include a representation of the popular Live controller into the game. Their decision probably took them all of one millisecond to say “YES!!!” Players can choose to include the Launchpad...

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