eMedia Guitar Pro 5.1 is the new Windows/Macintosh hybrid version of the best-selling multi-track tablature editor software for guitar, banjo and bass from Arobas Music.

Harmonic Sense has released ChordMate for Mac OS X, an app that is designed to make it easy to choose chords for guitar.

New competition for users of crude audio controllers and subterranean fx.

James Brown, the Soul Brother Number One, the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business, and the Godfather of Soul, is dead.

Blendtec, a company that makes heavy duty blenders, is destroying iPods to help sell $400 blenders.

The RedGorilla Music Fest, being held in Austin, TX from March 14-17, 2007 is looking for independent artists, bands, and solo artists submissions.

Guitar Rig 2 Software Edition is a software-only version of Native Instruments digital guitar studio

Vir 2 Instruments has introduced Acoustic Legends HD, a three-DVD, 19 gigabyte sample collection which features $40,000 of the finest acoustic guitars sampled in 24-bit 96kHz stereo.

IK is shipping the StealthPlug, described as the first USB Audio Interface Cable.

A download for the new AmpliTube 2.1 is now available, providing compatibility for IK Users with Mac Intel Core Duo Systems.

ModernBeats.com has released two full volumes of professional music contracts, specifically designed for today's modern musicians.

A free demo of RiffWorks guitar recording software is now available. To kick off this launch, Sonoma Wire Works, along with Line 6, Disc Makers, CDBaby, Recording Magazine, and Submersible Music, have announced the fifth RiffRumble song contest.

Scientists have created a t-shirt that could be the future of music - or just another way for music geeks to look silly.

Native Instruments today released Guitar Rig 2.2, an update for its award-winning digital guitar studio. The new version includes three additional modules emulating some of the most sought-after classic guitar effects, and brings compatibility with Intel-based Macintosh computers

TheAirtightGarage has introduced the BunnyMkII amplifier, a small form factor amplifier using a single ten inch speaker. It is of minimalist design, having only a single channel and a single volume control.

IK Multimedia is shipping its first hardware product, StealthPlug, a 1/4-inch jack to USB audio interface cable for guitar and bass players designed to let them plug into the world of software-based amp/effects modeling and recording.

Apple today announced a new 8GB model of the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition. The new 8GB iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition holds up to 2,000 songs and is available for $249, joining the 4GB model priced at $199.

Nearly half the size of the original, the new iPod shuffle is just half a cubic inch in volume, weighs just half an ounce and features a minimal aluminum design with a built-in clip, making it the most wearable iPod ever.

Listening to iPods for as little as 5 minutes a day can cause hearing loss.

The UTA-1 Universal Travel Adaptor allows the user to connect an electrical device with any type of plug to any power outlet type.

Native Instruments has announced GUITAR RIG 2 Software Edition, a software-only version of its award-winning digital guitar studio

RetroBand models several aspects of the interaction between gain stages and transformers of analogue gear, referred to as intra-modulation (IM), i.e. Class A/B gain stage switching distortion. It also features several forms of transient shaping in-between the stages.

An all-in-one tone solution, Floor POD is a multi-effect floor processor with a built-in foot controller that delivers premium tone and features in a portable, easy to use package.

According to Godlyke, DNA Analogic effects feature unique analog circuit designs that offer improvements over traditional effects

The Owerland steel string guitar has been recorded with mono and stereo microphones and later mixed down, equalised and compressed for a discrete ready to use stereo sound suitable for melodic playing and arpeggios.