C30, C60, C90!
Here’s an interesting example of bastard technology if there ever was one. The Plus Deck Cassette Converter is a front-loading cassette deck that installs directly into your computer, and can convert, edit and play tapes on your PC.

Seats in 5.25″ internal drive bay (the same size as CD/DVD drive)
Not Mac compatible
Engineered with Hi-Fi [...]

A new device promises to turn your iPod into a portable recording studio.
The MusicJam mixer is a new mixing and recording device for iPods. MusicJam lets users make their own personal versions of favorite songs by adding their singing and guitar jamming to any song and recording the results. The MusicJam can also be [...]

Music producer William Orbit, who handled the production work on Madonna’s electronica-influenced Ray of Light, is now working with Gwyneth Paltrow.
“Gwyneth has messed around with husband Chris Martin,” according to source. “She would not work on music with her husband, she feels like she would be treading on his toes.”
Considering that many consider Orbit’s collaboration [...]

Tucson Weekly has a great overview of Tape Op’s TapeOpCon 2006, which looks like it will be an audio tech and music geek’s wet dream.
If you’re not familiar with Tape Op, you should be. It’s a free magazine about recording, with great interviews with producers, engineers and musicians. TapeOpCon 2006 is the magazine’s 5th annual [...]

If you have any any doubts about Melodyne’s power as a tool for production and remixing, the polyphonic demos should eliminate them.
Celemony has prepared a variety of sound examples to demonstrate their new algorithm for the editing of polyphonic signals or entire mixes.
They’ve got a Flash-based interface that lets you easily explore the effects [...]