Belkin TuneStudio puts a mixer around your iPod
January 9th, 2007 by Derek
This just in via Paul. If you have a fifth-generation iPod (the “video iPod”), Belkin just announced something for you at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES): the TuneStudio.
It puts a four-track mixer with two XLR inputs around your iPod and lets you record to the built-in CD-quality (16-bit, 44.1 kHz) WAV recorder. It will also interface via USB to your computer, and includes a hardware compressor. It should be out in the summer for $180 USD. We’ll see if we can get one to test—this could be a really interesting portable podcasting or live recording rig. Plus it certainly looks cool.
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1. Shane Hendricks&hellip | January 9th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Aw man, I am buying this! That is SWEET!!!
2. Derek&hellip | January 9th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I hope we’ll have a zZounds link for you by then.
3. Shane Hendricks&hellip | January 9th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
When I’m ready to buy, I’ll buy through your link from zZounds! $180 is pretty tough to pass up for such a device.
4. Derek&hellip | January 10th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Here’s a photo of it in use in Belkin’s booth at CES, with a live band:
5. B&Massa&hellip | January 11th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
This is awesome, but there seems to be a lot of talk out there about it being a “4 track recorder” when what people mean is it’s a 4 channel desk that feeds a two channel (stereo) mix to the the iPod. Probably needs to be more clearly worded but clarity vanishes when something as cool as this hits the stands and the hype starts flowing ;-)
Still a damned cool, no, FREAKIN’ AWESOME gadget though :D
6. Derek&hellip | January 11th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
It is a four-channel mixer with a stereo bus to the iPod. I wonder whether it is stereo-only in as a USB interface? Probably.
But as I noted in a discussion with Tod Maffin over in the Flickr comments for the image, it’s one of those things that looks so neat that you just want one, and will figure out what to do with it later.
7. beyok&hellip | January 17th, 2007 at 10:51 am
who’s the band. i was there and didn’t get their name.
8. Derek&hellip | January 18th, 2007 at 12:01 am
Sorry, I have no idea. That photo was from Belkin staff at CES, not us.
9. NPR goes younger, iPod mi&hellip | January 23rd, 2007 at 10:48 am
[...] An audio mixing board for your… iPod?! A new device called TuneStudio puts a four-track mixer with two XLR inputs around your iPod and lets you record to the built-in CD-quality (16-bit, 44.1 kHz) WAV recorder. It will also interface via USB to your computer, and includes a hardware compressor. It should be out in the summer for $180 USD. [...]
10. Fernando&hellip | November 1st, 2007 at 7:31 am
when and where can I get one of these?
11. Derek&hellip | November 3rd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I haven’t seen one in person yet, but given that this was announced almost a year ago now for $250, it should be available via Belkin dealers.
12. Jason&hellip | November 9th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Actually, I was just browsing for this device… headed to Belkin’s site to see what they said. It is still listed as “coming soon”, but now has a suggested price of $399! WTF!
13. GMan&hellip | January 3rd, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Belkin, who are you trying to fool? If you had it and it WORKED it would be out and we would have already seen them available on Ebay by now. So, what’s UP Belkin, did you accept an award for a device you really do have??? up and working yet! Figures, I wondered about this thing when the claim was instant playback when you are going in anolog and whalla…out comes MPEG4 format…SURE!!!! When monkey fly out of our B…s
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