post by Mitchell Sigman That title may be my worst pun attempt yet (and bully for you if you get my oblique humor), but it was vaguely apropos. Simply put, it's a flash recorder that automatically records the moment it detects an incoming audio signal (up to 12 hours of audio). That way if you're playing, you're recording, so you never miss a moment of genius songwriting or, uh, guitar godliness. It also has a "mark" feature and standard tape-machine style transport controls, for easy content sorting of the digital box 'o genius. They make a guitar-input version as well as dee-luxe version with a built-in mic. And you can transfer the whole mess to your Mac or PC via USB. Nifty tifty.

One of my biggest gripes in the universe is carrying around many wee electronic devices (cell phone, iPod, bluetooth high-explosives detonator...). One fine day, there will be a singular device that will be a phone,  a wee laptop, a hifi audio recorder and music player (with TONS of space, iPhone glitch #1) and it will NOT carry an obligatory unethical two-year service contract with the highest-priced cell phone provider in the industry (iPhone glitch #2). In the meantime, Belkin has come up with a super swift recording solution for iPod owners... the Belkin GoStudio. The idea is that you slip your iPod into the top, and it turns into a CD-quality recorder (interestingly, it records at 16 bit, 44kHz or 16 bit 22kHz for lower fidelity/increased space... no MP3 option. I'm guessing they can't convert audio on-the-fly). It can record from its built-in stereo mics, external mics or line sources, has cool LED meters and neato big input gain knob... I must admit I initially took notice of this thing because it looks a heck of lot like a Fluke multimeter (nerd alert!). Oh yeah, and it's only 119 bucks. I might have to buy one. Crap! It's on the audioMIDI site HERE.