Okay, this is going a bit too far...
From the original Analog Industries archive. Some links and images from that era no longer resolve.
Yup. That’s basically a soundcard in a cable. USB on one end, 1/4” on the other. I’m trying to keep an open mind, but the very first thing that popped in to my head when I saw that was “Boy, I bet that sounds great.” Seventy bucks and it’s yours. Check out their wicked cool website. Come on, guys. At least expend some effort.
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isn't there already a guitar w/a USB port on it someplace?
i'm sure it sounds great too... ;)
There's a bunch. They're all lame. The lamest of the bunch is the Behringer one, of course, but you can get one that is almost as lame from several different manufacturers. Lame On Tap, basically. But don't say "Tap" too loud. This is guitar stuff we're talking about.
Obviously, this is a 1/4" jack; it can be plugged in to anything, not just a guitar. I wonder how they dealt with the low Z/high Z issue, but I don't wonder that much. Chances are, they didn't.
-CR
Its easy to laugh at stuff like this when you are outside the target market. For JoeBob Guitar Hero down in Dog Patch Tennessee I bet this is pretty darn cool....
Oh and on the topic of Berringer, it seems lately that I cant go anywhere here in Tokyo without spotting one of their silver plated dog turd products somewhere. More's the pity.
The best goodie is the practice amp that matches your iPod, now that is a MUST HAVE!
http://www.soundtech.com/downloads/AMP3-InUseClose.jpg
The nice thing about being outside the target market is that I _can_ laugh at stuff like this. That's the cool thing about the music industry. Once you've paid your dues, you get a Class A License to be a snob. Not many businesses like that out there.
-CR
If it was USB to a set of earphones, or maybe even USB to RCA jacks, it would make sense. But USB to 1/4" mono?
Is this some sort of guitar thing?
>> If it was USB to a set of earphones, or maybe even USB to RCA jacks, it would make sense.
Dude, don't put ideas in their head ;-)
Behringer can't release them until somebody else has, so they can rip off the design. Come on, you want them to do something original?
I think that USB earphones aren't a bad idea for a consumer product. I wouldn't use them personally, because I get headaches and ear fatique unless I use a decent studio headphone... but a cheap USB earphone can't be worse than those little ipod style earbuds.
I wouldn't stoop any lower than firewire 800 headphones.
Or Gigabit Ethernet headphones, if Waves made 'em.
--CR
USB toilet paper, anyone?
<<>> If it was USB to a set of earphones, or maybe even USB to RCA jacks, it would make sense.
Dude, don't put ideas in their head ;-)>>
Actually, I've seen those...
*shudder*
I'm still waiting for the USB drumsticks, guitar picks and piano gloves....
Come on Behringer!
...oh yeah, we mustn't forget the USB sheet music sightreading goggles....
Berhinger's got that one covered already....
actually what if this thing has a *good* borked sound? who knows, it could be the next ratshakverb kinda hardware.
That's a good point. It might be fucked good instead of fucked bad. Anything is possible.
-CR
i needed this with asio drivers 10 years & $50,000 ago
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