Sony's Music Video Recorder may well be the camera sleeper hit of the holidays. Think of it as the ill-fated Flip Video – or, indeed, Sony's own Bloggie alternative – given a pro-audio upgrade, ...

This is how we recorded multiple tracks in the olden days, kids. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac 4Pockets’ MultiTrack Recorder Plugin is an audio-recording app that can be loaded inside other music ...

The Sony HDR-MV1 Music Video Recorder has been introduced this week as a device made for musicians who wish to record and share live – or staged – performances. This device works with an X-Y position ...

Voice Memos has long been a sort of catchall for iPhone users that want to record anything that makes sound. For musicians the stock iPhone app has been a useful tool, but perhaps no more useful than ...

Bush Elementary School third graders Victoria Higbee, Isaac Perez and Aaliyah Anzalone play their recorders while following the direction of music teacher, Kathy Brunco. “I need you to remind me, what ...

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Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

It’s bizarre but true: wire recording is the longest-lasting capture format in audio history, one that paved the way for reel-to-reel tapes and a host of others—even though most people today, and some ...

Pity the poor recorder, tortured in a thousand classrooms by reluctant schoolchildren. It’s still the most popular instrument learned in school, according to a survey this week, but is there any sound ...