In a nod to Apple, the world’s first MP3 recording guitar is a sleek, all-white number called iDea.
You can record riffs as you play, along with vocals on a built-in condenser microphone or use the built-in MP3 player to add backing tracks. It holds up to 100 minutes of music.
A USB port lets you transfer your music to a Mac or PC. The iDea comes with pre-loaded tracks, plus six lessons and an amp. The whole shebang is controlled from the top side of the guitar, no word on whether there’s a left-handed version, too.
Tech-strummers Ovation created the guitar, it comes with a $600 price tag.
If you love the idea but are more of a Mac-loving DIYer, you may want to check out this hack Brian Green made by adding two iPod Touch devices to his guitar, calling it the iTouch guitar.
As he explains in the video:
“The ipod closest to the guitar pick ups is running Itouch Midi’s Martix app which I’m using to send midi to Ableton Live on my Macbook via wifi.”
Sounds complicated, but it’s a cool project.
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Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco freelance writer who heads up Cult of Mac Magazine, our weekly publication available on iTunes. You can find her on Twitter and Google+. If you’re doing something new, cool and Apple-related, email her.
