Technology is so cruel. I imagined the gadget I wanted, reviewed one that seemed close, bought an almost-there model that came out just after the review . . . and now the company releases EXACTLY what I wanted. Fortunately, there’s an upside. The Quest Earlier this year, I was looking to replace my shattered pocket voice recorder, and laid down...

A reader asks how he can wire a music keyboard into his car so he can suss out songs while driving....

The album cover images in iTunes are just 170 pixels square. A programmer figured out how to retrieve 600-pixel versions from Apple's site. Can you figure out how he did it?

A significant number of Amazon customers severely downgraded this hit album solely because of its sneaky copy-protection. Is it a trend?

Silly design of red Roland pedal requires both foot and hand contact. So I fixed that with a throttle cable from a lawnmower.

Modern prevailing GUIs lack the ability to get down and dirty. For some reason, the character-based user interface has gone the way of the teletype... that is, save for *nix users. Oh yeah, and the other thing Windows doesn't have....

Could Nintendo's Revolution Controller Revolutionize Desktop Music-making?

Those 30-second previews on digital music sites are frustrating. Here’s an elegant alternative that lets you “drop the needle” wherever you want. And there’s no annoying DRM copy-protection.

Microbe - Musical fun in the Palm of your hand.

This is so great: an online database of free, user-submitted, Creative Commons-licensed sounds, with audio and visual previews for all.