Justin Kahn

After the massive new Logic Pro X update hit today and with all of the new products coming out of NAMM 2018, it is certainly going to be a busy weekend for producers and musicians. And we have already seen new instruments from Arturia and Korg as well as Focusrite’s USB-C interfaces for Mac and the brand new metal-series Pocket Operators from Teenage Engineering.

It was only a matter of time before IK Multimedia started to unleash its 2018 lineup on us. On top of some exciting new software products/enhancements, it is now introducing the new iRig Stomp I/O…
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NAMM 2018 is now in full force down in Anaheim, California. The yearly trade show attracts the best and brightest in the world of music production from the major players like Moog, Korg and Roland, to smaller more boutique companies like Teenage Engineering. We have already seen some big time product announcements and now it’s time to look at TE’s brand new pocket operator synths…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Brave Guardians TD, Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty, Baldur’s Gate II and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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Virtual assistants are quickly making their way into just about every product category with the word ‘smart’ attached to it at this point. CES 2018 was dominated by new Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant laden devices from smart home gear to helper robots, sound bars and much more. Clearly, virtual assistants aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, despite what Cortana has to say about it. And now it looks like Alexa and Siri might be getting a new friend courtesy of the folks at Ubisoft…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on The House of Da Vinci, LightEaters!,iBasket Pro, Pro Paint for Mac and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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One of the biggest release dates likely to be on any PS4 owners’ calendar has now been revealed. The long-awaited and much-anticipated God of War is finally getting an official launch date today alongside a brand new trailer, pre-order bonuses and the full reveal of the various collector’s editions…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on BADLAND 2, Healthy Vegetarian Recipes, Wuzzit Trouble and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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Apogee has been one of the top names in digital audio in the music production world for years. It successfully jumped into the mobile game with its iOS friendly interfaces among other things a few years back, and recently launched the second generation MiC+ USB/Lightning Microphone. Apogee rarely opts for affordability over quality, but we had to give it a run for its money anyway.

We have now had a chance to go hands-on with the company’s latest portable mic over the last little while. Apogee has certainly stepped its game up here, but is it still worth the world-class price tag? Head below for our full review…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on The Quest, Nimian Legends,Warbands: Bushido, Remote Drive for Mac and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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January is typically a slow month for game releases, and 2018 is no different, but it won’t be much longer before the highly anticipated Monster Hunter: World releases for consoles. We are also seeing what appears to be the version of Street Fighter V fans have been waiting for as well as some notable Nintendo Switch and 3DS releases.

Last month’s lineup was headlined by the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for Switch along with Okami HD and Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds. But for everything you should be keeping an eye on this month, head down below…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Cardinal Land, Jet Ball Arkanoid, RadioApp, Super Tank Battle and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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In today’s best game deals, Amazon is offering the Destiny 2 on Xbox One for $24.94 with free shipping for Prime members or in orders over $25. It also available on PS4 for a few bucks more. Still $60 at Best Buy, this is the current best price around.

More game/console deals:

• DOOM VFR $20 (Reg. $30) | Amazon
• NBA Live 18: The One Edition $7.50 (Reg. $30) | Microsoft
• Borderlands Handsome $16 or $12 w/ GCU (Reg. $20+) | Best Buy
• GameStop Besthesda Pre-Owned Sale from $18 | GameStop
• Super Mario Maker $30 or $24 w/ GCU (Reg. $40) | Best Buy
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 $20 or $16 w/ GCU (Reg. $25+) | Best Buy
• Mario Kart 7 $20 or $16 w/ GCU (Reg. up to $30) | Best Buy
• Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon $6 (Reg. $10+) | Microsoft
• BioShock: The Collection $20 or $16 w/ GCU (Reg. $30+) | Best Buy
• Hitman Complete $20 or $16 w/ GCU (Reg. $25+) | Best Buy
• Titanfall 2 $10 (Reg. $14+) | Amazon

ICYMI: We still have the Playstation 4 Pro + Destiny 2 & Overwatch GOTY for $400 shipped ($470+ value) or without the games for $339. Here’s the new Monster Hunter World and Glacier White PS4 Pro consoles are releasing this month.

Down below you’ll find more console game deals and new products. Your daily iOS/Mac app sales are on the way!
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Well, it’s that time of year. NAMM 2018 is just around the corner now and we are already seeing many of the big time music production company’s showing off their 2018 lineups. Arturia has certainly been busy the last few days with the second generation MiniBrute, Mini Brute 2S and RackBrute, not to mention the new interfaces from Focusrite and Universal Audio.

We suspected Korg wouldn’t be far behind Arturia here, and we were right. The company has now unveiled a brand new poly synth, a drum machine and the latest addition to its popular (and extremely affordable) Volca line…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on SimCity: Complete, Demon’s Rise, iPoe Vol. 3 and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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Native Instruments has been running the music production software game in a major way for quite some time. Along with some of its more recent hardware offerings like the Kontrol series keyboards and, even more so, the Komplete software bundles, its products have become mainstays for amateur and seasoned producers. Needless to say, the German-based company has been producing some of the best virtual instruments and effects for years and it is now ready to take its content management and library system to the next level.

Today, NI is launching Sounds.com. The new platform is a subscription based service where creators can access thousands of new samples, loops, sound packs and more for a monthly subscription…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Inspire Pro, Typic, GeoBee Challenge, iTranslate Voice and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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Sony has just unveiled a pair of new (for the most part) PlayStation 4 editions headed to the US market. While the standard version along with the Destiny 2 and Star Wars Battlefront 2 variants have been on store shelves for a while now, Sony’s high-end machine is getting a new face lift to celebrate a major upcoming release and is going solo with the Glacier White rendition…
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With NAMM 2018 just around the corner, we are starting to see some major new music production product announcements. Arturia has been busy unveiling the next generation MiniBrute synthesizers and Universal Audio’s most affordable new Thunderbolt interface is now available for purchase. While the higher-end Universal Audio options rank among our favorites in the price range, Focusrite is also revealing its latest I/O hardware with the new Clarett USB devices…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Better Habits, Vocabulary, Enlight and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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(Update 1/17 12:00pm):

• Here’s the new RackBrute 3U and 6U modular power supply cases/rigging system [Video]
• Arturia has now launched the MiniBrute 2S with no keyboard and a much deeper sequencer

French electronic music company Arturia started back in 1999 with some of the best analog emulation products on the market. The company more recently dove head first into the hardware business with its Brute line of analog synthesizers as well as some interesting digital hardware for modular users and the like. Most recently it released its massive flagship Matrix Brute for a cool $2,199, but it looks as though the company is back to focusing its attention on the more affordable and universal end off the product line.

Ahead of NAMM 2018 (kicks off later this month), Arturia has now unveiled the latest hardware product with the MiniBrute 2…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Infinity Dungeon Evolution, Essential Anatomy 5, Brainbean, True Horror and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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(Update 2/13 1:05pm): The New Nintendo 2DS XL Pikachu Edition is now available for $159.99 shipped at Amazon, GameStop, Target and more.

Nintendo had a record-breaking 2017 with major new hardware releases and some of the highest rated first-party titles in history. The hybrid Switch console was apparently the highest selling home video game console in U.S. history in its first 10 months on the market, and we all know how fast the SNES Classic Edition flew off store shelves. But the company’s best-in-class handheld division has been pretty busy as well. We saw the new Zelda 2DS for Black Friday, the Poké Ball Edition 2DS XL and the Super Nintendo-themed 3DS handheld, just to name a few. To sum it up, Nintendo has been on fire lately.

After some major new game announcements during yesterday’s Nintendo Direct Mini, including Super Mario Odyssey DLC, Donkey Kong on Switch and Dark Souls Remastered, we now know the New Nintendo 2DS XL Pikachu Edition is coming later this month…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Iesabel, Disney Stickers, the Tower of Fortune games and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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The Japanese gaming giant released a new Nintendo Direct today via YouTube. With a shorter run-time than its usual events, today’s broadcast is referred to as a Nintendo Direct Mini. But don’t be fooled by the naming scheme, we got some major new Switch announcements including new Super Mario Odyssey and Pokemon Tournament DX content, Dark Souls: Remastered, Hyrule Warriors, Donkey Kong for Switch and more…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Doom & Destiny, ReadKit, SimCity, Weather Now and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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Amongst the rollable prototype OLED displays, smart home hubs and live translation headphones of CES, there are always a few amazing little robot helpers. From adorable home companions to futuristic commercial fleets, you can always count on new AI bots to appear in Vegas come January.

One such bot that caught our attention is Aeolus. The large wheeled robot can bring you a drink, sweep the floor, liaison with Amazon’s Alexa and much more…
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From smartwatches and basic tracking bands to smart rings and head-mounted gear, wearables are everywhere this year at CES. It seems as though companies are trying to cram smart tech and sensors in to just about anything they can think of these days. But one particular avenue of this kind of technology yet to make its way to the masses is smart, connected “ingestibles”…
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These days it can be difficult to get into smart home products with so many different standards and brands out there. Anytime we see universal gear that attempts to bring the whole thing together, regardless of how you have invested your cash already, it’s worth investigating. Brilliant showed up at CES 2018 with what it describes as “the world’s smartest light switch” and so far, it has our attention…
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Alexa and other virtual assistant technology are certainly all the rage at CES 2018 this year. But we have also seen some interesting wearable technology, not the least of which is the Motiv fitness tracker ring and some of the intersting VR gear that has surfaced. In the midst of all the new product announcements, Coros Wearables is introducing its new Omni smart bike helmet at CES 2018 in a major way…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Oh She Glows recipe app, Downgeon Quest, Color Accent and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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CES 2018 has been an exciting one this year with crazy new displays, Alexa sound bars, connected luggage and headphones made of illegal gun metal. Another interesting product we spotted this year is the Cauldryn heated travel mug. Cauldryn has been on the scene with its battery laden portable water/coffee system since mid last year and is now ready to expand its next generation tumbler through 2018 with new accessories and add-ons.
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Incase not only makes a slew of different iPhone and iPad accessories, but also some of the best connected luggage products on the market. The company also made its way to Vegas this year to announce the next generation of its connected travel eco-system…
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We have already seen our fair share of new headphone designs from CES 2018. Sennheiser’s new BeatsX competitors, SOL’s very first foray into the world of over-ear Bluetooth and Mymanu’s Click+ live translation headphones are just some of the interesting headsets to come out of Vegas so far this year. While it might be a while until we see the Eagle head-mounted home theater come to fruition, we are quite excited about the new Audio-Technica QuietPoint over-ears.

One thing we expected to see even more of by now is truly wireless earbuds. But the folks over at Yevo have got us covered with its new headset made of a very special metal known as Humanium.
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Straight from CES 2018 in Las Vegas, Satechi is revealing its new Smart Dual Charging Station for Apple gear. Satechi has become well-known for quality accessories at a somewhat affordable price tag and its new charging solution is no exception. While it might not be as groundbreaking as we would have hoped for, the sleek looking dual charger is ready for prime time this year and its semi-modular design can accommodate iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple Pencil and more…
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CES 2018 continues to roll on with new family-focused home monitoring and hybrid mouse pad Qi chargers, but now it is time to move over to the audio world. We saw some very intersting new Roku voice controlled sound bars from TCL yesterday, and now audio company Klipsch is ready to unveil its 2018 plans…
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In today’s best iOS and Mac app/game deals, we have some solid price drops on Wake N Shake Alarm Clock, Pixomatic, Remote Control for Mac and more. You’ll find a complete list of today’s absolute best apps curated by hand down below:
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The Consumer Electronics Show isn’t just about 8K TVs and this magical rollable OLED, it’s also about personal home theaters for your head, fitness tracking rings and new gaming peripherals. Corsair is well known for its hardcore gaming keyboards, mouse pads, mice, headsets and more. The company has showed up at CES 2018 with a few new devices including a wireless gaming keyboard and the interesting new hybrid mouse pad/Qi charger…
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The Motiv fitness tracking ring is an interesting concept. The small, yet, at least to some, attractive ring can handle much of the same tasks your Fitbit, Apple Watch or other devices of that nature usually take care of. Described as one of the smallest fitness trackers out there, it’s worth looking into for anyone that doesn’t like the wrist-mounted options.

While we have got a good look at the small fitness ring in the past, Motiv has brought some very interesting new features and updates to CES 2018, along with deeper support for Apple Health and Android users.
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Well CES has always been the time for the major players in the game to show off the next greatest thing in home theater gear. There’s always that crazy prototype or something along those lines that gives us a quick glimpse into the future. And while LG’s insanely large 88-inch 8K screen has already made headlines, this rollable OLED display is a whole other story…
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TCL has now unveiled new gear for 2018 at CES. We are getting a good look at its new home theater audio solutions as well as the new 5 and 6-series Roku TVs. After getting an early look at Roku’s new virtual assistant and audio tech last week ahead of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, we expected to see at least a few new product announcements make use of the integrated smart technology. TCL is first out of the gate with its new assistant laden Alto Soundbar and metal-framed displays…
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Neon Mart (100% positive in the last 12 months from 17,989 ratings) via Amazon is offering a 6-Pack of LE Vintage 4-watt Dimmable Edison LED Bulbs for $20.25 with code 4XCW68UQ. Shipping is free for Prime members or in orders over $25.  That’s around $5 under the going rate and the best we can find. Along with a money-saving 50,000 hour life, these soft white bulbs are rated at 350 lumens of brightness. Rated 4+ stars from over 1,500 Amazon customers.

Other notable Green Deals today include:

• TP-Link HS100 Wi-Fi smart plug on sale for $20 (Reg. $30) | Amazon
• Crank emergency radio & charger: $40 (Reg. $50+) | Amazon
• Control your outlets w/ Alexa: Etekcity 2-pack Wi-Fi Plugs $29 (Reg. $35) | Amazon
• Ring unveils new home security cams, sensors, outdoor lighting and more | CES 2018

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By now, most 9to5Toys readers are likely familiar with Anker’s PowerHouse 434Wh portable generator/battery. We have featured the device several times and it remains one of our favorites in the product category. The off-grid power supply is a fantastic companion to have for the technologist on-the-go or just simply as a back-up power supply during power outages and potential emergency situations. However, its $500 price tag is still a little too steep for some. Enter the new PowerHouse 200. A smaller, more affordable version of its larger predecessor that has just been announced for CES 2018…
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In celebration of CES 2018, we are teaming up with HyperDrive to offer 9to5 readers an exclusive 20% off all of the company’s USB-C hubs. Simply use code 9to5mac at checkout to redeem the special pricing.
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SOL Republic is one of those companies that has capitalized on the popularity Beats headphones have carved out over the years. It has successfully created similarly fashionable products while maintaining a big enough price gap from Apple’s flagship drivers to remain competitive. It has been quite a while since we got refreshed cans from the company, but it looks like it is now ready to unveil its latest and greatest for CES 2018…
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Ring is quickly becoming one of the premiere brands in home security/automation. The company’s doorbell products have been a very popular choice for a while now and were the recipients of deep deals over the Black Friday holiday. With CES in full swing and the recent acquisition of Mr. Beams, Ring is readying a completely refreshed lineup of home security and connected outdoor lighting products for 2018…
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