Congrats to Belkin’s TuneStudio for the Apple iPod for winning the “Best in Show” award at the Summer NAMM Show held in Austin, TX. The TuneStudio is certainly a very cool device – it’s a four channel audio mixer that allows users to create digital recordings directly onto their Apple iPods for instant playback. Your four channels can be connected to four different instruments or audio sources and each channel has its own three band equalizer, pan, and level controls. You can even stream audio through a built-in USB port to and from a PC or a Mac.

Key features are as follows:

• Records directly to the iPod in 16-bit, 44kHz quality
• Streams audio through built-in USB interface to and from a PC or Mac computer
• Each channel is equipped with 3-band EQ, pan and level controls
• Phantom-power-enabled XLR inputs provide up to 60 dB of microphone gain
• High-quality stereo compressor with makeup gain enhances audio dynamics and keeps audio levels within recording limits of the iPod
• Features one-knob compression control
• LEDs indicate master audio level, power status, peak indication, compressor activity, and recording status

The Belkin TuneStudio will have a retail price of $249.99. No word on the release date as of yet.

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