There’s something very important missing from the new line of MacBooks that Apple introduced today: FireWire ports.
Here’s the port lineup for the new MacBooks:

MagSafe power port
Gigabit Ethernet port
Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)
Mini DisplayPort
Audio line in
Audio line out
Kensington lock slot

Yep - if you’ve bought a FireWire audio [...]

TASCAM has announced three recording bundles designed to offer everything you need, besides your computer, to record high-quality audio.
TASCAM’s hitting several different price points, to appeal to different budgets and meet different requirements:

The Track Pack T1 combines the US-122L audio interface with a dynamic microphone, headphones and Cubase LE4 recording software. Track Pack T1 sells [...]

Belkin has announced TuneStudio for iPod 5th generation (video), the first four-channel audio mixer that lets you create high-quality digital recordings directly onto your iPod. This mixer lets you input up to four different instruments or audio sources, and record the audio directly onto your iPod for instant playback.
Features:

Records directly to iPod in 16-bit, 44kHz [...]

At the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, Samson was showing off its H4 Handy Digital Recorder.
The device fits in your palm and is designed to record live musical performances, interviews, podcasts, meetings, classes and seminars. The H4 can record 24-bit/96 kHz digital audio as well as in MP3 format with bitrates up to 320kbps.
The H4 [...]