Welcome to the world of technology where everything is changing faster than Tiger Woods is encountering nasty glances from his wife. We’ve come a long way from 8 tracks, records, and mixed cassette tapes, nt to mention the Compact discs that later replaced those cassette tapes. We have been given access to MP3 players and I-pods. We’ve had piracy and streaming happening in a digital age that continues to out-do itself. In another comparison to Woods, it’s as though music technology is competing against itself. Unknown bands have made breakthroughs simply from their MySpace pages and now opt to sell USB flash drives to release their latest albums instead of the antiquated CD.

With that said, here’s our list of the top 8 new music gadgets:

8. Rip & Burn magazine is a music magazine that reviews albums and notifies readers which tracks to download so they don’t have to bother with getting the entire album. “We realized that with downloading digital music you tend not to buy albums anymore, because you just put the tracks on your I-pod that you know you would be happy to listen to if they were set to random. Digital music is all a part of our cultural shift towards instant gratification. We just don’t have the patience any more to wade through music we don’t like just because something good’s coming on next.”- Tom Dunmore, Rip & Burn magazine editor.

7. Logitech, a manufacturer of peripheral-device, has a new muti-use network player: Logitech Squeezebox Boom that has a built-in amplifier, a subwoofer connection, high performance speakers, and simplified setup, enabling users to listen to Internet radio stations as well as subscription services including Slacker, Pandora, Sirius, Last.FM, and Rhapsody without having to turn on the computer. “The network music player will be the CD player in its class to deliver high-quality audio in a compact, all-in-one design.”- Robin Seldon, Vice President and General Manager of Logitech’s Streaming Media Business unit.

6. A Black Hole muti-pattern studio mic, JZ Microphone, was created by Mic designer Juris Zarins. The center hole of the mic holds a shock-mount, Class-A discreet electronics, and dual condenses capsules with a one of a kind variable on the large diaphragms.

5. If you’re interested in the JZ Microphone then you will also be curious of another voice instrument. The TC-Helicon, Voice Tone Harmony-G XT is an improved reverb designed after big brother, VoiceLive 2, Harmony. Voice Tone Harmony offers vocal harmony, pro effects, and improves the vocal time.

4. Anyone who’s been to a live show knows that one of the most painful experiences to endure is loud feedback coming from the microphone and guitar sounds conflicting as they fight for which gets heard louder. DVK Technologies GNR 8-130 is a 130W powered stereo guitar amplifier cabinet, made solely for use with any DSP based direct recording device or preamp. This is the system to own. It contains a full frequency response system, low distortion, and dynamics.

3. TX Digital Wireless Guitar System is the only U.S. made, multi-transmitter, ultra-compact, guitar and bass wireless system. This transmitter holds audio quality and a professional level performance.

2. The newest music PC product from company, Open Labs is called SoundSlate. SoundSlate has up to 10,000 built-in sounds and support for dual moniters. This is a music PC created to be a VST open source sample player. Club DJs will embrace the most recent product introduced from Hinton Instruments, the SwitchMix. This synthesizer is a compact switched routing for audio and DC coupled control voltages. SwitchMix leads to more audio routing which includes effects routing, headphone mixes, and multitrack.

1. The Akai Professional MPK88 is a professional performance keyboard controller with MPC production controls. The MPK88 is equipment for any musician to record with, for the studio or on-stage; it’s ideal for performances and holds a selection of MPC technologies. “Today music is in constant evolution, and that requires the tools for music creation to evolve similarly.”- Adam Cohen, Director of Business Development, Akai Professional

In an everlasting ritual of improving music people to enjoy with instruments inside instruments and music systems updating and auditioning to beat out the best, it’s a string of possibilities for music lovers who would ask of nothing less.