The sweet spot for home turntable enthusiasts on a budget seems to be the $200 mark. This might be the best of the bunch.
One can only imagine the sake-fueled club hopping that led to the development of the Seiko Frequency drum machine watch.
Wayfar Midines Sound Cart for Nintendo
By James Grahame
I'm not even sure how to categorize this one. The Midines (MIDI + NES, geddit?) lets you integrate the sound of your Nintendo Entertainment System into an electronic recording rig. It offers external control over the NES's dual Pulse, Tri, Noise and sample channels and includes 256 8-bit samples that offer up a range of vintage beat box samples, loops, and stabs. And when you're done cooking up new retro techno, you can chill to the sights of NesFX, a retro graphic visualization that is seeded by the incoming MIDI sound data. Only $69 + $10 shipping. Check out the interesting audio demos, too.
