Musician’s looking for an all-in-one iPad instrument connection solution are about to get it with Griffin’s StudioConnect for iPad. It’s an iPad stand with Audio and MIDI Ins and Outs. You can connect your guitar or your keyboard, your bass or your electronic drums. It does it all. It even charges your iPad. If you’re just interested in the MIDI capabilities, Griffin’s MIDIConnect makes it easy to control GarageBand and other audio apps with your MIDI keyboard or other controller.

These are not high-end headphones with big drivers and fluffy cushions; the Vibrato are earbuds, but they offer a greatly improved performance and fit over the garden variety earbud. For the size and fit they provide good sound reproduction, a handy phone function and a low profile look. If you like using ear buds, these are a very good option.

If you were thinking there are quite a few awesome audio apps for iPad, you were thinking right. If you were hoping for a better accessory with which to leverage those apps, then today is your day. Alesis has announced their iO Dock for iPad and iPad 2. It’s the first accessory of its kind for iPad. The iO Dock has basically every connection a musician could want, including two XLR-1/4″ inputs, MIDI In and Out, an assignable 1/4 footswitch input, two 1/4″ headphone outputs with independent volume controls and even a video output.

Looking for another good gift idea for the upcoming holiday season? Look no further than iHome’s new iHM77BC Portable Multimedia Speaker system. Currently costing $49.99, these speakers feature a vacuum bass expansion and two amplified speakers with built in rechargeable batteries that can be juiced up via USB. With a 3.5mm audio jack, they can more »