FAD GADGETS

Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.

TP-7 FIELD RECORDER I’ve no idea why I still own and use an old dictaphone to record notes for myself, musical or otherwise. Smartphones can do everything dictaphones can and plenty more – but there’s something about the simplicity of the object that compels me to keep using it (and it’s never let me down, which is more than can be said for my smartphone). That’s the thinking behind the TP-7, Teenage Engineering’s cute-but-pricey field recorder (£1,299, would you believe?). It’s billed as a zero-friction gadget for getting ideas down quickly and simply: just press record and go, while a simulated tape reel gently revolves, presumably to reassure you that it’s working. www.teenage.engineering 5 MOONS RECORDER Another kind of field recorder, but this one is a multitrack machine with a…

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