Hard to see how it "opens the world of digital recording to millions of people," as the writer claims. There are some pretty strict filters: You have to own a Mac (unless it works on PC, too; that's not clear). You have to want a low-end Strat. Then you have to own it. You have to be able to play it. You have to know something about recording with computers. You probably need some backing tracks. (We know what to do about that, but not everybody does.) You can probably think of more.

When I run those numbers, it just doesn't come out to "millions." Incidentally, Behringer has had a USB Strat copy for years . . . Why didn't that make the news? Oh, yeah--they're not from California.

I'm probably joking, too.


"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."