Abstract: The present invention provides a music playback and manipulation system for generating audio playback of digital musical comprising; a user control device having an external memory interface for providing access to random access memory and read only memory, a mass storage host controller for providing access to and control of data from, a user controller interface and an audio subsystem interface; a mass storage device for storing a plurality of audio files; and a user control device for varying playback parameters of said audio files.

Abstract: A device for capturing and recording analog audio signals; comprising an input adapter for connecting to an analog audio source device to receive the audio signals, a processor linked to the input adapter for converting the audio signals to a digital audio file format and an output adapter linked to the processor for directing the digital audio file format to a communications port for exchanging date with an external mass storage device an external control device for generating control signals to the processor based on user inputs and a display device for indicating device status in response to the user inputs.