Gizmodo Gifts

Sure, you could buy yourself earplugs or a vacation as a gift for that aspiring rockstar, but that is too selfish. It's time to embrace the bad music and if anything, help the kiddo out. M-Audio's MicroTrack II digital audio recorder could do that.

The recorder is the do-it-all for the musician. It has two-channel WAV and MP3 recording and playback. It supports CompactFlash for easy and quick storage. There are inputs out the wazoo and the software makes it easy to move the recordings to a computer. $299 may be a lot, but just think of the karma you will obtain that will pay itself back handsomely when that band really does get signed. [MicroTrack II]