Griffin Technology has produced a new device for the iPod that could change the face of Karaoke as we know it. The iKaraoke is designed to send music from your iPod into the stereo minus the lead vocals, so you are free to sing the lead in your favorite songs.

So far, I’ve heard very little about this device so far. I’m not even certain how this device miraculously removes the vocals from your favorite MP3s. Somehow, that sounds a lot harder than just plugging something into your iPod and then to your stereo via line-in cable. I’m not saying that Griffin is lying to us about the iKaraoke, but I guess I just didn’t realize we had the technology to do something like this with such simplicity. By the way, you can also plug it in wirelessly through your FM receiver, kind of like a Mr. Microphone.

Didn’t the Karaoke fad peak like, a decade ago? Oh well, like all fads, they usually come back like the flash-in-the-pans that they are. I suppose the iKaraoke will welcome it back, as people everywhere will have their own versions of American Idol in their own homes. Didn’t you used to have to buy Karaoke machines with vocal-less tracks in order to get the same effect? It is amazing how technology has changed so fast. Now you can sing as much as you want, as bad as you want, without having to humiliate yourself at the local Karaoke bar.

The device comes with a set of controls to make it easy to pause, scan forward or backward, and reverb effects. You also have the option of turning the vocals back on again during singing time.

The iKaraoke should be available in November 2006 from Griffin Technology, as well as Apple stores at about $49.99.