The new DM6 USB Express Kit will have you up and drumming in no time. A full-sized drumset with six total drum and cymbal pads, the DM6 USB Express Kit gives you a good setup at a good price ! With USB connectivity, you have complete freedom to create and control any sounds on your Mac or PC. So hop on, this ride is non-stop to your drumming destination!

Some features:
- Four-piece, complete electronic drumset with hi-hat and cymbal pads
- DM6 module contains 108 top-notch drum, cymbal, and percussion sounds
- USB-MIDI output for use with drum-module software
- Realistic, natural-feeling playing surfaces
- Velocity sensitive for natural, musical response
- Bass drum pedal included
- 15 programmable drum sets
- Dual-zone snare pad
- Connect your iPod or CD player and mix it in with 1/8" input
- Drumsticks included
- EZ Drummer Lite software included

Allen & Heath has unveiled the Xone:DB4, a ground-breaking fully digital, DJ mixer with a unique Quad FX Core DSP engine, providing 4 FX BPM Loop record engines with channel EQ filters. Other key features are multi-channel USB audio with MIDI, analogue and digital I/O, input source matrix, easy to read OLED display screen, and USB for recalling user set ups.

Universal Audio announces the release of the new UAD-2 QUAD Omni (v5.7) DSP Accelerator Package
The UAD-2 QUAD Omni (v5.7) features:

- Flagship quad-processor DSP Accelerator Card for UAD Powered
- Plug-Ins on Mac or PC (four Analog Devices SHARC)
- Access the world's finest emulations of analog classics: Manley, Neve, Roland, BOSS, dbx, Empirical Labs, EMT, Fairchild, Harrison, Helios, Little Labs, Pultec, SPL, Teletronix and more
- Run large, professional mixes in Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, Nuendo, Performer and more — without taxing host computer CPU

New features include doubled polyphony with extended SVD engine, built in effects, a built in patch browser, a completely new arpeggiator offering 32 modes, chord hold, MIDI learn, extended LFO features and 32 different bend modes.
The synth ships with a built in library of more than 1500 patches including many original eighties hits patches and famous synth emulating banks including Jupiter-8, Prophet-5,Synthex, Matrix-12, OB-X, Minimoog and Polymoog .

Format: VST windows, VFX Mac/PC (Host patch)
Prices:around $180 (Upgrade starting at $35)

AKAI PRO annonces MPK mini (25 keys), USB software controller with keyboard and drum pads. MPK mini has been unveiled at the 2010 BPM EXPO in Birmingham, England.

High portability and comprehensive software control by melding together the immediate control and grab-and-go convenience of the elders : LPK25 and LPD8.

The MPK mini keyboard is pretty good for quickly entering notes and phrases into a computer and is also velocity-sensitive. Dedicated Octave Up and Down buttons instantly access different pitch ranges and a Sustain button provides further performance options. The MPK mini also has a built-in arpeggiator to create sparkling, staccato leads and driving bass lines in a variety of time signatures and patterns. And Tap tempo !

MPK mini is plug-and-play with Mac or PC and requires no software driver installation or wall power for operation.

MPK Mini