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Featuring many excellent sounds, numerous styles, countless options and an elegant interface, the Tyros 5 is truly the flagship of Yamaha's keyboard range. To make the keyboard even more attractive, Yamaha has now come up with a great promotion.

The first Tape USB audio recorder was such a success that it was only a matter of time before Reloop introduced its successor. The Tape 2.0 is quicker, better and still doesn't require the intervention of a PC!

This September 2015, Tama is bringing a completely new line of drum bags to the market. The Powerpad series consists of a stick bag, three snare bags, a cymbal carrier, a bass pedal carrier, two hardware bags, five tom bags, three floor tom bags and finally, four different bass drum bags.

With the DJ Control Compact, Hercules proves that DJ controllers can be even more compact than the DJ Control MP3. It's particularly suitable for beginner DJs (and DJs who want to be able to get down to business wherever they are), but it's surprisingly comprehensive nonetheless.

With the attractive Stage-B16, Motu introduces a versatile rack mixer that doubles as a high-grade audio interface, and boasts a DSP that delivers excellent, studio-grade effects. In essence, the Stage-B16 gives you three devices in one: a rack mixer with DSP, a stage box with 16 inputs and 8 outputs, and an audio interface that meets the demands of even the most critical studio enthusiasts.

Every time Apple introduces a new product, the world watches with bated breath. This year, a lot of Apple gadgets were upgraded, now boasting even more features than their predecessors. Take the iPad mini 4, for instance. According to Apple, it is now slimmer, lighter and faster than ever, and offers a choice of 16, 64 or 128 GB of storage.

Ever since June, there have been rumours that Apple will be releasing a brand-new iPad soon. This new iPad supposedly has a 12.9" screen, a dizzying resolution of 2732 x 2048 pixels, a more powerful chip set and iOS (9). Today, we can finally confirm the rumour: the new iPad Pro is coming out at the end of this year, just in time for the holidays! Read more about the new features and specifications of this tablet.

Finally, it's happened! Pioneer has released their own DJ software. At the DJ-Expo in the USA, we were already treated to a little sneak preview.

Today, Pioneer introduces their new Pioneer DDJ-RX and DDJ-RZ to the world. They're quite a novelty, as they are Pioneer's first DJ controllers that work with the company's very own Rekordbox DJ software. By the looks of it, the main inspiration for the DDJ-RZ was Pioneer's top-segment DDJ-SZ DJ controller, while the DDJ-RX has been modelled after the DDJ-SX. Thanks to similar formats and layouts, transitioning from the SZ or SX to the RZ or RX will be a breeze!

Native Instruments introduces the Kontrol S5 . This console, modelled after the Kontrol S8, possesses many of the same displays, but is much more compact and affordable As far as class is concerned, it can be placed inbetween the S4 and the S8, offering a good combination of the best of both models.