Numark will have a combined audio interface - controller solution for the laptop DJ soon. Its name is Omnicontrol, and most of the technical parameters are kept in secret nowadays - on the official page there is very limited news information on it. The most important thing that can be known is the bundled software - you will get a Traktor 3 LE plus a MixMeister Fusion Live for the price which is to be announced.

The tiny and popular new synth box of the renewed Waldorf company, Blofeld got a keyboard version with the same name. Technically it is not a simple replica but a much stronger synth engine: 60 megabytes of sound sample ROM that can be wavetabled, plus a VA-engine for screaming analogue emulation. Check the official webpage for a very detailed documentation. Price still TBA.

After a long time Korg has unveiled a new sensation again: a new workstation, M50 which has basicly a very similar sound generation system as in the M3, but with a very competitive price: 1500 USD for the 61-key version (more keys to come later). For the money you will get 256 megs of sound ROM, 608 preset plus 640 user programs, 170 different effect algorhythms, a sequencer with huge note capacity, and a polyphonic, programmable arpeggiator. All this comes in November, check the product page for the rest of the info.