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NAMM 2006 Winter Show Update: M-Audio announced shipment of the ProKeys 88sx digital stage piano. This new keyboard offers many of the features of the popular ProKeys 88 in an lightweight package.
“Many players need an ultra-lightweight stage piano without sacrificing great sound quality,” said M-Audio’s Adam Castillo. “The finely-tuned multi-velocity layered samples on the ProKeys [...]

Kid Nepro has announced their latest sound library, Volume #5 Killer Keyboards - 100 New Programs for the Korg M & T Series.
Continuing their support for vintage synths, The Patch King has released a new collection of keyboard sounds compatible with Korg’s old “M” and “T” Series. The new soundbank is compatible with the Korg [...]

Korg has released Latin & Latin Dance, the latest expansion option for the Professional Arranger series keyboards.
This new collection is available as an expansion board (PaX-EXB02) for the Korg Pa1X and Pa1XPro (v.2.0 or higher), and as an expansion card (RMC-PCM03) for the Pa80 (v.3.06 or higher). “Groove Sampling” captures live performers playing real instruments [...]

Clavia has announced two updates to the Nord Modular. In July, it will release version 1.20 of the Nord Modular G2 software. It also will be releaseing the G2x, a 5-octave version of the Modular G2 keyboard.
New G2 OS v1.20

Supports Mac OSX
New graphics
Supports the new 5-octave model G2X
Some new modules have been added:

Metallic Noise Oscillator [...]

If a synth fan is taking a trip to Orlando, chances are they are not going to Disneyworld. Nearby Winter Park, Florida is the home of the Keyboard Museum, home of over 1,300 vintage keyboards and synthesizers!
The Audio Playground Keyboard Museum came to life in June of 1992, and since then it has amassed a [...]

Elektron is known for making one-of-a-kind, drool-worthy instruments. Their Machinedrum drum machine takes some of the best drum sounds available and packages them in a big, knob-filled case, giving it an immediacy that makes it perfect for capturing live performance tweaks. The SidStation turns the soundchip that was originally used in the Commodore 64 computer [...]

Korg has been one of the leaders in electronic music equipment for 30 years. Early products, like the MS series, are analog classics, while their Triton Keyboards are some of the most advanced digital keyboard workstations ever created. Korg is one of the few companies that has consistently made drool-worthy synthesizers for thirty years.
The Korg [...]

At the Winter NAMM Convention, Open Labs introduced NEKO, the first open platform musical keyboard workstation and the OpenSynth™ hardware and software reference platform.
NEKO is designed to bridge the gap between the personal computer and traditional music keyboard workstations. It is a keyboard and music control surface that gives immediate physical access to the controls [...]