Korg has added four new products to their lineup since the first of the year. The product offerings show the wide range of diversity that has become the Korg product line. While best known for their keyboards, their tuners have become quite popular and their Wave Drum series of hand percussion have had some significant success of late. Both of these lines will receive new offerings with the arrival of the Pitchclip clip-on tuner and the Wave Drum Mini. Rounding out the offerings are a battery operated powered monitor speaker and the Monotribe ribbon synthesizer.

Expanding on the success of their DTX-900 which debuted at this years winter NAMM show in January and won the "Best in Show" award, Yamaha has released two new lines of electronic percussion featuring their DTX pads. Yamaha designed its innovative new DTX-PAD with input from the company's legendary roster of drum artists. The Textured Cellular Silicone head features a proprietary manufacturing process that introduces small air bubbles into foamed silicone to provide playability and feel unlike any pad introduced to market. Using a new numbering system based on the Drum trigger module Yamaha has launched two new lines that will allow the new technology to reach a wider range of customers.

This is a roundup of new Roland products that have been announced since the beginning of the year. They represent a refresh of the entire Roland Line most are already available or soon to be available. Truly there is something for everyone in this grab bag of musical goodies.

Los Angeles, CA, May 11, 2010 — The latest successor to Roland's long line of electronic percussion multi-pads is now shipping. The Octapad SPD-30 features 8 independent Trigger Pads, hundreds of built in sounds, multi-effects and multiple inputs for external triggers and controllers.

Using the latest trigger technology from Roland’s industry-leading V-Drums®, the pads on the OCTAPAD SPD-30 feature an extremely natural and responsive playing feel. The eight separate trigger surfaces provide superior dynamic response, trigger consistency over a pad’s entire surface, and the elimination of crosstalk.

The OCTAPAD SPD-30 includes 50 kits and hundreds of cutting-edge drum and percussion sounds. Powerful onboard effects include 30 types of multi-effects that can be used on individual kits, and Ambience with an Equalizer and Limiter that can be applied to the overall OCTAPAD SPD-30 sound. The Phrase Loop recording feature allows the player to loop recorded sounds in real time, and then overdub additional parts or sounds. With the ability to record three parts per phrase, Phrase Loop is a powerful creative tool for live performance and recording.