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Vestax’s PAD-One is the newest micro controller to take a beating on the DJmag test bench

Above & Beyond are a genuine phenomenon. Arguably the biggest electronic DJing and production collective the UK has ever produced, inspiring almost unimaginable adulation in their fans, they’ve played to nearly a million people in Brazil, sold out the Hollywood Palladium in record time and remixed Madonna.
Now, with a new album in tow, ‘Group Therapy’ — their first under the name since 2006 — these trance giants are about to blow the game apart all over again...

Akai’s aggressively-priced mini laptop controller aims to do it all on the cheap. But can it compete with Korg?

Does Spectrasonics’ new bass softsynth plug-in Trilian deliver?

DJ/producer Mark Rae is one of the UK's finest beatsmiths.

The next generation of Nord Lead synthesizers

The new Origin synthesizer is capable of emulating classic synths, such as the Arp, Moog, Prophet VS and CS80.

The results are in for DJmag's Tech Awards 2006. Which DJ kit is the best? Here's what DJmag readers and our panel of experts said.