Propellerhead's Reason Production Software has always been a strong music-making solution at a reasonable price. Now Propellerhead has announced that they are lowering the price of Reason Essentials even more so that anyone who wants to get into the production world can easily do so. Reason Essentials is a lite production studio software that allows producers to make beats and music straight out the box for only $130. There is also a bundle with the USB Balance interface and the Reason Essentials Software to make production even easier for only $450. Full Press release and links inside.

The Native Instruments Kontakt music creation software is getting stronger and stronger by the minute. Native Instruments is releasing yet another ad-on for Kontakt that will give music producers and cinematographers about six gigs of more cinematic sounds, textures, and samples that are sure to give your project a serious boost. The complete add-on is currently available online at the NI shop for $230. Check out the full press release inside.

For all the producers out there that was waiting for the right time to get some gear should wait no longer! Korg is introducing some nice rebates and price drops on lots of its famed beat production machines to get everyone in the mix before the holidays at the end of the year. These rebates and price drops will last until December 31st so don't wait too long to capitalize on these deals. The Korg Wavedrum will now be $200 Less than before and there are various rebates on their other items like the R3, PS60, and Monotron keyboards along with the Pitchblack pedal tuner. More information after the jump.

Contrary to popular "DJ" beliefs, Native Instruments actually makes products that aren't DJ oriented. Native Instruments also makes excellent production software for producers and music-makers of all types of Genres. This time, NI has announced the new RAZOR software synthesizer which is designed to work with REAKTOR 5 to help create new modern sounds for contemporary electronic music production.

For the production heads out there that are making dance and club music, there is a new Native Instruments Maschine Expansion pack that will give you all the sounds you need to make the next club banger. For only $60, the owners of the NI Maschine and Maschine Mikro can purchase the new Dark Pressure Maschine Expansion that contains kicks, snares, high-hats, one-shot samples, pre-programmed Techno, Tech-house, minimal patterns, and so much more. Check out the press release and full video inside.

Native Instruments is always releasing brand new soundpacks for users of its popular Maschine Music Production Station to keep the creative juices flowing for aspiring producers when making new tracks and beats. The newest MASCHINE Expansion for House and Techno is called PULSEWERK and it comes packed with 30 drum kits and 20 unique Special Kits created exclusively with pitched sound sources. There's also a version available for the iMaschine iphone app. Check out the details in the press release from NI and the links after the jump.