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Since the original Kaoss pad was released in 1999, Korg has been steadily improving the thing, adding crazier effects, more features, and earning the undying love of Brian Eno in the process. The Kaossilator, released a few years later, took the same X-Y controls and wide array of effects and added a synthesizer. What’s this, then? Just in time for NAMM 2010, the Kaossilator Pro features 200 sound banks, a vocoder, loop recording with four loop banks, gate arpeggiator, the ability to limit the X-Y pad’s note range to certain keys / scales, Librarian Editor software for managing samples on your Mac or PC, and more. Look for it for £355 (approximately $575) this March. PR after the break.

Update: US product page is up, and lo and behold, this beaut’s only $399 stateside.

[Thanks, Nick!]

If you’re a small business customer or very serious about your reality TV habit, you just might want to take a look at Via’s newest. The M’Serv S2100 mini server is the first to rock Via’s new 64-bit Nano CPU (in this case the 1.3+GHz at 1.6GHz) — but that ain’t all! The case measures only 10.2- by 4.7-inches but includes two 3.5-inch SATA II drive bays (for up to 4TB storage), an integrated and bootable CF card slot, two gigabit Ethernet ports, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA output, and VT virtualization support for network video recording and virtual server applications. OS support includes Windows 7, XP, Vista, Server 2008 Foundation, and various Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu, SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack 2, and FreeBSD). Sales are reserved for OEMs and sysadmins for the time being, but who knows? Maybe if you turn up the charm you can get in on the ground floor here. Hit the source link to get started.

RED may be busy talking up and showing off its new EPIC-X and Scarlet cameras these days, but it’s not about to leave its loyal RED ONE users behind, with it now announcing that they’ll be able to upgrade their camera to the new Mysterium-X sensor starting January 22nd.. That’s the same sensor that will come standard on the EPIC-X, and promises a range of improvements for the $5,750 it’ll cost you — not the least of which is improved low-light performance (one of the few knocks against the original sensor). Along with it, you’ll also get a new version of REDCINE-X to handle the improved video, and those interested in stepping up to the EPIC-X beta program can expect to get a $1,250 credit if they qualify and join at the first or second stage.