Beatport has decided to get their Christmas on early and offer a competition to give away 2 identical digital dj kits where you can keep one and give the other to a friend for Xmas. Cool idea ! All you have to do is buy a track from their store between the 25th of November and the 23rd of December to go into the draw.

Above & Beyond are running a competition to win a balloon ride with them in honour of the artwork for their new Anjunabeats Volume Six Compilation.

Designer Drums is an exclusive Live pack with brand new presets for Operator users. It features classic analog drums, a number of innovative percussive sounds and dedicated drum racks for instant and intuitive beat-making.

Propellerheads have shown their support for the Bob Moog Foundation by making a donation and help raise awareness of the foundation among reason users by releasing a free reason 4 Moog-inspired refill.

The friendly folks over at Percussa that are behind the ever so interesting AudioCubes have released a free drum & bass Ableton Live 7 sound pack. You can get it off their website now.

Beatport has announced genre flavored podcasts including house, trance and drum & bass. These won't replace the existing Beatport Burner podcast. You can read all about it over at Beatportal.

Pendulum's new single "The Other Side" is due to land on 28th July, and UK's BBC Radio 1 are giving you an exclusive sneak preview of the fantastically sinister video. Head to the Radio 1's website from 7pm Tuesday night.

To celebrate their 4th birthday, Audiojelly founders Ricky Simmonds and Stephen Jones have put together a mouth-watering free 20 track download voucher for all users making a purchase through the store.

Trent Reznor continues to stick it to the big record labels giving away the latest Nine Inch Nails album for free download, with no for paid options available as yet. Not only is the album available for free, you can get the complete session files to make your own remixes as well. You will need to register with remix.nin.com to get access to those files, but its free!

Expert song writer Orlando Gutierrez has set up a site that offers free help with song writing. If you need some assistance with a song you're writing just submit your questions to his website and he'll personally answer your questions. Great tips and knowledge base.