The 2016 NAMM Show, held Jan 21-24, 2016 in Anaheim, CA, is one of the largest music industry events in the world. Over 1,500 companies introduce new music gear at the show, which is attended by about 100,000 people.
Synthtopia’s coverage of the 2016 NAMM Show is sponsored by Yamaha.
You can get the latest news on synths and electronic music gear introduced at NAMM below:
2016 NAMM Show: At the Winter NAMM Show, we talked with Tracktion’s James ‘Woody’ Woodburn about their new software synthesizer, BioTek. BioTek is a new virtual instrument for Linux, Mac & Windows that combines an advanced synthesis engine with an array of sampled sounds from natural, urban and mechanical environments. It was created by two virtual instrument gurus, Wolfram Franke & Taiho… Read More Tracktion Biotek “Not An Ordinary Instrument’
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Tracktion was showing its upcoming Copper Reference Stereo I/O Interface. With the Copper Reference, Tracktion did not want to duplicate the many existing mainstream audio interfaces. Instead, they wanted to apply ‘American hot rod mentality’, to creating a boutique, high-end stereo interface. In this video, from the NAMM Show floor, Tracktion’s James… Read More Tracktion Copper Reference Stereo I/O Interface Is ‘Bonkersly Good’
At the 2016 NAMM Show, held in Anaheim, CA Jan 21-24, Roland introduced the A-01 – an hybrid mobile MIDI controller and 8-bit synthesizer. Here’s a video overview from Roland’s Peter Brown, that covers the A-01’s features. See the video below for some audio demos of the A-01’s 8-bit synthesizer:
2016 NAMM Show: At the Winter NAMM Show, Elektron was showing the latest version of Overbridge. And featuring Elektron Octapong, above – a version of Pong for the Octatrack.
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Social Entropy showed updates to its Engine hardware sequencer, and also introduced its new control voltage expansion board. Here’s a video overview of the Engine sequencer from the NAMM Show floor, by designer John Kimble.
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Abstrakt Instruments was displaying the Avalon synth – an evolution of the classic Roland TB-303 synthesizer. The core circuitry of the Avalon is based on the Roland TB-303, to which a new layer of analog and digital circuitry has been added to give the synth new capabilities. They were also debuting their filter cartridge… Read More Abstrakt Instruments Avalon Bassline At The 2016 NAMM Show
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Yamaha introduced a couple of new adapters that are designed to let you connect your MIDI gear wirelessly via Bluetooth to devices up to 10 meters away. Yamaha’s Nate Tschetter gave us a quick overview at the Winter NAMM Show.
2016 NAMM Show: At the NAMM Show, Yamaha announced some updates to Soundmondo, its social media site for synth patch sharing. Soundmondo lets you connect your synth to the Internet, via Web MIDI, for patch sharing and more. Yamaha’s Nate Tschetter gave us an update on Soundmondo:
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Waldorf introduced their new Eurorack keyboard and modules. In this video, Rolf Wöhrmann gives us an overview of the kb37 Controller Keyboard and three new modules:
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Yamaha introduced a keytar attachment for the company’s line of Reface mobile mini keyboards. The combination of the keytar attachment and the Reface’s support for battery power means that users have the same freedom to move around as guitarist and bassists. Yamaha’s Nate Tschetter gave us a quick overview of the new Reface… Read More Yamaha Intros Reface Keytar Adapter
