The 2018 NAMM Show, held Jan 25-28, 2018 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 2018 NAMM Show is sponsored by Pittsburgh Modular & Yamaha.
You can get the latest news on synths and electronic music gear introduced at NAMM below:
Montage OS v2.0 adds full Voice and Performance compatibility with recent MOTIF series instruments, additional control and workflow improvements.… Read More Yamaha Montage 2.0 Hands-On Demo At The 2018 NAMM Show
According to the company, the Waldorf Quantum ‘combines the raw power of a classic digital & analog hybrid synthesiser, with futuristic sounds that are only possible with today’s software synthesisers.’… Read More Waldorf Quantum Synthesizer In-Depth Overview
The Neuman is a design prototype for a new type of flagship synthesizer. … Read More The Yudo Neuman – A Futuristic Touchscreen Synthesizer
Arturia Product Manager Sebastien Rochard discusses designing the new MiniBrute 2, the MiniBrute 2S and the RackBrute Eurorack case system.… Read More Designing The Arturia MiniBrute 2, With Sebastien Rochard
At the 2018 NAMM Show, Sonicware introduced the ELZ_1 synthesizer. We talked with the Sonicware team, who gave us an overview and demo of the new mobile synth. … Read More Sonicware ELZ_1 Synthesizer At The 2018 NAMM Show
At the 2018 NAMM Show, Yamaha had an amazing piece of synth history at their booth, a rare CS-80 in mint condition.… Read More Rediscovering The ‘Lost’ Yamaha CS-80
We talked with synth guru and historian Marc Doty at the NAMM Show about the future of Buchla. Doty is best known for his work with The Bob Moog Foundation and his Youtube synth demos, but is now working as product specialist and historian for Buchla U.S.A. … Read More Marc Doty On The Future Of Buchla
Here’s an in-depth look at the major new features in Live 10, and how they can be used in making a new track.… Read More Everything You Wanted To Know About Ableton Live 10
At the 2018 NAMM Show, we talked with Radikal Technologies’ Jorg Schaaf, who gave us an overview and demo of his new Delta Cep A semimodular synthesizer.… Read More Radikal Technologies Delta Cep A Semimodular Synthesizer At The 2018 NAMM Show
Here’s a hands-on demo of the Elektron Digitone from the NAMM Show, with examples that show how things like per-step patches and parameter locks let the Digitone do things that you might not expect from a FM synth. … Read More Elektron Digitone FM Groovebox At The Winter NAMM Show
