The 2015 Summer NAMM Show, held July 9-11, 2015 in Nashville, TN, is one of the largest music industry events in the world. Over 1,000 companies participate, many introducing their latest gear at the show.
Synthtopia’s coverage of the 2015 Summer NAMM Show is sponsored by Yamaha.
You can get the latest news on synths and electronic music gear introduced at NAMM below:
At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show: Yamaha introduced its new Reface Mobile Mini Keyboards line. The Reface keyboard line was inspired by the form factor of the Yamaha CS-01, a mini synth that featured a built-in speaker. The new keyboards use a similar form factor, but have sound engines designed to recall four different Yamaha keyboard lines. The Yamaha Reface CS is… Read More Yamaha Reface CS Review – A Powerful, Menu-Free Minisynth
Electro-Harmonix is now shipping the 22500 Dual Stereo Looper, introduced at the 2015 NAMM Show. The 22500 records high quality, non-compressed audio direct to a removable SDHC card (4 to 32 GB). Each card holds up to 100 individual loops. Includes an 8 GB card for up to 13 hours of total recording time. Here’s EHX founder Mike… Read More Electro-Harmonix Wants You To Play With Yourself, Ships New 22500 Stereo Looper
At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show‘s Advanced Audio & Application Exchange (A3E) session, Pete Brown of Microsoft gave a keynote that offers a preview of their new Windows 10 OS. In the video, embedded below, Brown discusses: Audio and MIDI in Windows 10; The new AKAI MPC, which runs a version of Windows 10 Embedded; Xi-Machines custom Windows… Read More Windows 10 Promises Better Audio & MIDI Performance, Easier App Development
This video, via muzykujkropkacom, pits the new Yamaha Reface DX mini synth, head-to-head against a vintage Yamaha DX-7.
At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show, Microsoft keynoted the A3E “Future Of Audio’ Conference. As part of the event, Microsoft featured a preview of what Bitwig is doing with the Surface Pro 3.
This pair of videos, via muzykujkropkacom, pits the new Yamaha Reface CP electric piano mini keyboard, head-to-head against a vintage Wurlitzer electric piano and a Fender Rhodes. The first video, above, is a short and sweet, note-for-note comparison of the new Yamaha reface CP keyboard and a vintage Wurly.
At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show, Premier Guitar talked with Electro-Harmonix’s Mike Matthews about the new pedals that they introduced at the show.
2015 Summer NAMM Show: Source Audio has introduced the Reflex Universal Expression Controller, a programmable expression pedal that delivers MIDI and CV control and more. Here’s the official video intro:
At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show, Jordan Lake of J.L. Design introduced his line of custom keyboard stands:
At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show, WiFo was showing one of the more unusual introductions for the show, the RemoFinger ‘remote finger’ touchscreen foot controller. The RemoFinger is a wireless foot controller that’s designed to let you control any touchscreen application – not just ones that have MIDI support. Here’s an overview from WiFo CEO,… Read More WiFo ‘RemoFinger’ Lets You Control Your iPad With Your Feet
