NAMM 2017 took place in Anaheim again keeping its status of the most valuable venue in the world of music gear. Tens of thousands visitors familiarized themselves with all the synths, pianos, guitars, drums, studio and DJ equipment and might have already fallen in love with them and some of them might become legendary. Some day.
NAMM 2017 is the first to see Korg’s new stage piano on the stand. The company considers this design as an instrument of absolutely new category.
A big announcement from Dave Smith Instruments! NAMM Show 2017 introduced us to the brand new analog polyphonic synthesizer REV2. Well, it’s mainly a deeply rethought Prophet ’08 which set a record of being commercially successful for 10 years.
NAMM 2017 showed us Digitakt – an 8-track drum-machine with a built-in sequencer. According to the brand it sports a powerful sound engine, great interface with the backlit buttons, easy to use LED which endow this instrument with the ability to do what it’s meant for.
Roland’s digital stage piano surely hit the first day of NAMM 2017. Roland entitled it a “Stage Revolution” and we’ll try to find out whether it’s something new or the modification of something familiar and most important whether there is any point for Kurzweil to panic about its Artis/Forte series.
