NAMM show and Buchla & Friends: venues for music inventions and innovations

The NAMM show and Buchla & Friends acted as venues for music inventions and innovations at events held in Anaheim, California (NAMM) and in Los Angeles (Buchla & Friends). The NAMM show ran three days this year instead of four, and the coverage identifies a busy show floor with a prominent AlphaTheta / Pioneer space described as pumping and a d&b Audiotechnik demo room that was full. The article frames these events through exhibitor descriptions and product observations.

Exhibitor highlights cited in the coverage include Eternal Research‘s booth described as the cutest goth booth, Eventide presenting its Music Mouse which brought nostalgia, inMusic showcasing a new MPC and a Rane controller, and Roland mounting colorful product displays with hands-on stations. These named brand presences and product mentions appear within the reporting on the two events.

The NAMM show took place in Anaheim, California, and this year the event ran for three days instead of four. Buchla & Friends occurred in Los Angeles. The article presents insights from both the NAMM show and Buchla & Friends through a mix of artists and makers, documenting music inventions and innovations seen at the events. These facts establish the geographic and temporal context for the coverage of exhibits and demonstrations.

AlphaTheta / Pioneer occupied a prominent, high-energy space on the NAMM show floor that was described as pumping. The d&b Audiotechnik demo room at NAMM was reported as full during the event. Roland presented colorful product displays and hands-on stations for attendees to engage directly with new gear. These exhibition spaces contributed to the experiential character of the trade-show environment.

Eternal Research maintained a booth described as the cutest goth booth among the exhibits. Eventide showcased its Music Mouse, an item noted for bringing a sense of nostalgia to the event. inMusic demonstrated a new MPC and a Rane controller as part of its product highlights. These specific exhibitor highlights represent some of the notable product-level and booth-level observations from the two events.

At the events, inMusic showcased a new MPC and a Rane controller. The MPC and the Rane controller were reported as part of inMusic’s exhibition. These product mentions appear in the event coverage. The mentions appear alongside other exhibitor reports from the events.

Roland presented colorful product displays and hands-on stations. The coverage identifies these displays and stations as part of Roland’s presence at the events. Roland’s presentation is noted among other brand exhibition features. These displays and stations are cited in the event reporting.

Eventide showcased its Music Mouse, an item described as bringing nostalgia to the events. AlphaTheta / Pioneer occupied a space at the NAMM show that was described as pumping. The d&b Audiotechnik demo room at NAMM was reported as full during the event. Eternal Research maintained a booth described as the cutest goth booth among the exhibits. These product and booth mentions are part of the event summaries.

The article attributes insights and experiences from the NAMM show and Buchla & Friends to a set of named artists and makers who appear in the event coverage. Those individuals named in the coverage are Nadia Says, Burak Yerebakan, Portrait XO, Franck Martin, Mehdi Hassine, Benn Jordan, and Suzanne Ciani. Their appearances are listed among the contributors cited within the piece and form a named roster of artists and makers referenced in the reporting. These named contributors are presented alongside the event reporting rather than as anonymous sources.

“I’m finding people who want to volunteer for my research: they look at a painting that’s supposedly haunted, then listen to a recording that’s supposedly haunted, and fill out a short survey.”

The article contains a direct quoted passage. No additional direct quotations have been introduced beyond those provided in the original article content. The presence of these named artists and makers is part of the article’s structure that pairs contributor attributions with descriptions of exhibits, product showcases, and demonstrations at the events. The list of names and the single quoted passage are the explicit attributional elements extracted from the coverage.

“I’m finding people who want to volunteer for my research: they look at a painting that’s supposedly haunted, then listen to a recording that’s supposedly haunted, and fill out a short survey.”

The quoted passage is presented as a research-related statement mentioned at the events. It describes volunteers looking at a painting described as supposedly haunted, listening to a recording described as supposedly haunted, and filling out a short survey. The quoted material appears within the event coverage as an extracted research observation.

Conclusion

The NAMM show in Anaheim and Buchla & Friends in Los Angeles featured significant music inventions and innovations. The NAMM show was shortened to three days, featuring dynamic exhibitor spaces. AlphaTheta / Pioneer was noted for its high-energy presence, while the d&b Audiotechnik demo room was consistently full. Eternal Research showcased the cutest goth booth, according to coverage, and Eventide presented its nostalgic Music Mouse.

inMusic highlighted new products like the MPC and Rane controller, and Roland engaged attendees with colorful displays and hands-on stations. Named artists and makers such as Nadia Says, Burak Yerebakan, and Portrait XO added further insight, accompanied by a direct quote highlighting research participation related to a supposedly haunted painting and recording. These elements collectively document the factual basis for understanding the events.

At the events, inMusic showcased a new MPC and a Rane controller, and Eventide presented its Music Mouse which was described as bringing nostalgia to the event. Roland mounted colorful product displays and hands-on stations for attendees to engage directly with its gear, as reported in the coverage. These product-level observations are recorded in the event reporting alongside other exhibitor mentions.

On the NAMM show floor, AlphaTheta / Pioneer occupied a space that was described as pumping while the d&b Audiotechnik demo room was reported as full. Those booth-level descriptions appear within the coverage of the event. The reporting places these booth descriptions among other exhibition observations.

Eternal Research maintained a booth described in the coverage as the cutest goth booth among the exhibits. The article pairs these exhibitor and product mentions with attributions to named artists and makers. The documented booth and product descriptions form part of the event-level observations presented in the reporting.

Named artists and makers explicitly mentioned in the article are Nadia Says, Burak Yerebakan, Portrait XO, Franck Martin, Mehdi Hassine, Benn Jordan, and Suzanne Ciani. These individuals appear by name in the event coverage. Their names are presented as part of the roster of contributors referenced in the reporting.

“I’m finding people who want to volunteer for my research: they look at a painting that’s supposedly haunted, then listen to a recording that’s supposedly haunted, and fill out a short survey.”

The quoted passage is included in the article as a research-related statement mentioned at the events. No other direct quotations are provided in the source material.

“I’m finding people who want to volunteer for my research: they look at a painting that’s supposedly haunted, then listen to a recording that’s supposedly haunted, and fill out a short survey.”