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Best of show: walk NAMM with us in a gear-mas gallery
Who stood out at this year’s NAMM show, that festivus of gear that brightens our winters from Anaheim? We’ve given you some idea with NAMM and LA’s Buchla & Friends. Here, in images, are our favorites from NAMM, as captured by LA photographer Mehdi Hassine and veteran Berlin hardware guru Gösta Wellmer.
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Soundbites: the music inventions of NAMM, Buchla and Friends
Gear-mas comes but once a year. But with swirling doom and gloom, just how is the world of making musical instruments? We sent Nadia Says, along with Burak Yerebakan, Portrait XO, Franck Martin, and Mehdi Hassine to find out, at the mighty NAMM show in Anaheim — and the indie Buchla & Friends in LA, too. Here’s the show viewed through artists and makers alike, one portrait at a time.
Nadia Says - January 30, 2026
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Laurie Spiegel’s Music Mouse, the Mac’s first instrument, in Eventide reboot
It’s 1986. Laurie Spiegel creates something unlike any software available at the time — an “intelligent,” algorithmic composer you can play as an instrument, for Mac, Amiga, and Atari ST. You’re at NAMM, and it’s 2026. Surprising everyone, Eventide announces they’re working with Spiegel to bring the original software to modern computers, preserving a breakthrough moment in digital music making. The mouse is back.
Peter Kirn - January 25, 2026
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Casio’s expressive guitar strap controller was inspired by a chopstick case
Peter Kirn - January 23, 2026
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As much triggering as you can handle: Noise Engineering Multi Repetitor
Peter Kirn - January 22, 2026
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Moog just posted an all-star art and tech panel; all that and an Oberheim
Peter Kirn - February 28, 2025
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Bitwig enters crowded audio interface space with controller, CV twists
Peter Kirn - January 24, 2025
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