In 1974, Yamaha made their first bold step into the synthesizer market with the SY-1. This instrument brought several groundbreaking features: The first velocity-sensitive keyboard in a synthesizer.

For makers of synths and studio technology, however, the emphasis was shifting away from NAMM even before then. Berlin’s ...

Doubters gonna doubt, but NAMM is getting back to full strength, year by year, and 2025 is a further step-up from 2024's ...

Under the pseudonym M, Scott and company released “Pop Muzik ... But he decided to switch it up instead and use a synthesizer as the basis for the sound. Although artists had been using ...