NAMM 2026: An avid Sibelius discussion with Sam Butler and Joe Plazak
At the 2026 NAMM Show, Avid's Joe Plazak and Sam Butler have a conversation about Sibelius's access, product positioning, and development philosophy.
NAMM 2026: Getting into a Fender-bender with Chris Swaffer
At the 2026 NAMM Show, Fender's Chris Swaffer talks about where Fender Notion finds itself at a moment of subtle but consequential transition.
NAMM 2026: Sounding out the inputs with klang.io’s Sebastian Murgul
At the 2026 NAMM Show, klang.io's Sebastian Murgul talks about a category that sits just adjacent to music notation — and yet increasingly intersects with it in practical, unavoidable ways: music transcription.
NAMM 2026: John Barron opens the door to Dorico’s future
At the 2026 NAMM Show, Steinberg's John Barron talks about where Dorico finds itself at this stage of its evolution.
NAMM 2026: Piascore’s bet on interactivity
At the 2026 NAMM Show, Piascore founder Hiroyuki Koike shows how his company is transforming digital sheet music through MusicXML-based interactivity and AI-driven tools that respond to musicians in real time, pointing toward a more practical and musical future for notation.
NAMM 2026: On the scene
A field report from a day at NAMM 2026, with an overview of the show, the people and products being showcased on the floor of the exhibition, and observations about the latest trends.
Upcoming: NAMM 2026
The 2026 NAMM Show exhibits will take place from Thursday, January 22 through Saturday, January 24, 2026, at the Anaheim Convention Center. We’ll have coverage from the show.
Fender unveils “Fender Studio” ecosystem — and Notion becomes Fender Notion
Fender has unified PreSonus software under a single brand and repositioned Notion within its creative ecosystem while making a bid for deeper scoring-to-production workflows.
NotePerformer updated to 5.1.2
NotePerformer 5.1.2 features several bug fixes and incremental improvements to NotePerformer's core sounds.
