The NAMM Show, the music-industry trade event, and the notation news that comes out of it.
From NAMM 2026: Avid’s Sam Butler and Joe Plazak on Sibelius’s development philosophy, how user feedback shapes priorities, where users should feel progress since last year, plus automation/AI, cross-platform realities, and Avid’s long-term commitment.
From NAMM 2026: Fender’s Chris Swaffer on Notion, what the Fender name signals, refinement and cross-platform consistency, under-the-radar improvements, accessibility, Studio Pro interoperability, and intelligent assistance in service of musicians.
From NAMM 2026: Sebastian Murgul of klang.io on why AI transcription is finally practical, where the hardest musical problems remain, how accuracy earns musicians’ trust, plus MusicXML/MIDI interoperability and real-world use cases.
From NAMM 2026: Steinberg’s John Barron on Dorico’s current development phase, guiding design principles, where users should feel progress since last year, under-the-radar features, playback realism, workflow interoperability, and automation in service of notation.
At the 2026 NAMM Show, Avid's Joe Plazak and Sam Butler have a conversation about Sibelius's access, product positioning, and development philosophy.
At the 2026 NAMM Show, Fender's Chris Swaffer talks about where Fender Notion finds itself at a moment of subtle but consequential transition.
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.
At the 2026 NAMM Show, Steinberg's John Barron talks about where Dorico finds itself at this stage of its evolution.
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.
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.
