Originally Posted By: rosetree
My personal (rather disappointed) notes on NAMM 2015 (copied from my Facebook NAMM summary):

Some personal notes on NAMM 2015 releases (updated Jan 23):

YAMAHA: again no Motif successor despite all rumours, instead, the white version again and a display of vintage synths... http://usa.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/namm/

ROLAND: JD-Xi, JD-Xa (not yet presented on their website!), Aira MX-1 - if that's it, I'll pass on this time.... http://youtu.be/B1Yh1UqMjcE
http://youtu.be/C7HwMugaJqw
http://youtu.be/_0KeRAWQZ2M
However, the JD-Xa might become a hot seller for Roland, but analogue is not my cup of tea. https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electron...jd-xa-woah.html

KORG: My dreams of a 'Kronos Light module version' similar to the M3 module hasn't come true (and no upgraded Krome either). No new sample-based synths (and no new arrangers - maybe at Musikmesse)

NORD: As already posted, it is a new Nord Electro 5, not a Nord Stage 3 they released - for me personally, the most interesting Nord so far, but still too many limitations in the synth section (e.g. 15-voice polyphony).


The biggest most innovative news comes from Akai.. Their professional range of master keyboards with full VST integration

Als the arturia beatstep pro is a very nice improvement

They also announced Omnisphere 2, my favourite VST, and lots of upgrades and new VSTs, and almost alll DAW software got an update

There is a new analogue Dave Smit synth, prophet 6

Korg did show an ARP 2600 VA synth, and offcourse the new Kronos2, which is nothing but a repackaged version of Kronos X


So not much from the hardware side, but the software side is booming with buiseness..
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