NAMM releases show plans and TEC Tracks details

NAMM has released the floor plan and directory of this year’s January show and announced details of theTEC Tracks pro-audio programme. 

The map and a corresponding directory of exhibitors, experiences and showcases can be viewed on NAMM.org or directly through the links below.

 In 2016, a record 1,726 exhibiting companies representing more than 6,000 brands exhibited at The NAMM Show.  A mix of NAMM member buyers and retail employees, exhibitors, media, artists, NAMM members’ invited guests, NAMM’s Generation Next (college music students) and Music Education Day participants (school music teachers) resulted in a record 101,736 NAMM Show registrants representing more than 125 countries. 

Additional information on 2017 Show activities, sessions, panels, artists, events and more will be be released in the next few weeks. 

To access the Show map, click here  and for the Show directory click here

Meanwhile, the show is continuing to build its pro-audio offering with its TEC Tracks Programme of seminars, panels and education focusing on the world of touring audio. 

As part of the show’s TEC Tracks programming, Live Sound Day (Thursday, 19th January) will bring together the industry’s top engineers, thought-leaders and brands in sound reinforcement to discuss key industry topics, offer advice and deliver training in a series of educational sessions. 

Curating the Live Sound Day dedicated track will be respected monitor engineer and industry veteran Mark Frink. For the past three decades Frink has toured with dozens of artists including Tony Bennett, k.d. lang, Crystal Gayle, Marshall Crenshaw, Suzanne Vega, 10,000 Maniacs, the Three Tenors, Dr John and Joni Mitchell. He has also been a prominent voice in respected industry periodicals including Mix, Live Sound International and Front of House magazines.

“Pro audio makes NAMM its winter home each third week in January,” said Frink. “This year we’re opening the show with a day of special events dedicated to live sound’s best people, practices and products.”

 Frink will set the tone for the day by hosting a keynote panel featuring the world’s best-known TEC Award-winning front-of-house engineers, each sharing their experiences and advice. The keynote will be followed by a robust line-up of sessions for the live sound professional, including Audio-Over-IP; Future-Proofing Wireless Microphone Inventory; Best use of DSP in Amplification; Tips for Easy Live Recording; Virtual Soundcheck; and How to Prepare for Multi-Act Festivals. As part of the programming, training will be offered on Rational Acoustics’ SMAART DI software with a look at two-channel interfaces. These topics, along with a variety of sessions in recording and lighting, will be offered throughout the day and will conclude with a special networking event for all attendees.

 “We have very big plans for how we’re going to accommodate the growing live sound side of The NAMM Show, and it all starts in 2017 with TEC Tracks Live Sound Day,” commented Zach Phillips, NAMM’s Director of Professional Development. “With the hottest industry topics, leading experts in the space and the entire signal chain in products represented across the NAMM Show floor, there’s something for everyone involved in live sound.”

“More and more live sound professionals are seeing NAMM as an important place to be,” shared David Schwartz, TEC Tracks producer and industry veteran. “I’m thrilled that we are able to bring many of the industry’s top professionals together in a day-long intensive to advance the live sound community at NAMM.”