Stepping out of the convention into the Opryland Resort and Convention Center is far nicer than stepping out on to 11th Avenue in NYC during AES.
Nashville, TN (November 2, 2026)—Held this weekend, the annual AES Show turned Music City into Pro Audio City for three days. Setup inside the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, the event drew thousands of visitors who came to see the latest in audio gear, hear insights and stories from panels of legendary pros, and network all day long. Already deemed a roaring success, AES Show 2027 will return to Twang Town on October 28-30, 2027.
In the meantime, here’s just some of what we saw—but don’t pass up yesterday’s Part One!
Jeremiah Clever, Live Sales Manager, US for Waves Audio walked visitors through the LV1 Classic console and the newly released Waves Tracks software, which sports new features like Waves Measure, seen here on the left screen.
Yamaha had a big presence at the show, offerings hands-on console workshops across six sessions focused largely on the DM5, but the show floor also featured other offerings such as the Rivage PM3.
AES Shows aren’t only about the well-established pro audio brands—there’s plenty of entrepreneurs to discover, such as Swedish manufacturer AfterSound, led by brothers Wille and Wiktor Andersson, who were showing their unique Reverbophone room microphone.
At Nugen Audio’s stand, Charles Blessing, CTO/technical director (left) and Freddy Vinehill-Cliffe, product specialist, were introducing attendees to the company’s brand-new VisLM 3 broadcast loudness metering software, which debuted last week.
Allen & Heath had a variety of different mixing systems at its booth, ranging from Avantis desks, such as the ones seen in the back here, to flexible CQ offerings like the CQ-18T (front left) and CQ-20B up front.
CQ Audio had a variety of its unique Inherit preamps, compressors, equalizers and more for visitors to listen to, all hot-swappable in the company’s Inherit Bank.
Adrian Weidmann, founder of Immersive Design Labs, was on-hand to demonstrate the company’s microphones and placement system for capturing immersive audio.
The API booth was busy all weekend as visitors flocked to The Box console, the scores of 500 Series and 1RU outboard units, and more.
Lectrosonics was onsite, showing off its many options for wireless miking and recording.
Teegarden Audo had its new Magic Tone BAX-style EQ on-hand, as well as the variety of DIs seen here.
Rupert Neve Designs was at the show with plenty of recording equipment to check out, as was its namesake founder in spirit.
