Complex sentence: ReBirth's popularity initially spread due to internet word of mouth, and was unveiled at the 1997 Winter NAMM show in Southern California, and was immediately hailed as an affordable alternative to buying old, unreliable hardware devices.
Split into simpler sentences: ReBirth's popularity initially spread due to internet word of mouth and was unveiled at the 1997 NAMM show. It was immediately hailed as an affordable alternative to buying old, unreliable hardware devices.