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TOUR TEST REVIEW: Galaxy AS-1400 personal Wireless Monitor System
[Editor’s note – recently, we sent a brand new personal wireless receiver/transmitter and in-ear...
Get Featured on our Vinyl Sampler with Elixir Strings
Grubby, corroded strings are disgusting and kill your tone. That's why we're seeking dynamic...
How to Target Radio Stations That Will Actually Play Your Music
If you've been following the Sonicbids blog, you already know the three things you need to be "radio ready." But after you've met those prerequisites, how do you determine which stations or music...
A Complete Guide to Plug-Ins For Your Home Studio
A Complete Guide to Plug-Ins For Your Home Studio In the May issue of Performer, I wrote about analog tape machine plug-ins. This month we’re going to focus on plug ins for home studio owners. A...
Ignore The Big Knobs: All You Need to Know About Compressors
Here’s the thing about compressors: they’re not used for what you think they’re for! And, how you think about using them fully determines the results you’ll get from them. Most people are taught, or...
Why You Need a Control Surface For Your Home Studio
Do You Need a Control Surface for Your Home Studio? In the good old days of analog recording, when something needed adjustment on the mix you reached out for a fader or knob and not the mouse....
The State of Digital Music Piracy: An Infographic
Digital media piracy is on the rise (duh!). New tools are being introduced making it easier than ever to gain access to pirated movies, music, ebooks, and more. In 2014 alone, it's estimated that...
How To Choose The Right DAW For Your Home Studio
How To Choose The Right DAW For Your Home Studio WHAT IS A DAW? A fancy haircut, 23,000 Twitter followers and national television exposure are less crucial to an artist’s success than customizing an...
Stream the new Static Daydream album in its entirety now!
Performer is beyond stoked to be streaming the new Static Daydream album in its entirety - EXCLUSIVELY - before it streets on August 28th. The band resides in a totally blissed-out JAMC territory...
3 Electric Guitars Under $800 That Sound High-End
It's easy, especially in the guitar world, to get hung up on big names and iconic models. Unfortunately, many of these also come at iconic prices. That being said, trying to keep some money in your...
8.5 Reasons Why I Record at Home and You Should, Too
My first home studio consisted of a tower PC running a MIDI sequencer, a Korg DW-8000 synthesizer, and an Akai S-2000 rack mount sampler. I made drum ’n bass with that setup in my teens. I used to...
Bang Gang Gives Us A Tour of His Icelandic Home Studio Paradise
HOME STUDIO TOUR: Bardi Johannsson of Bang Gang Takes us Behind The Scenes of his Icelandic Getaway When I was in college I only had a guitar, a Kurzweil keyboard, an ATARI 1040ST, headphones and...