Gear Reviews
How to Set up a Portable PA System
Welcome to the second in a four-part series that will provide real-world advice about portable PA systems, co-presented by Yamaha and Performer Magazine. In this installment, we’ll take a closer look at setting up your portable PA system for the first time, including...
PRODUCT TESTERS WANTED! Win Elixir Optiweb Coated Strings for your ENTIRE BAND
Tired of constantly changing gross, grungy strings on tour? We want to hook up YOUR BAND with Elixir Optiweb coated strings, and have you tell the whole world why they're the best choice for gigging musicians. We think that Elixir is making, hands-down, the best...
DPA Microphones d:vice Review
Performer Magazine reviews the d:vice Digital Audio Interface, d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphone and d:fine Headset Microphone Making things smaller is easy; making them more functional at the same time is a challenge. DPA Microphones has designed and produced some...
How To
Indianapolis Jones Live at The Goat Farm, Atlanta
Indianapolis Jones The Goat Farm - Atlanta, GA - May 2, 2014 "For the fan with an insatiable appetite for everything good" Atlanta-based psychedelic pop super-group Indianapolis Jones made their jaw-dropping debut with a show that felt like a stadium rock concert,...
Boston Calling 2014 Photo Diary (Day Three)
Performer was on hand this weekend to witness the amazing spectacle that is the Boston Calling Music Festival. The event, which now takes place twice annually, blasted through off-and-on rain to thrill the crowd gathered at City Hall Plaza in Boston. Day Three...
Boston Calling 2014 Photo Diary (Day Two)
Performer was on hand this weekend to witness the amazing spectacle that is the Boston Calling Music Festival. The event, which now takes place twice annually, blasted through off-and-on rain to thrill the crowd gathered at City Hall Plaza in Boston. Day Two featured...
Buying Guide
Focusrite launch new Clarett USB range
Focusrite has introduced a new range of USB audio interfaces – laying down the challenge to interfaces twice the price. The Clarett USB range features specially designed high performance, low-noise (-128dB EIN) mic pres with a low distortion, ultra-linear design that...
Blue Raspberry USB Microphone Review
Blue Microphones brings the quality found in their higher end mics to the iOS/USB platform with their new Raspberry USB condenser studio microphone. Read our review below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=50DjeYsg8u4 For starters, it doesn’t take up...
FLASHBACK: Vintage 1959 Fender Esquire
FLASHBACK: 1959 Fender Esquire Once upon a time, in a land called Rock & Roll, a man known as Leo Fender developed his first solid-body electric guitar, the prototype for which was completed in the fall of 1949. He would call it the Fender Esquire. The design was...
Industry News
Focusrite’s Plug-In Collective brings monthly plug-in deals to registered customers
The advent of Focusrite’s new, ultra-low latency interfaces opens up a world of new possibilities for recording and overdubbing, using multiple DAW plug-ins in real time rather than needing special cue mixes and outboard DSP. There’s no shortage of great plug-ins...
Enter to Win a Mackie ProDX8 Wireless Digital Mixer
**DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY OCTOBER 7, 2016** Attention performers! We've got our grubby little paws on the new Mackie ProDX8 Wireless Digital Mixer. And we want to give YOU a chance to win it and test it out on the road! What's the catch, you ask? If you win, all...
Independent Labels Eye New Business Models in the Digital Era
Cutting deals in the music industry used to be a straightforward affair. Like a cookie cutter, one deal usually looked just like the next and all of the key players — artists, managers, record labels, agents and distributors – knew their places. And for an...