Gear Reviews
Taylor 810e DLX Review
Performer goes hands-on with the gorgeous Taylor 810e DLX acoustic guitar in its latest review. Taylor’s well known for their expertly-designed, top-shelf quality and amazingly fantastic sound. Their new 810e models certainly cement all that history. It’s of the...
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...
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...
How To
The Best Thing You Can Do For Your Career Right Now Is…
Make great new music. It’s simple, really. No amount of marketing, licensing knowledge, recording techniques, equipment, social media following, views, clicks, or anything else will help you today as much as just making great new music (the pictured band above,...
Celebrating ASCAP at 100
ASCAP hit its 100-year milestone on February 13th. For an entire century, the leading U.S. performing rights organization has made it possible for American songwriters, composers and music publishers, who create the music the world loves, to thrive alongside the...
How To Benefit From Brand Sponsorship Without Selling Out
An Interview with EDGE Collective The argument over whether bands should partner with brands is pretty much over: the answer is yes. Now, I know there are true believers out there who think it’s a sellout move to align with anything corporate, and that their music...
Buying Guide
Hotone XTOMP Mini Review
There are tons of programmable pieces of guitar gear -- most are big and bulky, or have interfaces that even NASA would have an issue with understanding. Hotone’s new XTOMP Mini brings great tonal options, without a lot of programing nonsense....
Steinberg Launches Cubase Pro 9.5
Steinberg today announced the immediate availability of the 9.5 updates to the Pro, Artist and Elements editions of Cubase. Earlier than anticipated, Steinberg is releasing this year’s update now in November, seizing the opportunity to introduce the additions to...
Fuzzrocious LunaReclipse Pedal Review
Stacking gain pedals together is nothing new, but balancing it all out can be tough. Fuzzrocious has found a way with their LunaReclipse pedal, which brings the best out of whatever dirt box a player is already using. There are two controls, a volume control and a...
Industry News
Enter to Win a Shure KSM8 Dualdyne Dynamic Microphone
Performer Magazine is giving away TWO Shure KSM8 Dualdyne™ Dynamic Microphones, and we want to give YOU a chance to win one to test out on stage or in the studio! Winners will demo the mics for Performer Magazine, putting the KSM8 through its paces and posting weekly...
Mackie Master Fader v4.5 Now Available for Free Download
Mackie today announces the immediate availability of Master Fader v4.5, the powerful control app for their popular DL32R, DL1608 and DL806 digital mixers. Now supporting the new Mackie AXIS Digital Mixing System, Master Fader v4.5 is packed with new features and...
Download Performer’s FREE Guide to Mobile Music Production
Welcome to the world of mobile production. Whether it’s using your iPad to control your stage mix, or finding a compact USB mixer to track demos on the road, mobile tech has changed the way we record and perform music. This quick guide (co-presented by our friends at...