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Live Sound
Performer Mag’s guide to live sound and how to perform live music.
VIDEO SERIES: The Peavey Ultimate Rehearsal Room Makeover
Boston's Air Traffic Controller needs a full overhaul of their rehearsal space, so let's lend them...
Sennheiser Launches The MD 421 KOMPAKT, The Mic for Anything
They say that if you’ve heard music, you are most likely to have heard the MD 421, a Sennheiser...
How to Go Wireless With Sennheiser
Going wireless on stage shouldn't be intimidating, or reserved just for the "big touring acts." In this video, we'll show just how easy it is to get set up with a wireless system of your own in no...
FIRST LOOK: Sennheiser EW-DX Wireless Microphone System
We recently received a shipment of brand-new wireless gear from Sennheiser (from the EW-DX lineup) in preparation for a video we’re producing on going wireless later this spring. Before that,...
GEAR NEWS: DPA Releases 2012 Cardioid & 2015 Wide Cardioid Mics
When a complex live stage needs to sound its best, you need mics that seamlessly combine to capture the true sound. The 2012 Cardioid Mic and 2015 Wide Cardioid Mic are designed specifically for...
Upgrade Your Wireless Rig With Sennheiser’s Trade-In Program
Tired of your old wireless set-up? Getting interference or dropouts on-stage? Perhaps it's time to level-up your rig, and trade-in some of that old equipment for new wireless gear. Sennheiser is...
MESA/Boogie Subway D-350 Bass Amp Review
MESA/Boogie’s bass systems have always delivered great flexibility in sound and usually came in large, heavy, “need-a-roadie”-sized packages. The brand’s Subway D-350 has the sound and tonal options...
REVIEW: DPA 2028 Supercardioid Condenser Vocal Microphone
Vocalists usually don’t dwell on microphones like a guitarist would over pedals, pickups and other items. But, considering the purest path is the best sounding, a mic that doesn’t get in the way...
WATCH the new Electro-Voice EVERSE 8 in action!
We recently worked with the amazing Nashville singer-songwriter Ariel Bui to test out the new Electro-Voice EVERSE 8 battery-powered, weatherized portable PA system. Watch the entire series as we...
REVIEW: Shure ULX-D Handheld Wireless System + KSM11 Wireless Capsule
Shure ULX-D Handheld Wireless System Shure KSM11 Wireless Microphone Capsule If a microphone company is going to make a wireless setup, they already have a leg up on any young upstart that don’t...
How to Use an FX Loop on Your Amplifier
FX Loops and You: Unlock Better Tonal Possibilities What is an effects loop, you may ask? Well, it’s an “opening” on an amp allowing effects to be run after the preamp, and before the power amp...
How to Take Your Stage Show WIRELESS with Xvive
We recently sent the amazingly talented band @FirstToEleven a slew of new Xvive wireless products to test out live, with the hopes they could show fellow artists just how EASY and affordable going...