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Live Sound
Performer Mag’s guide to live sound and how to perform live music.
Peavey 6505MH Mini Head Review
The basis for Peavey’s 6505 series goes back to the early ’90s, and over the years has seen...
REVIEW: Sennheiser IE 40 PRO In-Ear Monitors
In-ear monitors have come a long way; from something only million dollar high end tours could...
Looking Back at the 1972 Marshall Metal Face 100w Amp
The Beast That Launched a Thousand Riffs… BACKGROUND Marshall introduced the “metal face” era in 1969 and it lasted through 1976. 1972 is when Marshall began shipping amps with 6550 power tubes...
REVIEW: Audio-Technica System 10 Wireless Camera Mount Systems
Audio-Technica ATW-1701/l ($449) & ATW-1702 ($399) Wireless Camera Mount Systems PROS: Easy to set up, great wireless range, fits well on camera mounts, crystal-clear audio. CONS: Battery takes...
TOUR TEST: Going Wireless On The Road With The Ries Brothers & Audio-Technica
[Editor’s note: we recently held a nationwide search to find a band to tour test some awesome new System 10 wireless gear from our friends at Audio-Technica. After receiving a ton of great entries,...
Yamaha DBR12 800-Watt Active PA Speakers Review
Yamaha DBR12 800-Watt Active PA Speakers - $499/each PROS: Great sound, flexible applications, lightweight, affordable. CONS: None. PRICE: $499/each The new DBR loudspeakers from Yamaha are quite a...
WATCH: Audio-Technica’s “Ask Me Anything” with Producer/Engineer Michael Beinhorn
Across his accomplished career, producer Michael Beinhorn has worked with some of the biggest names in rock and beyond – including Herbie Hancock, Marilyn Manson, Soundgarden, The Red Hot Chili...
Live-Stream Your Concert…From Anywhere
We all know that you can put on a concert in a myriad of different settings. But did you know that you can put on a great live show from the comfort of your very own living room, back yard, or even...
An Esoteric Exploration of Tubes, Transformers, Tone, & Transcendence
Were audio output transformers “so good,” why does not even one tube amp use two, three, or even ten, for “killer” tone made completely out of this world? It’s because the sonic magic comes from...
Inside the Development of the PreSonus StudioLive AI Series Mixers
An Interview with Wesley Smith, Product Manager at PreSonus Editor’s Note: Recently PreSonus sent us one of their new 16-channel (badass) StudioLive AI Series mixers. We tried reviewing it, and...
Electro-Voice ETX-10P Powered Loudspeaker Review
PROS: Flexible, expandable, great adjustability physically & sonically CONS: Slightly pricey. PRICE:$1099/each EV’s ETX system is a professional level series, which is simple enough to keep...
TOUR TEST: Pretty & Nice Goes Wireless with Audio-Technica’s System 10 Stompbox
Editor’s Note: A few months back, our friends at Audio-Technica hipped us to their System 10 Wireless gear. Awesome, I thought. Who doesn’t love wireless? Then they hit us at NAMM with a unit I’ve...