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Most Common Pro-Audio Pitfalls At Electronic Music Events

Originally issued on March 17th, 2017, this article was revised on March 7th of 2018, and reposted the following year to provide further advice based on years of experience working in the event production and audio industry.

Producing an electronic music event is no easy feat. There are a million and one things to properly execute that could go wrong at any time. From taping down the power cables to artist pick-up, many factors contribute to a successful, or not so much, experience.

We’ve done our rounds of event production and know there areĀ common professional audio pitfalls at electronic music events of all sizes and kinds. Subtract Music founder Anton TumasĀ has been DJing and curating his own events for years now, gaining valuable experience in the process as both an artist and a party-curator. We put our experiences together to compile a list of common issues that can arise at any electronic music event, Ā and thus could be thought of and preventedĀ beforehand.

Learn from our own and other’s mistakes. A lot of these issues are resolved simply by hiring a competent sound company to do the work for you.

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Advice and Tips on Getting the Best Deal on Your Hardware Sequencer

Electronic music artists are always on the lookout for new outboard gear. Buying hardware sequencers, synthesizers, drum machines and effects units used to be costly and hard. Nowadays there are a lot of companies selling this equipment at cost. Electronic music artists who want a more hands-on experience are keener on using a hardware sequencer to get their rhythms and melodies to the studio. Discogs even launched Gearogs last week, a market place whereĀ buyers can shop for synthesizers, DJ mixers, drum machines, tape machines and more.

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