Pro Audio / Gear

Whether you’re outfitting a concert choir, band, or school music program, the right folder can make a big difference. We reviewed our most popular options and handpicked the best music…

J.W. Pepper, the world’s largest sheet music retailer, has been in business for nearly 150 years. In that time, we’ve sold an extensive range of products, and we even helped…

As a music teacher or ensemble director, microphones play an important role in your work. Whether you need to amplify musicians for a large performance, you’re recording an ensemble to…

Our Zoom F3 Field Recorder Review If you’re a musician or music teacher, we’re willing to bet that at least one of these situations sounds familiar: You need to record…

Are you a musician looking to improve the audio quality of your recordings but don’t know where to start? In less than 15 minutes, our thorough tech reviewer details the…

We at J.W. Pepper are always looking for the best-sounding and most affordable video camera for musicians and teachers. With the recent release of the Zoom Q8n-4K Handy Video Recorder,…

There are many tools that make teaching from home easier. In this video, we cover five hardware items that’ll allow music teachers to shine as they interact with students remotely….

For nearly a century, the Orff approach has been used to help children explore the world of music. This experience usually includes opportunities for students to play on instruments such…

Music classrooms are inherently noisy. First there is the ventilation system to compete with, which is especially difficult in the large spaces we typically teach in. That’s only compounded by…

When school is in session, as teachers we all know to stock up on hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes and tissues, and schedule the annual flu shot. While these are all…

Concert season is right around the corner and, chances are, you have been preparing for it since your last concert ended. You spent the summer looking at repertoire and the…

In this installment of Capturing Your Concert: Simple Tips for Recording, we are going take a look at handheld recorders which are designed specifically for recording audio.  This blog picks…

Have you ever found yourself at the end of a performance wishing you had made a recording of it?  Sometimes you hear the audio someone in the audience captured on…

Microphone placement?  I just put the mics in front of the performers and everything seems fine.  What more do I need to know?  Well, as outlined in the book How…

An important part of choosing the right microphone is considering its directionality, or pick-up pattern.  Have you ever noticed when singing or speaking into the side of a mic, rather…

-This post was updated in January 2019. Definition:  Microphone — or mic — converts acoustic energy into electrical energy, resulting in an audio signal. Rather than going into the scientific…