Guides
Tips on using our icons and designing for live music — flyers, social media, streaming and running events. Pick whatever fits what you are making.
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How to design a live-show flyer with free icons
Organizing the date, venue and lineup with icons — not just text — makes a flyer far easier to read. Here is a simple structure and where icons help most.
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PA & live-sound gear names, explained with icons
Mixers, monitors, XLR cables — the PA terms you hear at every show, organized by what they actually do. Handy when drawing a stage plot, too.
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Using icons for DTM & home recording
Gear roundups, studio-tour posts, stream overlays — where icons shine for DTM and home recording, and how to pick the right ones.
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Icon ideas for your band's social media
Show announcements, merch info, member intros — practical ways to use icons so your band’s posts read clearly at a glance.
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How to recolor icons (Iconote color tool)
On Iconote you can recolor any icon right on its page before downloading. Here is how the ink and accent colors work, and how to match your brand.
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Icons for running live events
Timetables, venue maps, reception and drink info — icons for each part of running an event, and how to keep it all readable.
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Music notation symbols, explained simply
Clefs, notes and rests, sharps and flats — what the symbols you see on a staff actually mean, explained for beginners.
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How to start DTM (home music production)
The DAW, audio interface, MIDI keyboard and more — what to get first, and in what order, to start making music on your computer.
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How to order guitar effects pedals
Drive, modulation, time-based effects — the usual order to chain guitar pedals and why it works, with pedalboards in mind.
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PA setup basics for small live shows
Wiring the mixer and speakers, balancing levels, taming feedback — the basics of getting a small live show to sound right.
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Types of stage lighting and what they do
Moving heads, spots, strobes, haze — the stage lighting fixtures used to shape a show and what each one is for.
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Guitar accessories every beginner needs
Picks, capo, spare strings, tuner, strap — the accessories worth having when you start guitar, and how to pick them.
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Band roles and lineups, explained
Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys — the basic parts of a band, what each does, and common lineups for anyone forming one.
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Microphone types explained: dynamic vs condenser
From stage vocal mics to studio condensers — how each microphone type works, what it does best, and how to choose one for your use case.
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Mixing console basics: controls and signal flow
Gain, EQ, faders, aux sends — what each part of an analog mixer does and how the signal flows through it, for first-time console users.
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Parts of a drum kit and what they do
Snare, kick, hi-hat, toms, cymbals — the parts that make up a drum kit, what each is for, and how a standard setup is arranged.
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Electric guitar types: Strat, Les Paul and more
Stratocaster, Les Paul, semi-hollow — the classic electric guitar designs, how they differ in build and sound, and how to choose.
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Keyboards vs synthesizers: types and how to choose
Digital pianos, synths, MIDI keyboards, organs — the main keyboard instrument types, how they differ, and which fits your goal.
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Wind and brass instruments: the main types explained
Trumpet, sax, flute, trombone — the difference between brass and woodwinds, and the wind instruments you meet in bands and ensembles.
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DJ gear basics: turntables, CDJs and mixers
Turntables, CDJs, controllers and mixers — the DJ gear types to know when starting out, how they differ and how to choose.
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