Studio & Stage

For 2014, I wanted to move forward but instead I find myself going in reverse. And that’s a good thing. For the past two weeks I’ve been having a lot of fun with REV from Output, a new collection of…

Gear manufactures tend to produce videos showing how to use their products. I find these very helpful for a number of reasons. The videos show you how to get the most from the actual product however you can also take…

I’m mainly a guitarist and don’t feel that I cover drums enough on the Noise Room. Today I stumbled upon this video from Audix Microphones and thought I’d share it. In this video Chris Denogean, the Drum Channel Chief Engineer…

2013 was an exciting year for musicians and producers. We saw the release of Logic Pro X and Pro Tools 11 which now has a 64-bit architecture. While there were some issues with plug-in manufactures releasing updates of their products…

Plug-in manufacturers have been updating their products to the 64 bit AAX format since the release of Pro Tools 11 earlier this year. While some of the plug-ins are pretty much the same as they were in previous versions, others…

Over the past year The Noise Room has been covering music creation on the iPad. Today IK Multimedia announced the iRig PRO, the “all in one” universal audio/MIDI interface for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac. We also like to…

Slowly more and more manufactures are releasing their plug-ins as AAX 64 which are compatible with Pro Tools 11. Today IK Multimedia released a new version of AmpliTube. The new release includes new gear models from several of the hottest…

Trash 2 from iZotope is quickly becoming one of my favorite plug-ins. As I mentioned in my Hands On Review of Trash 2, it’s not just a distortion plug-in. With the release of the Classic Textures Expansion Pack and the…

A couple of weeks ago Avid announced that they will release Pro Tools 11 on May 28th, 2013. Some of the updated features include a new Avid Audio Engine that delivers multiple times the processing power with the same hardware,…

With Avid’s announcement of Pro Tools 11 being released on May 28th, 2013, I’ve been thinking about some changes to my studio. And although my additions will mainly be plug-in related, this video got me thinking of redoing my room.…