Studio & Stage

We’ve been using Rev from Output since it’s release. In fact we did a Hands On review of it when it first hit the market which you can read here. Now Output has released EXHALE, the first truly Modern Vocal…

Kill It Kid are a British four-piece Blues/Rock band. Fronted by vocalist and guitarist Chris Turpin and keyboardist Steph Ward, the band takes its name from the title of a song by Blind Willie McTell, by whom they were heavily…

If you’re looking for a new audio interface you’re in luck. Today, Universal Audio introduced an all-new line of Apollo audio interfaces for Mac Thunderbolt users. With next-generation A/D and D/A conversion, new monitoring functions, Thunderbolt cascading of up to…

When I finished my review of Session Keys from e-Instruments last year, I was hoping that they would eventually release an electric piano version of the virtual instrument. Low and behold, last week e-Instruments did just that by releasing Session…

Another highlight for The Noise Room at the NAMM Show 2015 was getting a live demo of the new Cakewalk SONAR product lineup as well as information on their updated model for buying and owning the software. Jimmy Landry was…

Once again, SoundToys is giving away a free plug-in which was introduced at South by Southwest. This year it’s a vocal transforming pitch plug called Little AlterBoy. Soundtoys’ roots are in the pioneering days of pitch-shifting and Little AlterBoy delivers…

The Noise Room caught up with MXL Microphones at NAMM 2015 to take a look at their latest mics. While at the booth, MXL showed us the MXL CR89, a large diaphragm condenser microphone wrapped in sharply contrasted black and…

One of the highlights for me during the 2015 NAMM Show was having the chance to see and listen to the new Gibson Les Paul Reference Monitors. These monitors satisfy the needs of true audio professionals and music enthusiasts, alike.…

The Noise Room stopped by the Danelectro booth at NAMM 2015 to get a look at the new Baby Sitar. This is a really fun instrument to play and it sounds great. If you’re a guitar player, it’s got six…

The Noise Room got to see the new FAT RAT distortion guitar pedal at NAMM 2015 which features switchable clipping between Silicon and Mosfet, a FAT Switch to provide significant low end boost, and socketed Op amp to allow for…