SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – MAY 2012: The team of rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis is making some of the most forward-thinking hip-hop music on the planet. Lewis’ irresistible beats and music form a sophisticated backdrop for Macklemore’s tight rhymes and deceptively easy delivery.

APRIL 2012: Gary Noble is an adept manager of a Twitter feed, a Google+ account, and a blog that will resonate with anyone in the pro audio recording industry. But despite, or perhaps because of his active Internet presence, Noble maintains a busy schedule of recording and mixing sessions.

APRIL 2012: The video for Karmic Juggernaut's new song, "Oo Wah Hoo," documents the band's inspiring and utterly fresh take on the recording process. Piloting a Subaru Outback topped with a plane of solar panels and freighted with a bank of batteries, the band toured its favorite locations in the great state of New Jersey to record each instrument in the glory of the outdoors.

MUSIKMESSE, FRANKFURT – MARCH 21, 2012: Today at Musikmesse (Audiologistik booth – Hall 5.1, Stand A85) Metric Halo announced the release of the Production Bundle for AAX. The software will be available starting on 3/26/12 and consists of seven AAX plug-ins compatible with both Native and HDX DSP systems: ChannelStrip 3, Character, Haloverb, Multiband Dynamics, Multiband Expander, Precision DeEsser, and TransientControl.

NASHVILLE, TN – MARCH 2012: Jack Hale does it all, and he does it all well. An instrumentalist, a musician, a composer, an engineer, and a producer, Hale has enjoyed a storybook career.

FEBRUARY 2012: When The Kills went on a tidy fifteen-show tour of North America in support of Blood Pressures (Domino Records), culminating in their ten year anniversary show in New York City, they brought along trusted FOH and recording engineer Philip Harvey (Modest Mouse, White Stripes).

SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 2012: Metric Halo is pleased to officially certify two Thunderbolt adapters for use with their line of FireWire based audio interfaces.

JANUARY 2012: Metric Halo has completely revamped its website, bringing the crystalline clarity of modern design and functionality to its online presence.

DOBBS FERRY, NEW YORK – 2012: For over three decades, Matthew Noble has been at the forefront of pop music as a session guitarist, programmer, songwriter, engineer, and producer. His impeccable ears and knack for spinning irresistible tracks across genres has earned him an engineering client list that includes Rihanna, Diana King, Southside Johnny, and Rod Stewart, among many others.

SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 2011: Without snow shovels and down jackets, Metric Halo is in the process of moving to the Tampa Bay area during the holiday break.