IK Multimedia - Mic Room

Re-mike your mic with the sound
of world’s best studio microphones

Mic Room is a microphone-modeling tool for T-RackS that puts a world-class collection of over 20 classic and contemporary microphones at your fingertips. It gives you the power to process and "re-mike" your physical microphones to sound and perform like some of the most coveted mic models of all time.

With dynamic, condenser and ribbon microphone models to choose from (plus other unconventional and highly creative models), it offers an inspiring and essential array of tone sculpting tools that are conveniently ready for use as a T-RackS module in your DAW of choice.

Mic Room plugin

Professional sound quality

Just like all the gear and modules in T-RackS, Mic Room offers an astonishing level of detail and accuracy. Each of its virtual microphone models boasts the true frequency response, nuanced character and specific sound of its physical counterpart. This means you can tap into the harmonic complexity of tube condensers, the "in-your-face" tone of dynamics and the velvety smoothness of ribbon mics. You can even get a dose of inspiration via Mic Room's quirkier models.

Matty Amendola Prepping the Mix with Mic Room for T-RackS

Technicolor sound

If you’re serious about sound, you don’t just see microphones as recording devices… you view them like a painter sees brushes. Each microphone has its own unique and colorful character that contributes to the tone of each mix. This is why a-list recording studios around the world are always stocked with a range of microphones that can suit any situation.

Not everyone has access to an a-list studio, but with Mic Room, you have something even better: A virtual microphone collection inside your computer that can transform the sonic character of any recording to suit the tone and feeling of your mix.

Ever thought up a brilliant vocal line but only had a humble dynamic mic to record it with? With Mic Room, you don't need to have a high-end condenser mic to get great tone. Just plug in what you've got, sing your heart out and then leave the rest to Mic Room. Or, alternatively, you can also use Mic Room’s collection to add lo-fi grit to recordings that might otherwise be too clean.

Endless possibilities

At its core, Mic Room is all about enhancing the sonic flexibility and versatility of your own physical microphone collection. It’s a T-RackS module, so it can be used either standalone or as a configurable plug-in. For best results, apply this module to individual tracks in your mix that contain audio recorded from a microphone source — like vocal, acoustic guitar or drum tracks.

Once placed on the track, select the microphone used to capture the original audio. All of Mic Room’s microphone models can be selected as source microphones. You can then choose a new microphone to re-mike the character of your original recording to match the specific nuance and tonal character of the mic you’d like for your mix.

Microphone models available

Bottle 563
Based on
Neumann® CMV-563

Condenser 12
Based on
AKG® C12

Condenser 67
Based on
Neumann® U67

Condenser 87
Based on
Neumann® U87

Condenser 170
Based on
Neumann® TLM 170

Condenser 414
Based on
AKG® C414

MD1b-FET
Based on
Groove Tubes® MD1b-FET

Tube VM
Based on
Brauner® VM1

Dynamic 20
Based on
Electro-Voice® RE20™

Dynamic 57
Based on
Shure® SM57™

Dynamic 58
Based on
Shure® SM58™

Dynamic 421
Based on
Sennheiser® MD421

Dynamic 441
Based on
Sennheiser® MD441

Dynamic 609
Based on
Sennheiser® MD609

Vintage Dynamic 20
Based on
AKG® D20™

Ribbon 121
Based on
Royer® R121

Ribbon 160
Based on
Beyerdynamic® M160

Velo-8
Based on
Groove Tubes® VELO-8

Vintage Dynamic
Based on
Shure® Model 55™

Old Telephone Mic
Based on
Old carbon phone capsule

Creative tone control

Beyond its high-fidelity sound, Mic Room also comes packed with a number of additional tone control features that have been designed to enhance your recording experience.

The proximity adjustment effect emulates the “proximity effect” that occurs when your source and microphone are close. Dial it in to make it sound like you’re source is right next to the mix for those deep, rich and vibey tones associated with “FM radio vocals.” Or, alternatively, you can scoop out the bass frequencies by turning the control counterclockwise.

The harmonic content adjustment effect gives you the full power and rich harmonic complexity of a tube condenser. This control lets you add saturation, character and texture to your recordings. Or, in other words, this is precisely the kind of thing that can give a lackluster vocal track that little extra bit of personality and warmth. You can also get creative and unusual sounds by completely maxing out the controls.

Mic source:
Dynamic 58

Unprocessed

Condenser 87

Condenser 170

Ribbon 121

Mic source:
Condenser 87

Unprocessed

Velo-8

Vintage Dynamic

Old Telephone

Mic source:
iRig Mic Studio

Unprocessed

Condenser 414

Dynamic 20

Tube VM-1

Plug and play

Want to get the most out of Mic Room? Pair it with iRig Mic Studio, iRig Mic HD, iRig Mic or any of IK's other high-end digital or analog microphones. Musicians just need to select their microphone of choice, plug in and then select the virtual mic model they’d like to use.

Each microphone model can be tweaked to deliver the best sound possible thanks to an intuitive graphic interface that provides an easy-to-read level meter and a touch-and-drag gain knob.

You can get the best analog to digital front end for your microphones by plugging them straight into iRig Pro I/O or iRig Pro DUO, IK’s high-quality mobile audio interfaces featuring low noise, high headroom mic preamps and pristine 24-bit A/D conversion.

Features

Powerful and easy-to-use microphone modeling module for T-RackS
Comes with a collection of over 20 microphone models that includes dynamic, condenser, ribbon and other styles
Intuitive plug-and-play interface
Adjustable input level
Stereo control of left and right channels
Level meter
Master bypass switch
Proximity effect adjustment
Harmonic content adjustment effect

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*Legal detail

T-RackS® is a registered trademark property of IK Multimedia Production. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with IK Multimedia. Product names are used solely for the purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during IK Multimedia’s sound model development and for describing certain types of tones produced with IK Multimedia’s digital modeling technology. Use of these names does not imply any cooperation or endorsement. LA-2A and 1176 LN are registered trademarks of Universal Audio, Inc. IK Multimedia's products, specifically, the T-RackS 3 Black 76 Limiting Amplifier and T-RackS 3 White 2A Leveling Amplifier, are manufactured and developed by IK Multimedia based on its own modeling techniques. Universal Audio has neither endorsed nor sponsored IK Multimedia's products in any manner, nor licensed any intellectual property for use in this product. Leslie is a trademark property of Hammond Organ/Leslie, wholly-owned brand subsidiaries of Suzuki Musical Instruments Mfg., Ltd. of Hamamatsu, Japan, used under license. Fairchild® is a registered trademark property of Avid Technology, Inc. Pultec® is a registered trademark property of Pulse Techniques, LLC. Mac and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Windows Vista and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., used under license therefrom. The Audio Units logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. ARC System™ is a trademark property of IK Multimedia Production Srl. Audyssey™, MultEQ®, Audyssey MultEQ® are trademarks property of Audyssey Laboratories™ Inc. used under license.

AKG® is a registered trademark of AKG Acoustics GmbH.
BEYERDYNAMIC® is a registered trademark of Beyerdynamic GmbH & Co.
BRAUNER® is a registered trademark of Dirk Brauner.
ELECTRO-VOICE® is a trademark of Electro-Voice, Inc.
GROOVE TUBES® MD1b-FET, GROOVE TUBES® VELO-8 are registered trademarks of ROKR Ventures, Inc.
LESLIE® is a trademark property of Hammond Organ/Leslie, wholly-owned brand subsidiaries of Suzuki Musical Instruments Mfg., Ltd. of Hamamatsu, Japan.
NEUMANN® is a registered trademark of Georg Neumann GmbH.
ROYER® is a registered trademark of Bulldog Audio, Inc. DBA Royer Labs Corporation.
SENNHEISER® is a trademark of Sennheiser Electronic Corp.
SHURE® is a registered trademark of Shure Incorporated.