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[email protected] Grammy-award winning duo MacKLemore & Ryan Lewis choose Vicoustic acoustic treatment to create new state-of-the-art recording studio Seattle, Jan. 13, 2015 -- Grammy-award winning hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, whose hits about marriage equality and shopping at thriFt stores launched them to mainstream stardom, have created a new state-of-the-art studio using acoustic treatment From Vicoustic. Ryan Lewis, the duo's music producer and Film director, said he and Macklemore chose Vicoustic to provide an acoustic solution when they moved From a 100-square-foot studio to a new state-of-the-art facility, which includes a top-of-the-line control room, vocal and instrument booths, and a large tracking room. "The people oF Vicoustic were very instrumental in helping us to create this space," said Lewis, who notes that the top challenge For musicians working in a studio is Fatigue From repeatedly listening to tracks to make sure they're perFect. "One of the huge advantages to having Vicoustic set up our control room is that when it's silent and treated, you're able to listen at lower volumes," Lewis explained. "Vicoustic really transFormed it pretty significantly. It's brand new for me to be in an environment that is neutral. That's what helps make a studio a studio." And that's "drastically diFFerent than blankets nailed on the wall behind me covered with tapestries," Lewis said, reFerring to the pair's old studio. Lewis was most impressed with the rapid transFormation oF the duo’s large tracking room For which Vicoustic North America recommended a calculated mix oF reflective and diFFusive panels to increase the room’s reverberation time to achieve the desired “live” sound.