Noble Street Studios

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Noble Street Studios is a recording studio located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] The studio's clients have included Billy Talent, [2] [3] Three Days Grace, Danko Jones, Kanye West, The Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies, [4] [ self-published source? ] The Arkells, Feist, ASAP Rocky, Jarvis Church, Tyga, The Trews, Gavin Brown, Lenny DeRose, Alan Parsons, George Seara, Tori Hathaway, [5] Michael Jack, Eric Ratz, Kenny Luong and The Weeknd.

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The studio opened its doors in 2011. [6] It was designed by Athos Zaghi (AZA and Theatre Consultants Collaborative LLC,), and Robert Kastelic and acoustically engineered by Terry Medwedyk, of Group One Acoustics [7] It houses two recording spaces; Studio A and Studio B. Both rooms feature Solid State Logic consoles. Studio A houses their Fazioli F212 Grand Piano. [8] The studio includes a variety of professional recording, mixing and mastering equipment. [7]

In 2013, the Noble Street Studios won a Toronto Urban Design Award of Excellence. [9] [10]

In 2015, Noble Street Studios was nominated for a Country Music Association Award as Best Recording Studio, [11] and eight tracks recorded in the studio were nominated for Juno Awards. [12]

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References

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  5. ↑ "Artist of the Month: Tori Hathaway – Country Music Association of Ontario". Country Music Association of Ontario. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
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