Rome studio
RECORD INROME
A treated room, good microphones, a producer in the chair. Leave with something finished, not just recorded.
Recording at home has got remarkably good. A decent interface and an honest microphone will get you a vocal that works, and for plenty of songs that is genuinely all you need. What it still cannot give you is a room. Drums need one - without it you have a programmed kit with cymbals over the top. An acoustic guitar only sounds like itself in a real space. And a vocal in a treated room keeps the top end and the body that a bedroom takes away, because half of what you hear in your headphones at home is the room you are sitting in.
The studio in Rome is set up for that: a treated live room, a control room built for making decisions rather than only capturing, and a producer who plays most of the instruments. It is not a room for hire - the person recording you is the one who will arrange, mix and master it. So the decisions get made while you are still playing: that take is the one, that guitar wants doubling, that chorus is asking for a harmony - instead of finding out three weeks later, in front of a mix that will not move.
Four people overdubbing alone on four evenings never sound like a band in a room.
Bands track a single or an EP with everyone in the same room, which is still the fastest way to sound like a band. Singers come for the vocal alone. Producers book the room for the parts that need it, and keep the rest in their own setup. Rappers and singer-songwriters come in with an idea or a rough demo and leave with the beat produced and the vocal recorded over it.
Bring your own instruments, or use the studio's. Sessions run in English or Italian. Coming from abroad? Say so and the day gets planned around your flights, rough mix included before you leave.
In the room
Live room
Treated space for drums, amps, acoustics and full-band tracking.
Control room
What you hear is what the record will be.
Instruments on hand
Guitars, basses, keys, drums, strings and horns.
A producer, not just an engineer
Arrangement and performance direction come with the day.
Two languages
Italian or English, whichever you work faster in.
Finish online
Track in Rome, mix and master remotely.
Booking a session
Good to know
- Pick a free slot on the calendar. Confirmation comes by email.
- Tell me what you are recording and how many of you there are.
- Bring your instruments, or use the studio's.
Getting here
- In Rome, easy to reach by public transport.
- Parking nearby for backline and drums.
- Flying in? The day gets planned around your flights.
Gear
gear list
About the studio
Can we record the whole band at once?
Yes — that is what the live room is for. Tell me the line-up when you book so it is set up before you arrive.
We only need vocals. Is a short session possible?
Yes. A vocal day for a song produced elsewhere is one of the most common bookings.
Do you speak English in the studio?
Yes, every day. Bands come from abroad specifically to record in Rome.
Can we mix somewhere else afterwards?
Of course. You leave with your session files and stems.
Send me your project
I'll tell you what it needs and what it would take. It costs nothing to ask.
Free, no obligation