RECORDING STUDIO IN TUSCANY

Where the Work Gets Deeper

A refined recording environment for artists who want focus, character, and a record that holds its shape.

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-Built around artists, not throughput

The Studio

Sonic Alchemy is a recording studio for artists who care deeply about how a record feels, not just how it measures.

This is a space designed for focused work. A room with character, a workflow built for momentum, and an approach that values performance, tone, and discernment at every stage.

The goal is not simply to capture sound well. It is to create the conditions for stronger choices, deeper performances, and records with substance.

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Recording and Mixing Approach

The studio is built around an 18-input setup with preamps from Neve, SSL, and API, giving us a range of colour, weight, and clarity at the source. That flexibility matters. Different records ask for different things, and the recording chain should support the music rather than force it into one aesthetic.

We track with an analog-first sensibility, then move into a hybrid mixing process using Nuendo or Pro Tools, depending on what serves the project best. Outboard gear on the mix bus adds depth, cohesion, and presence where it counts. The point is not gear for its own sake. It is having the right tools, the right options, and the judgment to use them well.

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-Atmosphere affects decisions

A Room That Supports the Work

Great sessions are shaped as much by atmosphere as by equipment. The room influences energy, focus, communication, and the quality of decisions being made hour by hour.

At Sonic Alchemy, the environment is part of the craft. The studio is calm, characterful, and intentionally removed from the noise that tends to flatten creative work. It gives artists the space to listen more closely, stay with an idea longer, and move through a project with more presence and less friction. That changes the work. And more often than not, it leads to a better record.

-Selected for flexibility and character

Studio Equipment

Interfaces

18 In 20 Out 48khz

  • UAD Apollo X8P
  • UAD Apollo Twin
  • UAD Satellite
  • Focusrite Octopre MK2

Studio Monitors

  • Adam Audio A77x

Headphones

  • Audeze LCD-x
  • Beyerdynamic DT 990
  • Sennheiser HD 650
  • Sony 7506 (10)

Analog Equipment

PREAMPS

  • CAPI VC528 Preamp (2)

 

EQs

  • Chameleon Labs 7802
  • DBX 560a
  • Elysia Nvelope
  • Elysia XFilter
  • Gainlab Audio Empress
  • Kush Clarifonic EQ
  • Elysia Xpressor
  • Mindprint MK1 Preamp
  • Neve 1073 LBEQ (2)
  • Neve 1073 Preamp (2)
  • Neve 511 Preamp (4)
  • Neve 542 Tape Saturation (2)
  • Sebatron Axis 200 Preamp
  • SPL Gemini
  • SSL Fusion (2)
  • SSL Bus+ (2)
  • SSL UC1
  • SSL UF1
  • SSL UF8 (4)

Keyboards and Controllers

  • Arturia Polybrute
  • Broadwood (1885) Full Tail (grand) Piano
  • Doepfler LM4k
  • Moog Subsequent 37
  • Roli Piano M (2)
  • Roli Seaboard

-Some projects need something specific

Additional Gear & Instruments

If a project calls for something specific, we can source additional microphones, instruments, or specialised equipment through trusted rental partners.

That means the studio can remain focused and streamlined while still adapting to the particular needs of the record.

If your project requires something specific, we’re happy to discuss the best way to source it.

-Capturing the process

Session Video

Session video is available as an optional add-on for artists who want to document the process, capture live performance footage, or create behind-the-scenes material during a project.

It can be a thoughtful way to preserve the atmosphere of the session and create strong visual material without distracting from the music itself.

-Microphones available in studio

Mic List

Condenser and Tube Mics

  • AKG C414 XLII (2)
  • Beesneez B87i (2)
  • Beesneez BN 251 ELA
  • Beesneez Lulu Fet KM84 (3)
  • Blue Baby Bottle
  • Neumann U87 (2)
  • Rode NT2
  • Rode NTV
  • Shure SM81 (2)
  • UAD Sphere

Dynamic Mics

  • AKG D112b
  • Audio-Technica U851rb
  • Audix D2 (3)
  • Audix D4 (2)
  • Audix D6
  • Audix I5
  • Shure Beta 52a
  • Shure SM57 (6)
  • Shure SM7-B

Ribbon Mics

  • Royer R-121 (2)

-Software and virtual instruments

Plugin List

Plugins

  • Altiverb 8
  • Ampeg SVTVR Amp
  • Black Box HG-2
  • BX Amek
  • BX Masterdeck
  • Cinematic Rooms
  • Elysia Filter
  • Fab Filter (all)
  • Gullfoss
  • Izotope (all)
  • Melodyne
  • Seventh Heaven
  • Soothe 2
  • Soundtoys (all)
  • SSL (all consoles)
  • SSL Bus Comp
  • UAD (all)

Soft Instruments

  • Adictive Drums
  • DS Thorn
  • Knif Audio Knifonium
  • Kontakt 7
  • Orchestral Tools (all)
  • Spectrasonics Keyscape
  • Spectrasonics Omnisphere
  • Spectrasonics Trilian
  • Spitfire Abbey Road One
  • Spitfire Appassionata Strings
  • Spitfire Eric Whitacre Choir
  • Spitfire Hammers
  • Spitfire Hans Zimmer Strings
  • U-He Diva, Zebra, D Zebra
  • VSL Duality Strings
  • VSL Bosendorfer Piano
  • VSL Solo Strings

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