Studio Gear

a home studio in the Italian countryside

Welcome to, “The Apiary,” Debbie’s production-quality home studio. Located in a quiet rural Italian village, The Apiary is a 1m x 2m vocal booth Debbie co-designed and had built. This studio contains all the equipment and tools a singer, voice actor, or trainer recording videos could need.

Debbie records, edits, produces, and masters her own work. Or I can record what you need, and send you raw files. 

Gear

Inside of vocal booth:

  • Shute SM7B microphone.
  • TritonAudio FetHead preamp.
  • Audio-Technica AT4040 (currently at my desk).
  • Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB interface.
  • AKG K240 studio headphones.
  • Lenovo Y40 gaming laptop (16G RAM, SSD drive).
  • Reaper and a variety of plugins.
  • vMix for recording or broadcast.
  • Davinci Resolve for video editing.
  • Android tablet for digital scripts.
  • Toshiba LCD USB screen.
  • Logitech webcam.
  • Philips Hue adjustable strip lighting.
  • Music stand covered in a pillowcase.

Communications

  • Fiber internet.
  • 4G hotspot backup internet.
  • Audiomovers upon request.
  • Can email, FTP, Dropbox, etc… files in any requested common format.
  • Live video conference via Zoom, Google Meet, or your preferred collaboration tool.

The Vocal Booth

Designed and built by my boyfriend and the village carpenter in spring 2018, the vocal booth is designed to be:

  • Large (3′ x 6′ aka 1m x 2m) so I can stand, gesture, and really use my whole body.
  • Sound deadening. We used 6cm acoustic insulation, plasterboard, 5cm pyramid foam, and a solid wood door.
  • A fully functional studio (with a monitor, keyboard, and trackpad, I can remotely work the laptop that’s outside of the booth).
  • Air conditioned.
  • Visually isolating (I’m not in a closet full of clothes).
  • Minimal room tone.

Audio Experience

  • Certificate in audio engineering from Audio Recording Technology Institute, Long Island, NY in 1992.
  • Weekend manager of River Sound, recording studio co-owned by Gary Katz and Donald Fagen, 1993-1995.
  • Tour manager, road manager, and FOH sound engineer for “The Jazz Passengers with Special Guest Vocalist Debbie Harry” summer 1995 European tour.
  • My home studio in the 1990s included Vision sequencing software, Opcode Studio 3 MIDI interface, Alesis Quadraverb GT effects rack, Ensoniq VFX keyboard, and SM58 mic recording to a Tascam 688 MIDIStudio. Still have that machine and all of my tapes!