Show Us Your Junk! Ep. 25 - Sylvia Massy (Studio Divine) | EarthQuaker Devices
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- Sylvia Massy has been engineering and producing sessions for longer than most of us have been acting like we know what we’re talking about. In that time, she has discovered some very unconventional methods to capture unique subjects in unique ways. Thankfully, Sylvia was kind enough to guide us through Studio Divine in this episode of EarthQuaker Devices Show Us Your Junk!
“I have a special talkback mic that I always use. It is silver and gold plated, with my name engraved in it. No one is allowed to touch it, except for me. Don’t even LOOK at it”.
Get ready to find out the real origin behind Prince’s “grandma chair”, Maynard’s mic for “Undertow”, and which mic was used for the vocals during Johnny Cash’s “Unchained”. Needless to say, she has an extensive collection of powerful studio tools on hand: Lightbulbs and salty dill pickles. Oh yeah, there are some compressors, consoles, and stuff like that too or whatever.
Did you ever think you would see Sylvia Massy demo some of her favorite EarthQuaker Devices into a Soma Lyra-8? Just watch. Acapulco Gold, Spatial Delivery, and Arpanoid. Her mischievous grin takes the cake though. “That’s super obnoxious, but also awesome”.
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hell yes
Plz thx u
I can’t believe she didn’t give the guitar to Prince. Maybe he brings it back to her like the guy who returned the Stones electric amp. I bet that guitar story would’ve been more interesting if she let him have and got it back.
EQD I am a serious collector and I vote with Sylvia, PICKLE FUZZ.
Is she still alive after touching the top of the transformer?
I don't think that I have ever been more impressed by a recording engineer.
Well shes more of a Record Producer that wears the Engineers hat. I'm a Producer as well that wears the Engineers hat in my own studio but outside of my studio I mainly serve as a Producer working alongside an Engineer in another studio.
She’s got a impressive list of credits too :)
Right? I just discovered her recently and I find her fascinating. Super talented and creative, and has some incredible stories
@@Clinterus she has an amazing book she illustrated on recordi ng techniques. It's very, very, VERY good.
Agreed..check out Steve albini... amazing
"cheese has an amazing blues tone. for real." Sylvia Massy is a national treasure and deserves her own TV show.
Sylvia Massy: The only person badass enough to tell Prince "No, you can't have this guitar."
As a woman in the audio industry, Sylvia Massey is one of my heroes. I obsessively collect old phones and mod them into mics, so it's amazing to learn that she does the same thing! Thank y'all for interviewing her!
Thanks for watching, Abby!
As a dude in the industry Sylvia Massy is an inspiration, she's got such a great attitude & such knowledge. I'd love to work with her.
I can’t even remember how many sessions I recorded and mixed with that board at Sound City. As she said, it was their Studio B console. The board from Studio A is now in Dave Grohl’s Studio 606.
We recorded and mixed Qotsa’s ‘Rated R’ on Sylvia’s board and mixed my ‘Sunrise on the Sufferbus’ album on it as well as dozens more that I’ll likely never be able to remember.
Sylvia is a genius and a rare commodity in these days of lazy ‘in the box’ pro-tooles producers and engineers. What she does is necessary to counteract the lazy convenience of inferior sounding digital plug ins. And you don’t need to be rich to do it.
EXPERIMENT with whatever oddball old pieces of junk that make an interesting sounding growl or buzz; an old radio, a $10 keyboard from a thrift store. If your born with the will to be a free thinker you can do what she does with 100th of what she has. Don’t be afraid.
As I’ve said when music began transitioning to digital; Treat Protooles like a filthy pig. Mistreat it. Throw noise into it. Don’t be gentle with it. Use as few built ins as possible.
Did you see the cassette recorder she uses as a compressor for drum tracking? There you go.
No fear. Don’t be sterile. Be feral. CG
Right on man. She's awesome. What made that board special in your opinion? Or Have we just gotten too "clean" and expect a good sounding noise to come out of pro tools and not the musicians. ..
Love you Chris!!! Thanks for keeping that flag waving.
You keep mentioning Protools. Fuck that. Use Cubase instead, my very sire.
Your a legend Chris. Love the Kyuss records!
@@bille77 I think he's talkin shit about it m8
This woman is a mad scientist and I absolutely love it!!
What's not to love? Thanks so much for watching!
Anyone that is fascinated with Sylvia (as you should be) ought to pick up her "Recording Unhinged" book, it's really good, and a must have for anyone that is into this stuff
Thanks I'll check it out 👍👍
I used to clean spilled beer and cigarette smoke residue off that Neve console when it was at Sound City.
thank you for your service dude. 🤘
I love the slow transition from "analogue compressors are cool" to "let's splice in an extension cord and run sound through cheese"
Prince - I want that guitar!
Sylvia - No, that's my guitar.
I love the oddball gear she uses, and the "whatever sounds cool" ethos. The world needs more mad scientists like Sylvia.
The story about refusing to let Prince take the Gemini acoustic is absolutely amazing. What a legend.
who says no to prince?! would love to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation!
Sylvia is a legend! I really wish that she would write a book about all of the unconventional tools she uses. Producers like her have acquired so much MacGyver-type knowledge that has become a lost art in the age of software/plug-ins.
She did write a book! It's called Recording Unhinged. It's on my short list.
she has! www.amazon.com/Recording-Unhinged-Creative-Unconventional-Techniques/dp/1495011275 super worth it
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This is ridiculously clever and creative. This woman is so next level.
EDIT: Okay, no, she’s a straight-up genius of recording engineering. I was not at all expecting food to get involved in this.
"Cheese has an amazing blues tone." - Sylvia Massy
blue cheese.
I knew she was a big name in the engineering/production scene but wow I never knew she was this much of a weirdass. I love it. Will definitely listen to her work in a new light.
"i have ton of junk, soooo much junk.... this is my Neve 8038.."
“Cheese has a great blues tone”. Best episode yet! So inventive! Total genius!
“Cheese has a blues tone.” Gold! What a creative genius ❤️
Sylvia Massy is super inspiring. Thanks for making this EQD.
thanks for watching!
God bless this woman. The joy she puts into recording is incredible
Yo Sylvia Massy threw down for this episode! Easily the best Junk so far.
Pickle Pedal 2020
Sylvia is sublime. Oozing femininity, beautiful calming demeanor. And likes the 1073 because "you really can't fuck it up too bad". The woman is perfection.
Just the sound of the "bag of tricks" hitting the table is a great sound. Damn, every video I watch of hers.. She gets it!
She's a mad scientist, lol. The use of lightbulbs, wow!
18:15 That Maynard impersonation was on point, lol
Well, this video made my day. great to see the old SVT again. EarthQuaker guys, thanks so much for the care-package you sent Sylvia last year, it showed up right before recording our new Dishwalla album, so we pretty much used exclusively EQD stuff on the record. It was like Christmas in there, we just went crazy trying everything out. I remember The Park got used A LOT
Sylvia, you are an inspiration to all of us. Keep on doing what you do!
this is easily one of the coolest things you're ever going to find in the whole of the interwebs. period
Sylvia Massy could quite easily have had a different career as a hypnotist or therapist. I feel very relaxed.
What an amazing lady. What a legacy.
C'mon baby light my pickle.... Best studio tour ever!!
Just make more ‘Show us your Junk’ vids, so good 🤘🏼
WE WILL! Subscribe for more! Tell a friend
She needs her own show.
Always had respect and love for Silvia. Now I realize she’s a mad scientist too!!
As an audio guy, I have nothing but the highest respect for Sylvia Massy. I worked as an engineer/mixer/producer with a band that ended up working with Sylvia. They were worried I'd be upset that they wanted to work with her, like they were ditching me. I told them to go and have the great experience of working with one of the best ever. I had 10 percent of her talent at best.
Wow, best one yet. I had no idea she was such a mad genius.
My mind is blown with her recording techniques and her personally!! so incredibly smart, creative and cool!
"Cheese has a very blues-y tone." I could have guessed that. So cool!
Sylvia is a goddamn inspiration. She's been going at this longer than most and still is miles ahead in times of experimentation. Perfect chaos!
One of the beat ones yet- she has so much fun!
love the moxy of this woman to tell prince he cant have the guitar haha... shes the best
"I use this amp as a table when I'm using other amps"
This girl is a trip
I like her a lot
Pretty much the most creative producer/engineer I saw in my life! It would be a dream to record with her !
She won this series. How can you one-up a pickle?
Oh hell yes. I'm so stoked you did Sylvia
Well done to all concerned - engaging, interesting, funny, well shot, recorded and edited.
Thanks for watching! We appreciate it!
This is one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet
more great stuff to come! thanks for watching
"....it's broken in just the right way." Now this lady is really dropping gems. One of the best episodes in the series.
Wow I'm very impressed with this Lady... definitely One of the best real life audio engineering studio tour i have seen...
Love her insight of the craft.
Omg she has so many genius analog recording tricks she's like the MacGyver of audio!
She literally used a pickle as a guitar effect in a Melvins record lmao
"Sylvia Massey Radio Show" is the best idea I've heard in years
Agree, this needs to happen!!
How can you not fall in love with this woman?
Sylvia Massy has inspired me to get unconventional with my recording methods. I'm grateful to her for that because I really needed it.
Best youtube video ever. How can one be a gear nerd, think outside the box like a crazy artist and love life so much at the same time?
rare
The coolest!!! Love to hear her talk about all of her gear!!! Best show and tell EVER!
Wow. That was a treat to get a look into her process, gear used, and some stories from sessions. I don’t think I’ve ever been so stoked to hear about mics before. Also really cool to see her break out the Soma Lyra 8. I had to smile when she used it running into the Arpenoid.
I’ve always loved her work. Very relaxing voice I could listen to her talk all day. Gear-talk related AMSR.
Yes Sylvia and show us junk is a match made in heaven!!
Sylvia is the real thing! A musical mad scientist with receipts!
Best 37 minutes I’ve spent in a long time.
That was totally freaking cool. What an amazing vibe and total obvious delight in recording from Neve and Neumann to total DIY craziness. Loved this episode. Who wouldn't want to record with her?
@Sylvia Massy you had me when you said “no plug-ins are used to get great amp tone...” ❤️
She is a creative genius.
Sylvia is so dope! Her n evil joe have the most wonderful childish wonder/boundary-less approach to sound. It's infectious.
My new favourite person on the planet ever!! :-)
Love this woman, she’s like a mad scientist. Come on EQD, it’s been 1 year and still no pickle pedal!
What an amazing talent! I love her passion for experimental recording to get unique sounds.
How has this amazing person not come to my attention sooner? Thank you EQD for this series!
Love Sylvia Massey’s work. So knowledgeable. I also believe she’s one of the most beautiful women on Earth.
She is such a beautifully weird, interesting passionate human. Humble, bold and genius. Something about her mesmerizes me. When I was younger and way more full of bs and testosterone I used to think I could have done a better job recording undertow then her. How pretentious and arrogant was I. I have sense came to my senses and realized the gargantuan achievement that was and the many many that followed that she managed to put her touch on. What I would have personally underestimated was how important her ability to pull creativity and performances out of some of the best talent.
Omg I just love her so much. Such an inventive and creative mind.
She has such a good discography of work and she’s become on of my favorite producers with her love of unconventional techniques. My favorite was when she plugged a guitar in and drug it from behind the van.
Jake carney what
35:00 "...trained professional in electricity and pickles" - Laughed out loud at work!
That studio was a vibe. Thanks for making this series!
"Those damn drummers and their cymbals!" hahaha, lol luv it!
Sylvia Massy is everything that is great about really experienced and creative sound engineers! You can see how she can definitely help get the best out of the musicians during a recording session.
This is a drop the mic moment in terms of studio videos. I don't think anyone else can top it.
Silvia Massy is a National Treasure.
Holy crap she's like the Bill Nye meets Macguiver meets Indiana Jones of audio recording!
So rad!
"Cheese gives you a great blues tone"
XD Can't wait to try that! lmao
Amazing lady and room full of treasures,thanks for posting this video!
thanks for watching! Check out the whole series and subscribe for more.
Looking forward to the book on mics!
this person is just amazing. shes a true artist in the best sense of this word
there’ve been weirder or more popular episodes...but not better ones, this is everything
possibly the coolest human ever, her attitude is so infectious.
OMG! The history of that Console!!
Massy is the Queen of sound ❤
I've always admired her as a person, as well as her amazing work. Must be a blast to work with her!
She's amazing.
She should be teaching this in a school or university somewhere, I am now intrigued by the idea of old telephones as mice and tubes filters.
She has written some books. Check 'em ouuutttt!!!
She is amazing.
Sylvia I love you and your junk. You are a fascinating woman. The knowledge you must have about recording and recording history is astounding. You're a StaR. Bless you.
I need that Soma Lyra-8 in my life. Great episode!
glad you dug it! Thank you
i think i kinda fell in love a little bit.
I want to be Sylvia Massy when I grow up.
Damn, I love this woman! She's so passionate about her craft.
Haha I absolutely love the Prince story. “Flipping through a women’s magazine... and he was shopping for models... but that’s a whole nother story...” And Sylvia Massey is a legend :-)
Precious Junk! Love it!
I wasn't aware of Sylvia before this, but she's the fucking COOLEST.
What a lovely gear geek Goddess! Ya can't help but love a lady who says "it sounds completely broken and I love it"🤘