Recording guitar through a pickle with Sylvia Massy
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A sneak peek of Sylvia Massy's 'Recording A Band' series in which she experiments with inserting household objects such as pickles and lightbulbs into the signal chain.
Join us at The Village studios for a masterclass in creative recording techniques with engineer Sylvia Massy! Hosted at Studio A with rock band The Melvins, this in-depth series takes you on the journey from equipment choice and microphone placement to tracking, production, and the rough mix. Using a Neve 8048 console and outboard compression, Massy explains her signal flow and session setup, discusses the source material, and crafts her sound for drums, bass, guitar, strings, and vocals. She records live performances of the band, adds overdubs, and implements a few unconventional ideas of her own to culminate in an exciting rough mix of the song!
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Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/sm-the-melvins-guitar
He really has the look of someone that plays guitar through a pickle
@Anthony-sn9kl
3 жыл бұрын
Totally lol
@CodyMathias
3 жыл бұрын
He looks like he may even play his pickle through a guitar as well
@red240red2
3 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t be more true. Thanks for the laugh I needed
@nickguillaume32
3 жыл бұрын
He could probably use his pickle as a guitar and still sound good. Buuuzzz
@steveshenk5741
2 жыл бұрын
😂
What is the best pickle for a warm analog-pickle sound? Also I don't have much money so I'm looking for a good dill.
@richiesplayground7092
3 жыл бұрын
I once used a poop to conduct speaker current. But it sounded bad. One could say that it sounded like... Uhhhh not good. What's the word I'm looking for.....hmmmm
@lewisknudsen1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
People obsess over Mogami cables and stuff. Sylvia runs her audio through pickles and sounds better than most waw
@alexe8375
3 жыл бұрын
That’s the magic of a good ear, experience and a measure of creative genius
@pierre-claudemeriot6562
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexe8375 indeed
@jas_bataille
3 жыл бұрын
Why not both? I'd run Mogami cables into a pickle, but I wouldn't trust any lesser quality cable, because it wouldn't resist the corrosion :P
Meanwhile, we're all debating what interface is better than the other and what pre amp this and that.
@thebetterspidey6115
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure even Sylvia still records her clean lead vocals through her best and most full range equipment. All of this weird stuff is for vibe when you need it.
@manuele.itriagom.728
3 жыл бұрын
@@thebetterspidey6115 of course. Not the point of my comment, though. I guess I was trying to use the comment as an opportunity to shine light on how "focus geared" we are now days. That's all. I'm sure 99% of her work is done in a very traditional and of course (in her case) high budget signal chain.
@Charlyfromthenuclearcity
3 жыл бұрын
@@thebetterspidey6115 Actually she often said she'd record vocals on SM57 through anything lying around. She loves API and Neve preamps though.
@thebetterspidey6115
3 жыл бұрын
@@Charlyfromthenuclearcity yep for vocals she’d do 2 versions of takes, one hd and one mangled
@graemeogle4492
3 жыл бұрын
HahahhHh so true!!
“Unplug the drill and plug in the pickles” is not a sentence I hear often in the studio.
Sylvia is just amazing. We should all try to be the Positive Pickle.
@Supernautiloid
3 жыл бұрын
The 52 downvoters on this video are negative pickles.
@LorneVignettes
Жыл бұрын
You have to put all the energy into the 🥒 pickels.
When Waves release a digitally modelled pickle we’re all gonna buy it aren’t we?
@Sweetsmcdudeman
3 жыл бұрын
I'll have to wait for a waves "sale". 😂
@jamesdegrandis
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, it will be the CLA-Pickle plugin.
@marc_leblanc
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesdegrandis So you're saying it will be CPU heavy, huh? 😏
@jamesdegrandis
2 жыл бұрын
@@marc_leblanc Maybe we need a "Smokin' Sylvia's Pickle Plugin"... Um... That sounds dirty... She would like that. ;-)
@LorneVignettes
Жыл бұрын
I heard Slate Digital is going to offer it with the Everything Bundle. 😂.
Funniest shit I've ever seen
@petergedd9330
3 жыл бұрын
..that gives me an idea..
@Jakobeffjd
3 жыл бұрын
@@petergedd9330 cursed comment
Slyvia Massey always manages to turn these larger-than-life artists into kids in the best way possible.
The mad scientist of recording. What an inspiration
I kid you not, He turned himself into a pickle. It's the funniest shit I've ever seen.
Replaced all my tubes in my 5150 with Kosher dills.
@johnathanbeats
3 жыл бұрын
haha
@BrickBlacktoe
3 жыл бұрын
lol
@amonchhetri1053
3 жыл бұрын
haha..m thinking if mango pickle would work..i would be one up sylvia..hehe
@StevenBrown-me
3 жыл бұрын
Unless you’re using those Soviet-era kosher dills with extra garlic, you might as well be using sweet pickle relish from a plastic food court packet.
Sylvia is a legend. She spoke to my microphones class recently. Pickle queen
Massive respect to Sylvia, her style in the studio is legendary! Huge fan of the Melvins too 🖤
Sylvia is the mad scientist aunt we all aspire to have in our childhood.
So honoured to have had a guest lecture from her at my university, such an amazing and creative person. I love it!!!
i just love Sylvia, always keeping the process creative and fun 🖤 and that solo was liiiiit
Oh yeah, love the new Marshall "Pickle Rick" signature amp.
So delightfully cool!! Sylvia is magic.
I do like how her idea in the event that the pickles start to emit smoke or even flame is, "we should dim the lights in here, so we can see how fucking cool it looks". I love her.
i love how each member of melvins played a part
This is so AWESOME! 🎸🔊
I was a huge Melvins fan in the 90’s. Saw them a few times at Mississippi Nights. They were the loudest band I’d heard at age 17. Wow.
Spent money on a Way Huge pedal years ago when a jar of Klaussen pickles would have been fine. We live; we learn.
I got to meet her in 2019 at Gear Fest. Super awesome lady!
I feel like recording guitar through pickles is probably the most Melvins thing you could do.
ugh, typical super producers... when will they understand that not everyone can afford dill pickles
Happy to see that I can go gear shopping in the vegetable aisle during these hard times 👏 Surprised Waves hasn't released The Pickle by Abbey Road yet
@StevenBrown-me
3 жыл бұрын
😂 “yet” - 👆 Not until they get it just right - every nuance. If you close your eyes, you would swear that you were playing through a real [Insert English pickle brand here] dill pickle.
Suddenly i have the urge to to plug my guitar on anything that conducts, just to see what happens.
@joshuagavaghan224
3 жыл бұрын
You gotta amp it first, otherwise there’s not enough signal out of the guitar to do anything.
@olivieremy6085
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshuagavaghan224 DON'T YOU SAAAAYYY.
The light bulb is a great idea!😁
Negative Pickles is a legit Melvins' song title.
Engineers trynna guard their secret sauce, meanwhile Sylvia guards her secret pickles
Beautiful guitar
Member that one where Dethklok used water as a recording platform?
Nice to watch a band such as Melvins like kids making experiments.A good spirit !!! This guys are exemples not only for Kurt Cobain.Respect
Double lightbulb solo was badass
Sylvia is my favorite!
Sylvia, what a legend
Now this is crazy awesome.
Thank you
Outrageous tone, through the lightbulb, super goddamn cool!
I LOVE THIS 🥰
Wow Buzz's tone really brightens up through the lightbulb!
I thought it was a goof then she actually hooked up them pickles
Love the book! Recording Unhinged is the title for those interested!
This was positively kind-blowing.
I was in a band back in ‘91 called Negative Pickle.
that fuzz sound is actually brilliant.
I forget the name but I saw a few weeks ago a fuzz pedal that has a section for you to put liquid in to try all different kinds of stuff for different tone.
watching the melvins and sylvia massy tracking while blazing a joint. what more can you ask for
I've never heard the word pickle so much in my life
Life-changer
She’s the best!!!!
Buzz Osborne's face on the picture called me. Sylvia Massy... Pickle. Amazement.
POSITIVE PICKLE POWER!!!
Pickle Rick really need to check this video out 🙏 creativity has no bound 💎
Negative Pickle was the name of the band I was in back in high school.
That lightbulb experiment kinda reminds me of the GCA plasma pedal. Great video!
I love how she wills on the fire. Gotta love this lady! Plug in the pickles.
This is some surreal shit! Absolutely ridiculous idea lol but really entertaining video
Putting all the energy into the pickles hahahaha 😂
She’s a mad scientist of sound! I love it. “Kosher, of course”
Negative Pickle - great band name.
That’a wild!
Who doesn't want to play their guitar thru a pickle! Giving Buzz all kinds of ideas for the next Melvins song.
Now that pickle-eating dude can sing a low Bb. .... I thought for sure this was a late April Fool’s joke or Sylvia had finally jumped the shark. But no, once again it was real!
who the fuck dislikes smth like this. this is what audio engineers are born for, adding pickles to signal chains
Do you need a particular brand of pickle? I’m based in the UK if it helps
The Melvins!
Positive pickle: "everybody loves pickles!" Negative pickle: "i taste like vinegar..."
Mix with the master chef
Studio go boom
I like her ideas. It fun for sure. Was that vocal recorded trough the room mic? I have the feeling that RX was used to bring that sound up. Sad that the distorted kick spills on my right HP. (irony mode off) :D
Leave it to the bass player to perform voodoo magic on the pickle and freak out when his sound is gone 😂
@AbhiBass96
3 жыл бұрын
AHA!
Sometimes people call me crazy for looking for the right angles (for reflections from the live room)... I am definetely too sane and need to learn from her :D
I TURNED MYSELF INTO A PICKLE MORTY
Pickle Simplified! 🙌
Just another day at the office with Silvia Massy
Lol. We want popcorn in the next video!
I'm looking for Pickle Mixing in the Berklee Online course catalog; not coming up, any help?
I tried playing thru a corned beef and cheese sandwich, and nothig happened until I played the melody of Fiddler on the Roof: I ended up with a Rueben....
was the light bulb tone coming from just the light bulb or did he have a distortion pedal too? (i'm pretty buzzed, can't pay full attention) ✌😆
Does anyone know the talkback system she is using in the controlroom?
light bulb is optical distortion similiar to an optical distortion or diod distortion
[portlandia IRL]
I had to check this wasn’t published on April 1st
THIS seems like something from Spinal Tap ..lol this pickle goes to 11
Lol, so cool! Major crush on Silvia
Rick would be rolling in his brine seeing this
Oh shit...Here comes the Waves Pickler, 29.99 for a limited time!
@tommyaudio
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sold! 😄
From the people who brought you Sausage fattener, now comes the pickle burner
When are the long overdue Massy plug ins coming ?
I'd start making pickle jokes, but I'd probably just get 60 hurtz for it.
Vc é foda, Sylvia!
Prince certainly had a good eye for talent!
That's not a recording class is a SCIENCE class 🧬
Will a Katz Deli green pickle produce a different tone?
Does anyone know what album she recorded with the melvins?
Pickles on Reverb just went up