Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for Sylvia's new series, STUDIO GO BOOM!, premiering very soon - Spring 2021!

@elderchildren

3 жыл бұрын

hell yes

@zayasmith1184

3 жыл бұрын

Plz thx u

@natemickens88

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@user-rn1lq4oy7e

Жыл бұрын

EQD I am a serious collector and I vote with Sylvia, PICKLE FUZZ.

@truecrimereaction

7 ай бұрын

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.

@eman0828

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@mrnelsonius5631

3 жыл бұрын

She’s got a impressive list of credits too :)

@Clinterus

3 жыл бұрын

Right? I just discovered her recently and I find her fascinating. Super talented and creative, and has some incredible stories

@TravisHY

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clinterus she has an amazing book she illustrated on recordi ng techniques. It's very, very, VERY good.

@ericwarrington6650

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Abby!

@Btvstudio

4 жыл бұрын

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

@musiccityspotlightpodcast4470

4 жыл бұрын

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. ..

@uncleant3780

4 жыл бұрын

Love you Chris!!! Thanks for keeping that flag waving.

@bille77

3 жыл бұрын

You keep mentioning Protools. Fuck that. Use Cubase instead, my very sire.

@pawlpoche8736

3 жыл бұрын

Your a legend Chris. Love the Kyuss records!

@pocketpicker6613

3 жыл бұрын

@@bille77 I think he's talkin shit about it m8

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

@2000stephenellis

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I'll check it out 👍👍

This woman is a mad scientist and I absolutely love it!!

@EarthQuakerDevices

2 жыл бұрын

What's not to love? Thanks so much for watching!

I used to clean spilled beer and cigarette smoke residue off that Neve console when it was at Sound City.

@helluvakhai

4 жыл бұрын

thank you for your service dude. 🤘

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.

I love the slow transition from "analogue compressors are cool" to "let's splice in an extension cord and run sound through cheese"

The story about refusing to let Prince take the Gemini acoustic is absolutely amazing. What a legend.

@EtcEtcAndEtc

4 жыл бұрын

who says no to prince?! would love to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation!

14:24 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.

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.

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.

@marmaladecream2233

4 жыл бұрын

She did write a book! It's called Recording Unhinged. It's on my short list.

@codydoss6414

4 жыл бұрын

she has! www.amazon.com/Recording-Unhinged-Creative-Unconventional-Techniques/dp/1495011275 super worth it

"i have ton of junk, soooo much junk.... this is my Neve 8038.."

"Cheese has an amazing blues tone." - Sylvia Massy

@emailamydunlap

3 жыл бұрын

blue cheese.

“Cheese has a great blues tone”. Best episode yet! So inventive! Total genius!

“Cheese has a blues tone.” Gold! What a creative genius ❤️

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.

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 Massy is super inspiring. Thanks for making this EQD.

@EarthQuakerDevices

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

this is easily one of the coolest things you're ever going to find in the whole of the interwebs. period

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!

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.

Wow, best one yet. I had no idea she was such a mad genius.

Always had respect and love for Silvia. Now I realize she’s a mad scientist too!!

She's a mad scientist, lol. The use of lightbulbs, wow!

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.

Yo Sylvia Massy threw down for this episode! Easily the best Junk so far. Pickle Pedal 2020

God bless this woman. The joy she puts into recording is incredible

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!

C'mon baby light my pickle.... Best studio tour ever!!

18:15 That Maynard impersonation was on point, lol

Sylvia, you are an inspiration to all of us. Keep on doing what you do!

My mind is blown with her recording techniques and her personally!! so incredibly smart, creative and cool!

One of the beat ones yet- she has so much fun!

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?

@EarthQuakerDevices

3 жыл бұрын

rare

Oh hell yes. I'm so stoked you did Sylvia

"Cheese has a very blues-y tone." I could have guessed that. So cool!

"I use this amp as a table when I'm using other amps" This girl is a trip I like her a lot

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.

"....it's broken in just the right way." Now this lady is really dropping gems. One of the best episodes in the series.

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.

@navmanshack1579

4 жыл бұрын

Jake carney what

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.

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?

Pretty much the most creative producer/engineer I saw in my life! It would be a dream to record with her !

Well done to all concerned - engaging, interesting, funny, well shot, recorded and edited.

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We appreciate it!

Omg she has so many genius analog recording tricks she's like the MacGyver of audio!

@movimentodoscacos

4 жыл бұрын

She literally used a pickle as a guitar effect in a Melvins record lmao

love the moxy of this woman to tell prince he cant have the guitar haha... shes the best

Sylvia Massy has inspired me to get unconventional with my recording methods. I'm grateful to her for that because I really needed it.

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.

This is one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

more great stuff to come! thanks for watching

I’ve always loved her work. Very relaxing voice I could listen to her talk all day. Gear-talk related AMSR.

this person is just amazing. shes a true artist in the best sense of this word

She needs her own show.

Yes Sylvia and show us junk is a match made in heaven!!

This is a drop the mic moment in terms of studio videos. I don't think anyone else can top it.

Sylvia is the real thing! A musical mad scientist with receipts!

What an amazing talent! I love her passion for experimental recording to get unique sounds.

Best 37 minutes I’ve spent in a long time.

Just make more ‘Show us your Junk’ vids, so good 🤘🏼

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

WE WILL! Subscribe for more! Tell a friend

Love this woman, she’s like a mad scientist. Come on EQD, it’s been 1 year and still no pickle pedal!

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 :-)

@Sylvia Massy you had me when you said “no plug-ins are used to get great amp tone...” ❤️

If she's able tell Prince no, you probably shouldn't fuck with her

@steveperry7799

3 жыл бұрын

Why?

My new favourite person on the planet ever!! :-)

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.

Omg I just love her so much. Such an inventive and creative mind.

The coolest!!! Love to hear her talk about all of her gear!!! Best show and tell EVER!

She won this series. How can you one-up a pickle?

Sylvia is so dope! Her n evil joe have the most wonderful childish wonder/boundary-less approach to sound. It's infectious.

"Sylvia Massey Radio Show" is the best idea I've heard in years

@wonkylommiter6364

4 жыл бұрын

Agree, this needs to happen!!

She is a creative genius.

How can you not fall in love with this woman?

I had no clue who Sylvia was prior, but damn she's a boss! Some great friggin history to go along with her extensive growing list of studio junk(treasures).

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching, Rodrigo!

Always a pleasure to watch Sylvia talk so passionately about her craft. Glad to see someone working with highend gear but with an experimental edge to recording. Congratulations to Earthquaker Devices for such valuable content. I must have watched the whole series/videos by now. Oh, and I bought a Rainbow Machine, so now I'm one of the cool kids. Regards from Portugal.

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support and interest Márcio! We will keep making fun videos and pedals for you!

That studio was a vibe. Thanks for making this series!

i love how excited she is about each piece of equipment and has passion for the art of recording/mixing, im reading her book now and its soo inspiring

@paulamsmendes

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, didn’t know she had a book! Will buy now.

This and the Joe Barresi episode are my absolute favs. I love this series.

@WilliamYoder72

4 жыл бұрын

I forgot about Lee Ranaldo! That one too!

Love Sylvia Massey’s work. So knowledgeable. I also believe she’s one of the most beautiful women on Earth.

possibly the coolest human ever, her attitude is so infectious.

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

Why wasn't she in the Sound City movie. It seems like she resided there for quite a while

She is amazing.

Amazing lady and room full of treasures,thanks for posting this video!

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching! Check out the whole series and subscribe for more.

OMG! The history of that Console!!

she didnt give prince the guitar... what a baddass! god i love her

I wasn't aware of Sylvia before this, but she's the fucking COOLEST.

there’ve been weirder or more popular episodes...but not better ones, this is everything

I've always admired her as a person, as well as her amazing work. Must be a blast to work with her!

Silvia Massy is a National Treasure.

This woman is AMAZING!!

How has this amazing person not come to my attention sooner? Thank you EQD for this series!

This is a great episode. Sylvia knows her stuff. So impressed by her knowledge and hand in recording some of the best albums of the 90s. love the adventure recording gear and bag of tricks.

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.

@EarthQuakerDevices

3 жыл бұрын

She has written some books. Check 'em ouuutttt!!!

Precious Junk! Love it!

35:00 "...trained professional in electricity and pickles" - Laughed out loud at work!

how did I miss this? this was the best 37 minutes ive spent on youtube for years. she is AWESOME!! I went to engineering school but ended up working on the other side of the industry. got a home studio though and been tracking for 20 years. her outlook and how she records, with the talent right there in the room... just amazing!! I love how she says she doesn't have to look through the glass.. such a rare gem of a workflow.. and wow what a collection!! with the little army man standing guard over the groovy waves

@EarthQuakerDevices

4 жыл бұрын

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