Producer/Engineer Sylvia Massy - Pensado's Place
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- Engineer and Producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down, Johnny Cash, Prince) join Dave and Herb on the 184th episode of Pensado's Place.
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I love watching Sylvia talk about her work. . She gets this wonderful sparkle in her eyes and smile on her face. She really loves what she does and it shows. Gotta love someone with passion like that.
Skip to 27:50 if you just want the Sylvia Massy interview.
Onmysheet Thanks! :-)
preciate that
cheers
my hero
they should pin this comment
So amazing to see female engineers!!
After 35+ yrs oldhead here, engineer and music producer. and love watching your interviews..this older one hit home. When my old studio was the off campus real world teaching facility..i used painting with sound as the example for creativity to interns and students. Ex: fader is how much paint on brush. Pan is where brush hits canvas. EQ is only changing a blue shade to dark, light, etc of blue. Effects are how you want the listener (viewer) to feel the mood of the whole..ie: dark, light, airy, happy, sad. Etc..and if you choose you can make anything blend with another by choice. Ps. You. SYLVIA, CLA, clearmountain, etc continue to show me more of what i want to be better at and continue to learn from. So...a big thank you to all who share, mentor, and teach with ego aside. For creativity, ego is the only limiter. Hugss to you all..
Sylvia Massy is my ultimate favorite Producer Engineer. I was introduced to her from Skunk Anansie and I wanted her to produce and engineer our record. Great episode I've been waiting for this one.
Sylvia Massy is awesome!
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk!
So here is this woman behind some of my favourite albums EVER, and I am just hearing her speak for the first time. Great job guys, thanks for doing this!
Wooowww - the concept of taping up to mute the unused strings on a guitar for clarity just blew my mind. That comment alone made it worth the watch. I like her sooo much.
Kudos to Sylvia Massy for an awe inspiring interview. As well as the amazing overview of crispy micing techniques for drums.
I love everything she's ever done. She is so inspiring to be creative and think outside the box!!
The sun wishes it could exude as much energy and warmth as Sylvia does . .
41:38 Your question is excellent. This is where your ability to be self aware can carry your identity into a career. Sylvia is a inspiration in this context.
I really felt the point on being without the seperated rooms it really makes working with musicians better. When I am in the studio talking to the guitarist through talkback and being at home in my homestudio and having him sitting next to me the result is getting way better and it happens faster cause i can talk to him more direct and we're in one space.
very thankful for all the pensados places. so entertaining, insightful, teaching at the same time ... big heart
Great interview. Love the uniqueness each engineer brings to this incredible show..Thanx Dave and Herb..:)
Excellent.
This was the best episode i seen. Great show, and i get some crazy ideas to workd with now when i making sounds.
Fantastic interview! Loved the tidbit on E.Gtr clarity. Great guest.
this was very cool there was very little talk of gear thank you guys great job
Daves in love!
Brilliant. Refreshing too.
Dave is looking sharp today! :D
Sylvia Massy is the Boss :)
Great work everybody! Much inspiration 🙏🏾
This is the only solid hour of internet I can afford every other week, and it's money well spent. I continue to learn.
Wow! Silvia seems to be a very busy artist so many of us would envy. Very interesting listening to her music experiences. Nice!
Wow that was a real pleasure to witness, fun entertaining, what a warm personality - truly a radiant being, as they all are. Kudos @SylviaMassy, @DavePensado, @HerbTrawick, @RagingHungarian ! lol
lol Funny you guys are talking about RX with all that machine noise in the background
+Dave Percy word
you fuqqin right!
Lol
I really enjoyed the interview with Sylvia. In this modern age of production, where it seems as if nearly everything is pre-fabbed, looped, sampled, edited, pitch corrected and time-aligned to perfection - and generally Pro Tooled to death - I find her somewhat "unconventional" approach to producing as being very refreshing, and actually, more "conventional" than many may think - because she places the attention and focus on exactly where it should be: the creativity and the performances, which are things that seem to have gotten lost these days, when performances are now programmed and corrected, to the point that all "life" and "soul" are tossed away with the click of a mouse, and are replaced with soul-less, generic tracks.Keeping an open mind, and coaxing the best she can out of the performers she works with, pushing them past their limits, taking risks, thinking outside of the "normal", and paying attention to the ART of it all... which is what EVERY producer should do, because these are the primary foundations of ALL great music, is what makes her successful, not her gear. Not that her Neve console is something you'd expect - or even want - to be down-played or overlooked - after all, it is a beauty, and yes, gear does matter - but, you could have the most current, cutting edge recording and mixing technology available, coupled with the finest and best-sounding recording equipment ever made... but if there isn't something there to capture to BEGIN with... if there isn't that creative "spark" - that passion and soul within the performances, then none of that other stuff really matters much.IMHO of course ;)
I know I'm late but Sylvia is the moc queen...her mic collection is second to none...well made blackbird
just a few years late to this one, but i love pensados place.
Wow! Something different, in a good way. I also like to be in the same room with the artist. It has some great benefits. Thanks for the episode
can't believe you didn't ask a single question about Prince??!?! no one asked a single question about Prince!?! whaaaaattt?!?!?
Yes that was very strange.
Go to another interview then.
MOAR SYLIA!!!
YES
YOU HAVE TO HAVE HER BACK!!!!!!!
In an ITL in micing and sound design.
by far she is in the top ten best interviews in the last two years.
the bar has been raised for future guest.
Thank you D&H
Looks like DP was struggling with Sylvias revelation that she doesnt care too much about isolation and environmental noise etc lol . great video, she's way cool and the Opiate EP by Tool is one of my favourite rock releases of all time!
"Grace and Dignity"
What a great episode
Shes an Amazing Engineer
You and me both she killed that 💡™💯
Hi Dave and Herb! First of all I want to congratulate you with your great show! Thanks to you I have learned more about mixing and making music in general in the past 3 months than the last 3 years. So thank you so much! I would love to see Dr. Luke or some people from that team on the show. Like Serban Ghenea, Max Martin, Cirkut, Benny Blanco or Ammo. Thanks again!
this lady did system of a down and tool ??? wow !!!!!
that "lady" showed tool how to be creative in the studio. With shotguns and pianos. She hung surge from SOD upside down to get a proformance out of him. She is a masterful engineer and creative spirit. SO much that even though I have never met her or likely ever will she has singlehandedly inspired the shit out of sound exploration for me. get her book, grab a hose and get to it (inside joke).
Undertow sounds solid. Poweful bass. But apart from prisonsex the other tracks are quite stale. Aenima is an adventurous take.
Yup she has proven she has the chops for hit records.
Great Questions Herb!!
Amazin Interview
Love the hair cut Dave!
Superrrrrr!
Sylvia Massy you are an Artist Artist for Shure.....I know , I know....anyway it's good to hear your Philosophy ,More power to you !
ironic, how they are talking about izotope RX and you can hear a constant fan-noise in the background
Mind is BLOWN! Just glowing! Funny, she was reading Creative visualization and meditation with Kuan Yin? Or?
Ah no! Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (1978)
I love her laugh though.
For an engineer, there is a lot of of fan sound or air conditioner sound in the back ground. A simple compressor will do the job.
57:58 Batter's Box
Dave .. looking good! Another great show!
Hi guys, how are you ?
I wanted to know what is your chain in the the AT5045 demonstration from the mic to pro tools?
do you use any compression ?
I notice the attack and punch from the recording is amazing.
Let's talk Husqvarna and Bultaco motorcycles :) Nice EP Dave!
god i love Sylvia
Sylvia is the GOAT
Wondering if you would typically flip the phase of the input signal on from the mics you set up for over the shoulder drum mics in relation to any close mics coming in on the kit facing toward the drummer. By themselves that track sounds lovely, just wondering how it sounds in your full kit mic mix then and what steps you would take like equidistant placing in relation th the snare and those kind of general buggeries.
Sally telling us about recording silverware and the story about the band that was recording junkyard items made me wonder if you worked with or are fans of Einstürzende Neubauten
33:35 Rev. Billy Gibbons did that to get the opening vox of _La Grange_ .
I love these interviews, so great and philosophical, really takes your mind of the technicalities and the "script" of these shows... I feel like up and coming engineers, producers, and musicians will benefit greatly from these interviews at some point in their careers... Kinda like those "aha" moments
Good job on the weight loss herb. I was watching older episodes the other day where you looked like a happy chocolate chip cream cup sitting there doodling fast food logos and grunting. Herb is the polo god. How long have you been collecting them? A herb polo collection video would be amazing. God is love -Keith Bostick on my thuns account.
We should get Sylvia Orpheus Preamps to see what she say about it
Shut up Dave and let Sylvia speak more
Hey there, fairly new to Pensado's Place. I was just wondering if there were any episodes which discussed headroom in details, as well as any episodes relating to compressor plugins. Thanks.
Just keep watching, there are tons that talk about compression. Headroom? Can't remember a specific episode, but just keep watching you will learn tons.
Sylvia's interview @ 27:54
Wish there could have been more talk about Tool. "Undertow" reshaped the heavy metal world. Great interview otherwise, and much appreciated.
I would love to work with Sylvia
When did Juan Williams join the gig?!
So sorry said Sally instead if Sylvia. My deepest apologies
When is the Audio Technica 5045 mic for sale?
Prob a bit late but www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AT5045 your not going to love the price lol
Put an acon de hum on the audio on this video
I'd prefer interviewers who are more interested in what the person being interviewed than their own ramblings.
I hear them fuckin farting . this server room noise during desk interview , you should use this recommended izotope restoration product:D
she's still pretty as always
I know that ethnic joke!
for this being an engineering/mixing show, there is a hell fuqq ton of background noise...SMGDH
Ben Gursky grow some hair
I do find these interesting but the constant praising of the engineers rather than asking penetrating questions can be a bit much. One or two compliments surely is good enough
Prissie at best. neED THE beat!
Dave has to be one of the most gracious people ever....
Ah, the dangers of sponsorship. Dave, Herb, I totally understand you need to fund the channel somehow, (especially now you can't be earning much from the mixes any more!) But, everything reviewed by that company suddenly turns out 'killer', all the while the poor onlookers get one looooong advert instead of objective review and learn absolutely nothing at all. Sorry but all but one of those drum takes sounded not good to my ears (taking into account youtube compression as much as possible). maybe it was a poor kit, but I've heard better £200 mics in worse rooms.
Beware gear reviews of the sponsors guys!
What woman alive now has an obstacle? No field is male-dominated. There are no men left alive. There were men. I find it's women who miss those men from then the most. It's like missing feminine women. Too late. They are gone.
I love these guys but...GUSH CITY...enough of the praise every 5 seconds, it's at the point of parody
Nice to see Hilary Clinton on Pensado"s place....nice episode
Lol
Ha I was thinking same thing
Who is making the sandwiches?
These guys are boring AF. Skip to @27:30 Where tge vid starts. You're welcome
She looks like a mix of Hillary Clinton and the girl from Big Bang theory