Sylvia Massy Turns a Sleepy Synth into a Monster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2018
- Using a re-amping technique, producer Sylvia Massy changes an uninteresting synth track into a bigger, broader, more 3-dimensional sound for her hybrid mix of Saint Savage "Paranoia".
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She's talks about re-amping a synth like she's baking some cookies.
Ooooh fresh saw waves right outta the oven!
@Xavier Molina TYBG
it took me much more time to find out how to bake really good cookies than to plug in a guitar amp and put a couple of mics in front of a speaker…
Facts. Love her enthusiasm.
and? That’s just the way how she explains. So what?
"Their song has a Prophet in it, it's kind of a boring sound."
Broke their hearts.
If a muso can't deal with honesty (not being rude, just direct & honest) they will not last long, esp if they refuse to notice that their songs don't work on the right people (or any people at all) and keep blaming their gear. The synth sound did rather just sit there like a dead duck. The result was way better. if they're smart, those fellows just learned something. :-)
@@BenedictRoffMarsh Of course I agree, just found it funny.
"Let's beef up this synth, actually hold on boys let me get my phone out."
"Hear this? Wank. Check this out."
@@BenedictRoffMarsh They're really cool about it but it's a very polite own. I would not pull that with clients, I would just set up the amp and ask "How does that sound?" and if they didn't like it burn them in my memoirs :)
@@jamiehardt3061 this is good studio etiquette. You suggest an idea, gauge the response, and see where it goes. If it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen
That means she’s a good producer. My favorite teacher ever was a photography teacher that always told you what he thought of your photos. “Well, that certainly is a boring photo.” You know what? It was a boring photo. It spurred me to do better.
I love how the two guys are waiting so patiently ahah
They were told there would be cookies afterward😂
Lol... and on their socks :P
"I only asked for a little saturation..."
While boss lady is saying their original tone sounds boring. While they're right there. 🤣
I would wait patiently for her to kill my whole family if it meant getting her input on a song. Wait what
great tip Sylvia, I'll remortgage the house and give it a go.
😂😂😂😂
Or -- you can route a Pro-53 or your emulation of choice into some amp sims and reverb units, and zero people that are not sound geeks, producers and synth autists will notice or care. And in a context of a busy mix absolutely no one will be able to tell the difference. So keep that remodelling money for something actually useful. The real artistry is recognising that in the context of the track this synth stab was supposed to function as a brass section -- which she did -- and knowing how to do it. The expensive shitshow around it is absolutely irrelevant from that point on.
@@b_markovic music is abstract but people do feel the difference. Balthazar was a great band but until they got a great engineer to make their sounds bigger than life (since Fever) I couldn't get any of my friends into the band. Same goes for Tinariwen and Elwan.
Non-sound geeks won't be able to explicitly define what it is about some track that make it for them, but sound porn -does- play a big part of it.
@@milosmilosmilos The point is that with today's quality of emulation and variety of both software and hardware (in both analog and digital form) available, it's more down to the ears, skill and aptitude of the mixing engineer, rather than the price tag of the units being used. At least past the recording stage (and this re-amping example is actually production, it's neither recording nor mixing in the narrow sense).
@@b_markovic Shades of Carver versus McIntosh
this some wholesome ass producer content
Lmao
That’s funny
I love this woman's voice.
The Bob Ross of recording.
@@cheereebus Yeah, I love what she did with the Happy Little Synth. 😉
Siri
I was going to say something similar. In a way, she has a mysterious voice (not sure what other adjective to use!), with a strong hint of 'you gonna feel the groove' :D
She should be recording audiobooks with that voice. I'd listen to her reading the ingredients in a paint tin and would be utterly engrossed!
if you're not rich you can always detune some oscilattors, reverb and saturate that shit
If you're not rich you can always re-amp in the box.
If you’re not rich, you can always ruin a perfectly good sound with too much FX
if you're not rich you can just bus it through an abbey roads reverb and studio 3 to emulate the room and give it more width too
@@darklightprojector2688 You can still do that with amazing gear lol
You can easily reamp with a small 10 watt amp. I find using a small amp as a speaker for my daw and tweaking the Eq and gain is really fun.
I don't know how I arrived here. Suddenly I'm seeing a producer reamping a synth through a tube amp with room mics and it sounds as if demons are about to start a war with heaven and we're not sure who will win, yet, at the film's climax. I'm here for it; it sounded gloriously powerful.
Her voice melted me and then I noticed the trillion gold records on the wall... And then realized the same thing... How did I get here?
@@marksaidso "Letting the days go by..."
Wait until you hear her use cheese as a filter, lol
For those not hip to Sylvia, and how deeply she understands how to find the meat in recordings... she masterfully recorded Tool's Opiate and Undertow (along with hundreds of other profoundly brilliant tracks) and is a damn genius.
And, thank you, Sylvia... this little tidbit just took me to another level that I needed with a few recordings
Yes it was very generous of her to show all this. Also at the end she asks "do you like it?" Showing that their opinion counts.
She's an absolute genius and a cool person.
Before the reamp it sounded like a cheap Casio keyboard preset, and then It sounded like something out of Iggy Pop's 1977 album The Idiot. Dark-moody and eerie. Amazing, Silvia.
Whoooooooaaaa cheap Casio's saves lives LMAO😁
I like how the guys are just like sitting there 🤣🤣
"Yess maam'"
Beta bucks
Lmao, they're just taking it, it's hard being a musician fuck lol.
It reminds me a lot to the Justice - cross album intro. Such a monstrous sound!
woah you're totally right- love that record
That Justice intro is sampled from MJs Thriller I believe
@@sjoe5318 they might have but the prominent sample is from the Godzilla theme
It seriously did. Gold
@@sjoe5318 If you're talking about Justice - Genesis it's sampled from Gojira's (Godzilla's) Theme Song
That studio is awesome! I love how the control"room" is open to the studio.
@@prodsani Bad for mixing?! Do you even know who this is? This is Sylvia's recording room. She has a dedicated mixing room as well.
@@adammilburn8855 bless the sweet summer children who don't know who they're watching :') Imagine trying to give Sylvia advice on how to do her job
@@prodsani oh man, keep digging!
@@crystalbepis hey Sylvia - yeah you know "that area has alot of echo and reverb and the mics arent setup properly".
@@prodsani bro stop, shes not mixing in there as they already pointed out she has a seperate mixing room. And also even if the console is a fake vs real it does not matter who or what makes a tone as long as it sounds good. Use your ears to make a judgement not your eyes DERP DERP DERP
The glorious gift of having someone who knows what they're doing.
I was expecting to hear, "X gonna give it to ya" after she re-amped it
I just love this. Essentially giving a synth track a "live performance" in a room to record and capture all the acoustic spatial information and "performer" placement in the room with stereo mics. Sylvia is wicked smart.
How does one make a Prophet sound boring in the first place?
Yeah, it’s a bit much... look what I can do lol
I've heard Prophets dsecribed in many ways but boring is not usually one of them.
It didn't sounded boring in the first place to my ears, normal mix would make it appear more "natural" in whole composition.
It's almost impossible to make Prophet sound bad ;)
Mine even has a pretty good distortion in the FX section. Nice re-amp but detune the oscillators and ramp that shit through the distortion and it'd be huge straight from the box!
Any synth can sound boring, depending on what you're doing with it. Everyone carries on about the 303, but in their original form - and more notably their original target audience - they were just plodding, dull bass note makers.
Going a bit more modern, the Korg M1 had some fantastic presets...
However, there are some that never get used... because they are dull and unmoving.
To my ears, the original tone in this mix was warm - but lacked character. It was a little "cod" fuzzy analogue tone, that not intrinsically bad was a bit well... expected.
Also, I would like someone to talk about me with the same level of admiration and excitement that she talked about that mic...
Think lockdown is getting to us
Holy geezus, that sounded insane!!!!!!! I have recently discovered the art of re-recording so this is so inspiring!
@@torosuave 5t
@@torosuave 5t
@@torosuave Reamping
@@torosuave you're stupid
I love the idea of working in a large studio, you can experiment and try new things
looks like you guys turned an old church into a studio. looks lovely
Dang... this lady has taught me a lot about re-engineering sound in 2 mins, than everything I learnt in the last 10 years.
What can I say, you've got my thumbs up and a sub.
That re-amp setup is bananas.
One of the Queens of Engineering & Production 👑🎵🎼🎧🎶🎛
Straight out of The Shining's intro.
EXACTILYYYYY
Ah yes, an arial shot of mountains with native chants in the background
As always top notch. All the years owning commercial studios in the 2000’s all the top eng. and producers had great thing to say about her productions. Really cool to see her sesssions.
"Hey Sylvia, what do you think of our synth part?"
"Meh, let's run it through a pickle."
I love to see experts who are stoked on what they do, it is inspiring
One million buttons... Let's just push these two!
Freaking magic happens!
She knows her stuff. I want to be her apprentice.
From synth patch to brass band!!
How am I only getting recommended this channel now? Come now TH-cam!
Here's a link to the finished track for anyone who wants to hear the re-amp in context: th-cam.com/video/llLtDZvUmZM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks so much to Sylvia--it was a dream come true to work with her.
Connor there is another Sylvia video where u are playing a different track. What ever happened to that song ..it sounded great too...?!
@@chipwalter4490 Thanks! It’s coming out in May
Oi Connor, are you planning on making a dark remix of the song down the line that's darker and more heavy on the Prophet and darker sounds of the songs, whilst making the piano and percussion sound more lo-fi to get a distant radio feeling of the "normal" sounds? It'd make for an interesting listen and show a different side to it.
@@LRJ88 no plans for it, but I wouldn’t rule it out-especially for live versions
Gorgeous sounding record ! Is that a Foxx phaser used on the vocal at times and maybe the electric guitar, both parts are hard panned or stereo. Very Queen sounding
Reamping ASMR
LOL
Re amping is good for so many recording situations.
The sound of the old theater.
I love what a mad scientist you are Sylvia Massy and that you will go to ANY LENGTHS for your artists. What a role model!
That was so nice to watch !! Thank you for your Passion !
Re-Amped Synth sounds give me life! :D
Sylvia!!! How am I just seeing your channel!!!
That's some gigantic sound you made happen girl!! Please, never stop!
Damn her production knowledge & voice got me feeling some kinda way 😍🖤
They looked hurt when she called it boring hahah legend !
She's amazing. You can see the passion in her eyes when she does all her production tricks! Wow!
Thanks for sharing these insights Sylvia. While I've use re-amping in the past, I've not has the luxury of time to really indulge and explore other mic choices and room positions, so I especially appreciated the glimpse at what you've run here. Great stuff.
you are a legend! love your work!
Subbed for more, that was such an amazing result.
This is Totally amazing. Thanks for posting this!
Aww I love her vibe I feel like it would be so chill in her session
This is something I’ve dreamed of experimenting with since the ‘90s.
Sylvia is a tone queen
Amazing idea! Great sound!
You're the best kind of whackadoodle Sylvia. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm!
One of the greatest producers of all time at work! Even though it's only a few minutes, it's cool to see how fantastic it is working with her!
You are amazing. Much respect.
"Okay Boys, sit, listen & learn!"
Beautiful.
Oh my gosh, I love your studio!
Dope! Such a good choice for the song
This is great! Not only does this producer know what she's doing, I'm getting serious ASMR tingles listening to her too. Subscribed
Delightfully shrewd. Love it.
I'm so glad I found this channel.
WOW glad YT recommended this! So cool!
Awesome Sylvia!
Came for the monster synth sound, stayed for the soothing voice.
Loved this
Just love it, thanks for sharing :0)
Sylvia is so creative. These guys are lucky to be working with her.
As usual, a great tip, thank you :)
Wow, amazing!
I could not stop watching this.
It sounds silly but it makes me happy seeing a woman have a career doing this. I’ve worked in music a long time, worked with a ton of producers and mixers, all male. Just one of those things. Her credits include some of my favorite albums. Bringing the vibe ✊
Why does it matter to you that she is a woman? Idiot...
@@sandrabecht4489 because it’s just a fact that there are not enough women doing mixing and production work. I’ve been a professional musician and writer a long time, and on the technical side of things 9 times out of 10, at least, you’re working with men. I’ve toured with dozens of FOH sound engineers for 2 decades. One time there was a woman at the board. I don’t view Massy’s work any differently than anyone else’s because of her gender, at all. But I really hope more woman see her and other women doing this and are inspired to get into it. You’re free to pretend representation in this industry isn’t an issue if you’re so inclined to do so, I don’t really care.
@@mrnelsonius5631 if it doesn‘t matter to you, why do you keep talking about it? Just treat men and women equal. Reminds me of this woke leftist idiots, that are obsessed with race....
And she was doing it before there was a social media brainwashing people with activism.
I don't care that she's a woman. The work speaks for itself.
That is such a badass studio :D
You amaze us!
sounds excellent
I think I see an Akai M-8 tube reel to reel on a back shelf! ;)
Cool re-amp sound. You are a legend Sylvia!
Fantastic!...... I learnt something new. I love your enthusiasm!
This is so rad!
Fantastic, what a sound, love it :-)
Wow, great sound!
Wow. This was great and informative!
wow that sounds great
Wow !!! thanks sharing this
This is soothing for some reason.
Love this interesting insight. Subscribed.
Getting ideas for free and people put dislikes on the video, wtf is wrong with people these days
Why concern yourself with numbers on a screen? The dislike could be for anything - say a simple matter of a different opinion, but there isn't a "different opinion" button. Stop treating life like a popularity contest and ignore who likes or dislikes what.
@paperchasin23 shut up coomer
Love this!
That Neve console is gorgeous!
Love yr way of presenting, as if you let us in on some dirty little secret of sound production - your style of narrating really helps here 😄
Wow Sylvia! You are excellent!
Her enthusiasm is so awesome 😭
you, Sylvia, are creative! love you!
Nice and useful method indeed
sylvia youre such an inspirationnnnn
re-amp comparison mon:
befoe - 00:14
aftah - 02:12
the horns have a "haunting" sound similar to Dies Irae/Symphonie fantastique from The Shining/Dr. Sleep.
what audio gear was used when rerouted?
Awesome!
Sylvia, that's pretty darn good technique... You could do similar results with some "reverse compression", add plate or hall to it, with chosen effects, etc, ... and not have to re-amp, but I like your style and technique. Beautiful and dynamic in the mix !!! Great job.
Doug ("Crossbow"), BMI songwriter, former live/touring (retired).. and yeah, Studio Recording Engineer, studio owner.
Studio goals.😍😍😍 Holy shit, that was so old school and magical. I thought she meant she was going to do some soft synth sound design stuff.
Cool to see behind the scenes
Excellent!!!!
Brilliant!!!
This is exactly what a real Artist's recording studio should look like.
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