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Gear Stories With Sylvia Massy: SSL—Duality and Reality 

	
Mar 31, 2010
	
		
	

	
	
Maybe it’s the gluttonous American consumer in me, but I really love the old-school, large-format analog consoles. To hell with the power costs. I want a mixing desk that throws heat like it’s chock-full of George Foreman grills. I want steak, dammit, not a garden burger! 
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Gear Stories With Sylvia Massy: Johnny Cash and the Sta-Level 

	
Mar  1, 2010, 
	By Sylvia Massy
	
	

	
	
Johnny Cash said to me, I don't sing very good, and I'm not that good at playing the guitar either. Hard to believe these words would have come out of...

	





	
Gear Stories With Sylvia Massy—Prince and the Gemini II

	
Feb  1, 2010, 
	By Sylvia Massy
	
	

	
	
Prince walked into Studio B, looked around at the cold, clinical '80s dcor, and asked, Don't you have a big stuffed Grandma's chair or something? Knowing...

	





	
Video: Part 3: Sylvia Massy, Gear, Gear, Gear! 

	
Jan 29, 2010
	
		
	

	
	
Tom Kenny's interview with engineer/producer Sylvia Massy continues, as she talks about her addiction to audio and music gear, and her move to Northern California, where she converted an old movie theater into the beginnings of a recording complex. 
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Video: Part 2: Sylvia Massy, Success in L.A.  

	
Jan 29, 2010
	
		
	

	
	
In this exclusive MixTV video interview, engineer/producer Sylvia Massy talks about finding a studio job in Los Angeles, working with mega-producer Rick Rubin and offers advice on getting a great vocal sound. 
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Video: Part 1: Sylvia Massy, The Early Days 

	
Jan 29, 2010
	
		
	

	
	
Noted engineer/producer Sylvia Massy chats with Tom Kenny about "Gear Stories," her new monthly column in Mix magazine, and recalls the early days of her career. 
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Gear Stories With Sylvia Massy

	
Jan  1, 2010, 
	By Sylvia Massy
	
	

	
	
How many times have we set up a fire hazard of Mexican prayer candles and tapestries to give an anxious vocalist just the right to spit out a decent vocal...

	






            
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