Studio Educational Programs

Students And Interns

For the last 20 years, Sylvia has offered one-on-one instruction and guidance for students and interns looking to get into the music business.

One-On-One Instruction

Sylvia helps young engineers

With actual session experience, Sylvia allows students to watch and participate. She tests their skills and gives them challenges to stimulate their creative thinking.

Unique Viewpoints

Recording And Mixing

Sylvia gives her students a chance to observe and learn hands-on on unusual and rare equipment including the historic Sound City Neve 8038 console.

How To

Instructional Diagrams

Click here to see diagrams of how certain sounds are achieved. For example: how do you get that extra crunchy guitar sound heard on the first System Of A Down album? Or, how do you properly mic a shotgun when shooting a piano during a Tool session? Diagram drawings by Sylvia...

Studio Tip

Make Your Own "Phone Mic"

The best way to get that telephone effect on a vocal is to use a real telephone! Buy an old telephone from a thrift store. Take apart the handset and replace the wire to the mouthpiece mic (the carbon button) with a length of mic cable. Keep the male end of the mic cable attached to the cable. Solder in a 1.5v small battery on one side of the cable. Reassemble the handset and plug your telephone mic into a line level and you are good to go!