Day #5

Though I spent a significant amount of time creating music, most of it did not happen in the studio itself. Many of our original song material was written with having orchestral segments in mind. However, given our lack of resources to do so, we found other ways to have horns and strings featured on our songs. I spent a large part of the day tinkering away at the computer, testing different kinds of strings, effects, and sound filters. We discovered that though these samples may have sounded decent in my average headphones, when transferred to the studio computer and played with the excellent speakers there, the samples sounded rather awful. Disappointed with the results, I tried to think of more ways to fix this issue. I found that the lo-fi filter I used for strings earlier was too much, and when put in the mix, they sounded like they were being played through a pay-phone. I toyed with different filters, one string track with a phonograph filter, and one through a guitar amp emulator. This would certainly remove the "cleanness" of the sound we were hoping to fix, but would not be as noticeable or apparent as the lo-fi filter. I'm eager to try these new strings in the future and find out if they pay off in the end.