Ooom-pah.
Tomorrow I will be recording tuba parts for two songs with local Celtic punk band The Dreadnaughts at Hive Studios in Burnaby.
This is, in my humble opinion, cool.
However, the tuba I will be borrowing for the recording session seems to have a few difficulties when it comes to staying in tune; also, when I push down on the first valve the sound coming out of the tuba changes drastically, as though there was air escaping from somewhere that it shouldn't.
This is, in my humble opinion, not cool.
I forwarded my concerns to the person from the band with whom I have been in contact. He didn't seem that concerned when I explained the tuning difficulties I was having with the tuba, as they apparently have access to Auto Tune and can use that if necessary. I'm also going to bring my euphonium as a back-up; it won't have the same low range, but it will keep pitch far better than the tuba. They might decide that they prefer the sound of the euphonium, too.
I don't know how I feel about Auto Tune. Tune into your vanilla Top 40 radio station and on many of the songs so often the singer's voice has been processed almost beyond recognition. Using it for stylistic purposes is one thing, but more often than not it feels like cheating. Having to use this same technology for a simple brass part feels like a fail on my part.
Any of you out there do much studio recording? Is Auto Tune a standard part of the recording process these days and I'm just being naïve, or have things deteriorated so much that we have no choice but to use technology for seemingly simple things like tuning? I'd really like to know. Thanks.
This is, in my humble opinion, cool.
However, the tuba I will be borrowing for the recording session seems to have a few difficulties when it comes to staying in tune; also, when I push down on the first valve the sound coming out of the tuba changes drastically, as though there was air escaping from somewhere that it shouldn't.
This is, in my humble opinion, not cool.
I forwarded my concerns to the person from the band with whom I have been in contact. He didn't seem that concerned when I explained the tuning difficulties I was having with the tuba, as they apparently have access to Auto Tune and can use that if necessary. I'm also going to bring my euphonium as a back-up; it won't have the same low range, but it will keep pitch far better than the tuba. They might decide that they prefer the sound of the euphonium, too.
I don't know how I feel about Auto Tune. Tune into your vanilla Top 40 radio station and on many of the songs so often the singer's voice has been processed almost beyond recognition. Using it for stylistic purposes is one thing, but more often than not it feels like cheating. Having to use this same technology for a simple brass part feels like a fail on my part.
Any of you out there do much studio recording? Is Auto Tune a standard part of the recording process these days and I'm just being naïve, or have things deteriorated so much that we have no choice but to use technology for seemingly simple things like tuning? I'd really like to know. Thanks.