Kyguitar23
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I would like to find some equipment to create my own backing tracks to jam to. Was just wondering what you all use for that, and if you’d have any insights or suggestions. Thanks
I have Protools, but unless I want my guitar "in the mix" to record it, I just drag an MP3 into an AT4 (Amplitube 4) track and play "on top" of it.I would like to find some equipment to create my own backing tracks to jam to. Was just wondering what you all use for that, and if you’d have any insights or suggestions. Thanks
Boss Looper pedals, they are the best options. Not only do they come in all shapes and sizes but they can hook up to your interface to send the saved tracks straight to a PA or a laptop/pc for recording/exporting.I would like to find some equipment to create my own backing tracks to jam to. Was just wondering what you all use for that, and if you’d have any insights or suggestions. Thanks
I'm on a Mac, using either LogicPro or ProTools. If you use a Mac, there's also Garage Band, which comes w/the OS free.
For instruments, I'm usually playing any bass parts. I'm using some combo of EZDrummer 3, Steven Slate Drums, BFD, and a few Native Instruments drum packages. Sometimes MIDI grooves that come w/the software, sometimes I play the parts through an Alesis drum pad module, and most often it's a combo because I can't find exactly what I want. Keyboards, strings, etc. are almost always virtual instruments, although I'll sometimes use the sounds in my Korg Karma.
I find what works best for me is to put up a guide drum part instead of a click - it just feels more natural. Beyond that, it's just experimenting with mics, mic placement, etc. to find what works.
I usually record full versions of songs for myself, and backing tracks for my mother to play at church. For my own purposes, I've been mixing the full version and then just a backing track to have something to play to just to get my fingers moving. It also lets my playing on the song evolve, sometimes to the point that I listen back to the full recording and wonder what I was thinking.
I don't usually post the backing tracks, but for some reason I did with this one.
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Rather than worry about my perfect volume and tone in the mix I just turn myself up and play louder than the rest of the band. lol
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Actually I dowait, wait, wait. so you guys arent playing all the parts?![]()
Guilty as charged.You're a guitar player on a guitar forum and you said the quiet part out loud.You're not supposed to acknowledge that we all knowingly do that.