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Backing tracks
Just curious what sources you prefer for backing tracks. I’ve mostly been using YT, but I’m wondering what alternatives exist.
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Live music.
(sorry, couldn’t resist)
If you mean backing tracks for live performance:
P.S. you could also look at Yamaha’s Mobile Music Sequencer.
What app does YT stand for?
YouTube...
I assumed YouTube.
I use them mostly for improving my playing on the guitar....nothing live. I was able to play with some friends before, but I’m working out of state, in a rural area, so live accompaniment is scarce to nil. I need to dust off YMMS again.
The Sessionband apps can be great for that and can be had really cheaply on sale sometimes.
You can use Audacity or Audition to remove some frequencies (vocals or instruments) from a song.
Ahh. In any other context I would have guessed that, but was thinking the OP was asking about how to play back tracks one already has. I guess the question is more about where to get backing tracks. Not an area where I have any useful input. Carry on.
I have used the SessionBand apps. They are quite good.
I've not had much luck in filtering out instruments in a mix though. It might just be me though.
ireal pro app for a huge library of jazz, pop, country standards.
if rock is your thing then every rock backing track on youtube leads to it's creators website for more (at a cost). Everyone tries to profit from their work.
I’m more into rock/blues, but I’ve found some nice bits in most genres.
I have supported some of the producers by purchasing various packs. I probably have more than I need, but I’m always interested in different approaches/styles to mix it up.
SessionBand jazz sessions are really nice.
iBassist + RockDrummer / FunkDrummer / SoftDrummer is a winning combination for jamming and practicing guitar.
Just got iBassist and have SoftDrummer. I am liking that pairing. I'm tempted to add FunkDrummer now.
To give you more insight into the guitar I recommend the courses at TrueFire... so many possibilities with the guitar and TrueFire represents them all well. The deal on the first month will give you a course for free I think. Every course has a "demo/pitch" to help pick out a good one. Most of the teachers put backing tracks in their content so you can really practice something they are teaching. Of course, you probably can just liv in YouTube... paying for YouTube Red to drop the ads is worth it if you go there everyday. That also allows you to download videos for offline viewing and to hear the audio without having the video up front. Useful for practicing while reading the news or this forum.
Ibassist plus one of the matching drummer apps is a good call.
apple music subscription, they have tons there
If I have or obtain a midi file of a backing track. I load it into Gadget & assign instrument/preset to each track & render.
I haven’t considered that at all. Thanks for the tip!
Another good one. Thanks. Now I just need advice on how to get enough free time to work through all these sources!