Chris Sims
From:
Middleburg,Florida, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2009 1:20 pm |
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I have briefly read about Band in the box and stuff. And I hear people talk about recording their own tracks.
Can someone tell me how it works?
Can software take a music cd and recognize a melody... how do you create backing tracks for songs, and create the progressions properly, with the piano, or whatever following along.. I wouldn't know where to start recognizing the chords in some recordings. |
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Phil Halton
From:
Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2009 2:14 pm Re: How does recording backing tracks work?
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Well, I'll take a stab at it...
Band in a Box lets you type in the basic chords to a song, select a style of music (country, jazz, rock etc) from many hundreds of styles (almost too many choices), Arrange the tune as to the number of choruses etc, and then it will play that song or tune with a combo comprised of a drum, bass, piano, guitar, and strings track. The parts are pre-defined and don't require anything from you as far as playing the piano, drums etc--its all pre-written and composed by the program--sounds fairly good.
As to recording your own tracks, Well, you'll definitely need to know the basic chord progression of the song. Then it can be anything from a simple 6-string guitar recorded in tiime with a metronome, to an elaborate multi-track recording including drums, bass, guitar etc.
Many people use a program called Sonar which is a top of the line multi-track audio/midi sequencing/ recording program, but there's lots of stuff alot less expensive and less complicated to operate out there in terms of recording software.
If you want to make your own tracks, consider Band in a Box. Its simple to use (after a bit of a learning curve) and sounds good enough to be satisfying to play along with. You'll have a 5 piece combo playing any tune you like (if you know the chords--good practice for learning harmony), and it'll be in tune and on time with almost no effort on your part.
good luck, |
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