Overdubbing recordings

[Joe Garage]

I recently started to overdub my bass on other people’s recordings in Cubase. I found out that this is great way to uncover once improvement potential. It’s so simple but I never ever realised how helpful it could be.

[Joe Garage]

Am I the only one that does this? Maybe its not such a good idea.

[wtg203]

I've never tried it, but it definately sounds like a good idea. It's pretty well accepted that jamming along with your favorite records is productive, but it's easy to be able to drown yourself out, getting lost in what your hearing on the record vs. whats coming out of your amp. Sounds like a good idea, I'll try it sometime.

[bifbugie56]

I play along with tapes,cd's,and if you can believe it vinyl all the time. I make no effort to "highlight" my own playing. I have a tascam DP-1 recorder,so I have an easy way to record
my bass. How do you eliminate the bass parts from what you
are playing along with?

[Joe Garage]

Originally Posted by wtg203

I've never tried it, but it definately sounds like a good idea. It's pretty well accepted that jamming along with your favorite records is productive, but it's easy to be able to drown yourself out, getting lost in what your hearing on the record vs. whats coming out of your amp. Sounds like a good idea, I'll try it sometime.

Cool!

I discovered that my timing was a bit off when I played on D the G string. The tone was also not as good on those strings when compared to player on the recording. I dont have any teacher to give me any feedback, so I guess this is the best way to learn by myself.

[Joe Garage]

Originally Posted by bifbugie56

I play along with tapes,cd's,and if you can believe it vinyl all the time. I make no effort to "highlight" my own playing. I have a tascam DP-1 recorder,so I have an easy way to record
my bass. How do you eliminate the bass parts from what you
are playing along with?

I have not found a way to eliminate the bassparts yet ,but I think its pretty easy to hear if im off. I have also dubbed my bass on songs the dont originaly dont have any bass. Its a pretty fun way to improve.