HI,
1) I want to set up my computer as a practice and music center for my bass.
2) I want to record songs of the internet, and pandora internet radio
3) I want to slow down tracks, to help me learn the bass lines
4) I want to file all my music that my band needs to learn
5) I want to have EQ control to bring up the bass so it is easier to hear and learn.
6) Do any of you other guys and gals do this, and how do you do it?
7) Any help would be appreciatted , I have to learn alot of songs in a short amount of time.....any tricks to that?
(yah, I know stop typing and start parcticing, but I for get the stuff too....and tab tricks or
8) musica remembering tricks?
any help will be aprreciated!
thanks!
Rokkitt
Greetings from south Texas!
1) Here's what I do. The output can go into headphones or a poweramp. The PC runs into the POD or Line6BassPODXTLive and then into either phones or a power amp+speakers.
2) Dunno. I use my soundcard output into a converter that dumps it back into the USB:
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3) I use WinMedia player's speed control. Slow it down to a playable speed and play it over and over. Gradually increase the speed.
and also use Goldwave(
http://www.goldwave.com/features.php ) to cut primary bass parts out of songs to have as tracks so I can play them back in a "repeat" mode.
4) Convert it all to mp3. Put it all in one folder. Open that folder with WinMediaPlayer. Sort them how you want them. When done, click on "Save Now Playing List As" function to save the list you made. If you meant tabs or sheet music, google til you drop. We use Noteworthy(
http://www.noteworthysoftware.com) and a couple of others.
5) Use EQ controls in WinMediaPlayer. If a tune has WAY TOO MUCH of anything or you want to boost the bass part, open it with Goldwave and use either the graphic EQ or parametric EQ to boost/cut what you want. Then save it with a different name or "songname B" at 160kbps stereo. This speed preserves quality.
6) Yes.
More Goldwave tricks.
NOTE THE DIFFERENT FILENAME, songnameFXd, on modified files....
Band wants to change the key of the song? Write down how long the song is and then use pitchshift. Here wq're shifting Thin Lizzie's Cowboy Song to E from E flat(they detune):
Next timewarp it back to the original length(minutes & seconds you wrote down from the original). This process WILL affect non-bass frequencies and sound "different" but leaves the song "learnable" in a different key.
7) Put all your band tunes on one CD(mp3 format). Listen to this CD everywhere you go. Practice 3 or more hours per day using this CD. When at your PC after you finish all of them, use the WinMedia sort list function to shuffle them. THEN go through that "set".
8) Remembering tips. Stay clean, take ginkgo, and practice so much that when you hear a song on the CD...you can see(in your head) where your hands are on the neck(fret & string) and remember any special amp/POD settings, how you play it, where your right(picking) hand is, etc.
Now....HAVE FUN!
