How do you isolate bass tracks?

[LowWay]

There is a guy on Youtube advertising isolated bass tracks.

Got a link?

 

[Bass Ape]

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Izotope RX7
Youtube Bass covers
I wish I had these when I was 14. You ever tried to learn a Rush song by a LP? Drop the needle, wait, pick up the needle, drop the needle....repeat a 1000 times lol

Yea yes yes. Also how I learned all the songs on master of puppets.

 

[KLINCOLNS]

I have started using Spectralayers by Steinberg. What Is New in SpectraLayers 10
It uses AI to unmix songs.
It produces isolated bass, guitar, drums, piano, other(synths etc), and vocals (which keeps reverb and delays intact).
It can then unmix multiple vocals and unmix drums back to kick, snare, and cymbals.
I am very impressed with the isolation of each instrument.

 

[Josh Ryan]

Spectralayers looks really good, just watching demos online.

 

[seamonkey]

Sound Forge pro 17 Suite $149 includes SpectraLayers Pro 10
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[Josh Ryan]

I went and bought Spectralayers. First run it seems to work really, really well. Tone takes a hit across the board but it does separate the instruments and the bass is as clear as you could ask for in terms of hearing it isolated.

 

[KLINCOLNS]

Sound Forge pro 17 Suite $149 includes SpectraLayers Pro 10
SOUND FORGE Pro 17: Audio Editing Solution for Professionals
Sale good until Dec 3

I just bought this suite for $149. Too good to pass up. In Oz, Spectralayers is about $450 on its own. Having Melodyne and others plugins is icing on the cake.

 

[KLINCOLNS]

I went and bought Spectralayers. First run it seems to work really, really well. Tone takes a hit across the board but it does separate the instruments and the bass is as clear as you could ask for in terms of hearing it isolated.

If you phase reverse the bass and play it along with the original mix, you will have a bassless karaoke version.

 

[Josh Ryan]

If you phase reverse the bass and play it along with the original mix, you will have a bassless karaoke version.

Excellent, I'll try that.

 

[Nephilymbass]

I need to be able to isolate bass tracks to songs in order to more clearly hear what is going on with the bass guitar so I can more easily learn and hear the bass guitar part. Bass is not always clear on recordings even though I have a fine audiophile system. However, my system has no EQ controls. It plays a recording just as it was recorded which typically sounds good but it doesn't really help for separating the instruments.

A software solution that would enable me to isolate the bass track for a recorded commercial (or amateur) song is primarily what I'm looking for. ProTools seems the leading music software and is the standard for studios but I don't need a pro recording studio.

1. ProTools might be a little pricy to use mainly for this function but can it even do this?
2. Is there a more affordable alternative?
3. What is the learning curve for using Protools? (I'm competent enough to learn new software and I'm willing to put in the time to go through video tutorials or manuals).
4. What are other advantages is there for using ProTools to learn a new song?
5. If ProTools is what it takes then I may invest in it. But I'd like to see if there are less expensive alternatives just to isolate bass before I buy the Cadillac of music software.
6. Aren't there different levels of ProTools? i.e. Basic to Pro levels? If so what level would I need to isolate bass from songs that don't have separate/individual tracks?

Even just one answer could be helpful. I'm not expecting everyone to have an answer for all 5.

I appreciate any advice or recommendations but keep in mind I'm primarily just looking to isolate bass tracks at this point. If it matters I use Mac OS. If ProTools is what it takes, then so be it.

Best scenario is if you can find stems for the song online that you can download and import onto your DAW. More so works for popular modern stuff. Lot of YouTube mixing classes will provide the stems and then all you have to do is import them into your DAW and solo the bass track.

If you’re wanting the opposite. As in a song with no bass to record bass to. I just go on YouTube and search “name of the song and bass backing track” lot of popular songs there are versions with no bass already online. I have my interface setup to handle all my audio so it can actually record audio playing from YouTube onto a stereo track in my DAW. Then I just add another track and record bass.

in all honesty if you’re just trying to learn lines from a song where the bass isn’t super audible a lot of the time simply importing the song into my DAW and adding some eq does the trick. As you eq to try to bring out the bass in the mix it might make the bass sound weird but if the point is to learn the lines that doesn’t really matter.

 

[themickster]

I need to be able to isolate bass tracks to songs in order to more clearly hear what is going on with the bass guitar so I can more easily learn and hear the bass guitar part. Bass is not always clear on recordings even though I have a fine audiophile system. However, my system has no EQ controls. It plays a recording just as it was recorded which typically sounds good but it doesn't really help for separating the instruments.

A software solution that would enable me to isolate the bass track for a recorded commercial (or amateur) song is primarily what I'm looking for. ProTools seems the leading music software and is the standard for studios but I don't need a pro recording studio.

1. ProTools might be a little pricy to use mainly for this function but can it even do this?
2. Is there a more affordable alternative?
3. What is the learning curve for using Protools? (I'm competent enough to learn new software and I'm willing to put in the time to go through video tutorials or manuals).
4. What are other advantages is there for using ProTools to learn a new song?
5. If ProTools is what it takes then I may invest in it. But I'd like to see if there are less expensive alternatives just to isolate bass before I buy the Cadillac of music software.
6. Aren't there different levels of ProTools? i.e. Basic to Pro levels? If so what level would I need to isolate bass from songs that don't have separate/individual tracks?

Even just one answer could be helpful. I'm not expecting everyone to have an answer for all 5.

I appreciate any advice or recommendations but keep in mind I'm primarily just looking to isolate bass tracks at this point. If it matters I use Mac OS. If ProTools is what it takes, then so be it.

Song Master Pro can split a mixdown into singing, guitar, bass, piano and 'the rest' and can show you the chords. You can remix at will. Maybe importing the saved bass stem will tell you which notes are in it.