Just need isolated drums

[chuck65]

Hello , never thought I would be in this section of TB , but here I am !
I am looking for a way to play an artist’s ( covers) recorded song on my iPad and be able to isolate the drums. I will feed it into my mixer and to the mains. This will be to provide drums for band practice while the drummer is away .
I can use my MacBook if I have to but prefer the iPad. Any help with the correct App , program , or TB search , place to find backing drum tracks ?would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Standalone]

I have an SDrum pedal that can be used for orchestrating drum arrangements.

But why do you NEED the drummer to practice? Everyone can count to four, right?

 

[JRA]

you might get more out of the situation if the whole band practiced to a metronome/click. another 0.02.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

Search for the isolated drum tracks of the songs on YouTube. You might find some if they're well-known.

 

[SoCal80s]

You can also try searching for MIDI drum tracks and play them through GarageBand. Or you can create your own in GarageBand.

I use songsterr.com, they have MIDI tracks for a ton of songs and an online player. I have a paid subscription ($10/month), but they have some free features too. Worth checking out.

 

[chuck65]

you might get more out of the situation if the whole band practiced to a metronome/click. another 0.02.

That's exactly what I suggested . Bpm metro click...Resulting in " but I cue my ( fill in guitar part )off of ( whatever drum part ). I think they will end up with me just running whatever comes out of ultimate guitar App and it will have to do.

 

[Laurentian Dave]

Lots of drum tracks on Spotify!

 

[smarthound]

AudioStrip can do a decent job online of isolating separate instruments. The stripped drum track will have obvious artefacts but should sound ok in a practice behind the other instruments.

AudioStrip - The Best Online Vocal Isolator for Free

 

[john_g]

Search for the isolated drum tracks of the songs on YouTube. You might find some if they're well-known.

This. If you are just practicing, an app that tries to isolate the drums may work, but it wouldnt work if you are trying to do a good recording or live gig. You might find alot of isolated tracks on YT but not just every single one you desire is there.

 

[Wasnex]

The best way would probably be to program the drum parts into a sequencer or program like Ableton. Of course this requires a certain skillset and knowledge.

A quick and dirty way would be to set up drum mics and record the band playing the songs. Yes there will be some bleed, but it should be low enough in the mix that you can use the tracks for rehearsal. If you are concerned about the bleed, put the drummer in another room with a set off headphones and figure out how to crossflow the necessary signals to get it done.

In the last band I ran, we had lead sheets and scratch recordings of all songs. The idea was if we needed to get a sub, we would give them a CD-RW with the files, so they could work up the material with the lead sheets and recordings. When they arrived, they would be ready to go, because in effect they had already played with the band. Although rehearsal would be nice, it was not necessary.

Everyone in the band received a copy of the CD-RW for their own reference and practice purposes. When we deployed to play for the troops in the desert, I carried a library with hard copies of the lead sheets, a copy of the CD-RW, and a media player, which I made it available to any band member who wanted to work on any of the repertoire. I was actually the audio tech on that tour, but I used the library to work up all the parts on bass (just in case).

 

[Gordo350]

When any of our guys can't make rehearsal we use Jamzone. You can isolate any of the instruments and mute the ones you don't want.
Sing & Play Along | Jamzone

 

[bertthebassist]

I had an old singer use this:
https://www.karaoke-version.com/

 

[singlemalt]

Check out the Beat Buddy. They have an extensive library of drum tracks for popular cover tunes. You might even find your tune all ready to go. Kick the pedal, and off you go…intros verses, chorus, bridge.

Tons of different drum sounds, kits, percussion, and tons of grooves. No programming.

Besides the pedal device, you get the Beat Buddy software for your computer. Now you can manipulate the library of beats and drop them into your DAW. Just put the memory card in your computer.

Like getting two machines for the price of one.

Singular Sound

It’s even got a sobriety setting, so it can sound like a real drummer, last set of the night.

I’ve had a few drum machines come and go. This thing is a great tool.

 

[basmartin]

The app Moises works great.

 

[Patrice B]

The app Moises works great.

I’ve seen the demos and it looks quite good. Still not tried it but already on my iPad.

 

[fourstringdrums]

Second for Moises. There's a web app now too.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Third also for Moises...

 

[Slevage]

Rehearsing without drums is a good learning tool.

If the tempo is steady, a high hat or kick reference might be helpful.
Lots of ways to do that.

 

[silky smoove]

Izotope RX can get this done. Not cheap and it does a LOT more than isolating parts, but as an isolation tool I’ve not found anything that works better.

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

I was in a similar situation to the O.P. and I found a usable solution. Not premium, but it worked.

I already had Guitar Pro (GP) and Superior Drummer 3 (SD3) on my computer.

I found a reasonably close Guitar pro file of the song I was looking for with a decent drum track.

Open the song in GP, solo the drum track, export as .midi

Take that file and drop it into SD3 and "bounce" (export) that file as a .wav file.

O.P.: If you find decent .midi files and send them to me, I'll run them through SD3 for you. SD3 is a bit pricey.