Making a you tube video....

I have searched for songs to download without the bass parts, but i havent found any. (Although you can search for a songs name on google and add the words ''multi track'' after it to see if you are lucky and you can download the song with all parts recorded separately, if it is a song that appears on videogames like rockband, guitar hero, etc... you might very probably find it)
I have uploaded a couple videos, but non that have good enough audio quality. I have tried to record directly through the cameras microphone but it didnt sound good to me, although some people do it and it sounds ok (listen to this guy he records directly YYZ Bass Cover - YouTube)
What i would do is connect my amp to my computer and then record the bass, then add it to the original song using some audio software, I use adobe soundbooth sc4 and you can do both thing with it, record the bass and add the original song. But im sure there are other simpler programs you can use for that =)

Hope this helps good luck =)

 

I have the Canon HFS30 and paid the extra $ for the canon built-in mic. I don't know whether or not this matches up with yours but it should be close. Do a test video on youtube send it to a friend and yourself, this way you'll hear and see the quality. I listened to your YouTube Test and to me it sounded fine !! OK , you are playing your music track in the backround and that does get in the way a little.. Having gone from original webcam to this camcorder the upgrade in quality is amazing. There shouldn't be any reason for you to have any issues with this camcorder. Best of luck

 

Please, for the sake of the people watching your videos...

• Make your bass LOUDER than the backing track. So many people have the volume of their bass either equal to the track or sometimes even quieter, this irritates me to no end. If I can't hear the bass over the backing tracks, you might as well have just uploaded an mp3 without doing a cover at all.
• Practice the songs until you have them down pat. You don't need to play them perfectly or even note for not. People often prefer it if you "make the song your own", but if you make a bunch of mistakes it just looks bad.
• Getting good quality recorded tone for bass is NOT difficult OR expensive. Well, depending on what you mean by expensive.

The absolute worst thing you can do is use your camera's mic to pick up the amplified bass tone. This sounds terrible most of the time. Setting an SM57 in front of the cab will sound better, by a long shot.

Me, I record my bass into an audio interface. If you can afford to do that, I highly recommend it. Especially because you can record a direct signal and a signal from the cab mic and blend the two. If you can't afford a nice interface, you can get a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter to plug your bass directly into the line-in on your computer (assuming you have a line-in).

Good luck on your quest. I hope to start uploading my own bass covers soon, once I have time.

 

Hi PGeorge61, I just made my first youtube video.
Scarlett 2i2 interface, Reaper to edit sound, for video I used my Canon Vixia and Adobe elements for video edition. It was very easy. I opened reaper software added a track with the mp3 , plug in my bass with the 2i2 and added it as another track, record the video, in adobe elements I add the vide and the recorded sound track from , mute the camera sound t and loaded directly from adobe to youtube .

 

Hey man, im glad you liked my comment. I just wanted to tell you i found this guys who uploaded some multitracks and i remembered this post . Some of them cut at the middle of a song but some are good. He has some good songs so check it out =)
Multitrack songs for download : List of all mogg files
To download click the starting letter of the band to the right where it says ''blog archive''

 

DON'T buy a microphone. Even if you got yourself a fancy mic, it would only sound as good as your built in sound card, which will be crap unless you have a very expensive computer. So then you would need an audio interface (external soundcard to process it)... and it would sound as good as you audio interface with the tone of your amp. Instead, just buy the audio interface and get a natural sound out of the bass.

 

Hey PGeorge61, have you put a video up yet? There are some "minus one" tracks for sale at Bobby's Backing Tracks - Bobby's Backing Tracks that may be worth checking out.
We have that Canon Vixia as well, but I usually just use whatever camera has a charged battery. I guess it depends on what the "goal" of your channel is as to how much you should invest in it. We just wanted to have a video resume for our daughter to have when she's ready to apply to college in a few years. In the past year and a half, it has turned out to be a really great experience. She's "e-met" so many incredible people all over the world--even some in person and to confirm your point, there has indeed been some great exposure/kind support via bass websites/blogs.

She just keeps it simple (we tried a DAW once, but syncing w/ the video was difficult) and now that it's mostly live performances - it is what it is. She does get some people who offer recommendations about better lighting, background, sound, what to play etc....she just wants to be a better musician, so the technical comments and suggestions for who to listen to are more useful for improvement, but it's fun to get all sorts of feedback and you can always learn/try something different with the next video. It's very cool that people take the time to say something.
I think the important thing is to be yourself and have fun with it
Good Luck!!

 

While you're at it, check out DavidSinRocks. He uses a Presonus Audiobox USB and EBS MultiComp compression to get that sound.

 

for sharing bass lines with my friends i just use my mac book pro's photo booth video function, my pignose hog 30 amp, and my sb-2, sounds ok/good, and it was free with my computer and the file sizes end up being pretty reasonable

 

I know that audio recording technology has evolved a lot since I bought my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum sound card, but it's so comfortable to work with it, that I resist getting rid of it.

 

I have scoured the internet and cannot find a better free video editing program than Windows Movie Maker. It's not terrible, it'll get the job done.

 

I have been using a cheap camera with a stereo mic input and a cheap stereo mic to record bands and other events. Here is one I took of my band. I imported the video into Presonus Studio One, extracted the audio, and put a couple of multiband EQ's and compressors and a limiter (all Presonus), then put the audio back onto the video and uploaded it to YouTube. Feedback welcome.

 

This is another vid of the same setup with out any processing.