Recording setup advice?

[Cam Buchanan]

I like watching Julia plays grooves on youtube. Does anyone know how to get a recording setup like that?

mainly, how do you take the bass out of the track and record your own in it? What programs?

I see the Scarlett, which I have, I also have GarageBand but don’t know what I’m doing with it to achieve what I’m looking to do.

 

[Basslice]

I've seen a bunch of YT vids where people do this. Of course there is bleed, but people do it all the time. Search on YT

 

[rudy4444]

Are most folks using something like Moises?

The Moises ap removes any part so you can add back in what you want.

 

[seamonkey]

To isolate/remove bass Izotope RX8 Music Rebalance is probably the easiest.

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

To isolate/remove bass Izotope RX8 Music Rebalance is probably the easiest.

For Twelve Hundred Bucks it'd better be easiest (and best)!

 

[Cam Buchanan]

Are most folks using something like Moises?

The Moises ap removes any part so you can add back in what you want.

This looks very promising for what I’m wanting to do.

thanks!

 

[MrClassicMetal]

Something like that perhaps?

 

[DirkP]

I like watching Julia plays grooves on youtube. Does anyone know how to get a recording setup like that?

mainly, how do you take the bass out of the track and record your own in it? What programs?

I see the Scarlett, which I have, I also have GarageBand but don’t know what I’m doing with it to achieve what I’m looking to do.

Julia from Thomann? She's such a gift! I don't think she uses anything special to get the bass out of the original track, maybe a bit of EQ. You could simply record the original track to garageband and then lower the bass frequencies a bit or a bit more (40-200 hz). IIRC there are even EQ-presets like "less bass" or so.
On your bass track, I would slightly enhance the frequencies like 100 hz and 300 hz a bit. Try it.
Or do the mirror thing: lower exactly the same frequencies on the original track that you enhance on your bass track, like 6 db less 100hz on the original, 6 db more on your bass track.
I wouldn't emphasize the very low frequencies from 40-70 too much if at all. These aren't good on many headphones and get completely lost, when people are using smartphones or small computer speakers.

I hate her, because she made me listen to Knowing Me, Knowing You from Abba for 2 weeks in a row

I even like it that Thomann does this: instead of talking about gear and pushing people to buy something, just let them see, how much joy and fullfillment it is to play an instrument.

 

[MrClassicMetal]

Julia from Thomann? She's such a gift! I don't think she uses anything special to get the bass out of the original track, maybe a bit of EQ. You could simply record the original track to garageband and then lower the bass frequencies a bit or a bit more (40-200 hz). IIRC there are even EQ-presets like "less bass" or so.
On your bass track, I would slightly enhance the frequencies like 100 hz and 300 hz a bit. Try it.
Or do the mirror thing: lower exactly the same frequencies on the original track that you enhance on your bass track, like 6 db less 100hz on the original, 6 db more on your bass track.
I wouldn't emphasize the very low frequencies from 40-70 too much if at all. These aren't good on many headphones and get completely lost, when people are using smartphones or small computer speakers.

I hate her, because she made me listen to Knowing Me, Knowing You from Abba for 2 weeks in a row

I even like it that Thomann does this: instead of talking about gear and pushing people to buy something, just let them see, how much joy and fullfillment it is to play an instrument.

This Julia:

 

[Cam Buchanan]

This Julia:

Yeah I was talking about this Julia.


But I’m not knocking Julia from Thomann. I watch a lot of her stuff also.

 

[DirkP]

Yeah I was talking about this Julia.


But I’m not knocking Julia from Thomann. I watch a lot of her stuff also.

I tend to suppress that the other Julia exists, she's too good.

 

[Tosh]

Wow - thanks a million for linking that! Much is there for me to learn, old though I may be...

I don't see any special software tricks here - just careful preparation and skillful playing.

If you look closely, in some of the videos, you can see she has a DAW (Audacity?) running in the background. What appears to be the original song is playing in the first tracks, with a new track recording her bass playing. This is what we used to call "sound on sound" in the days of tape. The end result is a new track with a lot more bass on it than the original - which is great if you are trying to learn the bass line.

You can use the same approach - EQ away the upper frequencies when you are working up a bass line, then EQ away the lower frequencies when you are recording your accompaniment track.

I hope you have as much fun with your bass as she appears to have with hers!

 

[revd]

For Twelve Hundred Bucks it'd better be easiest (and best)!

That's Advanced. RX Standard for 399, often on sale, does it. Awesome editing software, the music rebalance is only a part of it

That said if the phone app somebody recommended does the music rebalance bit for much cheaper that sounds like a win.

 

[WannaJazz]

Drat!

I searched for Moises on this forum, hoping to find people talking about how they managed to fix issues that pop up on Moises.

Maybe I should be looking elsewhere than Talkbass.

Of course, I tried Google.

Got breakfast cereal (Nut n' Honey!!)

 

[WannaJazz]

Aha!! Disregard my post above.

Just a few hours after I posted, I got the answer I needed!