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What is the best way to record youtube covers

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BassDownLow

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Nov 25, 2011
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#1
Hi guys im new to this forum and boy am i enjoying it. Great to hear from other bass players. Anyways..

Im trying to record my pbass and doing some covers audio and video. I have my audio interface (M-Audio Fastrack) and i have a pretty good webcam. Now im looking for a program to record my bass from, preferably that has drum tracks, and somewhere were i can film at the same time. Im new to making bass covers and I want a simple way to do it. If someone could give me some tips or suggest me a program or even new setup or best efficent way to record these youtube covers id really appreciate it.

Thanks Guys

EDIT: Im running PC on windows 7 so no Mac :(
 
#4
You can use Audacity to record your tracks, it's a free program.

A friend of mine always records with Samplitude. As for drum tracks, you can use Reason 4/5 (mainly used for synths). Both programs can be used together, too.
 
#5
I second Audacity. I'm not sure if it has video editing as well, but you can just save the sound from it and put the audio and video into Windows Movie Maker and put it together there.
 
#6
I've tried to sync video/audio using ProShow Gold as the video editor on the PC (after recording the audio track on GarageBandMac) and if it's off by even a fraction of a second....it looks fake...so be sure to do some test runs of short segments to practice.
*There's another thread somewhere on here that gives some good tips on how to sync.

So.....we've just gone the "low tech" route (just use what you get from the videocam's mic) for a bunch of my daughter's covers/transcriptions and that's worked out pretty well ;)

I also have Adobe Premiere Elements 9 for the PC but have yet to try that yet to combine A/V may give that a whirl if I get ambitious.

The challenge now is getting good audio on live performances. Everything but the bass usually turns out ok. It sounds fine in the moment, but it doesn't always translate well to video and often requires decent speakers for folks to hear....which we know by the comments. So it's a work in progress for sure!

I think deciding what the goal of your channel is (fun, teaching, video journal etc...) may help you decide how much to invest in equipment.
We just wanted a video journal so in a few years when she applies to college she can show growth in playing. In just over a year it has evolved into some great opportunities for her and we have met so many incredible people---The magic of the Internet!!

Have fun with it and good luck!!
 

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