It’s not perfect, but if I wait for perfect, I’ll never post anything. I know the notes - I know where they go - sometimes my fingers just don’t seem to listen to my brain. precisely enough:-)
ESP Ltd-B-334 with Rotosound SS Rounds through a Wine Cellar pre-amp and Behringer UMC22 DAI into Reaper recorded via OBS.
Most of the challenge in this, for me, was learning how to record myself. I’ve never played a cover to a backing track (well, Rocksmith, I guess), never videoed myself playing, never worked with a DAI or DAW, and most certainly never shared a video of my playing with anyone… So many firsts. Just getting the DAW and OBS to play nice together took me quite a bit of effort… Effort that maybe should have gone into actually playing the song better.
Thanks @JT for putting it together - always appreciate an opportunity to learn new things.
And thanks to those who shared tabs/backing track/tips - much appreciated.
Great job to all who have posted their versions! I’ve enjoyed seeing them all…
Great job on this! I think I could tell by the dancing and knowing some of the lyrics that you enjoyed this one, which is great to see. And yeah, I see the shirt.
I really like some of the little magic you added here and there. Like the intro slide into the first note and using the volume knob to fade out that first note instead of a hard mute (which is what I’ve been doing). Sounds a lot more authentic. Very clever!
I think it’s great that you and others are learning about recording music doing this as well. Such a useful skill to have until we are all big time and others do it for us.
The only constructive criticism I have is that sometimes the tone went a bit wonky. Almost like a speaker that couldn’t handle the low bass frequencies. At first I thought it was fret buzz, but I don’t think it is. You can hear this happen around 50s-53s for example. Be good if you can figure out what is causing that to happen. Could be a software thing, I’m not sure.
Good point! Well, it’s a Cort Action PJ, neck pickup only, tone rolled down almost all the way, with the strings that were on it when I bought it. Supposedly these are D’Addario strings, but I have my doubts about that. As far as I know, D’Addario strings have color coded ball ends, and mine don’t have those. They also feel somewhat rougher to the touch than the D’Addarios I put on my other bass.
Anyway, I recorded myself using a Behringer UMC22 DAI into Cakewalk, with the Cakewalk TH3 amp/cab sim set to a Classic Rock preset. To my ear, the result fitted the tone of the original recording quite nicely.
Alright here’s my attempt, never did anything like this before, I wouldn’t do it without the challenge and this forum.
Recorded with Bass, amp and cellphone while playing the YouTube video on the built in PC speakers, hit record, hit play and go…
I didn’t realize how far I move my right thumb (aware of my left hand high kicks) some missed notes plus other stuff, but here got through the whole thing
Great job on your first video! You did pretty well. The timing on the last note of the first big repeat was off and the solo timing was a bit off, but I overall you did good! Thanks for sharing!
Not 100% happy, some issues, especially in that last segment. But as you can see by my face, I’m tired of recording and re-recording . I’m just glad to join all of you guys in this adventure. It’s actually my first recorded cover since 12 years now (my experience doesn’t reflect those 12 years though)
Recorded with my Frankenjazz (JMS Vintage Master) with LaBella’s Deep Talkin’ flats. I meant to record only with the neck pickup but I totally forgot about it… Recorded the bass directly into Behringer UMC204HD using Reaper, used a bit of compression and a bit of eq. Video recorded with my phone and synced everything on Premiere.
Really good job enkhiel! I think your bass was slightly behind the backing track, but that’s no big deal. It can be hard to match them up perfectly and I’m guessing that’s just a software thing. You also played the solo repeat one time too many, but that’s minor too. That bit is tricky. Just nit-picking though for constructive criticism. That’s the only things I noticed that weren’t spot on. Loved the bass tone. Awesome job overall!
Nice first up effort @Reo,
couple small things like you mentioned.
One thing was you carried on after the bass part finished its part, i think by 2 bars, no big deal.
You had nice tone and you looked pretty relaxed, didn’t rush anything, that’s really good.
A description of your awesome bass, strings etc could be added on your next one.
I’m glad this challenge has motivated you to have a go, that’s how we all continue to develop. well done
Cheers Brian
Great job @gcancella,
love the tone from that bass, you looked really comfortable playing, right in the pocket.
Thanks for getting onboard,
Cheers Brian
Nice job @enkhiel, i noticed a tone thing going on for about the first half of the song on the D & A strings mainly.
Thanks for sharing the 5 sting transcription, you looked relaxed playing that black stealthy looking 5ver.
Couple small things as mentioned by @JT, but again that’s how we keep on learning,
thanks for sharing your journey so far,
Cheers Brian
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Yeah I noticed that the higher notes have much less signal then the low D, normally I’d expect it physically to be the other way around, no?
I think my bass eq is settled in the mid for bass and treble, so I don’t know.
. I’m just glad to join all of you guys in this adventure. It’s actually my first recorded cover since 12 years now (my experience doesn’t reflect those 12 years though)
At least, I think you were, right? Totally awesome 