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Originally Posted by Doktah B
All you need is an "audio interface". You plug your guitar into at one end and then plug the output of the audio interface into your computer.
I use a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (about $100 new and commonly available used) but various devices will accomplish the same task.
Then, download Reaper, which is free to evaluate and $60 to buy, last time I looked. Reaper is a full featured studio and a lot of pros use it. I'm not suggesting it's equal to ProTools, but it works great and has a lot of capability.
At that point you have a recording studio.
My son does it on his Android phone -- don't know which app. He programs in some of the parts and plays the others into the mic that's part of his earbuds. This doesn't get you high quality recordings, but it can work for the practice purpose you're describing and it's free, or close.
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06-16-2022 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
I don't have a phone, I got rid of mine about 20 years ago. I hate being contacted any time anywhere.
I find it such an invasive part of modern life, I just don't want to play that game.
I am so very old school that this is the first social media I have been part of for over 15 years, it stops patients looking me up.
I will check out the bits you suggest. I don't need pro equipment, if I live another 100 years I would never make pro grade.
Free or close to free is good enough for me, I don't think Slash has anything to fear from me learning the guitar.
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Reaper: +1
use it every day
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Originally Posted by DonEsteban
I was just this moment looking at reaper, is that $60 per month or year?
it does look cool, and i would get to play with it for a couple of months first before buying.... sounds like it's worth checking out, if they accept payment from uk. it does say an american bank. maybe they take paypal? I'm off back there to check.
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that looks similar to CS6 video editor, I have played with that quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by Doktah B
RayLast edited by RayS; 06-17-2022 at 05:17 PM.
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Originally Posted by Doktah B
Worth every penny, cent or whatever currency you're thinking in.
Payment is processed by some 3rd party company (some fees might apply)
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Originally Posted by RayS
One off payments count as almost free (especially at 60 bucks), it gets cheaper each year!
it does look rather cool, I fell asleep watching the tutorials (because it was late not because it was dull) last night.
It reminds me of CS6 movie editor, it looks pretty much the same in how it works.
Once I sort out the bit to plug the guitar into it's mine!
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I also use the Focusrite scarlett 2i2 and Reaper, works perfectly.
I produce nearly all my youtube videos in Reaper too (it has a basic video editing capability). Since the audio track is already there, it’s usually easier to import and sync the video file to it and do simple edits inside Reaper, rather than in another program.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
that's the kind of idea I had for this, to do the different parts separately then blend it. I know it has drum plug ins etc but I want to do it all on my Brent goose (Hofner verythin, it's brown and I kinda like geese) seeing as I have been working out ways to get the different sounds as close as I can.
I also plan to play it all rather than cut and paste (if that's a thing? I think it's called sampling in music isn't it when you do a little bit then repeat that in a loop over and again?) This has been really good fun learning this tune, I am so very grateful for all the help and advice.
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Originally Posted by Doktah B
But for anything simple, i.e. just guitar + backing, I do the whole lot in Reaper. If your computer had enough guts, you could probably record the parts for a whole symphony in Reaper, as far as the audio is concerned.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
FYI Reaper macos 6.00 launched on dec 3 2019......
Ray
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I've done a number of projects with Reaper.
For some, I've been a sideman. I'm sent a reference track and I play along. Some of the tunes have been over 650 bars long with all kinds of changes. So I record a section at a time. The final version may be twenty tracks.
For others, I've been the leader. I've mixed down MIDI stuff exported from MuseScore with live tracks. I used MIDI instruments from each. That included writing out bass lines (the acoustic bass sound works for me) and drum parts. Drummer may contribute 8 or more tracks to be mixed down. All pretty straightforward in Reaper. Sometimes, I've preferred the MIDI stuff to the live.
Editing capability is deep and I barely scratched the surface. But, I do know how to slice up and move wave forms. How to fade in or out, EQ, FX and a few other basics. Some of that could be less than fully intuitive, but maybe that's because they're putting the controls of jumbo jet onto a laptop screen -- you have to be tricky to make it all available.
At no point have I thought of doing anything Reaper couldn't do. I thought the $60 was a bargain.
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Okay, I have a theory question, imagine one is playing a chord, barre across the 4th fret not playing the low E. fingering is root 5th root -3 5th then raising the -3 by a whole step. what am I playing?
I know it's C#, but C# what to what?
also, same barre except playing it as a G#. Root 5th root -3 5# root, to root 5th root -3 5 root, to root 5th root 3 5 root, to root 5th root 4 5 root.
can someone explain what I am doing just so I can get my head around it. as in what are each of the chords called. I know they are different flavours of the same thing. thanx.
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Originally Posted by Doktah B
Use 0 for open strings and X for deadened strings.
I couldn't figure out what notes you were playing from your message.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
X 4 6 6 5 4 to X 4 6 6 7 4
4 6 6 4 5 4
4 6 6 4 4 4
4 6 6 5 4 4
4 6 6 6 4 4
I think that's it, thank you for responding.
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X 4 6 6 5 4 That's Db Ab Db E Ab. So, you really have 3 different notes and Db E and Ab. If you call Db the root, that's R b3 and 5. Dbm.
to X 4 6 6 7 4 That's Db Ab Db Gb Ab. This one has R 4 and 5. Dbsus, I guess.
I leave the rest to you. Being able to identify the notes on the fingerboard and knowledge of how chords are constructed are the two things you need to know. Plenty of resources around to learn that stuff.
4 6 6 4 5 4
4 6 6 4 4 4
4 6 6 5 4 4
4 6 6 6 4 4
I think that's it, thank you for responding.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
I know there are 2 roots and a 5th, minor third and a sharp 5th on the first of the G# configurations i listed, I just don't know what chord it becomes with a minor 3rd and sharp 5th for instance. the rest of it is easy as it's just the basis of a power chord R+5. it's the flavour I don't get .
I think the second one ( 4 6 6 4 4 4 ) is just G#m ( R 5 R 3m 5 R) simply because it's Root 5th and minor 3rd, it just happens to have three Roots and two fifths.
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if I am correct the 3rd one ( 4 6 6 5 4 4) is just G#? ( R 5 R 3 5 R)
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Originally Posted by Doktah B;[URL="tel:1202793"
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Originally Posted by Jonathan0996
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Originally Posted by Doktah B
So, boil it own to G# B D# and E. That's R b3 5 and #5. No obvious name for that chord. 7b13 have 5 and b13 (same note as #5, but an octave up. But 7b13 also has a b7 and maybe a 9. So, you'd have to write G#(b13) (omit b7) or something similarly unwieldy. If you were writing a tune with that chord, in that inversion, you'd have to spell it out on a staff.
But, if you start with E, you get R 3 5 nat7. That's an Emaj7. If you want the low note to be a G#, you could write Emaj7/G#.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
The odd one is a passing phrase that seems to work as part of the transition between the C#m to G#m as an 8th note. it sounds horrible on it's own but seems to work real nice as a bit of tension laden infill.
Thank you for helping walk my mouldy old brain through the fog.
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I have been busy in theory this morning, apparently it might be a minor 7th ( R b3 5 b7) if I am reading correctly. 5# and b7 are the same thing aren't they?
edit: I just thought about it. ignore me, I am confusing myself again!Last edited by Doktah B; 06-19-2022 at 06:07 AM. Reason: Correcting my stupidity!
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Originally Posted by Doktah B
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