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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
John
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04-07-2021 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by grahambop
John
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
I think the whole question of what goes on when we try to improvise (in my case with an almost ‘blank mind’!) is pretty interesting.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
My tempo chops are pretty inconsistent actually, I don’t really practise speed enough. The first time I tried that aebersold track I was just about keeping up with it, but the next day I tried to record and it was hopeless! So I did the 210 one, which is better for me.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
My approach to those two chords when I first looked at the tune was to think Eb major tonal center and then adjust by ear -- so, on paper, it would be D, not C, that would be the "out" note. Maybe I never played a D so I didn't notice anything wrong. I might have thought the same thing if the chord was just G7b13. By the time I made the clip, I had the sound in my ears and wasn't thinking anything but melody.
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Originally Posted by djg
I listened and now I am hooked. Didn't I say that I DIDN'T want to buy more music?
Here is a three disc set of Sam Jones that I am eyeing on Amazon right now:
Amazon.com
Maybe if you all buy it first, I won't be as tempted (6 copies left)
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
If I could pursue the recording issue just a bit ... because I'm looking for a better way.
1. For these clips, I use my old phone to play the backing track into a keyboard amp. Then I use my usual guitar rig played through a guitar amp. I use my current phone's camera app to make a video. The phone is the mic. Editing? Who needs editing? And, for that matter who needs audio quality?
2. For most Covid style recording projects, I plug the guitar into my pedalboard thence into the focusrite and monitor the whole thing through a guitar amp. I use Reaper on a laptop. Please don't tell any audiophiles that I monitor this way - it upsets them. I'm recording with some reverb (which sounds better than what I've been able to add later with Reaper reverb plugins) which makes it impossible to remove the reverb from the track -- a feature, not a bug, to a reverb lover like me.
What I'm wondering is whether there's some way to get better audio quality into the video, without spending hours learning video editing software?
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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I think you're all rude and curse you all under my breath. You're ugly too. And the smell ... oh wait, that's me.
John
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Originally Posted by PickingMyEars
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln8NVUEuZ4g" target="_blank">
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Here's a take on Unit 7! I've been trying out the D'Andrea Pro Plec 1.5 picks for a week or so (finally found and bought some ), and it's impressive how much they change the sound. Still not sure i'll end up using them, cause i miss having some edge from a more pointy pick, but there's no way my strat (with 10s) could sound like that with say a fender heavy pick. It even sounds a bit thumby hehe... But it's hard to get a Grant Green sound with this pick..
Missing some kicks on the head, cause i think the Wes version is a bit different than this play along (the kick on the end of the B sections for example , some others )..
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
For audio I record into Reaper via a focusrite 2i2. I add the reverb in Reaper using the convolution option, with some impulse files recorded in a church (freely available from a York university project website as I recall). I like the natural sound it gives. But again that’s me being a bit fussy, any old digital reverb would probably be ok.
The key point (as per your last para) is to bring the ‘good’ audio and the video together, and throw away the ‘camera’ audio. I do this in Cyberlink Powerdirector. I just trim the ends off the video, maybe put a fade on the end, then I drag the Reaper-rendered WAV file under the video, slide it around on the timeline until it syncs with the ‘camera audio’, then I mute the ‘camera audio’ track.
So it doesn’t really involve a lot of video editing, in fact I usually spend way more time mixing the audio in Reaper.
In fact I believe Reaper can be used for basic video editing, so maybe you could do it all in Reaper if that’s what you’re used to. But I don’t know much about this, I think the reaper video expert on the forum is Fep.
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I pretty much do the same thing, I plug the guitar into a Boss Gt-1, into focusrite, then reaper (Sometimes I mic an amp, which sounds a lot better, but usually I don't bother). I have some template projects that have everything ready (some compression, eq and reverb), so I only have to import the backing track and press record. Then export audio and use Vsdc to trim the video and maybe color it a bit and add a title. I have everything ready so it's easy and fast. And looks and sounds a lot better than just recording into the zoom camera.
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Originally Posted by Alter
Thanks.
Are you using an external camera? Or is there some way to get Reaper to make a video as you record?
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Originally Posted by Alter
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Are you using an external camera? Or is there some way to get Reaper to make a video as you record?[/QUOTE]
I'm using a zoom q4 usually. If I use it as a web camera it can't go up to full HD, so I record in it stand alone. It also has a line in so the fastest way is to record everything on the zoom camera, I used to do that, but don't have a mixer here, and it's handy when mixing guitar and backing track.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
John.
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Alter: Great sounding track, very Wes-like really well played.
Graham: Not very Weslike , but also really well played.
TripleJazz: Nice take. Great energy and flow throughout.
John
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone;[URL="tel:1112478"
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I'm often guilty of the same "robot motions"... usually listening to some Jim Hall helps me a lot, transcribing.. even better!
It's unbelievable how melodic Wes is on Unit 7, been listening to his solo again... Whoa!
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Okay, DJG--ya made me cave into my guilty habit of buying more music.
Spent $25 on a rarish Charles McPherson album called "Bebop Revisited" because he plays the heck outta "Wail." I had to have his solo for my rhythm changes playlist.
Spent another $20 on Jazzmen Detroit because... I mean, look at who is on that album--do I need a reason
I have a music addition and C19 has only made it worse
Alter, do you think you can program some of that robot code into my mind? I'd love to play guitar the way you do. Bleep boop bleep "famous Jim Hall chord" bleep boop bleep "Wes Montgomery"... danger, danger, Will Robinson
Not saying your playing is robotic, I really do enjoy the posts of your playing. Just poking fun at your "robotic" quote.
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Originally Posted by Alter
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Nice playing by Grahambop with ideas flowing out, lots of things to like there. "Cooperative" backing track, too.
Alter, you have an uncanny "breathy" attack. Oh wait, so it's the new picks you're using, right? Always good to hear your playing.
Wish I had more time to read how you people are recording and about what to do with that Abmaj7 etc.
Would be curious to see how some interactions would pan out in an in-person club situation. My guess is that some would be a lot quieter, some louder, some just the same as on here.
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