We just completed a semester of Jazz Ensemble here at NMHU in Las Vegas New Mexico. The second half of the semester was over Zoom twice weekly. Finals were recording over backing tracks. Many of the kids used their phones as their devices with which they down loaded backing tracks the recorded over and in a few cases mixed. Necessity truly is the mother of invention as their results were amazing. One of the students used the ear buds as a mic. I am fortunate to have Pro Logic on my computer but need much more practice on mixing and adjusting. Thanks for all that you do. Especially like your interview with Grace Kelly. I mentioned her thoughts on Ear Training as a week before Al Sampson joined us in our class and he too emphasized mentally hearing what it is he's playing during solos eases the process. Keep up the great work
I use just my Pc with an Rode Poscaster mic. I record myself and the backing track with OBS studio and cut the video with Sony Vegas platinum. That works very fine for me 👌🏻
this is one of the best vids for anyone looking to record themselves. I love to do guitar solos over backing tracks; the loop trick is a must and takes a lot of anxiety away from thinking about synching the audio and video later. Just keep the video rolling.
My path through this process on Mac was to use Garage Band and iMovie, which were simple enough to get me going. I realized that recording helped me improve my sound a lot. After some time, you naturally begin to feel the barriers for those more amateur programs, and I then went and spent the money on Logic. For video, I now use the free version of Davinci Resolve. If I had to give my 2 cents, I would probably have started out not using iMovie. I personally think it's a pain the use. But, I would have still started out on Garage Band, as I learned a lot of things that I carried into Logic. Biggest lesson however, is that there is no replacement for practice and getting better on the actual horn.
Have to tell you that that little trick for synching Audio with the Vid track is very cool. Thanks!!! I've been matching up peaks and valley by eye and ear for years. Never knew the software could do it in 15 seconds. Duh! Thx again...
Nice. I would also like to see how to actually mix the recording with the backing track. How to use reverseb , filters etc. And how to make the recording blend in.
This is kinda the whole another science. It takes decades to master skills of good mixing. This process Jay showed is the most useful and acceptable for not professional needs. Its easy to do and sounds nice. Also to do professional mix you need your instruments from backing track to be separated on different tracks which is never possible if you can't write your own backings
I don't do much for saxophone. If you get a good quality recording from the beginning you don't need to do much in way of effects. It comes down to practice and personal taste.
I’m going to be recording myself soon and sending the clips to the guys over at Jody Jazz. When I got your better alto sax, I bought the HR* with it. I wanted them to know how much I loved learning with it.
Your videos are very helpful and over the past year you have helped me so much with learning the saxophone. I really wish there was someome like you for the clarinet.
My work flow is as follows. GarageBand on a Mac. Sax recorded wirelessly through a Focusrite 2i2. Video on iPhone. Air Drop the audio mix to the iPhone then edit the sound and video in LumaFusion.
The DAW I use is Cubase Elements and I use Filmora9 as my video editing software and capture my videos with a Canon E05 D200DII. Great video tips Jay.👊🏾
That section at 4:16 .... i felt that in my soul. I'd always stop and start over lol. At one point I had 43 takes xD Thank you for all this. I play multiple instruments and have wanted to do full band or multi-instrument songs. This was much better than the acapella app I used to use.
Thank you! Not only have I been wanting to learn how to do this for a while, I suddenly needed to learn it since I'm a Jazz major in college and now have to send video juries due to the schools being shut down. Luckily, I already had Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro on my computer already for other reasons, so this video was extremely helpful. Btw, for other students looking for audio and video editing software (and have a mac), then I'd recommend getting Apple's Bundle for Education. It comes with both Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro, as well as MainStage 3 (which is like Logic, but used for live performance), Motion (graphics tool for Final Cut) and Compressor (encoding companion for Final Cut) all for $200, which is the same price as Logic is on its own.
All this can be done within logic, I always import my video to logic, I match up the audio to video then just bounce it all out, it would be good to see a detailed video of what effects you use in logic, thanks for your videos, most helpful. ❤🎷❤️
Thanks, Jay! Garage Band has been great for my level since it is free. Also - if you are recording a duet, using the Garage Band metronome is a great way to hold the timing because it can be excluded later! (Or, you can record a metronome on a separate track and then delete that track later). Thanks so much for all of your "comparison" videos. You have convinced me that quality sound is really all about the player and much less about the equipment (every single time).
Awesome! I use Logic for recording my audio and have been slowly stepping up my video game. I started editing with iMovie (on my phone and computer) and Videoleap on my iPhone and now I record my video with my iPhone and edit with DaVinci Resolve on my Mac. DaVinci Resolve is free and is really powerful! You can upgrade for a few hundred dollars. But the free version is awesome and more than powerful enough for me!
awesome! I use a focusrite audio interface with Audacity DAW. When I first started I fumbled around a little and finally figured out what is what. I use iMovie from Apple for my video. These programs are fairly basic offerings but "FREE". I have recorded 4 sax instrumentals and posted to RU-vid to my account. I find that Audacity current release with real time effects do most of what I want. I can adjust my sax recording to suit my vision of what I want my sax to sound like. This is not a professional approach with these free programs but it is amazing what I can do with them. I movie does everything I need it to do. Great video Jay. THANKS!!!
I use audacity, goldwave, and adobe audition for audio And sony vegas pro for video editing I have hyperion saxophone bought from china... Bought recently Yamaha YAS 62
For recording if you use iPhone or iPad there is a whole music production environment built into iOS. There are pro-level DAWs and plug-ins. Also LumaFusion is a great video editor. So you could theoretically track the audio and record the video on one device. Although probably easier with two.
Yo, good call David. Lumafusion is used by most professional mobile (phone) journalists. It rivals Premier Pro and Final Cut Pro for features yet costs just $29.99. It also works with Final Cut Pro if you want to edit on your device and your desktop.
I use a Mac now with Logic and Final Cut as well. I got both for $200 with the student discount. When I used a PC I used Sony Vegas and Pro Tools First. I got a limited version Sony Vegas for $20 on Sale. Pro Tools first is free.
Thanks for this - very helpful. I use Logic Pro to create guitar videos but want sure how to do videos where I play over a backing track. I also have Final Cut but hadn't thought to use that - I just import the video file into Logic, sync it manually to hand claps and ad compression, reverb and eq as required.
Hello. Thanks for the tutorial. I use Presonus Studio One software and Pre Sonus Audio Box usb interface with my laptop. I use Sony Vegas Pro for the video part. I mix my own, and use EMastered.com for mastering. They do a great job. If you buy the Audio Box mic kit you can get a free CD of Studio One basic.
Can you do a complete setup guide on how to connect the devices like microphone, audio interface, and how can I play „live“ over a backing track with effects like reverb over a speaker while recording?
Good!! Many thanks Jay! Although that is the most used method, i personally prefer the recordings WITHOUT EDITION, because it is the way to know if the artist has really music/instrument skills, or just digital editing skills, then with this anybody, can remove all errors and improve any audio, even the worst audios, and up load it like a performance in vivo... and finally that is a fraud.
Cristian W. Fath I get your point and is on point to some extent, but at the end of the day, the purpose of software is to edit music so that it is palatable to the ears. That’s why microphones are cued for live playing which is so different from music made in a studio. If music is ever just recorded and uploaded as is, no one would care to listen, it’s not a test of whether you got skills or not. I’ve done work in a real studio and even the best performers have to do several takes of music they know like the back of their hand to produce the best record to put out. No matter how good you are as a sax player some of the quality will be lost once you record it in any software or device, that’s why there are VSTS to build the Audio back up. The same as with cameras, when make up is done for brides they do it heavily because the camera eats away at what it captures.
You cannot edit a bad recording into a good one. You can only help it blend well with the other instruments. That is something we need to do as musicians during live performances for a live audience, but when music is recorded, most of the blending is done by the recording engineer. Recordings would be very unpleasant to listen to without any editing.
Better Sax I’ve been progressing through ur pentatonics foundation course slowly but steadily. And also the core essentials program which is kickass IMO! I only wished I had material like this when I first picked up the sax some 15 years ago or so.. much thanks once again! 🙏🏼
Great video as usual!!! I use Kdenlive and Audacity/QTractor/Ardour/MusE depending on the type of recording I need to do. I use Linux as OS and all of the software I use is free and open source. For plugins I use CALF, also open source but I usually don't use effects because I want the audio being as natural as possible. Kdenlive is a great piece of software, it includes the audio clip sincronization feature which saves me a lot of time .In my recent works I realized it's a good idea to use 2 microphones and to do a stereo recording. Microphone position is a key point and deserves a bit of attention. Lighting is also an important. If the video was recorded with low end equipment it could be necessary to adjust white balance / contrast / brightness during the video edition. Do you use to make these adjustments or your videos are exactly like they were recorded by your camera? It's a good idea to render a fragment of the video and watch it in different devices and to adjust the parameters for the average devices.
My free setup in terms of software is audacity for sound, and VST for for the video (both are opensource). Sync is the worst part to match both tracks.
Great video! Right now, I'm using audacity for audio recording and then shotcut to import my phone video and sync with the audacity export. It's cool that final cut automatically matches up the waveforms! I have to do that step manually in shotcut.
Ooo...I think I need to invest in Final Cut! Had it for years from when it first came out but always put it aside as it is kind of price. Great investment though. It's amazing to see (even here) how Final Cut and Logic sync with each other! I've been starting my own venture lately and have been..."youtubing"...the snot out of tutorials and such. RU-vid is definitely a great resource for stuff like this! Thanks for all your hard work! Nice solo by the way!
Nice vid as always, Jay. Cakewalk by Bandlab is a free professional DAW or Audacity for just audio tweaking. I think many people will have issues with input levels and various processes for mix down (me included). I dabble with the presets till it doesn't sound offensive 😁
Just like someone commented, Da Vinci Resolve is a pro video editing sofware (as well as THE color grading industry standard), and it´s FREE. As for a DAW, I recommend the very inexpensive Reaper. Awesome software, with a 60 days trial, and a 60$ price for a personal license. Besides, the Reaper developer is giving away free temporary licenses to people that are social distancing and staying at home. He also shows a BIG "Black lives matter" next to the latest update log. This kind of behaviour should be rewarded. So, all in all, for literally no money you can start recording and making videos at a professional level (as long as you got a decent mic, that is)
me parece muy interesante todo lo que tu comentas en tus videos pero seria bueno si pudieses colocarle subtitulos en español para los que no hablamos bien en ingles gracias
Dear Jay, thank you very much for this video. It helps me a lot and I started as well to record over backing tracks. One question is real important for me and I would be so thankful, if you will explain it on another video. I`m using logic pro as well. But I learn it without any help , only with tutorials (maybe like the most of us, I don`t know). The question is: what are the plug ins and how you use it in detail? I love your sound for example with your tenor on " in a sentimental mood", it`s such a beautiful and professional sound. And I love the way you are playing and soloing over it,it is so great. One important thing for this recording is of course which plug in and how to use it correctly. Thank you very much, I suppose a lot of your follower are interested in this question.Greetings from the north of germany from Michael
I try to use as few plugins as possible. A good room and mic will get you a true representation of your sax sound. I use an EQ, a compressor and a plate reverb all from Universal Audio.
Excellent explanation of the AV recording. For Audio you have mentioned the DAW to be used. But for the removal of audio from the Webcam recording which software to be used , please lets know Jay. thanks.
Many thanks for this Jay. I am a veteran sax player and teacher but know very little about recording techniques. I dabbled with recording myself many, many years ago on analogue cassettes and even spool-to-spool tape recorders but never really found the time to get into anything other than a very rudimentary set-up. With the pandemic lockdown I am now starting to explore this all in much greater detail and have invested in a decent condenser microphone. I am now looking at getting a multi-track recorder but don't understand why they range in price so much as individual pieces of hardware when this facility is already an integral part of most much cheaper music studio software packages for pc's etc. Is there any advantage to buying an actual multitrack recorder rather than using a software package? Thanks again for your excellent and very helpful free advice an all aspects of sax playing.
Hey Jay, thanks for providing these amazing free tutorials and a great range of content. Just wondered if you had any tips on reducing the clanging and clicking noises of the keys when recording. Would it be a case of adjusting the mic positioning or using the software you are recording into?
I’ve been using cheap on ear headphones rather than my nice over the ear Bose headphones because I thought I wanted to hear my sound in the room as I record. Maybe I should be using over ear headphones and just hear the monitor?
I like to use Garageband and download tracks then input them in and record that way. Only issue is I want to livestream on YT or Twitch or other sites but can't figure out how to do so with Garageband audio feeding into the stream.
I have a question... instead of rolling my bottom lip over me teeth, can I use my tongue and put it under my bottom lip ?? I keep cutting my bottom lip and the tongue sounds really good.
Yousif Abdullah if you do that then you won’t be able to tongue any notes. You can get things to put over your teeth and protect you bottom lip so that your teeth don’t cut it
Try loosening up your embouchure. Don't roll your bottom lip over your teeth. Watch my embouchure tutorial video here on RU-vid to see how to position your bottom lip.
