Anybody creating their own Stems/Backing Tracks with their favorite music?

[jchrisf]

I've always wondered how these guys on YT play along to a real backing track of a popular song without guitars. I finally figured out I could record what my PC is playing with Audacity and then break the song down into separate stems to play along. The quality seems pretty good. It does a great job at separating Drums, Bass, Vocals and other instruments, which is usually just guitar. I'm sure it wouldn't work so well if there were keyboards and I was just trying to hear the guitars. Are their any other free methods out there to do this? I know Moises is really good but the free version has some limitations. This really opens up a whole new world to me.

 

[dstroud]

I use Moises, lotsa fun! I can make backing tracks, isolate solos and slow them down, change keys, it’s pretty cool.

 

[jchrisf]

I use Moises, lotsa fun! I can make backing tracks, isolate solos and slow them down, change keys, it’s pretty cool.

Are you using free or paid?

 

[dstroud]

Are you using free or paid?

paid, I Think it’s like $3.99 a month

 

[tallcoolone]

Moises is amazeballs for a cover band guitar player

 

[Yehuda]

I have a ton of credits to a ai stem splitter if anyone ever needs me to split something- i rarely use them

 

[jchrisf]

paid, I Think it’s like $3.99 a month

Moises is amazeballs for a cover band guitar player

I'm going to have to give it a try and see if it is better than Audacity. Can you just do a month and get stems for all your songs and save them to your computer?

 

[jchrisf]

I have a ton of credits to a ai stem splitter if anyone ever needs me to split something- i rarely use them

Peace Dog by The Cult please

 

[Yehuda]

Peace Dog by The Cult please

dm me the details of what you want and ill send there!

 

[dstroud]

I'm going to have to give it a try and see if it is better than Audacity. Can you just do a month and get stems for all your songs and save them to your computer?

yeah I think you can cancel any time. I do it all on my phone, just import tunes from itunes and dice em up.

 

[Devin]

I did this with the free Moises; removed everything but the drum and bass then recorded my own guitar parts


I've been told Stemroller is even better and it's totally free so I'll be trying that next time

 

[tallcoolone]

I'm going to have to give it a try and see if it is better than Audacity. Can you just do a month and get stems for all your songs and save them to your computer?

You can. I think @dstroud is right, it’s like $4-5 a month. I was planning on doing what you are saying but it’s been like 5mos and I still haven’t cancelled. It’s very cool being able to separate tracks on any piece of music. I love and use Audacity a bunch—Moises is a completely different animal

 

[dstroud]

I did this with the free Moises; removed everything but the drum and bass then recorded my own guitar parts


I've been told Stemroller is even better and it's totally free so I'll be trying that next time

killer man, loved the guitar tone - what was you using?

 

[JonsGuitarGarage]

I use a paid Moises account to create backing tracks on all my videos but if anyone has a better tool I'd be interested to try it. You do get a bit of spillover from tracks and some weirdness with the basic account, I might try upgrading to get HD versions.

This Def Leppard track worked well just using the Vocals, Drums & Bass from the original of "Armageddon It"

 

[tallcoolone]

The Song Remains the Same Zeppelin Rock and Roll with guitar removed with Moises and replaced by my ass playing the Royal MSG100, supposedly a clone of the amp used on the soundtrack/tour:

 

[tallcoolone]

I did this with the free Moises; removed everything but the drum and bass then recorded my own guitar parts


I've been told Stemroller is even better and it's totally free so I'll be trying that next time

That sounds great

 

[jchrisf]

I can tell you all that @Yehuda 's stems sounded better than the ones I did in Audacity. The guitars were more clear in certain sections. As a whole band without guitar Audacity is pretty good though.

 

[Devin]

killer man, loved the guitar tone - what was you using?

STL Tonality Howard Benson plugin

Honestly surprised the hell out of me how close I was able to get to the tone on the original song with very minimal tweaking

Just reinforces for me the importance of the instruments surrounding the guitars and how much of an impact all those elements make to how your guitar tone sounds in context

 

[Devin]

@JonsGuitarGarage @tallcoolone both of your clips sound incredible

 

[tallcoolone]

@JonsGuitarGarage @tallcoolone both of your clips sound incredible

Thanks for checking it out! Moises is def worth the short $ it costs