Software to edit Aebersolds Play Alongs on LearnJazzPiano.com

Jazz Piano Book Reviews • Piano Teacher Search • Jazz Piano Links • Jazz Piano Lessons

Software to edit Aebersolds Play Alongs

hi people,

my teacher has gived me some aebersold's play alongs and i have noticed that they are recorder bass+drums on the left and piano+drums on the right channel.

i want to edit this mp3s in order to have bass+drums on both channels eliminating the piano+drums part.

wich "easy to manipulate" program can i use for this??

thanks in advance for you comments.

chacky

by Chacky on 02/15/2008, 05:41

There are 8 comments, leave a comment.

audacity.
download it from free from their web site.
open the track.
you see basically one track, with menus on its left. click the little drop down and select "split stereo track"
now you have 2 tracks.
identify the one with the piano. select it all, delete.
copy paste the other one onto the empty one now.
go back to the drop down and choose "make stereo track"
export as mp3 (or whatever).

LJP Like

by knotty on 02/15/2008, 06:27

incidentally, audacity also has a tempo change effect to change speed of the selected audio without altering pitch. decent output, if rather choppy at extreme settings. perfectly adequate for practice and transcribing.
j

for more adventurous audio production, kristal audio engine is another great piece of free software (only works with wavs, but you can use audacity as a file converter). it's a virtual production studio which supports graphic vst plugins (hundreds of freebies also available). well-supported and friendly user forum, too. downside is, no midi support.

LJP Like

by Impromptu on 02/15/2008, 07:09

you guys need to check reaper out:

https://www.reaper.fm

If I'm not back in 24 hours, call the president.

Scot is available for skype jazz piano lessons (and google hangouts, phone call, etc...)
Use the contact link at the top of the page.

LJP Like

by Scot Ranney on 02/15/2008, 22:26

i'll look forward to checking out reaper. you can actually *create* playalongs if the track is not completely mushed together with something like "audacity" or "transcribe!" or anything with a good eq effect; i remember taking apart most of dr. john's "gumbo" album removing the piano with eq and quite a few of the old two-track blue note albums. not perfect, obviously, but it can help if you're trying to do one specific kind of groove you won't find on an aebersold. it can be nice to "play along" to at or philly joe jones with minimal piano or bass (not that you can't just play along to the albums as is, the way people used to do it, but still...)

LJP Like

by on 02/16/2008, 11:59

reaper's okay. i personally don't like it; i'm put off by some things, like the way the interface looks, and especially the difference in pricing for a professional/casual user. once it enters the 200 dollar price range for the pro version, all it does is bring about comparisons to adobe's audition software and cubase le, both of which i feel are far superior (audition 3's even cheaper these days, at around $150). and for that matter, it's the same price as logic express, which although is mac only, has a far better interface and has more of the features that people are looking for in a daw, and is a much more mature and sophisticated project.

i really like how small it is, i feel like it has a lot of potential; i just feel that at this stage it's got a ways to go. i think it may be a good steal for the casual user (not pro) but in that case, why not use audacity for wave editing and the open-source ardour (protools like daw) for recording and mixing?

hm

LJP Like

by hepcatmonk on 02/16/2008, 12:51

i meant

LJP Like

by hepcatmonk on 02/16/2008, 12:51

regarding reaper, i've never seen a daw with such flexibility when it comes to ways you can use the fx chain/sends/busses/etc... i've been using it alongside live and it's been a good experience.

If I'm not back in 24 hours, call the president.

Scot is available for skype jazz piano lessons (and google hangouts, phone call, etc...)
Use the contact link at the top of the page.

LJP Like

by Scot Ranney on 02/17/2008, 08:59

audacity works great !!!

it's easy to use and it's free.

thanks a lot..!!

LJP Like

by Chacky on 02/18/2008, 10:34

Reply to Thread

Please sign in to post.

Jazz Piano Notebook Series

Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 1 of this educational jazz piano book contains 15 jazz piano exercises, tricks, and other interesting jazz piano techniques, voicings, grooves, and ideas Scot Ranney enjoys playing.

buy pdf version - buy coil binding version - videos

Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 2 - jazz piano tricks of the trade you can use today

"Latinesque"

Volume 2 has 14 jazz piano exercises and tricks of the trade, and quite a bit of it is Calypso jazz piano related material, including some Monty Alexander and Michel Camilo style grooves. Jazz piano education is through the ears, but books like this can help.

buy pdf version - buy coil binding version

Tim Richards' Jazz Piano Notebook - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 3 contains 12 jazz piano exercises and explorations by the acclaimed jazz piano educator, pianist, author, and recording artist Tim Richards.

Tim wrote the well known "Exploring Jazz Piano" and "Improvising Blues Piano" books and has several others to his name.

buy pdf version - buy coil binding version

Jeff Brent's Jazz Piano Notebook - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 4 is by Jeff Brent, a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and author of "Modalogy" and other acclaimed jazz theory and education books. In this book Jeff shares detailed analysis of transcriptions of live performances. He covers everything from the shape of the songs to the tricks and licks he uses in improvised lines to the ideas behind his lush chord voicings.

buy pdf version - buy coil binding version

Jazz piano education is cool.

be the main character in your own story

Software to edit Aebersolds Play Alongs

There are 8 comments, leave a comment.

by knotty on 02/15/2008, 06:27

by Impromptu on 02/15/2008, 07:09

by Scot Ranney on 02/15/2008, 22:26

by on 02/16/2008, 11:59

by hepcatmonk on 02/16/2008, 12:51

by hepcatmonk on 02/16/2008, 12:51

by Scot Ranney on 02/17/2008, 08:59

by Chacky on 02/18/2008, 10:34

Reply to Thread

Jazz Piano Notebook Series

"Latinesque"

LJP Jazz Piano Blogs

Most Recent Discussions

Articles

Top Sheetmusic Picks

Jazz piano education is cool.

Rock on. Follow your passion.

Sign In

Sign In to LearnJazzPiano.com

Software to edit Aebersolds Play Alongs

There are 8 comments, leave a comment.

by knotty on 02/15/2008, 06:27

by Impromptu on 02/15/2008, 07:09

by Scot Ranney on 02/15/2008, 22:26

by on 02/16/2008, 11:59

by hepcatmonk on 02/16/2008, 12:51

by hepcatmonk on 02/16/2008, 12:51

by Scot Ranney on 02/17/2008, 08:59

by Chacky on 02/18/2008, 10:34

Reply to Thread

Jazz Piano Notebook Series

"Latinesque"

LJP Jazz Piano Blogs

Most Recent Discussions

Articles

Top Sheetmusic Picks

Jazz piano education is cool.

Rock on. Follow your passion.

Sign In