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Accompaniment Tracks With MIDI
by Michael Tyler
Computer Music Products
Recording your own instrumental soundtracks is not only musically rewarding and fun, it is extremely useful too. You can make practice tapes for band or choir members to take home, audibly preview an arrangement you're working on, create musical backgrounds for dramas and special events, make your own albums, and provide accompaniment tracks for soloists in any key they require. You can even pre-record an entire gig if you're short on live musicians!
I have to make three assumptions for the tutorials that follow:
Assumption 1-
You already own a reasonably current model computer.
Assumption 2-
You own a software recording program.
Assumption 3-
You own a GM or GS compatible MIDI instrument (keyboard or soundcard or
sound module).
I have divided this article into 2 main sections; Beginner, and Intermediate/Advanced. You can click on the section that you think will be most helpful to you.
- You never recorded using MIDI or just plain don't understand how to record with MIDI. This is a good place to learn the basics of the process. - You have experience with MIDI recording and want to learn some of the finer points to make your recordings more professional.