Great video. Very helpful. Your mix sounds good and clean. Do you have tutorial on how you mix these tracks? That would be really helpful. Thanks for your efforts. Blessings.
I’ve been making tracks since 1987... sequencing on a workstation since 1989. I’ve been a worship leader since 2003 and started creating my own tracks in 2004 on the Yamaha Motif ES. Fast forward 2021 and I’m still producing tracks on the Yamaha Motif ES. We are a small church and after the track is finished, I mix it down to a stereo track on my DAW. Add processing to give it some punch. Export as a stereo WAV. I play the WAV files from the keyboard that’s on stage… And we play on top of it with a bass player, a violin player, and me playing a piano. We play the WAV files directly from USB drive. I can control the balance of the track and my main sound on the keyboard. 250 tracks later, I have a nice library!
Great video man! What about acoustic guitar? Do you ever record a chord progression and make a loop of it so you don't need to play for the whole track?
Hi! Thank you for these two helpful videos. When you say you tracked in guitars, was that a plug-in done on keyboard or a real live guitar? I’m learning to make tracks for our church worship and have no guitarist… ideas?? Thanks a lot.
In very small insistences, I used a virtual instrument for the guitars. But I almost always had a real guitarist track for me.... but they almost always were NOT located where I was. I would send a mix to a friend, they would track the part and send me their file, and I'd drop it into the session. Maybe try and network with other worship pastors and see if you can trade favors (they track guitars for you, you provide some type of service or value in return).
That's what I'm wondering. I'm assuming he's going straight into the computer and not through an amp, but I could be wrong. Dave, can you hook us up with some specifics?
I’m just going direct and using the amp modelers in GarageBand. They don’t need to sound amazing. They just need to get me in the ballpark, and then I tuck it in the mix.
I noticed your arrangement track only seems to work as structure markers and there seem to be no guide cues in that track. Are the bottom two tracks (full band recording and click) going to in-ear monitors, or does your band follow visual cues (confidence monitor, music stands) to keep on the same page arrangement-wise?
International Bible Fellowship Great question! I actually only use GarageBand to create the song arrangement and instrument stems. After this process is over, I export everything out of GB and into Ableton. And it’s then that I add click and vocal guides. This video shows more detail of this step: ruclips.net/video/bMq6Ou7cwA4/видео.html
@@practicalworship Thanks Dave, I realized that also as I came across your video in which you prepared an Ableton Live set for a three-song section with key and timesig changes. I am attempting to introduce backing tracks to our band and preparing a solid demonstration in Ableton Live will facilitate that. Thanks for the great material on your channel!
The export process would be the same from GarageBand... the question is whether the Prime app will allow you to import external stem files. I know the Multitracks.com app can do it, but I’m not 100 percent on the Loop Community app.
@@practicalworship Okay thanks! I just had to export them as wav. Files. Thanks for the great video! I am in the process of getting my team more comfortable to playing with a click and tracks.
I either draw in the parts or play them on a keyboard or a combination of the two. I don’t worry about fills, but the basic pattern for that section of the song is important to get accurate because it affects how the rest of the track is build-especially bass guitar. I keep the drums track in Ableton just in case it’s needed during rehearsal (the drummer is late). But I rarely (if ever) use it live. It’s just a guide to build the rest of the parts to.
@@practicalworship Nice but can you try FL Studio 20 (there is an unlimited trial version or you could just buy it) and give us a tutorial on that. The beat Sequencer is dope!
this video is great cause theres virually no videos on worship productions on youtube, this is really helpful to get into producing your own tracks
Glad to hear it was helpful... thx for watching!
Waiting for a Part. 3 !!! It's so cool, please continue !! You help me so much for my church at France!!!!
If I did a part 3, what topics would you want me to cover and talk about?
@@practicalworship Sequencing Drums and acoustic guitar or electric🎸
Great video. Very helpful. Your mix sounds good and clean. Do you have tutorial on how you mix these tracks? That would be really helpful. Thanks for your efforts. Blessings.
Hello sir. Thank you so much for this breakdown. This is very helpful. Please more of this breakdowns. God bless you and your ministry sir
I’ve been making tracks since 1987... sequencing on a workstation since 1989. I’ve been a worship leader since 2003 and started creating my own tracks in 2004 on the Yamaha Motif ES. Fast forward 2021 and I’m still producing tracks on the Yamaha Motif ES. We are a small church and after the track is finished, I mix it down to a stereo track on my DAW. Add processing to give it some punch. Export as a stereo WAV. I play the WAV files from the keyboard that’s on stage… And we play on top of it with a bass player, a violin player, and me playing a piano. We play the WAV files directly from USB drive. I can control the balance of the track and my main sound on the keyboard.
250 tracks later, I have a nice library!
That sounds like a solid workflow... and the Motif is a legit workhorse
Great video man! What about acoustic guitar? Do you ever record a chord progression and make a loop of it so you don't need to play for the whole track?
Hi! Thank you for these two helpful videos. When you say you tracked in guitars, was that a plug-in done on keyboard or a real live guitar? I’m learning to make tracks for our church worship and have no guitarist… ideas?? Thanks a lot.
In very small insistences, I used a virtual instrument for the guitars. But I almost always had a real guitarist track for me.... but they almost always were NOT located where I was. I would send a mix to a friend, they would track the part and send me their file, and I'd drop it into the session. Maybe try and network with other worship pastors and see if you can trade favors (they track guitars for you, you provide some type of service or value in return).
@@practicalworship good suggestions. Thanks.
Thank you for this!
Great video
and thanks again, i subbed in case you make more tutorials like these its amazing i wanna make my own worship beats this is great
Great video! Are you recording your amp with a mic or IR?
That's what I'm wondering. I'm assuming he's going straight into the computer and not through an amp, but I could be wrong. Dave, can you hook us up with some specifics?
I’m just going direct and using the amp modelers in GarageBand. They don’t need to sound amazing. They just need to get me in the ballpark, and then I tuck it in the mix.
I noticed your arrangement track only seems to work as structure markers and there seem to be no guide cues in that track. Are the bottom two tracks (full band recording and click) going to in-ear monitors, or does your band follow visual cues (confidence monitor, music stands) to keep on the same page arrangement-wise?
International Bible Fellowship Great question! I actually only use GarageBand to create the song arrangement and instrument stems. After this process is over, I export everything out of GB and into Ableton. And it’s then that I add click and vocal guides. This video shows more detail of this step: ruclips.net/video/bMq6Ou7cwA4/видео.html
@@practicalworship Thanks Dave, I realized that also as I came across your video in which you prepared an Ableton Live set for a three-song section with key and timesig changes. I am attempting to introduce backing tracks to our band and preparing a solid demonstration in Ableton Live will facilitate that. Thanks for the great material on your channel!
Glad it was helpful! Good job pushing your team and your ministry to grow and learn new ways to inspire people to pursue God.
Hey! Would you know how to export from GarageBand to Prime? It’s an app by loop community that my church runs tracks off of.
The export process would be the same from GarageBand... the question is whether the Prime app will allow you to import external stem files. I know the Multitracks.com app can do it, but I’m not 100 percent on the Loop Community app.
@@practicalworship Okay thanks! I just had to export them as wav. Files. Thanks for the great video! I am in the process of getting my team more comfortable to playing with a click and tracks.
Hey one more question? How are you tracking those drums? Do you usually include them in your tracks?
I either draw in the parts or play them on a keyboard or a combination of the two. I don’t worry about fills, but the basic pattern for that section of the song is important to get accurate because it affects how the rest of the track is build-especially bass guitar. I keep the drums track in Ableton just in case it’s needed during rehearsal (the drummer is late). But I rarely (if ever) use it live. It’s just a guide to build the rest of the parts to.
Sweet, thanks!
@@practicalworship Nice but can you try FL Studio 20 (there is an unlimited trial version or you could just buy it) and give us a tutorial on that.
The beat Sequencer is dope!
Love the new intro animation thing
Thx Benjamin! I’ve been wanting an official intro for awhile, but I couldn’t settle on the specifics until just recently...
You are deep guy