Rythm Tracks for Steel

Harold Parris · From: Piedmont, Alabama USA

I don't want to start an argument about who has the best backup tracks available, I would like some of you to recommend some good quality tracks of traditional country and gospel. I've gotten a couple of tracks in the past but the quality was not satisfactory. Any recommendations will be appreciated. You can email me privately if you wish. My email address is listed at the bottom of this article.

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Mike Weirauch · From: Harrisburg, Illinois**The Hub of the Universe

Jeff Newman's tracks are excellent and so are Harry Hess's tracks. Billy Phelps has some great tracks with a variety of songs and tempo's. These are the one's that I have and I'm satisfied with them.

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

Why not consider making your own with Band in a Box?? It might take a little effort to learn how to run BIAB but once you do you can make a track for any song you want.

Check out the sample of Sleepwalk from my CD. The track for that cut was from BIAB.

Here's the link: http://home.earthlink.net/~jestoner/cd.htm

[This message was edited by Jack Stoner on 10 November 2000 at 04:58 AM.]

Kenneth Kotsay · From: Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Got them all, with these tracks you cannot change the Key, the Tempo and you need a pitch control for cassette tapes. Most of these tapes are very bland and boring (except Buddy Emmons "Swing Series" tracks). These cassette tracks also wear out after years of use, they stretch after awhile and sometimes a cassette player will eat them up on you. Ever notice the quality of these dollar store cassette tapes, at least spend some big bucks on a cassette tape, I used to buy TDK or Memorex for recording at $4.50 a clip (90 min.)
These tracks were O.K. in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I totally recommend spending the bucks $479.00 on the new BOSS JS-5 JAM STATION. You can create your own tracks with 4 different instruments, tempo, pitch, key etc. are all programmable with this unit and it's portable, just hook it into your amp system and you have a instant high quality sounding band and this unit has electronic effects, songs, styles, and presets for various forms of music. What ever the Big Guys have on cassette or CDs I can duplicate ten folds. With BIAB you need a computer and the quality of sound depends upon the sound card. I can create a song in BIAB and copy it into this unit and again make changes, this unit is the future, which is already here today.

Now, who has the best tracks?? IMO "they are all O.K.", but..................

Check this new unit out on "musicanfrend's OR Roland-Boss" web site. Do like I've been doing test drive this machine at either, SAM ASH STORES, MARS MUSIC or GUITAR CENTER. Next stop will be the cash register with the JS-5.

KEN "THE STEELING POLICEMAN"

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Harry Hess · From: Blue Bell, PA., USA * R.I.P.

Mike,

Thanks for the kind words.

I'm a little behind my production plan for my new series of E9/country CD's (Still waiting for replacement tweeters, most common casualty in recording studios, besides knocked over mikes).

But hope to commence work soon, was hoping to get 'em on the market for Christmas sales.

Regards,
Harry Hess

DroopyPawn · From: Fox, OK, USA

I can make you a midi file with drums and bass for any song I've ever heard. Piano might be feasible too.
gs

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Don Benoit · From: Okanagan Falls, BC

Ken

I checked out the JS-5 on the net. Most auto-accompaniment keyboards lack country music styles and I am wondering if it has enough styles to satisfy a straight country music player like myself? Are good country waltz styles available along with Allan Jackson, George Jones and Ray Price song styles? Good walking bass styles?
Don

[This message was edited by Don Benoit on 16 November 2000 at 09:08 PM.]

Kenneth Kotsay · From: Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Don - I haven't purchased the JS-5 yet but I intend to buy it before Christmas. I have been messing around in the stores with this machine for sometime now and it could be rather difficult to program, (sort of like when you purcahsed your first computer things went slow for awhile) so far I created my own chord progression but it was a simple I-IV-V country type using the country style the machine had in it's memory. I believe you can create songs on BIAB then copy them onto this machine. This machine has 200 songs in all kinds of musical styles and it is with these songs where one could cut-copy & paste to create your own style. What I have heard thus far sounds very good to my ears, the fact that it is portable and the sound itself sounds very professional I think it's a good buy

Like I said I have tons of steel tracks on tape & CDs (the CDs are the best in sound quality but again they are both limited in a sense).

What I want is control of the tempo, key, and the ability to create my own chord progressions and styles.

Another factor, CASSETTE tape recorders are going to be history within a few years there will be no more tape decks in the majors electronic & music stores. Marantz has the only pitch control portable cassette tape recorder that still can be found in most large music stores. The Marantz that I have cost $400.00. My Radio Shack cassette tape recorder with pitch control is about to end up in the trash can, it's 14 years old.

So CDs & MiniDisks are what's left in the ability to make and use steel tracks but again the songs are from sources that will produce what they feel will make $$$$$ and again all this has it's limititation.

Bottom line for me is, it's time to venture out on my own producing steel tracks that I can change anytime I want. What's great about the JS-5 , it has all types of musical styles like, Jazz, Blues, R&R, Latin, Country, Pop, Ballads, etc.,

Again, Christmas time is just a few more weeks and the JS-5 will be under the tree.

[This message was edited by Kenneth Kotsay on 18 November 2000 at 06:53 PM.]

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

I just bought a new Sony dual deck cassette (records on both decks) with pitch control for $199 at Best Buy. It is part of Sony's current production.

Cassette's may be going away but there's still a lot of manufacturers making cassette decks. I just got an ad from Tascam and they have several two track cassette decks available.

Don Benoit · From: Okanagan Falls, BC

Jack... I am wondering if the dual Sony tape that you bought has AMS (auto music search) I have a sony two deck portable that has it. The machine is too old now and I am looking for a new one with AMS. AMS stops at the beginning of songs when you are rewinding or fast forwarding. I drilled a hole in the front to adjust the motor speed!
As an aside, for those of you who haven't heard, there is a new shareware program called RMCA which can create styles from MIDI files downloaded off the net. Once you have the style you can record a song with a virtual keyboard using one note. Much like an autoaccompaniment keyboard. You can also change the tempo and key. Once you have the song recorded, you can change the style of the song. There are about 500 free styles available too.
Don

[This message was edited by Don Benoit on 19 November 2000 at 12:17 PM.]

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