Noob advice - software & practising

[Seraphial]

Guys, I've always been a tube amp/guitar practise kinda guy, but recently sold up all my amps as my apartment is too small to really get the most out of them and I'm not gigging anymore

I've also been stuck in a rut for a while & practising the same things over and over. I've thought that a good way to break out of it is to start downloading backing tracks and playing/learning new songs. I'd still like to have a good tone, so am open to investigating modelling software or programs that include modelling as well.

Where do you guys advise to start? Is there a program that fits this criteria, that will allow me to tweak and record? I don't need a very expensive setup - its basically home practise.

Thanks

[aleclee]

Re: Noob advice - software & practising

Scuffham S-gear gets a lot of love out there. You could use that along with something like Winamp for playing/looping to rock out virtually. If you want to add recording to the equation, you could use Reaper instead of Winamp.

Personally, I use a modeler connected to my Mac via USB. I use iRehearse to play along with backing tracks and Logic (or occasionally Garageband) to record.

[everdrone]

Re: Noob advice - software & practising

most say jamming with others is the best, open jam at bars or just with friends or recruit them

but fretlight guitar seems perfect

or other videos/youtube

or just download reaper, toontrack ezdrummer, and some plugins like lepoulin and, start recording demos. that is what I do when I am not in bands, works for me!

cheers brutha, good luck

[Chickenwings]

Re: Noob advice - software & practising

band in a box is really flexible and useful tool for a lot of stuff- especially practicing your chops in various styles. You can make your own chord progressions, entire tunes, change keys change tempos, you name it and it will play it back for you as many times as you want with banks and banks of different styles. Its also a really good tool for making charts.

http://www.pgmusic.com/