I started to upload bass covers on https://www.youtube.com/@hiroshi18181. Writing my current workflow and some plans to explore and improve.
- audacity
- ardour
- kdenlive
- youtube
- Bass
- Cable
- Audio interface
- audacity
- recording
- record with audio interface direct monitor
- play along youtube clip
- record video with mobile phone in-camera
yt-dlp <video-url> -f bato download audio- mix bass recording and original audio
- align timing
- tweak EQ
- audacity bass/treble
- lower bass of original audio
- increase treble of bass recording
- audacity bass/treble
- export
.wav
- recording
- kdenlive
- import video recording
- sent from mobile phone to pc via
kdeconnectwarpinator
- sent from mobile phone to pc via
- import
.wavexported by audacity - edit
- align timing
- trim
- render to
.mp4
- import video recording
- upload
.mp4to youtube
- organize files (on cloud? external disk?)
- audio recording, mixing
- buy better bass
- buy better cable (boss's wireless glitches often)
- buy better audio interfaces
- tweak Jack/Pipewire
- can we record without direct monitor to hear mixed sound?
- also with clicks?
- try ardour
- learn EQ
- video recording
- better camera, lighting, angle?
- video editing
- synchronization becomes a bit off after render?
- seems like kdenlive preview is a bit faster. not sure what to blame. maybe jack/pipewire too.
- https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/issues/12
- try alternatives
- openshot https://github.com/OpenShot/openshot-qt
- olive https://github.com/olive-editor/olive
- https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut
- blender
- resolve
- synchronization becomes a bit off after render?
- try recording non full clip for youtube short
- try recording guitar
- share it on some forum to seek feedback and learn tips?
- talkbass
- try Windows
- helper tools
- https://github.com/hi-ogawa/yt-dlp-gui
- simple gui app for
yt-dlp ... -f ba[webm]+ffmpeg -i xxx.webm -c copy xxx.opus - download youtube video as opus since ardour cannot load webm directly
- simple gui app for
- https://github.com/hi-ogawa/yt-dlp-gui
- Arch Linux
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Professional_audio
- "PipeWire-only"
- enable "Pro audio" profile
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Professional_audio
- Ardour
- buffer size: 512
- recording with default 1024 feels off.
- plugins
- calf: equalizer, reverb
- buffer size: 512
- Kdenlive
- sometimes audio plays a way behind video after the render while editing preview plays fine, so make sure to double check the render result. if this bug happens, just move the audio clip forward to manually compensate.
verify youtube account to upload custom thumbnails- try AI service to remove bass part from the original track?
- try android camera preview