Where can I download good BackTracks / MIDI tracks

andrewjbryson

Hi gang, Im playing a Gig in a week from now, I got a few songs, But I desperately need more backing tracks...
I know of www.cool-midi.com, but there are some terrible ones there.

I dont mind using them and Editing them in Cubase, change drums, samples , etc.

Just cant find a decent MIDI site....

I play all the Top 40 covers , etc

Manfred-Klose

There is a lot of midi files on the net, just keep searching

What songs are you looking for?

andrewjbryson

U2 , collective soul, bob marley , red hot chili peppers, live , eagles hotel california (in Aminor ? )

NorioDS

I don't think they do MIDI, but guitarbt.com is good.

Manfred-Klose

What i useallualy do is: Type in the name of the song i'm looking for followed by the word "Free midi"......."Eagles Hotel california free midi" Then open in Guitar Pro 4 or 5, go import midi, and transpose it to the key you want and editid out the stuff you dont want in the mix, when finished export again as a midi file and open it in reason or cubase and assign the midi instruments, and record some guitars to make more realistic. I've exported hotel california in Aminor for you, go and have fun. It might not be the best version but go lokk on the web there is plenty out there. check attachment. https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/attachments.guitartalk/cfee398643cbc3dc5eefc89334cacdc1-Eagles%20hotel%20california%20in%20Aminor.zip

dee

You can try http://guitarbackingtrack.com, although I think they are all in mp3 format...

//Edit: Yup, all seem to be mp3. Sorry!

Riaan-Combrink

Manfred Klose wrote: There is a lot of midi files on the net, just keep searching

Remember, you have to edit most midis in Sonar, Cakewalk, etc to optimize it for your soundcard, softsynth, even your PA. So no shortcuts there.

All my bactracks are midi. I've been searching / collecting them for about six years, so here's the benefit of my "favourites" tab: ?

Sites I scan for Top 40 (new stuff):

http://www.mididelight.com/

http://www.midimole.com/

http://freshmidis.uni.cc/index.php?pid=10

There are some great midi search engines (where you type in name of song / artist and you're linked to multiple files):
In my view, the best are:

http://www.midisite.co.uk/

http://www.vanbasco.com/midisearch.html

http://inter-search.co.uk/midi/

http://www.musicrobot.com/

Then there are sites with huge archives of free files, divided into pop, classic rock, etc. Some of the best:

http://62.131.235.156/midiweb/right.html

http://www.angelfire.com/ok/francisyeow/midi.html

http://www.garyrog.50megs.com/midi1.html

http://www.freewebjunk.com/midi/

http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/parton/949/pop_m.htm

http://www.free-midi.org/

And then there is, in my view, one of the sites with the biggest archives, and best sounding files, but you have to pay. Makes sense, doesn't it?
http://www.midimart.net/

Alternatively, start swapping files with other gigging musos. That's how most of us start.

Hope this helps. ?

Riaan C

FenderBender

Manfred Klose wrote: hotel california in Aminor
check attachment.

Hi Manfred, windows reports thatt I need a password to extract this file.

Manfred-Klose

[quote]Hi Manfred, windows reports thatt I need a password to extract this file.[/quote] damn bill gates!!!!! here it is in guitar pro 4 format, if it dont work i'll send it in gp5 format. Just edit it, wont always sound perfect like riaan said, export it as a midi file and let the working begin. here it is in gp4. https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/attachments.guitartalk/e1e32e235eee1f970470a3a6658dfdd5-Eagles%20hotel%20california%20in%20Aminor.gp4

FenderBender

Thanks mate!

AlanRatcliffe

Andrew, try these.
http://ratcliffe.co.za/sundry/andrew.zip

U2, Led Zep, Marley & Eagles. Not all perfect, but there's some good ones in there.

Any others, just ask. I have a bunch of Police, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Tull, Floyd, Queen, Stones, Supertramp, Steely Dan, Hendrix and many more. Many are in Cakewalk wrk format, so I have to conver them to mids.