I can attest to this being in the works for a very long time. I also want to make it clear that I had virtually no involvement in this. It’s really 90% farottone, and maybe 10% everyone else combined. So really, this is another reason why he’s so awesome.

Quick note on left hand animations on Guitar and Bass, even if it’s technically autogenerated if you put nothing in there, the autogeneration produces a static non-moving arm that only plays a single fret. Most of the time this isn’t that noticeable, but if you have a song with a lot of soloing, movements etc. animating at least the more active parts with camera cuts focusing on the hands might be a good idea.

Quick note on right hand animations on Guitar and Bass, even if it’s technically autogenerated if you put nothing in there, the autogeneration produces a static non-moving arm that only plays a single fret. Most of the time this isn’t that noticeable, but if you have a song with a lot of soloing, movements etc. animating at least the more active parts with camera cuts focusing on the hands might be a good idea.

 

I think you mean the left hand produces a static, non-moving arm. The right hand (the strumming hand) gets automated based on the expert chart.

Derp, you’re right. Basically, strumming hand is automatically animated, fretting hand stays in one place unless animation markers is put in

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If you’re looking to get a feel for the format and charting drums, there are lots of Rock Band Network 1.0 songs that still need pro drums upgrades. Pro drums are really easy to do, and I would be happy to work with some folks to get the framework done (answering questions, etc).

Similarly, if you’re looking to get some experience with vocals charting, there are still some songs with small, copy-paste friendly harmony charts that might be good for you to get a feel for reading and authoring vocal parts, as you can use the existing chart as a baseline and tweak from there. As with pro drums, I would be happy to help answer questions on that front.

Keys/Pro Keys are a little different but you’re more than welcome to take a crack at it — try to stick to one chart at a time for these, though, until you’ve got a feel for it. Ideally there’s a good .midi out there for you to get a ‘mostly correct’ chart to work with.

Please note that my willingness to help/answer questions only goes so far. I’m willing to walk through the steps to getting a chart ready for upgrade authoring, assuming you’ve got some familiarity with REAPER or can work it out (I won’t be sending a step-by-step guide with screenshots, more or less). I’m also willing to answer specific questions, give feedback on tricky/tough parts or charts in general, and give advice on processes and what I would recommend as ‘best practices. I will not do reconstructive surgery on your chart (as I used to for RBHP), nor will I be particularly inclined to help if you haven’t demonstrated that you’ve read through the resources available and given it a reasonable effort.

All I ask is you let me know which upgrade you would like to try so I can flag it as ‘claimed’ and avoid two people trying to do the same work — and, similarly, if you change your mind, that you notify me so I can free it up again.

Diving into this tutorial now. I’ve wanted to start charting and giving back to the community, since I’ve been playing rock band since the first came out and lurking and downloading charts around here for about a year. Hopefully I’ve got the brain capacity and patience to get some good stuff out. Thanks for all the work though man, this document is huge and I can see it took a ton of effort.