6/8 BEAT track
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Hello everyone!
I’m working on a chart of All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me) by Bullet for My Valentine, and the song is at 94 BPM, and switching between 6/8 and 4/4 time. For the BEAT track, should I have the 6/8 parts be charted as a downbeat followed by five upbeats, all eighth notes, or should I do it as if it were 3/4 time? Does it even matter? Thanks for listening to my most likely stupid question!
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I’ve only worked with one 6/8 song so far, and I authored the beat track as if it were 3/4. The resulting track seemed to play well enough. Farottone gives good advice, though. Check in-game and see what looks best.
I’ve only worked with one 6/8 song so far, and I authored the beat track as if it were 3/4. The resulting track seemed to play well enough. Farottone gives good advice, though. Check in-game and see what looks best.
Thanks, guys. I don’t actually have the Xbox 360 version of RB3, so I can’t easily check in-game, but I’m sure I can find some playtesters to check that it looks right. I’ll author it 3/4 to make sure the animations don’t screw up. Better safe than sorry.
If it’s in 6/8, you should have a downbeat on 1 and an upbeat on 4, but treating it as 3/4 can also work.
6/8 = 3/4. It’s the same thing.
I deal with alot of non x/4 stuff, I usually only put notes on the beat itself, so if my bar was 11/16 for example I’d use 3 markers. It works for me.
6/8 = 3/4. It’s the same thing.
That’s true in the analog world, but not in the confines of RB3 and MIDI. 6/8 will probably result in herkyjerky animations, as Farottone said. If the BPM is fast enough, you’d have to use a 1/128 grid for authoring vocals in 6/8, since 1/64 would be too sloppy.
Aren’t animations determined by the Beat track? so 3/4 or 6/8 shouldn’t make a difference, what should is either 3 or 6 markers.
Aren’t animations determined by the Beat track? so 3/4 or 6/8 shouldn’t make a difference, what should is either 3 or 6 markers.
Yes, and that is exactly the difference you have for those 2.
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_wink.gif”> In a 3/4 time, you have 3 beats (one on beat, 2 off beats); in 6/8 you have 6 beats (2 on beats, 4 off beats). If you try 6/8 as 3/4 in the BEAT track by only placing a donwbeat on the first on beat and only 2 of the 4 off beats, you’re good to go. If not, you run the risk of having your characters seize a bit on screen.
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