Percussions can be activated without using the hands, so that’s not an issue.

I messaged you about this a while ago farottone, also, there are conflicting statements in the RBN Docs;

in the vocal charting section it says percussion sections should be inside a section of several phrase markers about two measures in length, the harmony charting section states all percussion notes in a given section should be under one long phrase marker.

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I figured it would be to do with static vocals.

It looks to me like the vocal Authoring doc was written in the time of RB2, and that the harmony authoring information was added later and the standard was changed, but maybe I’m inferring incorrectly ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I, personally, wouldn’t like to see percussion sections in harmonies. I myself dislike the majority of those when the song itself doesn’t have clapping, tambourine, or cowbell in the audio, as it just feels like unnecessary busywork. So I tend to play harmonies to avoid it. Though to see it in harmonies, too, would be kind of upsetting to me.

Again, that’s all personal preference. Everyone else’s opinions could very well be different.

 

Yes, for the harmony part, as I said, not for PART VOCALS…

It says right above that “Only in PART VOCALS”

“…small changes:

• Tambourine sections are only used in the PART VOCALS track. You should not put tambourine sections in any of the other vocal tracks.
• Entire Tambourine sections should be placed under a single phrase marker.”

To me this means “always place all percussion notes inside one whole phrase marker, and only place percussion sections in the PART VOCALS track”

Which is the opposite of what it says in vocal Authoring.

Does it mean that, in songs with harmonies, PART VOCALS percussion sections should be in large, single phrases,

And in songs with just one Vocal Part, percussion sections should be divided into small two measure phrases?

If so, that makes literally no fucking sense, because both rules pertain to PART VOCALS, and AFAIK, there is no difference in playing solo vocals whether the song has harmonies or not.

So, my conclusion was, that since harmonies are RB3-era, HMX appended the rule to the harmony docs, instead of amending the original RBN documentation. Since static vocals in both games is quite different, and this rule pertains to static vocals, this makes sense to me (the rule changed because the game changed).

Anyway, my opinion on percussion during harmonies is that I like the idea, and think they should be included. Like you said earlier farottone, they can still be played with the mouth.

Also, I don’t take rockband too seriously (he says after typing an essay on harmony phrases), the priority is fun for me, which means any way people can get more involved in a song is fine by me â

EDIT: After reading/re-reading the RBN Docs and your post fara, I see that you mean the phrase markers in the harmony parts should encompass the percussion notes in PART VOCALS. But, that seems pointless? Since the game reads PART VOCALS and HARM1, 2&3 tracks completely separately, dependent on what the player chooses (solo or harmony) doesn’t it? Also, the fact it says “changes” is what led me to believe it was an amendment to the rules. In any case, it’s worded like shite and about as clear as mud â

Hahaa, me too. I can’t believe I’m the only person who’s been confused by that ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_frown.gif” />

Oh Yeh I forgot it’s used for Overdrive and animations.

/end thread hijack