[Nyxyxylyth]

Awkward.

Is this your input?

No, it’s a lament over duplication of effort.

 

Here’s some feedback (but you might not want to sink any time into fixing this one):

 

TEMPO

3.2.50 should be the start of a measure.

11.2 should be the start of a measure.

 

PRO KEYS

Pitches are incorrect. For example, at 11.2 you’ve got D+F, then E+G, then D+F. It should be B+E+G, then D+G+B, then D+F#+A.

 

VOCALS

Pitches are incorrect. You’ve got the first phrase like this:

Jane(F#) you(A) say(A) it’s(E) all(A) ov-(E) ver(E) for(D) you(G) and(G#) me(G#) +(G) girl(E)

It should be:

Jane( you(D) say( it’s( all( o-(A) +(G) ver(E) for(E) you( and( me(A) +(G) +(E) girl(G)

Also watch hyphenation/spelling (e.g., “ov- ver”).

 

GUITAR

Relative pitch issues. In the main riff, 12.2.50 and 12.3 should be the same chord – likewise for 12.4.50 and 13.

[chexmixho]

Awkward.

Is this your input?

No, it’s a lament over duplication of effort.

 

Here’s some feedback (but you might not want to sink any time into fixing this one):

 

This basically means this song is going to be released by C3 at some point in the future!

[djmike534]

Didn’t get that memo

[TrojanNemo]

Didn’t get that memo

 

In taking (another) page from HMX, C3 doesn’t announce things ahead of time, so everyone outside C3 authoring is always at risk of duplicating efforts. It’s just the nature of the game. The same goes for C3 and HMX if they start releasing again.

[Nyxyxylyth]

In taking (another) page from HMX, C3 doesn’t announce things ahead of time, so everyone outside C3 authoring is always at risk of duplicating efforts. It’s just the nature of the game. The same goes for C3 and HMX if they start releasing again.

The same even goes for C3 and C3 – a couple overlapping tragedies have happened.

[djmike534]

Learned a lot this week, particularly what not to do and then how to fix. Messing with venue is overwhelming at first but so worth it when you want a specific feel & cool animations at just the right moments.

Re-released first 2 customs today. Next one should go smoother, tho vocals are still not my forte. Picked up a Korg but not very useful when using mp3 audio.

[djmike534]

New & improved: Full Band

*Now with new BASS!*

 

Thank you to musicgeekxyz for supplying me what I needed to get the bass finally charted.

 

*Pulled*

[djmike534]

This is a nice little song from way back

 

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http://www.mediafire.com/download/36hk6dxl7juktwu/justasong_rb3con

 

Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YGTPvDoJyM

[Spindoctor]

Good job on these songs djmike, look forward to trying these last two out & also the next release

[djmike534]

Thanks, Doc! Let me know what you think. Pretty Excited about tomorrows release, assuming I can get these damn vocals just right.

[chexmixho]

Thanks for the songs you are putting out! I take it you are still having issues with your newest release?

[Nyxyxylyth]

This is a nice little song from way back

Here’s some feedback just based on the first couple measures:

 

VOCALS:

You are using a 1/16th grid to author vocals. Vocals should be authored with a 1/64 grid. Your timing is not good enough – you should be using scrub mode to see where each syllable starts and ends.

Your H1/H2/H3 are the same. There are three different harmonies here.

At 11.1, you’ve got:

Just(F#) a(F) song(F#) before(F) +(Eb) I(C#) go(C#)

It should be:

H1: Just(F#) a(F#) song(F#) be-(E) fore(C#) I(C#) go(C#)

H2: Just(A) a(A) song(A) be-(G#) fore(E) I(E) go(E)

H3: Just(C#) a(C#) song(C#) be-( fore(F#) I(F#) go(F#)

 

GUITAR

Relative pitch and timing issues. At 3.1, you’ve got:

R G R R YB YB

It should be more like this:

G R Y R Y B O

The note at 3.2.75 should be at 3.2.50.

 

BASS

Bass is mostly single gems. You’ve got an awful lot of chords.

Major relative pitch issues. 3.1 is:

GR Y YB R RB Y YB

It should be more like this:

G R Y Y B R B O

 

PRO KEYS

The pitches are incorrect.

 

DRUMS

4.3.50 Y should be B

6.3 Y should be B

6.3.50 no Y here

6.4 Y should be B

6.3.75 missing kick

[djmike534]

Ok, Nyx. I really don’t know how to respond to you. Are you critiquing expert specifically? I appreciate that you spent time to shred my work, however I am not submitting anything to be scrutinized by C3. While I will admit that I am new to this and don’t expect or need to impress you anytime soon, I will improve over time. The documentation & 3 or so videos didn’t nearly teach all I needed to know but I muddle through. Please don’t talk about pitches on anything not vocals. I also don’t think I need to hear that Y should be B, etc. As long as it generally makes sense and isn’t too boring or awkward to play. This is plastic rock after all and Harmonix doesn’t pay me to be perfect. I have no knowledge of music theory, can’t read sheet music & am finding it insanely difficult to pull the correct vocal notes out of an mp3 with 10 unique sounds playing on top of each other. The Korg whatchamagigger isn’t working very well for me with mp3s. I also want to clarify that I have never charted pro keys, just basic 5 key. I DO author on 1/64 for vocals so I have no idea what you’re seeing there. I was planning to go back to fix the harmonies issue as I realized what I did after the fact. Drums were a pain, mainly cymbals because they kept going in and out and I wasn’t always hearing them. Better phones are needed in general me thinks but this song was a bear in particular in that respect. This isn’t a matter of sloppy work (as I am a perfectionist by nature) but of being self taught with no previous experience and no help or guidance beyond the aforementioned docs & vids. Again I do appreciate feedback, as long as it is helpful info to help improve my authoring skills, not just negative criticism.

Thank you.

[djmike534]

Thanks for the songs you are putting out! I take it you are still having issues with your newest release?

 

First, thanks!

Second, yeah last minute decided vocals were not good enough. Originally charted unpitched vocals but then had second thoughts on releasing that way. Felt like I was cheating but I won’t say I would NEVER do it. Just trying not to. Should be as good as I can get it way before Friday. I hate vocals but I would never do a song like the one coming this week without them.

[Nyxyxylyth]

I also don’t think I need to hear that Y should be B, etc. As long as it generally makes sense and isn’t too boring or awkward to play.

If you don’t have relative pitch right, it breaks the illusion of playing the guitar or bass.

 

Preserve motion: Above all, guitar authoring is about making the part feel right. Try to preserve melodic motion even if it means breaking consistency. For example, if our E note (previously mapped to a red gem) is part of a line that moves upward, it’s ok to map it to a different color in order to preserve the feeling of playing a higher note. Also, make sure that the motion of your chords is correct (e.g. a Red/Blue chord is going to be higher in pitch than a Green/Yellow chord, but lower than a Yellow/Orange chord).

If you can’t make out the pitches, there’s no harm in going with unpitched vocals. Don’t take on harmonies unless you can tell that it’s right.

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