[Super Blooper]

Simple question.

This song I’m doing is instrumental, but there is about 2:30 minutes of Mahatma Gandhi talking.

 

Do I need to chart it for the song to count as complete?

[ghostbyob]

if the vocal is not synced with the BPM or on a tempo, nope

[Gigakoops]

HMX have opted out of charting samples in the past (see: Super Charger Heaven by White Zombie), so technically it’s not necessary. Whether you should or not is up to personal judgement. For me, most of the time I try to chart samples as well, though in most songs I’ve charted with samples, there were other vocals as well (my Skrillex charts are examples of this).

[Bansheeflyer]

I suppose it really depends on the song. Harmonix did sometimes chart samples (see “Living Dead Girl” by Rob Zombie) but it fit the song and the rhythm.

 

A song like Linkin Park’s “Wretches and Kings” I would definitely chart the vocal intro speech for because it’s pretty important to the feel of the song and sets the mood. However I would not chart the vocal part in Rush’s “Malignant Narcissism” instrumental because it’s really short and wouldn’t make much sense to bother charting a single sentence that doesn’t really do much for the song.

[Super Blooper]

Thank you guys for the answers. I won’t do it, I could always just add it later if some people want it.

 

Also, here’s the song for anybody that’s wondering, it starts about 5:25 and ends about 8:00.

 

 

[Gigakoops]

In that example, I’d have personally charted it, since it’s such a lengthy sample, and the song seems built around it. Though it’s up to you.

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