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do you have to place individual notes for each tambourine hit or just place one long note over the section?
Come on guys, we keep reading questions on subjects that are explained in the rules. One things is to ask for a clarification, another is to not read the authoring documents, which are a required read for anyone who, well, wants to author…
I read the docs but it wasn’t clear about if it was just a phrase that followed the beat track or if individual notes had to placed. Let’s not get all twisty in our nickers.
I read the docs but it wasn’t clear about if it was just a phrase that followed the beat track or if individual notes had to placed. Let’s not get all twisty in our nickers.A large number of existing percussion parts would immediately rule out it following the beat track (granted if you’re not a solo vocals player you may not know that). The doc’s comment that they’re placed ‘just like regular notes’ should be the clear tell.
/latetotheparty
I only play drums so I rely on the kindness of strangers to set me straight. I will always go the documentation first and then ask questions here as a last resort.
As a top 100 vocalist in RB3 I recommend never charting vocal percussion UNLESS on the rare occasion that the lead singer is actually playing percussion IRL.
They are extremely annoying and take away focus of other band members for the singer.
I would much rather watch someone play that awesome drum/guitar/bass/key solo than just sit there watching tap notes go by for no reason.
Just my personal opinion that doesn’t matter much.
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif” />As a top 100 vocalist in RB3 I recommend never charting vocal percussion UNLESS on the rare occasion that the lead singer is actually playing percussion IRL.They are extremely annoying and take away focus of other band members for the singer.
I would much rather watch someone play that awesome drum/guitar/bass/key solo than just sit there watching tap notes go by for no reason.
Just my personal opinion that doesn’t matter much.
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif”>Personal opinion of a different top 100 vocalist*: I’d much rather rawk with a real tambourine or cowbell than stand there motionless. Don’t listen to that party pooper
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif”>* who stopped caring about leaderboards after the birth of customs
Personal opinion of a bottom feeder wannabe front man who RAWKs along on medium vox: the percussion segments are way better than just standing around doing nothing fro long periods of time, so keep ’em coming. Also, they don’t have to be all plain vanilla perfectly evenly spaced. A little chuh… chuh… ch-ch-chuh… is nice for variety.
Some other gripes about it:
1. The game (RB3 on 360, for me) plays the generated sound of percussion every other note with the sound cutting in and out (seems like a glitch to me). Sounds really horrible. You can tell there is suppose to be percussion there but the sound cuts out abruptly half way through the sound file or it doesn’t even play it a lot of times.
2a. If you use the mic to tap you create a very annoying muffle noise (with the mic volume turned up) every time you hit the mic. Also it could damage the mic if you hit it too hard.
2b. On the other hand if you use the controller like I do then you are still effectively just standing still. I mean yes you could be rocking out but you could be doing that regardless of mindlessly tapping the A button.
If the percussion is part of the original song and not played by the drummer then it’s up to the charter and it wouldn’t be out of the norm since Harmonix did it like crazy. However, doing it during (vocal) idle time is kind of insulting to me as it detracts from the song.
Good: Low Rider (RB3 Disc)
Bad: Young Man Blues (DLC watchable on youtube)
These are just my personal findings. Maybe others don’t experience these things but I do.
I’m one person and your doing all the hard work of charting so make it how you please!
Inside Harmonix’s Vocal Charting Studio:
Considering you can skip percussions by playing harmonies (yes, except for songs with no harmonies), I think having percussions in is not a big deal. With that said, I personally used to insert them a lot, but now I very rarely do, only in songs begging for them, though I see the “anything’s better than standing there doing nothing” argument.
Considering you can skip percussions by playing harmoniesYou can still skip percussion and FC a song on solo too – it’s just that your score will be lower than the l33t cowbell people.
Considering you can skip percussions by playing harmoniesYou can still skip percussion and FC a song on solo too – it’s just that your score will be lower than the l33t cowbell people.
That’s true. Though honestly I stopped caring about leaderboards 2 years ago.
Considering you can skip percussions by playing harmoniesYou can still skip percussion and FC a song on solo too – it’s just that your score will be lower than the l33t cowbell people.
That’s true. Though honestly I stopped caring about leaderboards 2 years ago.
And if we’re talking about customs… then you aren’t on the leaderboards anyway
FWIW, I like to clap my hands next to the mic instead of bashing it. (I use a mic stand.) And I like to say “BOP” when I’m voxtaring, which makes any song funny and gets strange looks from your kids if they walk by.
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