[Blake]

Is this supposed to work so that NEW customs are submitted for review before adding to the database? Or can we also request you to review existing/old customs?

So for this pack that’s going to kick things off, all songs need to be new (unreleased), family-friendly, with manual reductions and all legacy instruments

In the future, once the review board is up and going, any song from the past can be submitted for review. And there will be no family-friendly guidelines or manual reductions necessary. Although all legacy instruments will still be needed

 

 

Will you review only in xbox? An extra benefits would be if reviewers also check the custom in PS3/Wii so that we know in advance which songs have issues that do not affect xbox users.

The majority of the review work will take place checking the actual chart itself. Slowing the songs down and making sure the notes are placed appropriately. Any play-testing that I, myself, do will be on XBOX. Although if any Wii or PS3 users join the board then they can test the songs there as well

 

 

Then, is the review output in the form of an official “approval” from the review team, or is there going to be ratings, and would they be separate by instrument?

A song either gets approved as a whole or it does not get approved at all. There won’t be a song that only gets the guitar part approved, for example. With that being said, any song that had one or two instruments that just barely missed the mark will be posted to the OP (with the original authors permission) for improvements, where anyone can take the song, fix what’s wrong, and it will be re-reviewed.

 

Finally, the approval/rating is it going to be only about correctness/completeness of each part? Is it going to account for how fun is an instrument to play?

It will only be about correctness/completeness. Fun doesn’t matter as long as it’s accurate. It isn’t fun to play inaccurate songs.

[Blake]

I think this is a great idea! I am always asking for others to look over my charts because I tend to miss something. I also have no problem with reviewing others’ charts as well. If you want me to be a part of the collective, I’m in! I’m generally good with reviewing guitar, bass, and drums.

I messaged you

 

 

RealCheese you are a fine community member and author, I commend you for taking this on again. Good luck!!

 

Thank you, we’ll see what happens

 

 

As for songs to add to the pack, I have some ideas, but I need more time not only to think, but also for my circumstances to clear up; not sure when, but I’ll let you know.

Sounds good. Just let me know.

 

 

I do have one question: Will there be people to review/add venues? I do know that this is a review board and not necessarily an authoring group, but (and I’m not trying to trash anybody) there have been some pretty lackluster venues I’ve seen; some use autogen, or frankly, some don’t even count as a venue, just a still camera shot of the band awkwardly standing around. I really enjoy making venues, and the effort in making them great makes the custom that much more special, in my opinion, so having a dedicated venue reviewer could be a great way to see what others think of your creative vision (if any). I should probably ask the same for reductions/overdrive.

Okay, so the thing with Venues and lighting is that it doesn’t affect the actual playing of the song itself. And a lot of people just autogenerate them, so REQUIRING custom venues/lighting would bring the actual value (and total amount of songs) for this type of thing down significantly. The point is to have a long list of songs with unquestionable note authoring and reductions. Anything outside of that is fantastic, and there will be different tier levels to accomodate the extra work. Ideally, we would have some people on board to add custom venues to other author’s great note authoring. But that is asking A LOT.

 

Another thing with customs venues, is that it’s super subjective. There’s nothing within the song itself telling you what to do. Like authoring drums or guitar for example. So reviewing something like that in a fair manner seems impossible to me.

 

So reviewing venues will not be a part of this. Although, all songs will have a list of what’s done and what’s not done so anyone can add to it as they and the original author see fit.

[Blake]

I’ll be keeping an eye on this to see where it goes, and may submit something for review?

 

I’m unlikely to ever author harmonies though – I don’t have the ear for that (or the desire to do more than one vocal track).

 

Having said that it would be nice to occasionally get some outside feedback on charts.

 

I wish you luck, because feedback on charts would be very helpful I think.

Awesome, thanks!

[Blake]

Leg 2 final results are up! Congratulations to yaniv!

[Blake]

 

I was referring to the 20 minutes quote!

ah. That makes sense now.. I was gonna have to internet throat punch you.

[Blake]

and I remember talking about doing Bad Habit with someone…

Stay tuned!

[Blake]

 

srsly

 

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Really well actually. i’ve been very very strict with my vocal authoring since I’ve started C3X. You should try one out.

[Blake]

Part Vocal:

-Pitched notes: 20 minutes

How!? It literally takes me at least 2-3 hours to do vocal notes for a song, granted I’m doing notes and lyrics simulatenously

[Blake]

Technically, the Cheetos hint isnt RealCheese

Ay!!!!

[Blake]

Speaking of, are new purchasable songs still added to the database here so we have an easier way to buy them straight from the XBL/PSN stores?

No, but I’ve heard that’s something that will be continued in the future. Presumably when farottone finishes and releases the new database.

[Blake]

https://bendodson.com/projects/itunes-artwork-finder/

 

Bingo. This is what I use 99% of the time.

[Blake]

I noticed at least two songs that are currently on my to-do list

[Blake]

Nice! Also thank you for the D! ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />

 

[Blake]

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[Blake]

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