[sean]

Found a treasure trove of MIDI files here:

 

http://web.agria.hu/kepenu/genesis.htm

 

Listened to a few, they are not all perfect, but probably a pretty good start (sadly they faded out Moonlit Knight before the ending which is what I was searching for).

[sean]

Hi guys. I am going to be a collaborator for this project. Thanks to Farottone for letting me be a part of it.

 

I’d also be interested in seeing “Dinner’s Ready” from Foxtrot, though I don’t know if I’d personally be able to author that beast.

 

I would love to do the keys part for Supper’s Ready, if that is one of your concerns. If there are certain parts you want to commit to maybe we can cobble together enough people to make it happen. I’d be willing to “author” it but I’ll be chasing people for help, or if someone else wants to author it I can contribute the K/PK parts.

 

I have done four songs that are not in the spreadsheet, pro keys expert only; “In the Cage”, “The Lamia”, and “Anyway” from Lamb, and “After the Ordeal” from Selling England. I’m easy on using the Lamb stuff or sitting on it until/unless we want to do a dedicated Lamb project. After the Ordeal I can add to the spreadsheet.

 

Farottone and I already discussed doing Fading Lights and Driving the Last Spike; I was going to do Keys on Fading Lights and G/B/K on Spike. I can add those in. I’m also going to look at keys for Tonight x3.

 

I had heard that another member here had started on an I Know What I Like custom, so I have held off on starting that one until I hear more. If we need to start that one from scratch I’ll get working on it ASAP.

 

Three albums we have nothing from right now are Trick of the Tail, Wind & Wuthering, and Abacab. I can add one song from each of these for the sake of completion if nobody else ends up volunteering one. I’ll wait a bit for that.

[sean]

For Genesis, I’m inclined to stick to a keyboard (with Tony that still may involve choosing between multiple things going on at the same time; e.g. organ/synth/piano/mellotron) but I wouldn’t stick to it 100%; I’m ok with charting flute at the end of I Know What I Like for example, because there’s not really much else going on at that point.

 

Also if anyone ever wants to chart Supper’s Ready with me, I can chart some of the flute there (but once Tony joins in on organ, I’m switching).

 

For post-Gabriel stuff it’s easier because there isn’t a flute player in the band anymore ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />.

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Not sure about #1, but for #2:

 

http://pksage.com/rbndocs/index.php?tit … Disco_Flip

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It looks like we’re about to get Scorpions.

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Great work guys, some truly inspired song choices recently.

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Much respect to you for actually doing this ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />.

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You’re in for a treat then.

 

Well. I know both songs now as I checked them both out (Technically one out since I already knew de’ other). Personally, would like to have de’ 2nd song as a full band custom or at least with Guitar+Vocals.

 

I’m sure it will get there at some point, one way or another.

 

I don’t yet have a collaborator for In the Cage, so if someone wants to do other parts of the song, let me know. I may also do other parts as practice to learn how to chart something other than pro keys, but it’s not necessarily my priority. I do need to fix up the tempo map on this chart a bit first.

[sean]

Please update the OP to include the most recent version of the Reaper projects in addition to the CON files. As Farottone said, it’s the best way for us to give you feedback.

 

I acknowledge that as a general point, but the main thing I was wondering in this case (the Cage verse sustains) can really only be checked by playing the CON. That said, I can work on the tempo more tonight and post what I have at that point.

[sean]

Updates:

 

Firth of Fifth now has all difficulties. I played through Medium/Easy in Reaper only, Hard in the game. Overdrive and beat chart is now there. I don’t have any unison phrases right now, and about 18 overdrive phrases overall (so 1/2 of those should be unisons). The piano part in the flute solo is now properly charted as per sageamagoo’s feedback, so that’s one less place to catch your breath now ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />. I had to put a BS 5-lane keys chart in there because OD phrases have to match between pro and regular keys, and OD phrases require at least one note in the phrase. Anyway, don’t play five-lane keys, you won’t like what you see.

 

In the Cage exists, pro keys expert is charted. This is a “0.1” chart, so only really noticeable horrific issues on sightread have been fixed. No overdrive or beat chart yet. The verse in this song is in 12/8 and it’s a swing rhythm (so quarter-eighth-quarter-eighth etc.). In the game the eighth notes all pick up as sustains. It’s not going to be an easy part anyway but I wonder if I should chart all the eighths as sixteenths to prevent the sustains. Tempo map also needs work in places. Didn’t think it was too bad when I first did it, and I wasn’t exactly rushing through it, but now that I have a charted part I can hear places where it’s not in sync.

[sean]

Thank you! Not charting the flute was a conscious decision since Gabriel used to play it. I was thinking it would actually be cool to chart that to vocals like the Bill Bruford Earthworks RBN track way back when

 

Go no, please just no.

 

Haha, ok.

 

But are you sure? The lyrics for the fast part could be “flutey-flutey-flutey-flutey flute flute flute flute flute, flute.”

[sean]

The keyboard part is very well transcribed! There are just a few things that I’d like to suggest…

 

From 73.1.0–76.1.0 the ascending piano notes could be charted.

 

And also, the flute solo from 76.1.0 to 88.5.0 would be really nice to chart on pro keys. It’s optional, but it really would be cool.

 

Even if you don’t chart the flute, you should at least chart the piano that doubles the flute in a few of the spots instead of the synth line. It would be more fun to play.

 

Again, just suggestions. You don’t have to take them if you don’t want to.

 

Thank you! Not charting the flute was a conscious decision since Gabriel used to play it. I was thinking it would actually be cool to chart that to vocals like the Bill Bruford Earthworks RBN track way back when, but I don’t know if people would welcome that idea or hate it. But you have a good point about the piano part between 73 and 88, so I will take a look at that.

[sean]

Thanks very much. I think I’ve smoothed both those sections out now. For some reason most of my mistakes were in the verses (I did a bunch of re-work on V1/V2 before posting)… maybe because the tempo is slow there, each measure is about 4 seconds, so any mistake sticks out more. I also am not super happy with measure 122, but due to all the chaos in that area every time I try to fix it I make it worse, so I am just going to live with it for now.

 

I will send you a PM.

[sean]

As a general rule, if you want feedback from authors, post the Reaper project with audio files. If not, CON is fine.

 

Sure. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19142543/customs/firthoffifth.rar

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