Hey Clement, There are a few reasons why I thought learning sounds needed to be there even for drums, if you've got a sec I'll run them by you.
>From the breif bit of playing I did on Rock Band it seemed that the buttons you were expected to press often didn't match what I was hearing on the song exactly. I know a few drummers who actually make their livings out of being behind kits everyday and have heard them moaning about the same thing, that they mimic complex fills exactly and don't make the cut because the game is expecting what's been mapped out instead and that's not always an accurate interpretation. It's understandable of course, because the poor souls who map the songs out for the game have to try and express a whole bodies worth of movement and subtle grooves on a couple of plastic buttons, I wouldn't fancy their job much. In situations like that though, the learning sounds would be mega helpful. I was also thinking that because we've got the opportunity here to represent a snare with a snare or a crash with a crash, these would be the easiest set of sounds for people to start learning on, particularly whilst they get used to the scrolling system and how that relates to the song. The third consideration is for the folks who have a good sense of rhythm but a less than useful sense of pitch, because they do exist. People like that are going to struggle with the guitar beepy system no matter how wide the intervals, and it seems unfair that they'd have no hints available to learn the songs they want to jam online or whatever with their drummer hat on. Make sense? Feel free to tell me I'm talking rubbish if I'm talking rubbish. Scott On 1/6/10, clement chou <chou.clem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay... here's y take on it, and I want to know what you all think... cause > I'm curious, having thought about this for a while. > > Yohandy's right. The notes scoll down and hit a line, and you have to hit > them as they either get close to or actually hit the line. > > as for learning it... let's tackle drums first, since it is indeed easier. > > With drums, you really don't need any extra learning sounds imo because of > the fact that the drum representation is always the same. The pads represent > the same drums every time you play a song, regardless. Red is always the > snare. Yellow doubles as a highhat or high tom. The blue doubles as a ride > symbol and mid tom, and green is the crash symbol and low tom. So long as > you have that down, you're pretty much good with drums and all you have to > do is listen to the actual song. > > Guitar is a bit more complicated. To Scot, I like yoour idea of trying to > figure out what bar and beat the noe comes down in. The only complication I > have with guitar in is that fact that when playing crds I haven't figured > out a musical way to match cords. Individua notes I can do fine, but some of > the cord color combinations make no sense to me. > > I think shredding has to be done just the way you say, with training mode > slowed down and beeps in place. I can say that if there's one thing I like > though it's the fact that when you slow down the song it brings focus on the > instrument that you're playing, but I often find half speed is a bit too > distorted to make sense of anything. > There's my take on it. I figured it's about time I joined this discussion.. > as I'm a rock band enthusiast as well, and haven't had the chance to drop my > two-sense yet. So, what do you guys think? > > Clement. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
