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[Ultimate_MANG0]

BTW, I loved your work on SNL. Didn't picture you as a charter. Did picture you as a Bruno Mars fan.

I just.... huh? what?

[funkydunkleman]

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4114

[Ultimate_MANG0]

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4114

Can't even watch it, damn me being in Australia haha

[EcoFreak]

dude fuck yeah! for uptown funk

[psiven]

Cheers for Uptown Funk, that's a fun one!

We found it pretty hard to combo on vocals, but I think the notes are correct. What I would suggest:

- The note tubes should be shortened to avoid consonant sounds.

- Some Vocal Range Divider events and transposing the HARM1 part down an octave would help readability.

[Ultimate_MANG0]

Cheers for Uptown Funk, that's a fun one!

We found it pretty hard to combo on vocals, but I think the notes are correct. What I would suggest:

- The note tubes should be shortened to avoid consonant sounds.

- Some Vocal Range Divider events and transposing the HARM1 part down an octave would help readability.

Thanks for the advice =) Ill be sure to keep that in mind when working on vocals. May I ask though, what are Vocal divider events? does it just move them an octave higher or lower?

[psiven]

There are two markers to "resection" the vocal range, per the RBN docs on Vocals and Harmonies:

Vocals

The vocal HUD in the RB system automatically finds the highest and the lowest note in a song (excluding notes for non-pitched lyrics) and assigns pitches between them evenly. It works for most songs, but occasionally we need to manually adjust the range.

For example, if a song has low range verses and high range choruses, we see all the notes near the bottom of the HUD in verses and near the top in choruses. This would still be okay if the entire range is within 2~2.5 octaves.

But if it is wider, it would make it hard to read. To fix this problem, we use the range divider marker, "%". By placing "%" at the end of the last lyric in a phrase, the vocal ranges of the parts before and after the marker get separated. Smaller range helps for players to see pitch changes easily.

This function applies only to the static HUD and not to the scrolling HUD.

Harmonies

C -2: Range shift: Using this note will reorient the vocal HUD if there is a large shift in the vocal range.

By default, when a song has a large range, the vocal HUD will zoom out, making small changes in pitch much harder to read. The HUD does not dynamically zoom in and out, but will set its zoom level at the start of the song based on the maximum range it will need to display. Using the Range shift note will allow the vocal HUD to use a closer zoom level and slide up or down to display the notes in the vocal part. The duration of the MIDI note determines how quickly the Vocal HUD reorients itself. When used correctly, this note will allow you to display all the notes in a song, while keeping the range of the vocal HUD small, which will make small pitch changes much easier to read. Please note that Range shifts are only used when there is a significant change in the range of a song.



Note that in this song, the vocal range for the start of the song is shown by the green box. After measure 27, the range of the vocal part shifts dramatically (shown by the red box). Note that there’s no overlap between the original vocal range and the new vocal range. This is the perfect situation to use the range shift note. With no range shift note, the zoom level of the vocal HUD would be set to show from the very lowest note in the song to the very highest note in the song. If we use the range shift note, the zoom level of the vocal HUD will be set to the size of the red box (the larger of the two) and the vocal HUD will slide up where we place the range shift note.

The other option is to move them around by octaves. Scoring-wise the picture in the example would be identical if you just transposed the high part down an octave, but the shift marker gives an extra cue that it is supposed to be sung higher. The relative pitch also informs where the harmony parts will go on the HUD.

Disclaimer: I'm not that experienced at using these, but I've sung a lot of harmonies

[Ultimate_MANG0]

So todays artist is one that I just love. Although we got Smooth as DLC, I always wanted this song but it never showed up. So here you guys go



I will say this now. I am not happy with how drums came out. There are parts where there are bongos playing (when it dies down for example) and I would have charted that, but it was too hard for me to make out and so I just put a hi-hat section which is in there, but I would have prefered to do the other part. If anyone wants to give it a go and chart feel free to ask for the files. Of course, once again the vocals are from a MIDI, so any errors please let me know!

Enjoy!

[EcoFreak]

You a customs machine dude lol thats just brill

totally didn't expect into the night

what about You & I by santana and chad too ?

i tried uptown last night and i have to say thats almost perfect that should seriously be considered for the show floor cos thats close to being C3 Standard

[Ultimate_MANG0]

You a customs machine dude lol thats just brill

totally didn't expect into the night

what about You & I by santana and chad too ?

i tried uptown last night and i have to say thats almost perfect that should seriously be considered for the show floor cos thats close to being C3 Standard

You're too kind. I don't think they are good enough for the show floor. But I do appreciate the kind words As for You and I, and havent heard of that one, I might have to look into it

[MasterExploder]

More Santana please. It would be really sweet if there's a custom for Corazon Espinado. Sick guitar solo on that track

[H3ADShOt3]

These are some nice tracks!

[psiven]

Another awesome choice Santana is always great on guitar and Chad is always pleasant to sing. Thanks for sharing!

[RockyRambos]

thanks so much for Uptown Funk :-) :-) and full band too!!! #amazing

[TheThief]

Uptown funk, sweet. Thanks!

[EcoFreak]

Im serious put that on the show floor they mite tell you to tweak a few bits but that should be C3 released down the line and you've taken it a long way

santana ft chad

[Exxucus]

Heck yeah, Santana! Thanks for all of these full band customs! My playgroup loves 'em.

[Ultimate_MANG0]

I don't usually listen to this artist but this song I always enjoyed. Doesn't help when your friend plays it everytime you hop in the car with her. So ladies and gentlemen here you go:



You know the drill. Vocals are from MIDI. Any problems let me know

Pulled because it is now in Rockband 4

[MasterExploder]

Haha finally an Ed Sheeran song! Ironically I've also got a friend who is a huge fangirl and literally listens to his songs every time she drives. Despite that, this is still a fun song to play and it will be a major hit in the upcoming parties.

Thanks a lot Ultimate MANG0, you're very good at this

[EcoFreak]

awesome work on sing btw lol but 1 thing isn't sing dual vocals with pharrell ?