Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

[who_cares973]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

Or he could just step fmo/fgo files

[dore]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

I'm going to do everything I can to have to play less cluster****s next batch

[omgitznpv]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

you can differentiate sounds without adding notes, it's not that hard

sounds like a good excuse to layer less

i'm aware of that- it's just less effective.

ex: let's say you have a dominant seventh chord (like C7) along with some basic supporting percussive sound followed by the same thing + a cymbal crash. [24][124] would portray said example better than [24][14] ([14] being a more...uh...i don't know a word for it...centered? whatever jump than [24], which, in this case, would have a feeling that leads it to somewhere else, which is what the C7 chord would do). the [124] hand would have that same [24] in it to go with the C7 and the 1 to have the cymbal crash added. the [14] wouldn't simulate the effect of the dominant seventh.

it's a specific example but still lol

i'm not like arguing to have hands be utilized in easier files, btw, i'm just nothing something lol. besides, the vast majority of my files would end up as fmo/fgo

[bluguerrilla]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

Just put more local emphasis on the loud noise that breaks your stepping idea to reflect the more dominant part of the music rather than all of it.

It may not be as 'elegant' but we're talking about fitting into rules here, not the best way to express it.

löl

[dore]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

I'm just trying to say that simpler is usually better, anyway. It may not be as technically correct but it's generally more fun to play.

[PsYcHoZeRoSk8eR]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

blu, you got dots on your o...

Also, I'm working on something for this. The sync is a bitch, but the file seems to be turning out nicely. Also, 64ths.

[Coolboyrulez0]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

blu, you got dots on your o...

yöü göt ä pröblem with this? lol

They are called Umlaute btw

Also have a 'sharp s' (looks almost like beta btw): ß

PS: Will start working on a PtH file soon

[PsYcHoZeRoSk8eR]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

So I lied with my last post, or at least didn't tell the whole truth, or something like that.

I just made another simfile for the next batch. 50 minutes from figuring out which song, to downloading to stepping. Which actually took a lot longer than it should have, but I spent some time with aesthetics. Anyways, I have another file for this.

[who_cares973]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

I'm just trying to say that simpler is usually better

totally subjective

[stargroup]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

I'm just trying to say that simpler is usually better, anyway. It may not be as technically correct but it's generally more fun to play.

ohohohohoho

you don't say that unless you're tsuka, you really don't

I rarely EVER play a file that is simple that I would prefer to an "artistic" file (I have to say artistic so everyone knows what I'm talking about but I also have to put quotes around it so people stop drama'ing)

I've always thought the no triples/quads thing was stupid and COMPLETELY restrictive, especially now that you can reconfigure keys, so I stopped stepping for ffr completely. maybe once this rule is abolished I'll make something. maybe

[dore]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

I've not played the whole batch, but so far, almost none of the files which tried to step as many sounds as possible were any good. The files that were the most fun and the best from a representative standpoint were the ones that didn't try so hard. I'm not saying that you can't make a file intensely layered fun and that every simple file is automatically good, it's just good advice to most of the people currently submitting to the batches.

[dood gone krazee]

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ohohohohoho

you don't say that unless you're tsuka, you really don't

I rarely EVER play a file that is simple that I would prefer to an "artistic" file (I have to say artistic so everyone knows what I'm talking about but I also have to put quotes around it so people stop drama'ing)

I've always thought the no triples/quads thing was stupid and COMPLETELY restrictive, especially now that you can reconfigure keys, so I stopped stepping for ffr completely. maybe once this rule is abolished I'll make something. maybe

Its Tass we're talking about here, its going to take a lot more then a few people begging for the change.

[omgitznpv]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

almost none of the files which tried to step as many sounds as possible were any good.

we're not talking about stepping as many sounds as possible, because that rarely works and often results in dump disasters; it's more of layering certain aspects of a song that intertwine and such and can often result in a hand. in addition, 3+ sounds only sometimes result in a hand for me.

simplicity can be good depending on the song itself and the objective of the file; sometimes it's not.

also this is getting too :hands drama:

[Patashu]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

whenever u were going to place a hand place a 14 instead. woah problem's gone

[stargroup]

Re: Queue/Batch Discussion Thread

I've not played the whole batch, but so far, almost none of the files which tried to step as many sounds as possible were any good. The files that were the most fun and the best from a representative standpoint were the ones that didn't try so hard.

Actually, these two statements don't really go well together.

The best files are masterful at representing the song, and DO NOT try to step as many sounds as possible. The best files find the key pieces of the song that are worthy of stepping, that bring out the flavor and essence of the music, and effectively organizes it into patterns that are the best in representing that.

I never said that the best files stepped a lot of sounds, but they certainly aren't simple. And on top of all this, it still doesn't justify why we can't use triples/quads.

Get on AIM sometime, I need to send you my stepmania lectures. hehe

P.S. Patashu I need to stepmania train you -__-