Making Steps Better?

[Zelphien]

Hey, I was trying to make steps for songs, but i seriously suck at having notes on the right time. Like, my notes are a bit off...

Any ideas on how to make your notes more "exact"? are their special programs for people to easily make notes?

[Villiex]

Re: Making Steps Better?

To start, if you don't have the right BPM, then your notes will be off. If you have the right BPM, then things should sync almost automatically...

Try MixMeister for finding BPMs. Google it.

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Making Steps Better?

start with electronic music... usually will have a static BPM. stepping rock, classical, or any live music will generally be much harder to step and will take more practice.

[Xx{Midday}xX]

Re: Making Steps Better?

I remember when I stepped my first piano piece. It took an eternity, but I got used to it, and got much of the sync through lucky trial and error.

[Beethovens mask]

Re: Making Steps Better?

Make sure your beat offset is correct.,.

[omgitznpv]

Re: Making Steps Better?

As Tass stated, start off with electronic music or just music with a constant BPM in general. Don't go ahead and start some crazy Liszt piece, for example, because you'll shoot your head ten times over if you've just begun to step. Use a program such as MixMeister to find the program or just listen to the song and test for the BPM yourself.

Try to adjust the offset (F11 or F12) so that the arrows as a whole match the song. You can use assist tick and stuff to help you with that. Syncing arrows- if you're not sure or even pretty sure but want to check over your steps, can be done by lowering the music rate (song options). You can hear the speeds and amounts of a certain rhythm/note(s).

Once you get the syncing down, there are also plenty of other things to do. Just having on-sync arrows doesn't make a great file. Try layering, incorporating numerous sounds into a spot in the file at one time. Non-layered files are often boring, but sometimes it works only in certain spots or such. There is also pitch relevancy- having the steps relevant to changes in pitch (ascending melody can have the steps going from left to right for example). Patterns in general can also be played around with, as some patterns are difficult and annoying for certain people to play. Flow and transitions are also really good to keep in mind; a spastic change in the steps can be very annoying for the player. Consistency is quite important- do not quickly change what you're stepping when the song remains the same, unless it's for a very special reason (I've done it a couple of times myself and had it work out). There's more but I'm too lazy to type more

[Xx{Midday}xX]

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I'm too lazy to read more. <_<;

[Netjet!]

Re: Making Steps Better?

wow npv made a serious post wtf

[Zelphien]

Re: Making Steps Better?

alright thanks everyone! All I have to do is practice and start using easier songs first

[Ice wolf]

Re: Making Steps Better?

The program in my signature is helpful.