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Forums - PC - Frets of Fire (aka What Guitar Hero SHOULD be)

Strategyking92 on 23 November 2009

I know it's free ware. I know, I know. But the real games have something frets doesn't: polish.
Plus you have to go through all that trouble.. and The fact that there isn't that many peripherals.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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JaggedSac on 24 November 2009
Onyxmeth said:
JaggedSac said:

RB is about to allow user created content to be uploaded and put up for sale, using a tool much the same as the developers use.  They will be hopping onto the back of XNA to accomplish this I believe.  They will not be able to use copyrighted material, but the ability is there to do whatever you want.

 

I did not even think about the fact that regular people creating songs graphs for FoF would not have access to the seperate instrument tracks.  One person hitting or missing a note corresponds to a successful hit or miss on all instruments in terms of audibal feedback?

To recreate a full commercial song for the game, you would need the following:

1. Separate note sheets for the bass, guitar and drum sections of a particular song, along with either a note sheet for the vocals or enough knowledge to differentiate pitches so you can map the correct vocal notes to the song.

2. You need either the master tracks from the original song or the master tracks of a cover of the song, which would be separate drum, guitar and bass audio, along with the acapella voice track, or you need to re-record the song yourself.

These are not easy things to accomplish, and that's why I'd rather just plunk down my money on a quality product like Guitar Hero or Rock Band and have the experts do it for me. Frets on Fire is a nice alternative if I'm totally hung up on playing a song neither game has, but otherwise it's just nowhere near the same level of quality. 

The title of this thread seems backwards. It should read "Guitar Hero (aka What Frets on Fire is TRYING to be)".

 

Yep.



PullusPardus on 24 November 2009

i don't care about guitars, since its better to play them normally not buttonly.
but my favourite program is Synthesia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZgtPffZw6A

it teaches you how to play REAL keyboards, since you connect your real keyboard to your computer and play it. i learned "To Zanarkand" , "Dancing Mad (Part 2)" and "Wait for Sleep (Dream Theater) " from it.