Anthman852's DRUM Fretting Tutorial

[emperor564]

Great tutorial, but when I export my midi from fl studio I don't see the chart on feedback after I import it, whats the problem?

[GHRocker08]

Question: Will this work in making Guitar Charts, too?

[Nathaniel607]

Question: Will this work in making Guitar Charts, too?

Answer: No.

Question: Where do I put tamborine? Also, where do I put shakers, or do I just ignore them?

[Amrstation]

thx for the turorial man
guys, i have one question
i did everything in FL Studio but the problem is the tempo.. when i change it in FL Studio and save..it's still the old tempo! what do i do to change the song's bpm??

[anthman852]

Question: Where do I put tamborine? Also, where do I put shakers, or do I just ignore them?

kinda depends on the song, but 90% of the time you ignore them.

@amrstation- Use Feedback to change bpm.

[Nathaniel607]

Question: Where do I put tamborine? Also, where do I put shakers, or do I just ignore them?

kinda depends on the song, but 90% of the time you ignore them.

@amrstation- Use Feedback to change bpm.

Also, this isn't really a question, but you should change you tut to reflect this - http://creators.rockband.com/spec/Drum_Authoring - for example, you say - open hi-hat = blue - which is wrong, it's only blue if there's also closed hi-hat, and even then, only sometimes.

[tadracing99]

Question: Where do I put tamborine? Also, where do I put shakers, or do I just ignore them?

kinda depends on the song, but 90% of the time you ignore them.

@amrstation- Use Feedback to change bpm.

Also, this isn't really a question, but you should change you tut to reflect this - http://creators.rockband.com/spec/Drum_Authoring - for example, you say - open hi-hat = blue - which is wrong, it's only blue if there's also closed hi-hat, and even then, only sometimes.

Thats the way I chart. Hi-hat ALWAYS yellow, whether open or closed (if consistent)

If it is closed, then open, I'll put it on blue.

[anthman852]

added the rockband site's tutorial to the reading material.

[Nathaniel607]

kinda depends on the song, but 90% of the time you ignore them.

@amrstation- Use Feedback to change bpm.

Also, this isn't really a question, but you should change you tut to reflect this - http://creators.rockband.com/spec/Drum_Authoring - for example, you say - open hi-hat = blue - which is wrong, it's only blue if there's also closed hi-hat, and even then, only sometimes.

Thats the way I chart. Hi-hat ALWAYS yellow, whether open or closed (if consistent)

If it is closed, then open, I'll put it on blue.

Yeah, I know. Well, if there wasn't any other cymbals (just open, closed, and crash) then I would seperate them, but if there was a sequence of open, then closed, then ride, then open, I'd but hi-hats on yellow and ride on blue.

[anthman852]

its all about learing the "sonic qualities" as rock band would say :P

[Princeofcups]

If I'm understanding this, this tutorial is a way of taking an existing drum tab and modifying it to work with FOF. The songs that I am interesting in charting do not have any readily available drum tabs, so I will need to work from the mp3/ogg file alone. Any hints on creating a chart by ear? Figuring out the timing? Any software to help isolate the drum sounds and produce a tab? This is one instance where being tone deaf might actually be an asset.

[slashfan7964]

Nice tutorial dude! I'll be sure to try it!

[SUSAltd]

I have a question about the "Disco" beat (as named on the Rock Band site).

What if there were both closed and open hi-hats?

[Seal Hunter]

Yellow(D8) - all "closed" or "pedal" hi-hat notes

I have a question about pedal hi-hats. Wouldn't it be better to chart pedal hi-hats as green instead of yellow? (To mimic the move of a pedal being used, instead of hitting the pad) Because I'm not sure what to do in a song I'm working on.

Pedal hi-hats charted as yellow:


Pedal hi-hats charted as green:


One option is also to chart it as yellow and remove every second yellow gem, but I don't know about that. What do you think looks better?

[anthman852]

pedal hi-hat means the drummer is playing the hi-hat without his hands and just using the pedal. Usually you don't chart it unless it makes sense to play it with your hands as well.

Unless of course you are talking about an open hi hat which in that case you would chart as a blue note.