Clement,
They can't release update patches. There was this huge... uh... let's call
it disagreement between members about this in the forums when they released
their first legacy dlc. it wasn't pretty. That's probably why Harmonix
hasn't released anymore. anyway What it boils down to is firstly they need
to acquire the master tracks again which is probably not cheap. They also
need to separate the keyboard stems. remember RB1 and 2 had no keys support
and the keyboard stems was never mixed in with the rest of the instruments.
Pro guitar and bass is easily upgradable, since it's just a midi track and
the stems were already in place. but not for keys. then there are also
harmonies that need to be included. and licensing issues that will need to
be taken care of as well. now you see why that probably will never happen.
you want upgrades, you rebuy song. unless you're only interested in pro
guitar/bass in which case you'll buy for a dollar.
From: "Clement Chou" <chou.clem...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] learning to play rock band as a blind gamer.
I meant putting my own twist on songs while playing the real thing, not
rock band. lol. But I like what they're doing and hope they continue to
expand... and just release update patches for songs rather than demanding
people to buy them again from the get go.
At 10:38 AM 17/05/2011, you wrote:
Clement,
I don't think putting your own twist on songs would be very practical.
firstly because this is supposed to be a learning tool. which means
non-guitarist will probably mess something up pretty badly and think
they're putting their own twist on it and wonder why the game wasn't
taking it. haha. another reason is I'd imagine there would be a ton of
options for what people can do. there's no way that current engine could
do that. Harmonix did say they wanted to completely blur the line between
real musicians and gamers, and they are planning on adding improvisation
and the like to rock band 4. who knows if it'll ever happen or not, but
they did say it would be a huge undertaking. thing is the engine they
create will need to be compatible with old content all the way back from
rock band 1 era. imagine if people with over 2000 songs in their libraries
were told that content was no longer playable in newer iterations of the
game? people are already having a fit because legacy DLC can't be upgraded
with keys and the like and they have to buy that DLC again. and that's
only for a few songs that have it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clement Chou" <chou.clem...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] learning to play rock band as a blind gamer.
Hey... whatever man. If you really want to, I'm game for that as long as
you have a guitar to work with. lol. Of course the problem with pro
guitar is... you have to learn the, um, "standard" way to play that
song... which is the way the guitarist originally meant it. Even if you
come up with the same cords and put your own twist on the song while
playing usually, rock band doesn't allow your customizations... the cords
have to be exact. I tried. lol. If you try to do an e power cord using
the top two strings... with your fingers on the 12th and 14th fret, but
the song was playerd originally with the exact same power cord on the d
and g strings with your fingers on the second and fourth frets, the first
one is incorrect... because that was not how the official tabs say it
should be.
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