R00k wrote:Damn I was hoping to get a PS2 and mod it, then be able to make custom songs all the time - some old Metallica songs, etc.
Figured I had the chops to do it, so I could make whatever songs we wanted to play, and have everybody over.
It sounds like it would be a monumental pain in the ass to create 5 or 6 new songs to play for a weekend.
That's the thing -- if there was some variety I'd love to get this game, whether I had to buy a PS2 or not. But I can only play Heart Shaped Box and Free Bird so many times, you know?
Seems like the devs should have either found a way to make it easy for people to create songs (legally), or should have been willing to pump out expansions/new song packages every few months - or at least pay somebody else to do it.
The custom deal is fully legal.
The catch is
1) You cant reuse orig GH or GH2 charts for custom songs
2) You have to OWN the music legally
3) IF you give out your midi files, you can NOT package the MP3s.
4) Obviously giving out your ISO is a no no.
Its not hard to do, its like bitwise said, Time consuming. Even if your just downloading midis from score hero and syncing, sometimes it takes for fucking EVER to get the sync right.
Tools are available to recreate songs exactly like the game featured but most custom songs only have expert note charts and you aren't actually playing the guitar notes. You just hit (or dont hit) the keys while the music plays in the background. Also, you can't rename the songs so you have to remember which songs you overwrite. Most don't have multiplayer support or practice sections.
Sorta incorrect.
If you sync the songs correctly, you play the notes you hear. YES, the song still plays regardless if you fuck up or not, but at a way lower volume to give you the illusion that you arnt playing. If you set your channels up right, its nearly the same as playing normal songs.
The trade off tho, if you set your channels up right, Whammy bar becomes useless because it does something to the entire song, and since it never "stops" when you fuck up, it sticks itself in whammy mode.
All in all, its worth it for the fun. Theres dozens and dozens of songs out there currently. Most of the metallica stuff already tabbed is " decent" but for the most part id skip it, or make your own (good luck, big reason there isnt more is because multi temp songs are hard as fuck to tab out.).
Thats another thing. If a song has multiple tempos, IE crazy train. Tabbing them is a complete bitch. Thus most songs like that dont work well, nor do they sync up perfectly from begging to end. In fact, you can sync it seemingly perfect, and at the first tempo change its fucked.
Bleh. Ok done rambling
