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parastroke7
11-11-2007, 08:26 PM
Yeah. For the free-form fill sections, as well as before the song begins, I've heard that you can hear yourself playing.

What worries me, however, is that the drums have this 80's electric drumset sound. For anyone who has played the game already, what do the drums sound like? Are they pretty dynamic, or are they what I've feared?
Frederf
11-11-2007, 10:07 PM
They probably sound different song-to-song?
MaineDrummer
11-11-2007, 11:33 PM
Fear not. Yeah the free form sections may sound "80's electric" to a point but the music in the songs sound as they should.
vtjustinb
11-12-2007, 12:50 AM
They're definitely not Miami Vice, but I don't feel like I'm in the studio either. I think it's an acceptable sampled drumset.
Bakkster
11-12-2007, 01:13 AM
They're definitely not Miami Vice, but I don't feel like I'm in the studio either. I think it's an acceptable sampled drumset.

Agreed. It's sampled drum hit, not electric hits. When you're rocking out that hard, it isn't really noticeable.
parastroke7
11-12-2007, 08:24 AM
hah, thanks guys. The Miami Vice comparison made me smile. I was thinking more along the lines of Fine Young Cannibals (which if they sounded like that, then I would just die), but lets hope it's neither.
WiredRacing
11-12-2007, 08:31 AM
Yup, agreed... the sound during free-forms was the same in the couple songs I played in the demo. They don't suck, but they don't necessarily match the tone from the song.. but it is definately cool to have a little creativity supported. I think this and the "end wankery" bits in songs will seriously improve the feeling of playing a live gig... now two performances would be the same, etc..etc.. definately a stroke of genius to add for their goal of feeling like you're playing in a band... as it is, essentially, a band simulator and not so much (anymore) a glorified simon-says.
Frederf
11-12-2007, 09:24 AM
There's not a set of drum hit samples per song? Instead there's a global set? That could really hurt a DLC song's ability to have like, a gong instead of a bass during a fill or something.
Bakkster
11-12-2007, 10:11 AM
There's not a set of drum hit samples per song? Instead there's a global set? That could really hurt a DLC song's ability to have like, a gong instead of a bass during a fill or something.

We all know gongs are for ending a song :D