Just a quick poll here on whether or not you prefer the continual charting of double bass songs on drums to be done playable with one pedal or with both pedals that you may or may not own. This is for the Rock Band Network which at this point releases songs that have already been charting for double bass on XBOX 360 as single bass charts for PS3.

If we had unlimited RBN song options I would be all for it. Since we are limited to 5 songs a week, I believe that they all should be the single bass charts so that the maximum number of people can purchase/play them.

That being said, my feelings are not actually very strong on this issue one way or the other as drum charts are not that important to me personally. It is not as if I am going to stop buying music simply because they bring over a few double bass versions.

Maybe bring over 1. See how well it does?

Hell, it would be a pretty good week for HMX to just release their songs charted for double bass. It had been awhile since they put anything out with a significant part for double bass but I simply can't even imagine some of those Slipknot songs without it, it is a pretty big part of the music.

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Originally Posted by Jasonofindy

If we had unlimited RBN song options I would be all for it. Since we are limited to 5 songs a week, I believe that they all should be the single bass charts so that the maximum number of people can purchase/play them.

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This. We're already suffering enough under the 5-a-week bottleneck, the last thing we need is to have even fewer actual songs getting through the pipeline.

The poll options are ridiculous, though. "No, double bass bad" is not accurate. I'm sure not many people think there's anything bad about double bass. But in a system where only 5 tracks a week get through to PS3, "No, double bass should not be a priority over larger actually unique song library" is my answer if such a poll option existed.

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Originally Posted by thatmarkguy

This. We're already suffering enough under the 5-a-week bottleneck, the last thing we need is to have even fewer actual songs getting through the pipeline.

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This wouldn't effect song output at all, just asking for the double bass INSTEAD of single bass versions for songs that are not yet released.

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Originally Posted by Jasonofindy

Since we are limited to 5 songs a week, I believe that they all should be the single bass charts so that the maximum number of people can purchase/play them.

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Expert mode is for all of the actual notes in the song, ideally. I remember this from a quote from Teasdale back in Rock Band's infancy. There is no shame in playing a song on hard if you don't have a second pedal.

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Originally Posted by dansolo

This wouldn't effect song output at all, just asking for the double bass INSTEAD of single bass versions for songs that are not yet released.

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Having only the double bass option would reduce the sales of the song. Those drummers who don't have two pedals would likely not purchase it because it might be unplayable.

As already mentioned, if we didn't have the 5 song limitation I would be all for it but unless things change I think status quo is probably the best option. If HMX(or was it Microsofts rule) was willing to give us our normal 5 and then include any 2x Bass songs that would be nice.

I think that such a small minority would be served by 2X bass that it wouldn't be worth it.

I've been saying this every since we had our first A7X song. If guitar hero can do it Rock Band can do it way better. They should have the double bass in Pro Drums. That's what I thought they were going to do when RB3 came out.