Official Discussion - Rock Band Network

[Nico Solo]

The video shows that there are like 2,000 songs already in the beta. I also saw a full album by at least one band.

Where can I watch the video ? I've looked on the website but hasn't found it...

[trg007]

So lets say you get an MP3 of a song you like. You can make the chart and just play it with your friends as long as you don't submit it?

No, you have to have the master tracks.

[Flawless]

I appreciate all of your questions. I know that there is lot of information both in this press release and to come in the coming months.

We will be giving people a better look into the charting process and how the Creators Club works soon. As it stands now, we recommend people use the audio/midi software Reaper for charting and the peer review / submission infrastructure relies heavily on what has been set up by XNA.

Thank you for at least reading it and hopefully you guys can clarify on the necessity to hold back content on the other platforms in the future.

[skyttskytt]

I don't like this, as a PS3 owner:



I don't think this is keeping with the spirit of the game. If stand out means popular, then users with eclectic taste in music might be left in the cold. This is a game for everyone; people with different taste in music and instrument.

I'd prefer it to be something like this.



Limit Wii and PS3 access based on quality standards, not music popularity.

We've been hitting that pretty hard since the first minutes of its announcement. Sean assures us he's doing the best he can (or has the right people doing what needs to be done) to try to get equality among all platforms.

[Magik_Tek]

This is awesome news ! I'm still waiting to hear if it's going to make it on the Wii platform knowing how Nintendo likes to control everything.

I think the Rock Band Network will also be the opportunity for bands and artists from various countries to upload their creations. I'm really looking for more variety and getting some metal japanese bands, brazilian bands, and have bands that sing in French, German, Spanish, etc...

Obviously, it will be great for bands that want to get their content to rock band and that haven't got any songs yet. And I'm sure some major label bands will play with that and even have exclusive tracks on RB to promote their new album, etc... Being a Dream Theater fan I'm sure Mike Portnoy is going to jump on this occasion and play with the tools to add more DT songs on there

Unless Nintendo starts up their own equivalent to XNA, I don't see this coming to Wii at all. Not to mention, not being able to apply patches really hurts the chances of RBN coming to the Wii. I mean, what happens if HMX wants to add features in the future or add small fixes? Does that mean Wii RBN content ends up being inferior or obsolete to everything else?

[HMXEnosity]

I think the Rock Band Network will also be the opportunity for bands and artists from various countries to upload their creations. I'm really looking for more variety and getting some metal japanese bands, brazilian bands, and have bands that sing in French, German, Spanish, etc...

We're hoping that the Rock Band Network will be very diverse as well. Rock!

[HMXEnosity]

I'm assuming there must be charts for every difficulty level, correct?

Correct

[T-Hybrid]

Sort of. We'll be checking out every song but more importantly, everyone in the RBN creator's club will be reviewing and green lighting songs before they get pushed to the store.

I also saw that there's potential to set up your songs that you've created and test them out in the actual game before submitting them. Is this correct?

If so, I'm assuming this would require a paid license...?

Correct

Is there any kind of automated process available to help when it comes to "dumbing down" the charts for lower difficulties? I understand if we have to tweak a bit on our own...but it'd be tough to have to basically rechart a song from scratch for each difficulty. Especially on Easy/Medium where there could be concerns for WAY under charting.

[astronautcowboy3]

Also, I really hope that RBN music has it's own section when you choose the "sort by location" option, or else DLC is going to become ridiculously unwieldy. I wish AC/DC already had that, to be honest. It's not technically DLC, even though you download it. Not in the way that other track packs are.

[LORDJUJU]

This is so amazing. I love all of you. Your support of this platform is epic. This changes everything. BEST DEVS EVER!!!!!!