Songs Without Bass

[iruhlman]

Jorm: I also wouldn't mind knowing that my music is getting out there and being played and sung along to around the world.

Can't speak much about RBN yet but I can tell you that thru XNA those indie game developers know how many times their games have been downloaded as a trial and then purchased. It's not made public though

Not sure we'll have access to that data.

[LuigiHann]

Charting Tuba to Bass is acceptable

[samqwe]

You can't say "tuba is acceptable for bass", that's like saying "covers are okay" just because HMX used them. HMX is free to do anything they want, the RBN however has strict rules to avoid sloppy charting.

[RobbySuave]

I could definitely see a song that has tuba for bass, maybe a violin for guitar...why not?

[RobbySuave]

I could definitely see a song that has tuba for bass, maybe a violin for guitar...why not?

[socrstopr]

The point is, if something comes up that might have a questionable instrument choice or something against the norm, it will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. You're all trying to summarize instrument authoring into black and white rules, and it just doesn't work that way; there is too much subjectivity.

If you want to author a tuba as bass or a car's busted brake screeching as vocals, you can do whatever you want. But if it goes against any rules or is too unconventional or is just plain wrong, you will hear about it in playtest and peer review. And if the song fails, you'll have to go back and fix it.

[samqwe]

The point is, if something comes up that might have a questionable instrument choice or something against the norm, it will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. You're all trying to summarize instrument authoring into black and white rules, and it just doesn't work that way; there is too much subjectivity.

If you want to author a tuba as bass or a car's busted brake screeching as vocals, you can do whatever you want. But if it goes against any rules or is too unconventional or is just plain wrong, you will hear about it in playtest and peer review. And if the song fails, you'll have to go back and fix it.

this, but do not expect peer review to be much open-minded, I'm pretty sure that a lot of people will complain about nonrelevant things, e.g. they could say that the tuba does not match the bassist's animations.

I thought this thread was about using PART BASS for a second guitar, which is not really recommended if this second guitar doesn't significantly sound like a bass so people can't tell the difference.

[LuigiHann]

I was kind of joking around with the Tuba thing. Somebody from Harmonix in an earlier thread, was asked if it was okay to chart alternate instruments to guitar, and their response was along the lines of maybe/sometimes. Guess it's really about what works or doesn't work in a given situation.

Personally, I say try it, and if everybody in the peer review says it sucks, then get rid of it. Alternately, I also suggested in another thread, take the rhythm guitar track and tweak the audio so it sounds like bass.