If I made a song where I played the drums with three drumsticks

[atalkingfish]

Would the RBN allow it to be charted like it was played or would there have to be a separate (3x sticks) version?

[HeyRiles]

If you used your left foot to play the hi-hat, would that be charted, Trent?

[dansolo]

If you listened to music outside of Rock Band you would realize that most people have two feet, but not three hands, although that is more commom with drummers, myself, Tommy Lee

Hi hat already is charted, you're thinking of guitar hero

[atalkingfish]

I mean, like, using two drumsticks in one hand to play a standard hi hat beat while hitting various toms woth your other hand.

[Zemanator]

it would just be one standard version, and the hats would be reduced out for playability. A lot of the more ridiculous chaotrope songs have parts that would otherwise require three sticks; some of the songs have snare+tom+crash hits, some have snare+cym+cym, hits, and some have 3 different cymbal hits at once.

[jibjqrkl]

can't wait to have to download the normal version, 2x bass version, 3 sticks version and 2x bass 3x sticks version :P

[dansolo]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to go ahead and say no, but if serious you could make a video of it on youtube and demonstrate how it is ideally played.

From HMX Lachesis:
To clear up some confusion here....

We weren't planning on doing 2x bass pedal songs in RB3. (In fact, the first 2x bass pedal songs were authored in the RBN1 era, so they technically showed up in RB2 as well as RB3. And we definitely weren't doing them in RB2.) Consequently, we didn't build any support in for double bass songs.

However, the RBN authoring community felt that there was a demand for 2x bass pedal songs. They asked us if they could do some songs charted this way as an experiment. We considered their request and said it was OK as long as they were clearly and consistently labeled. The community discussed the matter and voted on the (2x bass pedal) terminology for indicating double bass.

As it turned out, the experiment was a success and there definitely was a market for these songs. We're glad that the community was able to find a way to meet this demand even though it wasn't explicitly part of RB3. Yes, it causes some confusion from time to time ("what does 2x bass pedal mean?")- but, for the most part, people don't have a problem with it.

I think it would have been a mistake to refuse the community's request, even if it wasn't an intended feature. I'm glad the RBN authors took initiative and brought this new level of charting to the game.

[atalkingfish]

it would just be one standard version, and the hats would be reduced out for playability. A lot of the more ridiculous chaotrope songs have parts that would otherwise require three sticks; some of the songs have snare+tom+crash hits, some have snare+cym+cym, hits, and some have 3 different cymbal hits at once.

True, but HMX reduces drums/guitars/etc that are programmed and impossible, but they didn't reduce things like the dragonforce songs since they were actually played by a person (unlike the chaotrope sons)

[Oscarvarium]

All songs must be playable on a stock kit and stock kit = 2 sticks. I really don't think there would be any point in established another variation for people to get confused over.

[Zemanator]

True, but HMX reduces drums/guitars/etc that are programmed and impossible, but they didn't reduce things like the dragonforce songs since they were actually played by a person (unlike the chaotrope sons)

even if you record yourself playing on a real kit with three sticks, it will still be reduced for playability and there will only ever be one version.