What about songs with only one track?

[GNFfhqwhgads]

If I remember the podcast correctly, the other songs were combined because that's how they got the masters, while Song of the Century and 21st Century Breakdown were received separately. They could have combined the songs, but chose not to so that the rest of the band wouldn't have to stand around doing nothing for the first minute (even though bass and drums have to wait longer on F.O.D.).

Plus there's one 21st song that has a minute of piano and vocals. One of the Viva la Glorias or something.

[dragoninforcer]

Plus there's one 21st song that has a minute of piano and vocals. One of the Viva la Glorias or something.

Both of the Viva la Gloria's have intros with only Vox/Piano

[LuigiHann]

On this note, do harmonies get separate tracks? So up to 7 lanes?

One of the devs at PAX joked that he "can't confirm or deny harmonies," but I played Don't Stop Me Now and the chart is just pulled from the solo vocal track. There are never more than 5 tracks.

This makes me tempted to go ahead and release 4'33"

I still think you ought to. If the rights holders weren't offended by the idea then anybody else being offended shouldn't matter, at least in terms of the subject matter. If there are objections to the way it works mechanically then I can understand that.

Hilariously, if it was released as proposed (and if I remember right) with a single note on each instrument authored to mark the end of the song, it'd be exceptionally silly in this game since a player would only be able to hit one of them... the leaderboard would be topped by the people who manage to squeeze in two by playing them early and late, if that even ends up being possible.

Actually, it'll be interesting to see how the engine reacts to a song like this. It fades out the gameplay tracks when there are long sections of silence, to emphasize the tracks where stuff is happening... I wonder how it handles sections with nothing happening on any track. I suppose we'll be able to see this just as well in the keyboard solos of RB1-era The Who songs.

[TubaDude49]

You know, I think I will release it. This game just made it suddenly more appealing

[Cipher_Peon]

I thought the reasoning behind not getting 4'33" was because it would make it seem like a joke track instead of the piece of music theory analysis that it is. I would definitely buy it, and it would get definitely get played. Nucleose loves that song.

[HMXMister_Game]

They're rare, but they exist. I know I have a song or two from the RBN that are only keyboards.

So, what happens in Blitz then?

There's just one track. We've tested it and it works. Some of the powerups are a little weird in those cases, but everyone has the same shot at a high score, so we figured it was OK.

On this note, do harmonies get separate tracks? So up to 7 lanes?

Only one track for vocals, even with harmonies. We use the main vocal track for generating the gems.

This makes me tempted to go ahead and release 4'33"

There's just one vocal track. We use the solo vocal for generating the gems.

[TubaDude49]

There's just one vocal track. We use the solo vocal for generating the gems.

Awww....
Any chance of changing that? It feels like it would be so much awesomer with them, and it would just use the Vocals algorithm.

[HMXMister_Game]

Yeah, that would be awesome. But it's really not possible at this point, sorry!

[Phil-Bond]

So... Song of the Century is hilariously awesome with the pinball powerup. Please, what are these other songs with only one track? I want them all.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

So... Song of the Century is hilariously awesome with the pinball powerup. Please, what are these other songs with only one track? I want them all.

RBN tracks with just piano, mostly. Wabi Sabi or something.