Solo Monogatari 2 OPEN FOR SUBMISSION!

[tunsz555]

The second anime solo pack is finally starting! This time with this thread I'll be more open for public submission unlike the last time. (but I doubt I'll have any submission and watching this thread sinking into oblivion lmao) Anime and solo is an awesome combination trust me you'll have fun stepping them,even simple 8th smash will be fun! So whether you love anime, love solo or have a road block on 4 keys, it's time for something new!

(The first pack is here : http://www.otakusdream.com/news/?page_id=593)

ATTN!! : If you love anime music but haven't catch up with recent songs or not watching them I've go through sweat and storm to gather a list of song and genre for you! Note that this is only some song I think is catchy and MAYBE stepable so if your file end up bad and cannot improve in anyway don't blame me if I reject your file! (there is other good song not in this list too but I may overlooked them) For audiophiles the genre I've put up is not accurate at all lmao I'm sorry for that, but it may help some people choose a song. I'll be pleased if you can correct me the song genre Now use your inner google skill to listen to these song.

<Winter 2010>
IS ~Infinite Stratos~
- Straight Jet (J-Dance)

Yumekui Merry
- Daydream Syndrome (Melodic J-Rock)

<Spring 2011>
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi
- Hoshikaze Horoscope (Moe Pop)

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II
- Whole New World God Only Knows (Uplifting Dance)

Dogs Day
- Scarlet Knight (J-Pop)

A-Channel
- Morning Arch (Pop Rock)

Hidan no Aria
- Scarlet Ballet (Symphonic Dance)

Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai
- Spread Wings (Dance Rock)

<Summer 2011>
Mayo Chiki!
- Be Starters! (J-Pop)

Nichijou
- Hyadain no Joujou Yuujou (Carnival Music)

Ro-Kyu-Bu!
- Shoot! (Synth-Rock-Dance / fripSide-like)
- Shoot! -No. 4 Mix- (J-Pop)
- Shoot! -No. 5 Mix- (Big Band)
- Shoot! -No. 6 Mix- (Rock)
- Shoot! -No. 7 Mix- (Bossa Nova)
- Shoot! -No. 8 Mix- (Techno Dance)

Kamisama no Memochou
- Kawaru Mirai (Speed Dance)

Blood-C
- Junketsu Paradox (J-Rock)

<Autumn 2011>
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
- Zannenkei Rinjinbui (Digital Funk Rock)
- My Feelings (J-Rock)

Mashiro Iro Symphony
- Authentic symphony (Symphonic Pop-Rock)
- Suisai Candy (Bright J-Pop)

Working!!
- Coolish Walk (Parade)

Persona 4 the Animation
- Pursuing My True Self (Groovy Pop)
- Sky's The Limit (Rock)

Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
- Terminated (Dance-Pop)

Fate/zero
- Oath Sign (Symphonic Rock)

C Cube (C^3)
- Endless Story (Bishoujo J-Rock)
- Hana (Dramatic J-Pop)
- Shirushi (Oriental Rock)

Last Exile : Ginyoku no Fam
- Buddy (Piano-Symphonic Rock)

UN-GO
- How to go (Piano Rock)

Phi Brain : Kami no Puzzle
- Brain Diver (Hard Rock)

Guilty Crown
- My Dearest (Melodic Rock)
- Euterpe (Electro Ballad)

Shakugan no Shana III (Final)
- Light My Fire (J-Rock)

Mirai Nikki
- Kuusou Mesorogiwi (Psychedelic-Symphonic Metal)

<Winter 2011>
Not yet!

The rules :
- Obviously you must send in anime music only (OP/ED/Insert/Character song/Instrumental) A remix is OK.
- The theme for this pack is aimed at NEWER anime (mid 2010 - present) so any song that older than this is highly discouraged. Also check if your song is already stepped in the first pack or not. (link on the top) If it's already stepped I'll reject the file
- Minimum requirement is you must step your main difficulty in solo, in the end each file will have 4 or 5 difficulties. Chart all of the difficulty yourself if possible but if you can't your file will be tainted by me and eventually have all difficulties. If possible, please calculate your NPS for me. All 4 keys charts will be burned down to ash.
- If there are two same file and both are good I'll merge into a collab along with new CD-Title
- Check back on this thread for your judgment & suggestion.
- If GFX is missing or it's REALLY BAD I'll create a new set for you. If you're making one the banner should be 512x160 and bg is 800x600.
- Use the song from officially release singles/OST only (192 - 320 kbps) You can use a song ripped from anime RAWs if official release is not available yet or you can't find them and when it came out I'll find a replacement. If you have trouble cutting a song to TV Size then PM/E-mail me. It's ok if your TV-Size cut is not exactly the same as the real thing but similar. Length of TV-Size is preferred.
- I have rights to : rearrange your difficulty,hold your song for the next pack,edit the difficulty level,replace your music file with better sounding ones,remove your description if it's "Copied from" or the likes.
- Bonus : You can try sending japanese-related song (not from anime but have japanese vocal etc.) and it may find it's place in Extra section! (But the number of extra files is really low) like the last time I step Nana Mizuki's Soradokei which not from any anime.

Submission will end when I have 20+ files & This season's song is officially released

SEND THEM TO : solomonogatari@gmail.com

CURRENT FILES (27 Files!) :
[02/03/05/08/--] Oath Sign (Sargon) << you can actually play this file here as a teaser
[--/--/--/11/--] Kawaru Mirai (Gundam-Dude)
[02/03/05/07/10] Buddy (Sargon)
[--/--/--/08/--] Fellows (Niko)
[--/--/--/--/11] High Powered (Kommisar)
[--/--/--/11/--] Tokitsukasadoru Juuni no Meiyaku (Gundam-Dude)
[--/--/--/--/10] Yamato Nadeshiko Education (Kommisar)
[--/--/--/--/11] DEAR FUTURE 8bit (Kommisar)
[02/05/07/09/--] Authentic Symphony (Sargon)
[02/04/07/09/11] Endless Story (Sargon) << you can actually play this file here as a teaser
[04/07/08/10/13] SUPER STREAM (Lynn)
[--/--/--/--/12] Zannenkei Rinjinbu (Kommisar)
[--/--/--/09/--] Suisai Candy (MazEi)
[--/--/--/--/09] SHOOT! -No.4 Mix- (AnTiHoLiDaYs)
[--/--/--/10/--] STRAIGHT JET (Niko)
[--/--/--/12/--] Zzz (Ca25nada)
[--/--/--/--/09] -if- Tobira Nosono Mukou Gawa He (lanjiao)
[--/--/--/--/14] Kore ga Umi he no Ai ja nai ka (aloola)
[--/--/--/--/12] Kuusou Mesorogiwi (aloola)
[--/--/--/10/--] Hacking to the Gate (Gundam-Dude)
[03/05/08/10/13] Tsuki ni Murakumo Hana ni Kaze (Lynn)
[--/--/05/--/10] Tomodachi Pink (AnTiHoLiDaYs)
[--/--/--/08/--] Toki wo Kizamu Uta (Kommisar)
[--/--/--/09/--] Futakotome (Niko)
[--/--/--/--/12] COOLISH WALK (Kommisar)
[--/--/--/--/11] Nexus (Sargon)
[--/--/--/--/11] Shirushi (Sargon)

*Bold = newest addition

[Choofers]

ah shit, stepping something asap lol

[Matsumisan]

gonna chart for this:

that one song savemenico did for singles

seitokai yakuindomo op

ika musume season 2 op

and i'll find something else as well.

[Gundam-Dude]

dibs on kawaru mirai and possibly both the op/ed for steins;gate

also what happened to my files you "reserved" for this pack that weren't released in the first one?

edit: nevermind, they aren't considered "new anime". thanks anyways

[Victorique]

dibs on fellows

[tunsz555]

Originally Posted by MazEi

GD finishing files faster than Sonic dashes.

(Gundam-Dude) Kawaru Mirai - One of the things I enjoy from you,Kommi and Yesssss is natural 16th stream in solo which I can't seem to make it work yet. File is delicious to play but I think there is some wrong 16th notes before guitar picks up (your green chord) if you care fix it too... but if you intended to make it for ArTiStIc purpose then the file is already fine. The full version cut will have slightly different ending btw. Accepted

I also recorded this file today hehu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbb1HFGFMUE

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

also what happened to my files you "reserved" for this pack that weren't released in the first one?

edit: nevermind, they aren't considered "new anime". thanks anyways

Yeah that's too bad.. I've already done all the charts for that file too long time ago.

Originally Posted by Matsumisan

gonna chart for this:

that one song savemenico did for singles.

If you mean the OP from Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai anime Kommi might step it but I don't know if it's for my pack or not... So I suggest you may step other song first :P

Also finished Buddy. (Last Exile : Ginyoku no Fam)

[Matsumisan]

Originally Posted by tunsz555

If you mean the OP from Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai anime Kommi might step it but I don't know if it's for my pack or not... So I suggest you may step other song first :P

don't worry about it.

[who_cares973]

i actually have a file for this lmao

[Victorique]

Erryone wants to step Boku wa tomodachi now wtf :d

[Matsumisan]

I'm halfway done my chart for it though...

[tunsz555]

YES it's started to look like a pack now everyone!

(Niko) Fellows - Chill file.. but has some pattern to catch you off-guard. Probably can't do more for this song. Accepted

(Kommisar) High Powered - Nice 8th note placement to represent lyric and I like that light-weighted 16th notes. Pretty high replay value if you ask me! Accepted

(Gundam-Dude) Tokitsukasadoru Juuni no Meiyaku - Wow jack theory... Just like your HotD ED file. Subtle 32nd notes make this chart interesting. Accepted

(Kommisar) Yamato Nadeshiko Education - Solid Kommisar file. Btw I'll make a new banner for this file since it's duplicate with the one in OD6 pack. Accepted

EVERYTHING.ACCEPTED

I also doing Endless Story (C Cube) now!

Originally Posted by who_cares973

i actually have a file for this lmao

Omg only one anime file from you I know is in LCP April Fool pack lol.

[ca25nada]

stepping Zzz and maybe My Dearest if I can step files fast enough

[Lynn.]

gonna send Super∞Stream (just got done with a main chart) today or tomorrow.

[Lynn.]

sent one

[NeoMasterPie]

i'm gonna make shit for this. gotta get back into the solo groove

[Lynn.]

sent gfx

[tunsz555]

Wow the pack started to look livelier now that there are more different people in the pack

(MazEi) Suisai Candy - This file is ok but!
You missed a lot of interesting sound... example is :
- Look at beat 49.75 ,53.75 for example. I think you introduced 3 16th notes combo there but overlooked 16th gallop like this which would be cool if added. The sound is pretty stand out too so you should step it.
- Beat 96.75, 100.75 and the likes contain 16th notes too.
- The chorus is pretty good I must say!
- On the chorus beat 133.25,141.25 and so on there is additional 16th notes so you can create 5 notes combo instead of 3. This can reduce repetition IMO.
- Beat 156.00 there is a send-off drum to 2nd chorus which you didn't step and go for the vocal instead. This is ok too if you like the vocal and don't want the drum to interfere I just saying if you hear the drums or not. Your choice!
- Beat 176.50 there are 2 holds combo and ignored 3 16th notes. But on beat 180.50 you choose to omit the 2nd holds and add the 16th notes instead. While it's true that you have 2 routes to choose (you can choose both if you can!) but you should select only one choice and stick to it at least one measure for consistency. People will have fun from pattern repetition too because it's according to the expectation and not random. (Imagine a song with piano solo + insane drum at the same time it would be weird if on the same measure is a half piano and swith to drum on another half!)
- Beat 184.75 there is a opportunity for 16ths there. The sound is too obvious to ignore for vocal's sake if you ask me.
- The ending is already cool. There are missing 16ths but the sound is too feint so your 16th gallop is doing good job.

Another issue is hold notes confusion. I like to step vocal as holds too but I have something to point out :
- On beat 143.50 you seems to use another holds to represent hi-hat sound. Which could be shorter in length imo if you want to do this (have you tried mini holds using one step of 64th notes for the length? It's clean and beautiful imo). And sometimes confusing like on beat 150.50 (your staircase holds) I see you stopped using double holds for vocal+hi-hat because there is only one hold, but if that is true the red hold on beat 151.00 shouldn't exist because no vocal there.
- Beat 209.50 is another example that you should shorten the length for hi-hat sound. Because it's the same length as your vocal holds it creates some confusion!
- You can ignore some vocal that has less impact. This way your vocal hold can be more powerful than every-vocal-into-holds like this. Just a suggestion.

The beats I point out is an example so please look on similar areas too. (songs tends to repeat itself several times)

You should fix hold notes confusion and make this an easier charts, then find additional sounds and make it a new harder charts (should be 7-8 NPS) the file that is too easy there will be less people playing it so I recommend to add more missing 16th notes for completeness. (But beware some 16th can be skipped and actually more fun to play. The strong point of you is I haven't seen you create the imaginary 16ths like QED)

Good luck on the fix! I missed the ODAM4/5 days that I got a long lecture like this from like 4 judges but it really made me make better file. Also this is a cd-title for you to choose from. (the one you sent me is worse than your old rubic cd-title lmao) Fix the file and make it in the pack so you can use these cd-title



(Kommisar) DEAR FUTURE 8bit - Great Kommi-stream-of-consistency. Also unique pattern that mainly uses 4 inner notes. Accepted

(Lynn) SUPER STREAM - Hardest song in the pack so far! The file is exactly like the song name lmao very challenging with streams and bracket pattern. (reminds me of Malice's solo file?) Pretty fun to play also thanks for complete set of easier charts. The Hard level is exactly what will happen if I step this song lol. Accepted

(Sargon) Authentic Symphony - My file...

(Sargon) Endless Story - My file...

When I have certain amount of files I'll send out my file to other people too because I myself quite not sure about quality of my own file :P

Originally Posted by NeoMasterPie

i'm gonna make shit for this. gotta get back into the solo groove

:')

Originally Posted by ca25nada

stepping Zzz and maybe My Dearest if I can step files fast enough

:')

[Matsumisan]

:')


sargon send me your files I'll try them out

[Gundam-Dude]

BTW bump the difficulty for Tokitsukasadoru Juuni no Meiyaku from 11 down to 10 because I rated it a little too high. It's way easier than Kawaru Mirai.

[who_cares973]

i just finished a file for this!!!!