Stepmania University: We'll make your files suck less (under construction)

[StormKlowd61]

Sure, in for student.

[gnr61]

@patashu:
you should update main post w/ IRC info as well as links to theery discussion posts

[mnnicol]

Teach me your ways

[moches]

Originally Posted by kommisar[os]

passing grade in smu is 70%

Wow. Ah well. It was a draft file anyway.

[x After Dawn x]

Passing grade should be 75 % lol. In for student.

[moches]

Anyway, trying out one more file for this. I know Puppet tested it, but I don't know what to do with it now and it never hurts to get more opinions.

[t-rogdor]

Where do i send a file? I want some feedback on that Final Destination fileNo, I really don't care, Screw you Patashu

[TC_llama499]

yeah i just started working on my first file yesterday so it should be done in a couple of days haha i know its not a "passing" grade but i need suggestions

[kommisar[os]]

pm me your files and i'll grade it. for detailed info join da irc. i'll be starting group sessions where i'll be giving out one song and everyone has to practice certain theories.

[moches]

Whoa. Puppet liked it....

I guess I'll keep trying until something sticks.

[kommisar[os]]

a lot of stuff felt off. i wasn't really sure what was going on most of the time. it didn't seem like the kind of file you'd make since usually you're pretty spot-on for accuracy

[gnr61]

its pretty difficult to make a lot of she songs feel super accurate because of the weird volume fluctuations and lack of a straightforward melody to follow. i'm generally pretty bad in general at gauging the merit of any kind of minimalistic file though because all my files are overcomplicated >.>

[moches]

Yeah. I think Puppet said that the synthyness of the song as well as the fluctuations in volume were hard to capture using my method of layering. I stepped the song because I loved it, not because I thought it'd make a great file or anything. I'll wait for Patashur's dondon-style review before I start editing it.

[dood gone krazee]

Kommi I'd really suggest making liek a schedule of when semenars/group sessions will be so then other peope and I can plan for when they are and such. Just randomly saying "Hey whomever's on let's go do a freeze semenar" will leave unsuspecting people out and such.

[DoctorSerpentine]

i am head of 300 department if you are planning on stepping 300 any time soon please contact me

[t-rogdor]

Originally Posted by DoctorSerpentine

i am head of 300 department if you are planning on stepping 300 any time soon please contact me

I Default your claim and redirect the nomination to robertsona.

[dag12]

A quick basic random question I have:
Let's say I'm layering multiple instruments at once, and multiple sounds fall on a particular note. That note, however, isn't 'strong' (I can't think up of a better term, sorry), and it feels wrong to place say, three notes, just because three instruments coincide there.
Is there a guideline, or a general rule of thumb to follow when "watering down" a stepfile? In this case, do I keep that note, or turn it into a double?

[gnr61]

hmmm tomorrow @9 PM est (gotta work around u damn theists' easter dinners) i will give an analysis on hand usage on the IRC channel, that seems like a nice place to start

[omgitznpv]

strong is good enough; accented is a more precise term but it's not always correct for what you mean

but uh it depends; most of the time i tend to water it down to a double (though i often shoot myself thirty times to convince myself to do it). though normally if i'm following three sounds and they all coincide they're bound to louder, because otherwise i probably wouldn't be following all three in the first place (such as beat, some percussive sounds (like a snare or something), and a melody, which all three together often makes an at least somewhat loud sound). i generally take a homophonic approach to what i do



oh and also i am stepping a horrible korean r&b song and i will send it to kommi or someone

i am prepared to get a failing grade especially because it is my first file in well over half a year

[moches]

I can't get a friggin' register on NetTalk. Any advice?