JayEm

I've been gone for a looong time, but  I can vouch for this custom, at least on lead, its perfect

All That Remains - Not Alone
 

Not just with customs though. There are volume issues in the game itself. Cant fix it myself though, it just happens at random. 

so... no? :(

Dunlop Ultex Jazz III 2.0. Best pick I ever used. I also have lots of Dunlop Max Grip Jazz III on stock, love those too. I HATE light picks, I find them extremely unresponsive, the delay from when I move my wrist to when the pick finally produces sound is insane. 

Sorry guys I havent been able to test due to a good old broken string problem. Ive got plenty of cdlc waiting to be tested so Ill post a lot of stuff on this weekend. 

Heads up testers !! some tracks here needing some opinion, ....  30 seconds to mars.......The Kill.

 

Ignore the tones just now please, more interested in the notes and sync ATM, been a bitch of a song to sync from the tab.

 

feedback in the wip post please thanks in advance.

Awesome. I love those songs, back when 30 seconds to mars sounded cool. Gonna try them out as soon as I can. 

I was gonna download some dethklok cdlc back at SA when everything happened... I dont know if the cdlc will get posted here so if anyone has it Id love it if that content can be shared. 

Thanks in advance

The spreadsheet idea is very good, in time we could have a very nice database showing which customs are good. I love playing and downloading customs, so for me I only have to continue doing the things I do, just report them here. Everytime I find a song that stays in my collection I'll just let you guys know. When a custom does not cut it Ill just give the contributor some feedback and hope for the best.

My high E string snapped... Im so busy I dont think Ill have time to buy a replacement, such a shame Sweet Child is so fun to play. 

Well i got the minimum. Now i can rest in peace

 

This song requires speed and hand coordination that i don´t have.

The solo ir very fun.

 

one tip, Use a light pick ( I used 1mm)

 

 

 

Yeah man it is a great song if you wanna get yor alternate picking skills a massive upgrade. I guess picks are a matter of taste, I cant play fast things with light picks, the delay I get from the moment I move my hand to the moment the pick has finally slided off the string and played the note is too big for me. I use a 2.0 pick lol. Hard picks only for me!

 

Trying to find the balance between encouraging new people, and keep the rabble from destroying the community is tricky.

 

Experience shows ( :smile: that allowing just anyone to vote on songs just leads to the usual internet anarchy and low signal-to-noise ratio.

 

 

With that in mind, I have two suggestions worth considering.  

 

1) Allow only upvotes, not downvotes.  

 

Like FaceBook "Like".  Only people motivated to upvote will take the time to do so, and you'll get a natural sifting of the ones that people actually think are worthwhile.

 

You would still get some over-attention to popular songs, but it seems like within a specific genre you'd get a reasonable assessment.  

 

This would not encourage or reward people who contribute, but would be simple to implement and still be helpful.

 

2) Only allow ratings by people with "cred".  

 

If you've posted a custom song, you suddenly have infinite cred.  You've already done all the work, you understand how hard it is, and you have made a solid contribution to the community. You can vote on any song because you are the community.  If someone like Robotmom, or Fabianosan say a song is good, that's all I need to know.

 

If you don't have that kind of skill, maybe you help the community in other ways, like making posts.  Posting suggestions or feedback, or anything helps build community.  Maybe you get one vote for every five posts or something.

 

If you get "thanks" you get 3 votes.  Something like that, because you helped someone enough to get thanks.

 

If you don't contribute anything to community, you don't get to vote.  You can download and lurk because you are not a problem, but you don't have enough "cred" to be allowed to vote.

 

THIS

Verified:

Buckethead - Whitewash (lead only)

I love all this, and Damage, what I would suggest is having two kinds of submissions, "open" submissions for people that want their custom being worked on, and "normal" ones, for stablished contributors that pump out good dlc constantly. I dont really know how to set up a platform for all this to work though...

Man I'd hate to win like this, because youve gotten a better streak than the one you have right now.... Ill try to get to 93% to make this legit

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a80d/9kpu9zv971g9r8rfg.jpg

If we could get an admin in this convo it would be great, they way we would do it is simply have a list of testers, each going like X song is verified by me. We would also comment on the cdlc page, saying that the custom is great. That way people can either A) Consult out list and go directly to the cdlc and download, or B) People browsing cdlc on their own will see our feedback. Like Olorin said.

Me too, if it is overcomplicated then it wont work

Noooooooo, gonna have to play it better if I want to win this week, challenge accepted Thrallsa

Even so, the collaborative working, while a great idea and something we should discuss through, doesnt really help the normal user identify a good custom from one that is not up to snuff. 

Maybe set different kind of helpers. Guys that are good at creating tones would be tone designers. Guys that are good players and can verify a good tab. Syncing experts could just sync the parts and so on

Oh, no one ever said it'd be easy :-P

 

But maybe a system like a library -- the author puts his work on a "shelf" and if someone else wants to work on it, he checks it out, (leaving a note or whatever), then puts it back on the shelf again (with another note in the thread). At a certain point, when the file is done, the "shelf" is closed -- since there is a point where no more work needs to be done on a file. 

 

I don't imagine we're going to have dozens of people fighting to work on the same file.

This could work, posting on this "shelf" would mean you dont care about authorship, so whoever grabs it and finishes it can post it properly. If no one cares about a specific custom then yes, it would be left as a dead post, but that is the same as if it hadnt been posted in the first place. 

Thing is, if a custom is submitted with gutiar only, adding the bass tabs is gonna be hard, you cant just import the tabs and sync the bass without altering the already synced guitar part. Still, the work of changing the audio file in WWise would be done, among other things, so it would still be less work for whoever wants to finish the custom.

Exactly, we test, if the custom is good we just add it to the list, if the custom needs work we comment on the cdlc post pointing out the parts that need some work. 

The idea of making customs "open" to adjustments by other users is a great idea. Charters that want to be recognized can just dont select this option, while guys that dont care can just upload their work and let other users modify it. I know I CAN modify customs on my pc, but as things are now Im not allowed to reupload the corrected versions. 

Im in too. Weekends as well. 

How about making a post in which we add a link to customs we have tried and verified ourselves, not a final solution but its better than nothing dont you think?

Keep in mind, I am not just whining or asking for a rating system, god I know that didnt work. I myself am a charter and I KNOW how much work it can take to do a very good custom. I just think that some way of knowing that a custom is very good is essential, as things are right now we have no clue, I downloaded about 15 yesterday and Im hoping they are good. 

I plan on doing a bunch of Sonata Arctica songs, and then expand the library to other power metal bands, speedy crazy guitar solos galore await

Sonata Arctica - Wolf & Raven

HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - Ichirin No Hana

I know, this site is shaping up to be even better, it kinda of already is, just for the omission of some kind of differentiation which this thread is about. A group of championship players (advanced ones), charters and admins could pull this off, I think. I'd gladly help testing, could help discover some new music.