Arterial Black

**Tapion013** · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 259 Location: Milwaukee, WI

Has anyone ever tried not using the SP right before the solo, saving it, and using it right after getting the first SP during the solo skipping the second SP in solo B? I'm in 18th with a 265 score and only getting 98% of the notes doing my way and not even doing it the right way in the beginning. Anyone want to try this?
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**Cdw01** · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 923 Location: New York

**Armageddon** · Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 3006 Location: Durham, NH

Given Cdw's input, I decided to make a chart. SP Path by Huwonk, Tapion13 and Cdw01; chart by me: Arterial Black - Expert

Note: Comments/criticisms are welcome.
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**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

I hit solo A and all of B minus the weird part at the end on camera. I'm pretty proud of myself.

**Shashakiro** · Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 1931 Location: Providence, RI

I use a pretty weird fingering for Solo A...goes like this:

42121242321121314112324

basically I do a little slide every time an O is nearing, then I go back when I can. Worked quite nicely once I got it down, got me 17th place FC'ing everything except the 24ths.
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**daddylonglegs75** · Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 302 Location: Colorado

Getting the star power on those RB chords is actually quite easy. All you have to do is play every chord just a little bit early and whammy as soon as possible. I get it every time. I use 21122. The most I've gotten out of the beginning(before the solo) is 174k
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**debr5836** · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 1159 Location: Fort Collins, CO

spopt.pl optimized path for arterialblack.mid

File: arterialblack.mid
Solution Path: 2-1-2-S1-2
Estimated Base score 58164
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 226677
Estimated SP Score 58362
Estimated Total Score 285039
Activations:
From meas 24.6250 (Y sust) to meas 31.0000 (GY sust) Score: 9616 ((33.0 + 15.1) * 200 ) (do not fully whammy)
From meas 35.2500 (GY note) to meas 39.3758 (BO sust) Score: 19400 ((92.0 + 5.0) * 200 )
From meas 81.0000 (B note) to meas 87.1258 (O sust) Score: 18950 ((94.0 + 0.8) * 200 )
From meas 115.7865 (RB sust) to meas 120.5000 (GY note) Score: 10395 ((44.0 + 8.0) * 200 )

**debr5836** · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 1159 Location: Fort Collins, CO

spopt2.pl results for "Arterial Black" (gh2-ps2/expert) generated on 07/20/2007

lazy-whammy (280316) PNG TXT
no-squeeze (284600) PNG TXT
big-squeeze (285012) PNG TXT
nearly-ideal (285120) PNG TXT
upper-bound (285172) PNG TXT

KEY
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Lazy Whammy ---- No squeezing, all whammys start 0.5 beats late
No Squeeze ---- No squeezing, no early whammying
Big Squeeze ---- 80% of the max possible squeeze, no early whammying
Nearly Ideal ---- 80% of the max possible squeeze, 80% of the max possible early whammying
Upper Bound ---- 100% of the max possible squeeze, 100% of the max possible early whammying

big-squeeze path details
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File: arterialblack.mid
Solution Path: C2-1-2-S1-2
Estimated Base score 57975
Estimated 4* cutoff 115950
Estimated 5* cutoff 162330
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 226704
Estimated SP Score 58308
Estimated Total Score 285012
Activations:
#1 From meas 24.6667 (Y sust) to meas 30.9604 (GY sust) ( 24.6646- 30.9604) Score: 9616 (33.0+15.1)*200
#2 From meas 35.2500 (GY note) to meas 39.3750 (BO note) ( 35.2799- 39.3354) Score: 19400 (92.0+ 5.0)*200
#3 From meas 81.0000 (B note) to meas 87.0951 (O sust) ( 81.0396- 87.0951) Score: 18936 (94.0+ 0.7)*200
#4 From meas 115.8204 (RB sust) to meas 120.5000 (GY note) (115.8204-120.4604) Score: 10356 (44.0+ 7.8)*200

nearly-ideal path details
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File: arterialblack.mid
Solution Path: C2-1-2-S1-2
Estimated Base score 57975
Estimated 4* cutoff 115950
Estimated 5* cutoff 162330
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 226704
Estimated SP Score 58416
Estimated Total Score 285120
Activations:
#1 From meas 24.6667 (Y sust) to meas 30.9604 (GY sust) ( 24.6646- 30.9604) Score: 9616 (33.0+15.1)*200
#2 From meas 35.2500 (GY note) to meas 39.3963 (BO sust) ( 35.2885- 39.3963) Score: 19416 (92.0+ 5.1)*200
#3 From meas 81.0000 (B note) to meas 87.1474 (O sust) ( 81.0396- 87.1474) Score: 18956 (94.0+ 0.8)*200
#4 From meas 115.7338 (RB sust) to meas 120.5000 (GY note) (115.7338-120.4604) Score: 10428 (44.0+ 8.1)*200

upper-bound path details
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File: arterialblack.mid
Solution Path: C2-1-2-S1-2
Estimated Base score 57975
Estimated 4* cutoff 115950
Estimated 5* cutoff 162330
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 226704
Estimated SP Score 58468
Estimated Total Score 285172
Activations:
#1 From meas 24.6771 (Y sust) to meas 30.9500 (GY sust) ( 24.6750- 30.9500) Score: 9616 (33.0+15.1)*200
#2 From meas 35.2500 (GY note) to meas 39.4173 (BO sust) ( 35.2984- 39.4173) Score: 19432 (92.0+ 5.2)*200
#3 From meas 81.0000 (B note) to meas 87.1689 (O sust) ( 81.0500- 87.1689) Score: 18968 (94.0+ 0.8)*200
#4 From meas 115.7016 (RB sust) to meas 120.5000 (GY note) (115.7016-120.4505) Score: 10452 (44.0+ 8.3)*200

Please post any bugs/questions about these auto-generated paths HERE.

**Banopr** · Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 921

Man, I can do great on this song even without the proper path (195th)

I should try the path today =)

**translusas** · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 89

my hands are really unreliable. for at least 5 rounds through this song i hit the SP in the RB chords easily. then all the sudden i couldn't anymore. and with that generated path, the better one is 3,1,2,2. on the last chord before the solo i had a total of 170k using that path then nailed solo A-B and the accidentally overstrummed and lost my combo

. i still got somewhere arounf 255k though, havent uploaded it yet
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**ChantotheNinja** · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 141 Location: Sweet Home Indiana

I'm making an interpretation of this song.

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Rock Band 2 Goals:
Get a Destroyer Pedal to replace my two broken pedals >.<
Get a Rock Band 2 or ION Kit to replace the crappy RB1 kit that's frequently dropping reds.
Get a RB2 Guitar Controller to replace the current RB1 one that drops notes here and there and has a broken whammy bar and "pickup" switch.

**Frenchfry** · Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:27 am Post subject:

solo A is so fun to tap.
i just started tapping like 4-5 days ago, and it's so much fun

(working on B)...and transition from A to B

100% A 1/4 times in practice mode

**kramer002** · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 6

My sp path is 3,1, then use sp after the sp in solo b then use close to the outro
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58/58gs[x]
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fc 50 songs on guitar and 55 on bass

**Juno67** · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

getting better in the begining fucked up big time
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ARTERIAL BLACK PWNS