How do I get the singer to sing in custom songs?

**ragnorky** · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Brisbane, Australia

I've got a lot of custom songs that look good but I want to make the singer do something, as well as the drummer. Does anyone have any ideas on how I do this?

**EamonValda** · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 118

u dont

**ragnorky** · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Brisbane, Australia

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**BenniWells** · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject:

If there was any way to edit character movements, it would be through tinkering with the .mid file, and it would take a very long time.
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**mOBSCENE** · Joined: 28 Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Location: New Jersey

(sorry for bumping)...but I have thought about this myself...

and my conclusion was: either you need an mp3 or mid file containing the singer(s) singing, and music, etc all in the appropriate sections, as well as editing some file.

and based on what i can see, if you go to DATA >> SONGS, you will see that songs with no vocals are much smaller.

impulse, cliffs of dover...etc. so apparently the jaw movements are in the SONGS .xen files.

what a great first post.

**trogdor1oh1** · Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 48

last time i checked,the feedback chart creator had a singer editor,that allowed you to input guitar hero notes to make the singer's mouth move.

after experimenting,i found that the singer actually sang according to different vowels and stuff.
however,this is for guitar hero 2.gh3 is a different story.

but theoretically,should be possible.

see,if you try remove the animations on the pc version,you will see that the singer stays still in a retarded position,but his mouth is moving like he's still actually singing the song.
this proves that no actual animation tweaking is required.its all in the chart file.

we just need someone to decrypt the chart file and find what makes the singer's mouth tick.

same goes for the drummer,though the results of his tweaking are abit different.

the drummer actually hits the drums according to what is heard on the song itself.also,in practice mode,you hear the drumming exactly like on the song itself,just not the same drummer of course....

you also said something about how instrumental songs are smaller.i don't think that's relevant at all.

in the ps2 and wii versions,you replace the charts and music for the song you want to replace,right?but the events still stay,including the singer's mouth.

that proves there's probably more than one midi file being used...

so i'm guessing all of this is just midi.that's all i figured out.we just need to dig in and see what we can do...

**Rapstah** · Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 868

It doesn't have to be in the chart files, it could just be in other animation files separate from the main body movements.
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**aznv3t** · Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 17

I'd say you'd have to get some software and then import it into your GH3, and even then you'd have to find the file for the specific song, break down into portions, time it, and so on. It would take a while.

**aznv3t** · Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 17

I'd say you'd have to get some software and then import it into your GH3, and even then you'd have to find the file for the specific song, break down into portions, time it, and so on. It would take a while.

**psuzeppelin5** · Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 2211 Location: Philadelphia, PA

its actually not that hard, just use the trial version of anvil studio XD
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**ragnorky** · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Brisbane, Australia

**trogdor1oh1** · Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 48

basically what he's trying to say is that you should try download anvil studio and extract the .mid file and feed it to anvil.
then you check track by track to see which one makes sounds according to the lyrics.
make sure to have the mp3 or game by your side to compare.

while you're at it,try to figure out if different notes make the mouth move in different vowels.

**ragnorky** · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Brisbane, Australia

**Senthoney** · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 69 Location: IL

Silly people! All you need is the game engine:
get it at
www.notgunnahappen.com/tonyhawkengine
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