Simulator File Creation Help Thread

[cypher2000]

um im not sure if this is in the right thread but what do you guys use to make images for sim files?

[Phrekwenci]

[cypher2000]

is there a place to find oficial banners and backgrounds for beatmania? or are they copyrighted ?

[Pommie]

I've come to the conclusion that xstep is very limited in what I can do.


....I've decided I want to make my songs in notepad.

Can anyone help me out with basically telling me how to do it? (I have the bpm and the gap for the song already.)
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[Phrekwenci]

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[Phrekwenci]

[Pommie]

Okay...new question.

A friend of mine explained how to do it in Stepmania, which I'm liking a LOT more.


Right now though, as I'm editing my song...I see this blinking line.

My question is...what is it, and how do I get rid of it because I'm no where NEAR done.
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[dj Zeph]

That blinking line is either the starting bar or the finishing bar. In 3.0, there are two lines, one that marks where you're song starts playing back/recording when you press R or P. The line, at the end of the song, marks where the song will automatically end after recording/playing back.

For SM 3.0- Pressing Enter creates a new starting bar, and the space bar creates a new finishing bar.

For SM 3.9- The line can only be created with the space bar, hold Page Down and press the up for down arrow to highlight which part of the song you want to have played while recording/playing back.

To answer your question, to get rid of it, just scroll downward (Page Down) and press the space bar to make a new finishing point. You're probably trying to play the song back, and it ends abruptly. Hope this helped.

[Cirrsplat]

I have a question. Is there a freeware program that will get the BPM for me instead of my doing it by pressing the space bar or enter key? I ask this because when I enter the bpm for the dwi, the steps are synced.... but after a while they're so off. And these are just the regular quarter steps. Instead of fudging with the bpm over and over again, is there a way for me to find out the bpm without human error?
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[Phrekwenci]

[Cirrsplat]

That's the thing, I'm not sure if it does have a constand beat. I'm rpetty sure it does. It's a techno song, and the steps are right on target in the beginning, but towards the end, going with the best will give you goods (great at best and that's if you yourself are off).

Well... it can also be that I edited the song so it'll be shorter (not 5 minutes long but 1:20). Is anyone good at shortening songs without messing up the bpm? I have all the songs and the program... but no skill.
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[Phrekwenci]

[dj-Luminus]

I'm having some problems when I make "real" songs into DWIs.

So far whenever I do:

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger/Daft Punk
Your Body/good-cool feat. Andrea Hopkins
Kimosabe/BT

and a few other songs I seem to have trouble getting the songs to "STAY" onbeat. I've made about a bunch of DWIs that are perfectly synched but these and any others with a long intro won't synch right.

As in when I goto Record and just press any arrow on the 4/4 Beat sooner or later somewhere in the song it becomes offbeat. I try changing the BPM of that area but it just becomes unsynched later...

I'm thinking the problem is you don't start the GAP (using XSTEP) RIGHT at the intro (although some songs I need steps during the intro) or the BPM is wrong since for some reason XSTEP always rounds the BPM.

Has anyone else had a problem with this? Song's start out onbeat then at the same BPM later in the song start to become offbeat?
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[Pluto]

would someone like to do me a favour?

im working on a DWI song and im doing it in notepad. the song im using is "toxic" by britney spears (it's an awesome song and very DWI worthy)

problem is i'm a gimp and am having major trouble getting the damn thing right

can anyone either:

a)reccomend something easier to make this than in notepad? or
b) be willing to do it for me? i have the graphics and the mp3 and whatnot all done but it's driving me crazy

please pm me. any kind of help is welcome
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[Phrekwenci]

[Pluto]

woah! thanks!

i added you to AIM. i figured it would be easier to send you stuff that way... issat ok?
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[Phrekwenci]

[Pluto]

alrighty then im e-mailing you the song as we speak

edit
crap... it's too big to be sent via e-mail
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