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Welcome to the Lane Breakers charting guide to authoring Rock Band 3 customs! This guide will aim to be a more modern and updated take on the original RBN docs written mostly from scratch to help beginners and veterans alike.

THE BASICS

  • Tools - What you need to chart and build customs
  • Audio - How to mix audio for use in-game
  • Tempomap - How to make the audio line up properly with the chart

CHARTING

  • Guitar & Bass - How to chart 5-button Guitar and Bass charts
  • Drums - How to chart Drum charts
  • Vocals - How to chart Vocals
  • Harmonies - How to chart Harmonies after learning how to chart Vocals
  • Keys & Pro Keys - How to chart Keys
  • Overdrive - An important gameplay mechanic and how to implement it
  • Events - How to add practice sections, crowd animations and other important background stuff
  • Venue - How to make a killer stageshow for your chart
  • Big Rock Endings - How to add a freeform jam section at the end of a song
  • Pro Guitar & Pro Bass - How to chart the mystical Protar

BUILDING

  • Metadata - What to put for the in-game metadata
  • In-game Audio - How to set up the audio for use in-game in Magma
  • MIDI & Gameplay - That last tab in Magma with all the confusing words in it
  • Building Process - Additional info about building the custom

PLAYTESTING

  • In-Game Testing - Checking the chart in-game
  • Common Charting Mistakes - Some of the most common things to keep in mind
  • Additional Charting Mistakes - More stuff for when something doesn't work quite as intended

ADDITIONAL INFO

  • Genre List - More info about genres and subgenres for metadata
  • Reduction Advice - Some examples and suggestions for how to reduce certain things on Hard, Medium and Easy
  • Lyrics in Different Languages - Some info about how to chart vocals for songs sung in languages other than English
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