Greetings everyone!
Description:I am currently working on a project called Open Mic Hero. It is essentially a toy/game for the PC that allows your to play different sounds with your Guitar Hero controller (I haven't had a chance to see if a Rock Band controller works) on your PC. It's like Frets of Fire, but with no streamlined structure and you can play whatever you want, as poorly as you'd like... so like a real open mic. In the case of the default settings, it's just guitar chords that I played on my guitar.
GoalsI'd like to keep this open so, in the near future, people can record their own tracks and create/use their own sound banks. If someone creates an awesome lead synth sound bank and writes the next "Final Countdown", awesome.
6/12/2008 UpdateI spent much of my evening last night coding the basic interface between program and Guitar Hero controller (the Xploder or something). I also spent it creating the first batch of nine (9) guitar sounds from my Yamaha acoustic/electric.
If you have a 360 Xloder (or whatever it's called) guitar, you can try out the tech demo. No pretty bells and whistles. It's just the program, sounds, and a small chart to show you what button combinations exist.
Download: http://www.wanderingpandacomics.com/temp/openmichero.zipTech Demo Video: Thanks!
UPDATE - Ver .002a - 06/18/2008Download Link:
http://www.wanderingpandacomics.com/games/openmichero/openmichero_002a.zipGreetings gentlepeople!
I have gone and updated Open Mic Hero to the most recent version (.002a). There have been a few significant changes to add some monster rockin' functionality. Here are a list of the highlights.
UPDATES IN THIS VERSION- Added button icons that show which button you're pressing on screen
- Added two modes of sound playback (Chord Mode and Lead Mode)
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The ability to load your own sound banks - Keyboard support! (use the F1-F5 keys and Enter to strum)
- The same old ugly graphics from before (which will be updated)
- I've included two template sound banks: acoustic guitar and drum kit
Please read the "readme.txt" to get an understanding of how loading your own sound banks (as well as creating them) works. It's pretty straight forward actually, but not conforming to the details will cause errors and the universe to eat itself.
Just a little run down on the differences between Chord Mode and Lead Mode and why I came to this decision...
Chord Mode: This is your typical Guitar Hero/Rock Band/Guitar Freaks mode. Different combinations of buttons = different sounds to play. This allows the greatest volume of sounds that can be attached to a sound bank. You play one at a time.
Lead Mode: This mode only allows for five (5) sounds. Each one is attached to a button on the controller. The advantage of using this mode is that you can layer these sounds (i.e. very useful for a drum kit). So though there are only five sounds, you can potentially create a symphony of noise with it.
Will someone make me a "Pots and Pans" or "Homeless Guy with White Plastic Buckets" sound bank? Sweet.
Download Link:
http://www.wanderingpandacomics.com/games/openmichero/openmichero_002a.zipUPDATE 06/26/2008My, my... I've been uber busy at work and I think my eyes are going to fall out. In any case, I just cleaned up everything and released version 1.0. Hopefully everything works out the way it's supposed to.
I decided to keep it as a toy/app for now than a full-blown game with RPG style elements. I also seemed to have put aside ideas for any crazy ash artwork, like some vinyl decal store threw up all over the place. The most appropriate thing displayed in this entire game: masking tape.
If I can get my hands on the older Guitar Hero controller (that white one), I can try to get it to work. Thanks to everyone for their support! I'll probably come back to this project at a later date when I complete other ideas that are punching me in me noggin. Open Mic Hero II... 2009.
Note: Refer to the Sound Chart for which button combinations correspond to which sound files that will be played.
Download Link:http://www.wanderingpandacomics.com/games/openmichero/openmichero100.zipSound Chart (for making your own sound bank): http://www.wanderingpandacomics.com/games/openmichero/openmichero_chart.htm