The general rule of thumb to keep things sounding good, is to not have more than three or four notes playing at a time. You can also pitch shift tracks by entire octaves to try and fit them within your range for the player, which is super useful. There's a great free, online sequencer that I like to use for testing files, as well as removing tracks/notes that I don't need. People don't like hearing the same things over and over again from multiple Bards. While the Bard Music Player website has a sizeable library, a more unique set will draw better crowds. There were a ton of lower notes cut, but I didn't need them. You'll see that for this song, I opted to chop a few of the highest notes so I could keep a viable bass line to go with my melody. The size of the gradient directly corresponds to the number of notes out of range in that direction. In this particular example, you'll see a small gradient on the right with a significantly larger gradient on the left.
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You'll see red gradients extending from either the left or right side to indicate that you should consider shifting the octave to keep notes in range. If you're using the 'All tracks' option, don't be afraid to cut off some of the highs and lows for the sake of getting the majority of your notes to be playable.Į1/E2 - Out of range indicators. You may need to use this to keep your notes in range. Keep an eye on the notes available on the keyboard (shown in red/yellow-green). If you need to speed up or slow down your file, usually because the file it's self is slightly off in tempo, use this.ĭ - Octave shift. Use at your own risk for the same reason you usually want to stick to one specific track.Ĭ - Speed. If your MIDI file only has two or three tracks, it's possible that as a solo player, you can get away with having it play as many notes as possible within the specified range. Super cool when done right.ī - All tracks. On the upside, this also makes it super easy to sync multiple performers playing different lines of the same song. Too many tracks/notes leads to audible pain. If you have more than two or three tracks, you'll likely want to ensure you dial into just one track. It's common for MIDI files to be split into multiple tracks, one per instrument. I've drawn up a really rough image for what you want to look for when configuring the application here.Ī - Track number. SquareEnix doesn't want a cease-and-desist because someone recorded you playing a copyrighted song. Also be warned that TOS asks you to be mindful/careful about playing copyrighted music. The main caveat and disclaimer here is that this technically violates TOS due to using an external application to automate the game (even if it's just to play music notes). It can hook into your game and play MIDI files for you through your Bard's Performance mode.
BARD MUSICPLAYER DOWNLOAD
If more experienced users have things to add to this, please do!įirst, download Bard Music Player. I've only been seriously playing XIV for a little under 9 months at this point.
BARD MUSICPLAYER HOW TO
A lot of you have picked up the Bard Music Player application and some songs from their site, which is great, but there's still an obvious lack of knowledge when it comes to how to use it, or how to improve your performances.
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I'm seeing a heck of a lot more Bards playing music lately.