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Thread: New Instrument Vibro-Harp
Durney Kova - Master Entertainer / Master Musician - Lowca
I was thinking the noise would be changeable. For SW1-3 and Rock (and maybe Jazz and virtuoso.. I dunno what they sound like...) it would sound like this .. sound I am trying to describe.
For more classical songs, Folk, Ballad, Waltz, and depending, ceremoniol, it would sound like a nonelectrified classical harp.. or something...
How about making a new model for the Ommnibox that looked like a drumset?
However if they modified the omnibox (which I have never seen
) to make it look/sound like a drum (omnibox makes a super cool drum name) I think it'd be AWESOME.If they do that... each flourish should make a different drum noise... so we can get some drumming.. and hotkeyed flourish mashing... would sound super cool...
I really am crazy, aren't I?
Does anyone have any idea of this twingtwang egyptian song noise thang that I'm reffering to or are you absolutely clueless?
As to the drums.. sweet.. but.. new topic?
Honestly, I like this idea. If it were to be in-game, I'd imagine the devs giving it the same sound set as the mando, but that would be fine with me.
Don't know if this would satisfy everyone's urge to "play the guitar", but I for one would love to see this. My own opinion, of course. 
Hijo wrote:
I would also envision them giving it the same sound set as mandoviol, in which case we would be back to the question: then why the hell would anyone be an ME...
Why? Because ME would allow those who don't want to climb up the musician tree to have a taste of one of the best instruments in the class at a far earlier stage than the "pure" musician.
I like this idea (probably because it mirrors my own that I posted a week or two ago in these forums). And until dancers and image designers also have to give up something unique and valuable to their class to the ME slot, I will continue to support the removal of the mandoviol from "ME-only" status. If you're going to make one of the entertainer branches give up something like that to the ME, then all three should have to.
Allura WindSinger, mesmerizing novice fencer of Naboo, Intrepid
Here's a post I had at www.nexusstorm.com some days ago...since we're talking about new instruments:
While the Mandoviol is arguably the coolest instrument in the game, nothing adds more to a band than an Omnibox or Bandfill. The problem is that besides the look and animation (and XP) they are the same thing. This is tolerable with the horns, but with these two rhythm instruments they each have actually have drums AND bass.
So why not do this:
Throw out both instruments. Replace Bandfill with the Bass Guitar, and use the current basslines that are already there, just rip them from the bandfill loops and don't use the drums. The animations can be the same as the mandoviol, but some cooler "bass player" style animations would rule.
Replace the Omnibox with a drumset. That would certainly require new animations, but the drums can be ripped from the current loops just like the bass. At the very least, if the bass guitar was added, then the omnibox could remain but with only drum sounds.
Except with a drum, each flourish should be hitting a different drum on the set.. Ya know? That would create room for some AWESOME toons!
And the bandfill can really be described like a tuba then a bass guitar... eh?
Well that would be the coolest thing to do... and then add the vibro-harp!
I'm still trying to picture the frame of it...