Chapter 132 Pads! (12/13)
Of course, what song to play depends on Jiang Wanna's opinion.
Zhong Ming can exchange points for songs, and there is a lot of room for choice, but Jiang Wanna also needs to cooperate with the movements. If the playing skills are too complicated, the difficulty may be greater than doing a dance, which is more unrealistic.
Take "Pacfic Rim" that Zhong Ming played before for example. This song is indeed quite nice, but Zhong Ming was exhausted by himself, let alone letting the virtual idol play it. Just adjusting the hand movements can make Jiang Wanna exhausted.
Therefore, the song must be good and the movement must be simple.
"I thought about the movements for a while, it's better to show off my talents. I won't consider dancing. If Chanel was allowed to play music, would the movements be difficult?" Zhong Ming asked.
Not long after, Jiang Wanna replied.
"It's much easier than dancing, but it's still very difficult. The key is that there is not enough manpower."
"That's right. There are actually some ready-made action templates on the Internet that you can buy with some money, but these action templates are relatively popular. There are many contents of dance moves and are expensive. Most of the people who do virtual idols will choose these dances. To be honest, there is nothing new, and the movements are not very good-looking. The action templates for playing music are the same problem. They can be used, but they are not outstanding."
Zhong Ming thought for a moment: "Well... if you have original music, you can basically not use ready-made action templates on the Internet, right?"
Jiang Wanna replied: "Yes, because the action templates on the Internet are basically those songs and dances. The higher the level, the more expensive it is. It doesn't make much sense to spend so much money. If you plan to create original music, I think it's OK: Don't let Shanai be responsible for all the performances, just let her be responsible for a certain instrument, and the movements are relatively less."
"Only responsible for a certain instrument?"
"Yes, for example, only responsible for violin, guitar, flute, etc.? Relatively speaking, it mainly has hand movements, with fewer movements, and it is not so obvious even if you play wrongly. If you are responsible for drums, piano, etc., it may be a lot of trouble, because it is easy to see if you play wrong."
Zhong Ming understood: "That is to say, if the drum movements do not match the drum beats, or the piano movements do not match the piano melody, the filling will be exposed."
Jiang Wanna: "That's what it means."
Zhong Ming hesitated a little: "But... instruments like guitar and flute are relatively less likely to be good. It must be that the more movements and more patterns the instruments, the better the performance. After all, what we want to highlight is not music, but the performance process of virtual idols."
Jiang Wanna: "Then there is nothing to do. There is limited manpower, so there must be some compromise in some places."
Zhong Ming stroked his chin, thinking about whether there was a way to have the best of both worlds.
It is certain that the song should be nice and it must also highlight Chanel's performance, which means that the performance should be cool and the movements should not be too complicated. Many movements are best used repeatedly.
Zhong Ming began to look for existing instruments.
If you don’t consider the problem of insufficient staff, then playing a folding keyboard is definitely the best. There are buttons, various buttons, and pads on it, which can simulate many kinds of instruments such as electric guitars, bass, drums, etc.
But it is also the most complicated to play.
If a certain instrument is removed separately...
Zhong Ming suddenly thought of it.
Strike pad!
Can let Chanel play only the pad part!
Zhong Ming immediately asked, "Is the pad movement difficult?"
Jiang Wanna replied after a while, probably searching for what the pad is.
"I looked at it and it was not expensive. The whole set of movements costs only 4,000 yuan, but only hand movements, and body movements have to be adjusted by yourself."
Zhong Ming immediately replied: "I'll send you money and buy it."
Jiang Wanna: "Uh, are you sure? I looked at it and the hand movements are indeed quite detailed, but there is nothing particularly fancy. It's just that you can press the button with your fingers. It's really worth 4,000 yuan?"
Zhong Ming: "It's worth it, buy it."
Jiang Wanna didn't ask again: "Okay, then I'll buy it directly, but it's definitely necessary to have physical movements. Then I'll do physical movements again."
After buying the full set of movements of the pads, Zhong Ming probably felt a little clear in his mind.
Although this set of actions is 4,000, it is actually relatively cheap among all virtual idol action templates, because this set of actions is a lot of decomposition actions, and the virtual idol clicks on any key button and button action.
Although they are clicking buttons, there are 64 colorful color buttons and 16 function buttons on the entire pad. There are so many buttons distributed in different positions of the pad. When clicking different buttons, the hand movements are naturally different. Moreover, different fingers may be required to press two adjacent keys in a short time, and these are also made in the template.
The best thing about this set of templates is that after writing the button to be pressed into the program, the virtual idol can play roughly according to this action and make a small amount of fine-tuning.
Of course, this is just a hand movement. Body movements such as body shaking, head shaking, etc. still need to be done by Jiang Wanna, but the workload is much smaller.
In addition, I also gave a model of the pad to buy this action (used in virtual scenes), which can be said to be very worthwhile.
And Zhong Ming probably thought about what song to use.
...
Strictly speaking, the pad should be a musical instrument that is not well known to the public but is commonly used in the professional field. Its official name is the LaunchPad controller, which is similar to an electronic synthesizer, which can be used to edit the tone and phrases of each pad in conjunction with the music editor.
The shape is similar to a square chessboard. There are small squares on it, and the main part is 8*8 in total 64 squares. On the top and the right two directions, there are 8 round function buttons. Click different buttons and the pad will make a pre-edited sound.
Some people may think that this thing is like a toy? It’s the same with the square, the piano is much higher than this one?
Not really, because the pad has a very cool gameplay, that is, each button of it emits light of different colors!
After editing, when playing the pad, the entire pad will jump happily like a revolving lantern, just like a music game, giving people a strong visual impact.
Especially when combined with some electronic music and leg shaking songs, this visual impact will be stronger.
It can be said that instruments like the mattress are suitable for playing some electronic music and trendy repertoire, which is very consistent with Chanel's character and can be said to be a perfect match.
Chapter completed!