I remember trying to figure out how to do this a few years ago, but the midi part of it always is where I failed, especially getting it into DK2. I am glad to see someone else had a similar interest!!
It's been great fun! No major issues that disrupt the flow of creating scores and no desyncs or crashes through normal use.
Here are a few issues that come to mind, from highest priority to lowest for me:
Yellow/Red notes can be perfectly stacked on top of each other which cannot be spotted in the editor but they turn into Pink notes in-game
Importing audio causes hotkeys to stop working until I restart KongaBeat
Metronome is off sync and unusable
Trying to import audio in a project using a DSP audio file (In my case it was September ripped directly from PAL DK1) makes KongaBeat freeze and become unresponsive
And some requests:
Save the segment setting between sessions, also more separating lines on the timeline between measures
Ability to adjust the song's offset in the editor; I don't know if "Offset" in the metadata will do what I want, so I've just been manually adjusting the audio in Audacity.
An (optional) ability to have all three solo difficulties on screen at once
Thank you again for making this! I'm enjoying it a ton and I look forward to seeing other people's creations!
Thank you for the write-up! This feedback is super helpful. I love the idea of having all three solo difficulties visible simultaneously.
Right now, I'm prototyping a launcher to make playing custom tracks in DK2 and 3 easier. Once I reach a good stopping point, I'll start tackling some of these bugs and requests. That said, if anything else come to mind, please let me know! 😊
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YOOOO!!! SOMEONE HAS DONE IT!!!
I remember trying to figure out how to do this a few years ago, but the midi part of it always is where I failed, especially getting it into DK2. I am glad to see someone else had a similar interest!!
THIS IS AMAZING, I hope it takes off!!!!!
Thank you!!!!!
Incredible, thank you!!!
One tiny nitpick is that the bongo sounds are swapped in the editor compared to the actual game.
Other than that, super easy to use the editor and export to the game!
EDIT: Thought I'd share a custom I made:
This is incredible!! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Edit: Would it be okay if I share this on the site with credit?
It would be an honor!
I just added the tracks to the new community showcase page. 😄
If you don't mind me asking, how has your experience been with Konga Beat? Is there anything KB could do to make creating tracks easier?
It's been great fun! No major issues that disrupt the flow of creating scores and no desyncs or crashes through normal use.
Here are a few issues that come to mind, from highest priority to lowest for me:
And some requests:
Thank you again for making this! I'm enjoying it a ton and I look forward to seeing other people's creations!
Thank you for the write-up! This feedback is super helpful. I love the idea of having all three solo difficulties visible simultaneously.
Right now, I'm prototyping a launcher to make playing custom tracks in DK2 and 3 easier. Once I reach a good stopping point, I'll start tackling some of these bugs and requests. That said, if anything else come to mind, please let me know! 😊
I have waited so long for this