Rock Band Midi file format

**Phenomenon** · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 928 Location: Cookeville, TN

I'm hoping this game will be a zillion times easier to crack once the PS2 files have been released.

**pksage** · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 890 Location: Midwest, USA

I'm pawing through the MIDIs myself, so I'll be helping as much as possible.

Here's some event flags, which are so far the same format as GH2 - [event]. NOTE: All information on what these tags do is so far hypothetical, and is just my best guess. This thread will be updated as more information is collected.

PART GUITAR/PART BASS

[idle] variants - mutually exclusive, ended by a [play] variant

[idle] - Makes the guitarist begin idle animations during a song.

[idle_realtime] - Used before big breaks (Foreplay/Long Time) or as the final idle of a song.

[play] variants - mutually exclusive, ended by an [idle] variant

[mellow] - Guitarist plays, well, mellowly. Think Say It Ain't So.

[play] - Guitarist plays normally. Think Dani California's chorus.

[intense] - Guitarist gets into it. Think hardcore riffs in the metal songs.

[play_solo] - Guitarist begins solo animations.

Other events

[map HandMap *] - Changes the set of finger animations, and maybe camera? Arguments for * include:

Default
Solo
AllBend
AllChords
DropD2
Chord A
Chord C
Chord D

PART BASS exclusive

[map StrumMap *] - Changes how the bassist strums. Arguments for * include:

Normal
Pick
SlapBass

PART DRUMS

[mix # *] - Changes what drums are played on the in-game kit. # is 0, 1, 2, or 3. I think those numbers are red, yellow, blue, and green respectively, and changing this event assigns a new drum on the in-game drum kit for that note. For example: if a song starts with [mix 2 drums2] and later goes to [mix 2 drums2d], the tom/cymbal is moved to a different tom/cymbal at that event. Arguments for * include:

drums1
drums2
drums2d
drums3
drums3d
drums3easy
drums3easynokick

[idle] variants

[idle] - Drummer's normal idle animation.

[idle_realtime] - Drummer's idle animation for long breaks and the ends of songs.

[idle_intense] - Possibly makes the drummer click sticks above head?

[play] variants

[mellow] - Drummer plays softly.

[play] - Drummer plays normally.

[intense] - Drummer goes crazy.

PART VOCALS

[play] variants

[mellow] - Not much stage movement, gentle singing.

[play] - Normal, fairly energetic singing.

[intense] - Pounding air with fists, etc.

[idle] variants

[idle] - Normal singer idle animation.

[idle_realtime] - Used before long breaks and the end of a song.

[idle_intense] - Energetic idle animations - pumping the crowd for a guitar solo, etc.

Instruments

[cowbell_start] - Self-explanatory.
[cowbell_end]

[tambourine_start]
[tambourine_end]

[clap_start]
[clap_end]

EVENTS

[section *] - Same as GH2. Marks practice sections.

[crowd_*] - Changes crowd behavior. Arguments for * include:

mellow
normal
intense
realtime
clap
noclap

[music_start]
[music_end]

[coda] - Not sure of what this does, but does seem to mark an actual coda.

[end]

VENUE

[lighting *] - These tags work a little differently than in GH2. Instead of the tags controlling the entire lighting rig themselves, there's actual MIDI notes in the VENUES track that (probably) control specific lighting mechanisms for certain tags. That said, there are still many [lighting] tags that define how the lighting works themselves. These tags are now mutually exclusive; using any [lighting] tag will override the previous one. Arguments for * include:

() - Default lighting? Many songs use only manual and loop.
(manual_warm) - Bright lights, controlled by VENUE notes
(manual_cool) - Soft lights, controlled by VENUE notes
(loop_warm) - Bright moving? lights, sometimes controlled by VENUE notes
(loop_cool) - Soft moving? lights, sometimes controlled by VENUE notes
(strobe_slow) - Slow-ish strobe light flashes.
(strobe_fast) - Quick strobe light flashes.
(flare_slow) - Intense, slow flare-ups.
(flare_fast) - Quick flare-ups.
(sweep) - Lights sweep the stage.
(searchlights) - Searchlights sweep the stage? Different than spotlights, I think.
(silhouettes) - Lighting that causes band members to be silhouetted.
(silhouettes_spot) - Silhouettes band within spotlights. Good with [FogOn].
(stomp) - Not sure. Used in drum sections; lights up bass pedal?
(harmony) - Not sure. Lights up entire band?
(dischord) - Potentially the opposite of (harmony); random lights?
(frenzy) - Lighting goes crazy.
(bre) - Big Rock Ending lighting.
(blackout_slow) - Slow fade.
(blackout_fast) - Rapid blackout.

[do_directed_cut *] - The legendary camera shot tag. These events cause a specific camera shot, and sometimes specific character actions. Duration seems to be pre-determined for each one? I can't find anything specifying their durations, anyway. Arguments for * include:

directed_guitar
directed_guitar_cls - Close-up of the guitarist?
directed_guitar_cam
directed_bass
directed_bass_np
directed_duo_guitar - Shows the guitarist and bassist playing close together.
directed_duo_bass - " "
directed_drums_kd
directed_drums_lt
directed_drums_np
directed_vocals_cls
directed_vocals_cam
directed_stagedive - Just what you'd expect.
directed_all
directed_all_lt
directed_brej - Big rock ending.

[FogOn] - Generates fog.
[FogOff] - Turns fog off.

[bonusfx] - No clue.

[chorus] - Not used consistently. Camera stuff?
[verse] - " "

More info coming as I find time. VENUE is just weird, and I hope to decipher what all of the non-text note events are. They have durations and everything...it's weird.

**DesktopMan** · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 64

Here's some progress:

Creep original file from Rock Band, hard difficulty. Yes, it supports the PS3 Rock Band Drums and is fully playable. (without music for the time being, music is next)

See the following post for some more details.

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39923&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=165#589161

**keyblademstr09** · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

how the crap do I do any of this? I mean usually I could do computer stuff like that but this is making no sense at all! Help!

**JanDeis** · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 32

**aeffertz91** · Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 178

ok. so i read that people are all ready making drum charts for rb. are they just dB or is there a new program?
sorry if this is a "noobish" question..

**Leff** · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 1315

**natedog62** · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:05 am Post subject:

PS2 Version Ripped to pc is a whopping 3.72 Gs..

im gonna be retarded and try to open it with guitar herop exploreand see what happens :P...ill let u know how that works out

**natedog62** · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:09 am Post subject:

lol..it didnt work..but o well i didnt expect it to ..dont call me a idiot cause i already know i am..good job on finding all this stuff out btw guys

**Zilcho** · Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 332 Location: UConn

Actually it's closer to 8 gigs, it's a dual layer disc and you only ripped the first layer.
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**natedog62** · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject:

hmmmm indeed

**LMxRustInPeacexX** · Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 159

If you extract the mids, do they work in guitar hero?
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**ffej18** · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 4

whats the usual methods to rip the midis and charts out of the game

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**ffej18** · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 4

THank You I will try This