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Encore Chart Format

To work in Encore, a chart requires the following:

  • Properly formatted song.ini
  • At least 1 song.ogg, or multiple stems
  • At least 1 valid instrument track in <name>.mid

Details about these files and the format will be noted below.

notes.mid

This is a regular CH/RB midi file. Any 5-fret/Classic chart should be in a track named PART_<inst>. All PAD_<inst> tracks should be formatted for Encore pad gameplay.

Note, <inst> is a placeholder for the instrument being charted. All acceptable instrument track names at this time are

Instrument Plastic Pad
Guitar/Lead PART_GUITAR PAD_GUITAR
Bass/Groove PART_BASS PAD_BASS
Vocals* PART_VOCALS PAD_VOCALS
Keys PART_KEYS PAD_KEYS
Drums** PART_DRUMS PAD_KEYS
*Only supports lyrics display at the moment
**Only supports 4 lane/Pro drums

Pad Specifics

Refer to the chart below for the different difficulties and pitch information.

Tap Lanes

Difficulty 1 2 3 4 5
Expert 96 C6 97 C#6 98 D6 99 D#6 100 E6
Hard 84 C5 85 C#5 86 D5 87 D#5
Medium 72 C4 73 C#4 74 D4 75 D#4
Easy 60 C3 61 C#3 62 D3 63 D#3

Lift Markers

Difficulty 1 2 3 4 5
Expert 102 F#6 103 G6 104 G#6 105 A6 106 B6
Hard 90 F#5 91 G5 92 G#5 93 A5
Medium 78 F#4 79 G4 80 G#4 81 A4
Easy 66 F#3 67 G3 68 G#3 69 A3

Overdrive

Difficulty Lane
All Diffs 116 G#7

Solos

Difficulty Lane
All Diffs 101 F6
(between Expert's lift and tap pitches)

EVENTS and BEAT

Every notes.mid needs an EVENTS track and a BEAT track.

Beat

BEAT changes how Overdrive drains. Do not touch it unless you're dealing with special tempo changes. Usually your template (if used) will do this for you. Measure start is on pitch 12 and every other beat is on pitch 13.

Events

EVENTS has three required text events.

  • A [music_start] event tells the game where the first beatline should appear.
  • A [music_end] event tells the game where to stop displaying beatlines.
  • An [end] event should be placed at the very end of the chart MIDI, or where the game should cut to the Results screen.

EVENTS is also useful for creating practice sections. Refer to the RBN documentation for more practice section information.

Audio

As Encore uses BASS and BASSOPUS, you can use WAV/AIFF/MP3/MP2/MP1/OGG/OPUS files for music. OGG and OPUS are highly recommended.

Album art

Album art must be .png or .jpg, with a size of 512x512.