Audition Experience + Techniques
I've been playing Audition for over a year now, and I have summarized some experiences and techniques to share with everyone for reference.
To play Audition well, you need to pay attention to two major aspects:
I. Hardware Section
The hardware section refers to the computer configuration. I won't go into much detail about this since there are relevant posts on national forums and family forums. Remember, without a properly configured machine, it is impossible to play Audition well. Even if you have excellent skills, they will be useless. As the saying goes: A good horse deserves a good saddle.
II. Software Section
The software section refers to the player's personal technical skills. I would like to share some of my Audition techniques with everyone, hoping it will be helpful.
1. Mental Attitude: When playing Audition, mental attitude is very important. If you're in an excited state (for example, after just finishing exercise), your heart rate is high or you're feeling down, I personally suggest not playing. To play Audition, your mindset should be relatively calm, like a still lake surface. (This is just my personal opinion; it's not excluded that some people perform well when they're hyper.)
2. Mentally Counting G’s: Some people like to count the number of G’s while playing Audition. I don’t recommend this method (except for slow songs at LV1). Mentally counting G’s can make your mindset tense, always thinking about how many G’s you’ve hit or why you’re hitting so many G’s. Remember, don’t count G’s while playing; just listen to the rhythm and press the keys one by one.
3. Techniques: After playing Audition for a long time, you should notice that there are many changes in beats in Audition. I have summarized the following techniques for pressing beats:
PS: Ultimately, listening carefully to the song's rhythm is key. Grasping the song's rhythm makes pressing the beats much easier.
(1) Full Beat. Almost every Audition song has full beats. As the name suggests, it means you completely press this beat, ending a rhythm fully. Many songs in Audition have large sections of full beats, often appearing in uniform speed full beats (i.e., your hand presses at a uniform speed. "Dah, Dah, Dah"). There's no special technique for pressing these beats; just listen to the rhythm and press uniformly with your hand, using your eyes to assist in aligning with the P position. (Also, sometimes keys appear after certain intervals; just press them accurately, it's not difficult.)
(2) Half Beat. The probability of half beats in Audition is no less than full beats. As the name implies, it's combo hits. There are 2-hit combos, 3-hit, 4-hit, 5-hit, 6-hit, even 7-hit combos and more. Combos, in my opinion, test your hand speed, especially fast-song combos (like CAN CAN, HANDSUP). Combos are divided into three types: one is continuous hits in the same direction, the second is continuous hits in different directions, and the third is spacebar and directional key combos. The first type is relatively easy, the second requires faster hand speed to coordinate. To hit combos well, listening to the song's rhythm is crucial; if you grasp the rhythm well, your combo P rate will improve. Some songs have full beats and half beats alternating, like 2-hit, 3-hit combos then full beats, etc. You need to master the song's rhythm. If you find it hard to grasp the rhythm, practice a few more times, and you'll naturally remember when the combos occur in the song.
4. Special Pressing Methods: These are methods I commonly use when encountering some harder-to-press songs in Audition.
Since I play Audition single-handedly, some songs aren't as easy to connect as with both hands, so some techniques need to be adopted.
(1) Key positions like 717171, 939393, 414141, 636363, 747474, 969696 are relatively strenuous for single-handed players, especially when the song speed is fast, making the probability of connecting even smaller. My method is: when pressing these keys, move your right arm outward and use your index finger and middle finger combination to press these keys. It might feel awkward at first, but with more practice, you'll get the hang of it.
(2) Key positions like 7979, 1313, 794613 are left-right combinations. This difficulty isn't too great if your hand speed is fast enough, most can press these keys. But some players always miss the P. When I press these keys, I usually only look at the left-side keys, aiming for the left-side P, and the right-side keys are pressed naturally with the hand movement. This way, you at least have a 50% P rate, and with more practice, once you get the feel and can grasp the rhythm well, you can press the right side without looking.
(3) Keys like 741, 369 are frequently seen in HANDSUP, appearing as 3-hit combos. When I couldn't press these keys, I used to look at the keyboard to press them, but after practicing, I could handle them easily.
In summary, to master Audition, constant practice is indispensable (if you have ample time). Although there are some techniques and shortcuts, constant practice is the key. Additionally, mastering the song's rhythm is essential. These two points are necessary conditions for excelling at Audition.
Original Source: Audition Dance Steps Forum www.wububa.cn, Original Link: http://www.wububa.cn/jiqiao/2008-4-24/MC-HanLiu-JiWuMoShiXinDe-JiQiao.html