Mr. Luchador
Member
If it hadn't been for the custom tracks people do, I would have lost interesting in this a lot quicker. Thankfully there's a good community doing a lot of tracks I'm interested in (still not enough Queen though!).
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Rocksmith 2014 |OT| - Everything is improved, except the OT.
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MoonsaultSlayer
Member
So I've learned they are teasing my favorite band for dlc tomorrow (AFI)... so what is this game? Can I use my rockband drums and other instruments?
You use a real guitar or bass to play this. No plastic instruments work in this one.
toymachine
Member
AFI Song Pack – $9.99
AFI “Girl’s Not Grey” (Eb Standard)
AFI “Miss Murder” (Eb Standard)
AFI “Silver and Cold” (Eb Standard)
AFI “Totalimmortal” (No Rhythm)
AFI “Girl’s Not Grey” (Eb Standard)
AFI “Miss Murder” (Eb Standard)
AFI “Silver and Cold” (Eb Standard)
AFI “Totalimmortal” (No Rhythm)
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
I knew that was this game's thing but wasn't sure if plastic instruments were an option.
I do have a bass so I may have to get this. What is meant by the descriptors next to the AFI songs there?
Those are the tunings for the guitar parts on the songs (and presumably the bass parts as well). "No Rhythm" means that song does not have a rhythm guitar part, only a lead.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
Neat, thanks guys. I may have to get this. Totalimmortal is quite the surprise. Hopefully some Burials tracks come soon. Great album behind STS.
toymachine
Member
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetw...NPUB31215_00-ROCKSMITH02DIGIT?emcid=pa-ub-279
Rocksmith 2014 (Digital) is $29.99 on Sony Store
Rocksmith 2014 (Digital) is $29.99 on Sony Store
spatenfloot
Member
Do a few of the beginning lessons and then try a song. After that you should get an idea of what you want to try next.
MonkeyKing
Member
On my x360 profile, I've got the transferred songs from RS1 and some DLC songs. However that isn't showing up on my kid's gamertag/profile. Any way to transfer that stuff over?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
If it's like other DLC, that means you need to do a license transfer to your console so that other profiles can use that DLC.
MonkeyKing
Member
Huh. For some reason it wouldn't let me do license transfer. What seemed to work was logging into my profile first, loading up the game, then quitting and logging into the kid's profile. Did that and all the extra content showed up.
People on the official Rocksmith forum have started to do a Weekly Session Jam. Each week a preset band, key and scale are chosen. Week 1 was the Modern Blues band, E Major and Blues scale. Here's my rendition:
fred playing the Blues.
There was a recommendation for everyone to keep it to 5 minutes or under but it's very difficult to keep track of time lol.
Week 2 is Core Electronic, C Major and Mixolydian scale but I haven't managed to put something together yet. It's difficult because the band isn't guitar-y enough for my liking.
I'm also pretty sure I've nicked the hook in the Blues jam above from somewhere, it's the D string fret 12 and a hammer-on to fret 14. It's driving me nuts, can't remember where I've heard that hook before but I know it's not mine lmfao. It's kind of The Thrill Is Gone-ish but that's not it. If someone knows their Blues please let me know where I've 'borrowed' it from!
fred playing the Blues.
There was a recommendation for everyone to keep it to 5 minutes or under but it's very difficult to keep track of time lol.
Week 2 is Core Electronic, C Major and Mixolydian scale but I haven't managed to put something together yet. It's difficult because the band isn't guitar-y enough for my liking.
I'm also pretty sure I've nicked the hook in the Blues jam above from somewhere, it's the D string fret 12 and a hammer-on to fret 14. It's driving me nuts, can't remember where I've heard that hook before but I know it's not mine lmfao. It's kind of The Thrill Is Gone-ish but that's not it. If someone knows their Blues please let me know where I've 'borrowed' it from!
A couple days/hours into this game and I'm already seeing an improvement in my speed and muscle memory.
Although this game definitely makes you sound better than what you really are. I tried doing some of the riffs I learned from this game on a regular amp.. and sounded terrible lol
Although this game definitely makes you sound better than what you really are. I tried doing some of the riffs I learned from this game on a regular amp.. and sounded terrible lol
toymachine
Member
Bob Dylan Song Pack $7.99
Bob Dylan Just Like a Woman (Capo Required [Rhythm])
Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan Just Like a Woman (Capo Required [Rhythm])
Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues
toymachine
Member
Are you on Steam?
http://amzn.to/1eEewSd buy that, import songs for $9.99
Or you can try your luck on a shady russian site that sells a Steam key
But I already own RS1?
You just get the "Rocksmith 2014 Disc Import Tool" for 2014 if you are on Steam. You have to own the first game on the same platform (have a save file on the consoles) to import the songs though.
Here's all the info you'll need.
https://support.ubi.com/en-GB/FAQ.aspx?platformid=38&productid=4285&faqid=kA030000000ebZhCAI
Astral/H3X
Member
Question: Will this teach me how to play Art of Life?
No, but it will help you get there.
toymachine
Member
http://amzn.to/1kabA68 Rocksmith Guitar/Bass Edition + Cable - $33.70 (All Platforms)
Crag Dweller
aka kindbudmaster
A tele is a great guitar and would work just fine. Go for it.
Yup, a Tele will be fine.
One thing though is that you may want to try watching the Beginner videos on justinguitar.com before and during using Rocksmith. Will get you well up to speed with the basics and they're free to watch.
And I've found that learning new songs is easier if you put the difficulty up to 100% and bring the speed down to a level that you can handle and gradually increment the speed percentage.
Also if you get the PC version you can have access to over 3,000 custom songs ranging from classic tunes to music from TV series, Anime, films and video games.
toymachine
Member
Garbage Song Pack $7.99
Garbage I Think Im Paranoid (Drop D [Bass])
Garbage Only Happy When It Rains
Garbage Stupid Girl (No Rhythm)
Garbage I Think Im Paranoid (Drop D [Bass])
Garbage Only Happy When It Rains
Garbage Stupid Girl (No Rhythm)
toymachine
Member
ThreePiMatt
Member
YES PLEASE. Been a DLC desert for me these past few weeks.
toymachine
Member
singles week next week... Not sure what this clue means
It's Spin Doctors "Two Princes" awesome
Black Crowes "Hard To Handle"
toymachine
Member
Isn't that laggy?
BengaBenga
Member
Just bought this and really like it. I was kinda stuck with my own guitar routine, not having much inspiration for new songs to learn and therefore no progress any more. Rocksmith really helps there. Been shredding away on The Trooper -lots of fun!
Rifrepeater is very nice, but it's a bit of an oversight that there's no rewind funtion.
Is there a GAF community for the game? I own the 360 version - BengaBenga81, feel free to add. Or is everyone on the official forums for the weekly challenges?
Rifrepeater is very nice, but it's a bit of an oversight that there's no rewind funtion.
Is there a GAF community for the game? I own the 360 version - BengaBenga81, feel free to add. Or is everyone on the official forums for the weekly challenges?
Not really. I don't actually hear what I record with my current setup till I play it back anyway, so lag isn't a factor.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
FYI there is a free ASIO driver for Windows 7 that greatly reduces USB audio latency if you want to monitor what you're recording. Co-worker swears by it.
I'm a dirty Mac user, there's no lag over here; CoreAudio fucking rocks.
toymachine
Member
90's Rock Singles
Spin Doctors “Two Princes”
Everclear “Father of Mine”
Silverchair “Tomorrow”
Spin Doctors “Two Princes”
Everclear “Father of Mine”
Silverchair “Tomorrow”
Could you describe how you do it? Can you record full songs as well?
EDIT:
NVM, got it working. Any tips on recording latency though? It's a non issue when free playing, but when you record songs, it's hard to overcome. I'm always lagging behind a bit. Very noticable.
Download the ASIO driver linked above, when using that together with the Rocksmith cable it works great and barely any lag at all. It can't compete with a real audio interface when it comes to latency, but it's close enough.
I used that for almost a year together with Guitar Rig 5 when I wanted to play without the game before I bought myself a Fast Track C400.
I use it pretty much use it exclusively to record my daily playing so it's not really an issue for me.
I have these ASIO drivers installed anyway and I use them with my JamVox. Do I need to activate them somehow for the game?
Btw, is there a way to connect the guitar with your PC and for Rocksmith but with a higher quality solution then the Rocksmith cable?
You can't use ASIO with the game, so you can't improve anything there. Not that I think that is needed anyway, the latency in the game is already unnoticeable for me.
And there's no official way to use your own equipment in the game. I know the first one had a no cable hack, but that was far from great.
BengaBenga
Member
Sounds like the intro of Slide Away by Oasis to me.
theosi
Member
I played this pretty religiously for awhile and as much as I loved it, I kinda just dropped it and let my guitar gather dust. I picked it up again a week ago and was surprised to find that after a few songs I was easily hitting stuff that I couldn't hit at all before, like my brain had learned with the downtime. Now I'm hopelessly addicted again and playing better than ever! I don't think I could do a damn thing on guitar without notes streaming infront of me, but god damn does it feel great hit some perfect riffs and feel like a boss.
Worst part easily was building callouses again
Worst part easily was building callouses again