Rocksmith 2014 progress report

izzikio_rage

Technomancer
cool 60% in Bring me to life - stuck on the harder power chords
20% odd in rhythm mode for knocking on heaven's door - apparently this has many of the basic 8 chords (C, D, G, a minor) , so good practice in switching between them will allow you to play quite a good number of songs
10% on lead of "wish that you were gone" - this is not that easy
plus some odd numbers on 16 saltines, blitzreg bop and some others

90% plus in all the lessons uptill bends 101 (which is suddenly crazy hard)

not too bad considering I started in October end and only get to play on weekends

What about the others?
 

bikramjitkar

In the zone
Got it yesterday! :D

First impressions: I've been playing guitar for around 3 years now and used to reading tabs, but this "note highway" thing is making me feel like a noob again. :(

The main reason I got this was for the session mode and it's living upto my expectations so far. :D
 
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Gollum

Gollum

Collector
cool 60% in Bring me to life - stuck on the harder power chords
20% odd in rhythm mode for knocking on heaven's door - apparently this has many of the basic 8 chords (C, D, G, a minor) , so good practice in switching between them will allow you to play quite a good number of songs
10% on lead of "wish that you were gone" - this is not that easy
plus some odd numbers on 16 saltines, blitzreg bop and some others

90% plus in all the lessons uptill bends 101 (which is suddenly crazy hard)

not too bad considering I started in October end and only get to play on weekends

What about the others?
dont be afraid to bend the strings. I storngly recommend string skip saloon and ducksredux and also scale warriors.

Got it yesterday! :D

First impressions: I've been playing guitar for around 3 years now and used to reading tabs, but this "note highway" thing is making me feel like a noob again. :(

The main reason I got this was for the session mode and it's living upto my expectations so far. :D

note highway is more to deal with making you learn songs that the game offers. Try to play aroung with tone generator for using it in session mode.
 

izzikio_rage

Technomancer
dont be afraid to bend the strings. I storngly recommend string skip saloon and ducksredux and also scale warriors.

the fight is not fear in bending the strings but finger strength needed to accurately bend the string. Same goes for the chords that have now started to come up in bring me to life (they are hard, one finger pressing two strings and all), plus the strumming pattern is hard to figure out
 

bikramjitkar

In the zone
the fight is not fear in bending the strings but finger strength needed to accurately bend the string. Same goes for the chords that have now started to come up in bring me to life (they are hard, one finger pressing two strings and all), plus the strumming pattern is hard to figure out

The key to bending is doing it with the wrist rather than just your fingers. Check out some string bending lessons on Youtube for the right technique. :)

Gollum : I get that, although it probably didn't help that the first song I attempted was The Trooper by Iron Maiden! :lol:

Side note: The Real Tone cable works pretty well as a USB audio interface as well. A standalone one from Line 6 or something will cost at least 50 to 100 dollars, so this is great value for money! :) Check out this tutorial: Using Rocksmith Real Tone cable with Guitar Rig 5 | Wardie's World
 
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Gollum

Gollum

Collector
Played my guitar after a long time. Feels great. I haven't lost touch either. Just forgot some songs that were less practised. I retained my muscle memory of picking strings without seeing them. I guess that will help me play lead.


The key to bending is doing it with the wrist rather than just your fingers. Check out some string bending lessons on Youtube for the right technique. :)

Gollum : I get that, although it probably didn't help that the first song I attempted was The Trooper by Iron Maiden! :lol:

Side note: The Real Tone cable works pretty well as a USB audio interface as well. A standalone one from Line 6 or something will cost at least 50 to 100 dollars, so this is great value for money! :) Check out this tutorial: Using Rocksmith Real Tone cable with Guitar Rig 5 | Wardie's World

its basically an USB sound card with mic boost to increase the volume of the guitar.
 

izzikio_rage

Technomancer
Apparently you can use the rocksmith cable with a lot of programs, but you can't do the reverse. Even if you have a much more premium cable from some elite company, you will still need the rocksmith cable to play the game. Sort of like the old hardware locks that tally and all used.

Also the game+cable is just not available in India right now. Guess the rocksmith people did not anticipate the demand for it :)
 
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Gollum

Gollum

Collector
Apparently you can use the rocksmith cable with a lot of programs, but you can't do the reverse. Even if you have a much more premium cable from some elite company, you will still need the rocksmith cable to play the game. Sort of like the old hardware locks that tally and all used.

Also the game+cable is just not available in India right now. Guess the rocksmith people did not anticipate the demand for it :)

my pc version of the game has stopped recognizing the real tone cable. But it works just fine on my ps3.
 

debarshi

Otaku
Apparently you can use the rocksmith cable with a lot of programs, but you can't do the reverse. Even if you have a much more premium cable from some elite company, you will still need the rocksmith cable to play the game. Sort of like the old hardware locks that tally and all used.

Also the game+cable is just not available in India right now. Guess the rocksmith people did not anticipate the demand for it :)

Umm, actually the only place it is regularly available (cable+game+pre-order DLCs) is Snapdeal. I bought it from there, and 2 of my friends too. They refill their stocks regularly, just recently in X-mas sale, it was down to 2699/-

my pc version of the game has stopped recognizing the real tone cable. But it works just fine on my ps3.

Are you sure its not an USB driver problem? Because when I installed custom drivers to make fastboot work with USB 3.0 in Windows 8.1 (its the worst PITA I've ever had with Windows and Android), the 3.0 port didnt recognize the Rocksmith cable any longer but the 2.0 ports did fine.
 
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