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Gangsters It's tricky with chords but I don't see it too hard. Hurt Interesting, appreggios and chords. Lot of work here. Hollow One of this songs, where bass makes it way more funnier. Rhythm gets crazy in the middle, that's why MC, even though it's an 8 on difficulty. Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll Here is something brilliant. Great song by BOC. Nice solo, ass kicking riff. Nice song, happy to have it here, and I envy all those who can play this on guitar. One day! Pulling Teeth Four minutes of bass solo, so it's something all MC bassist were dreaming about :lol:

http://i.imgur.com/pNL37LC.jpg This may be the only go i'll give it. Tough song for sure and some of those notes i dont even understand how he hits them. I played it on NDD Easy because i kept failing on hard, hope thats okay. Good luck to everyone who attempts.

For the lead!! My 6yo daughter is loving this song! Kept getting random misses on the mutes. Played them at full noise and gained a few percent.....doesn't sound right but if it gets the points..... http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ql9ivh0k3e7dqsp/221680_2015-04-11_00004.png?dl=0

http://i.imgur.com/Aq1JpzM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8JcHhuP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2xTSIF2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AwjrCL3.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Hollow%2090_zpsfwcsx01w.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Cities%20On%20Flame%20Rhythm%2090_zps8lcodl2a.jpg

Then this is also too late, but it's anyway not my class http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150411/4soc2aij.jpg but maybe for the 100% list

My rate max 8, there very fast pre outro part, other parts not so hard (may be rate 7). http://i.imgur.com/8dwxxGc.jpg

Cub reporter 2groggy reporting back in... I played the Date Rape NDD in SA, once in Easy and once in Hard. Accuracies were similar to what I would get in a regular paly through but the scoreing results were much higher in the Hard setting. I presume that that is why we ignore the scores. So here is my best result, and I don't really expect to improve it by tomorrow. Accuracy 96.15%, Longest Streak 289 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=422956512

No easy ones here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKck5xT193SUdnUVk/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKT3g0bFNCVU8wZm8/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKNEV4dUNVOEoycXM/view?usp=sharing

Woah, that's a nice bass line, I'll have to give it another try. (a few tries :blush:) http://i.imgur.com/cZqqtI6.jpg Rythm(I'm not sure if my old Rythm score counts, because I didn't actually submit a valid screenie): http://i.imgur.com/pCD0I8s.jpg

Hello! Hmm... why didnt I bring my gear with me...last week songs were awesome! Anyway, here are my scores http://i57.tinypic.com/nxj6a0.jpg http://i61.tinypic.com/2s7bear.jpg http://i61.tinypic.com/21cfblz.jpg

MasterClass Bass - 92%, 152 streak Yeah, I did!

Updates http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/541897447540969053/77D82F44585265FC85EEE47D42DF49CEF3442345/ http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/541897447540969233/CB61EB51BEC2A679B9B1D70279BB18550B6DC153/ http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/541897447540968856/359C285EEE1EF10FA37E82B8532994DEBB5AAE69/

2 updates.... Rhythm BG: http://s6.postimg.org/gym3zvm4x/RS2014_CF_Championship_Week_76_Rhythm_BG_2_98.jpg Lead IM: http://s6.postimg.org/iexmi0p1t/RS2014_CF_Championship_Week_76_Lead_IM_3_95.jpg

MasterClass Bass - 69%, 31 streak Pretty happy with that score :) MasterClass Rhythm - 85%, 172 streak Intermediate Bass - 98%, 328 streak Really fun bass to play, I'll give it more tries. Rhythm was quite tricky, I don't think it's true MC, though. With Pantera's lead part, it's kind of low Advanced, probably Intermediates wouldn't mind playing it. Advanced Rhythm - 95%, 68 streak Great band, great song.

and again I was too late for a last score, but nevertheless I posted it :) This week sounds interesting

Given the same accuracy, scores in each higher level of difficulty are much higher than the one before it. Even if you're playing a No DD version of the song and therefore seeing all of the notes even on easy difficulty. That continues on in to Master difficulty, which is all the notes PLUS master mode (so you can't see them). If you get a 100% accuracy on Hard and then Master, the Master score will be significantly higher than the Hard one. That all makes sense and is fair, but Score Attack scores in general are a bit flaky. Not exactly arbitrary, but the algorithm that gives you a score rewards some things that aren't necessarily objectively "better". For one thing, getting a long streak increases your score multiplier, on up to x99. If you get a long streak and then collect points at that high multiplier, you can easily get a *much* higher score than a run where you have fewer overall misses, but they are spread out evenly through the song. In that way, Score Attack scores tend to favor getting clusters of misses, preferably at the very end or very beginning of a song. Also, you get more points for being "Perfect!"ly on time for notes, or at least "good". That is sensible, but on the other hand is subject to the vagaries of different people having different amounts of input lag, etc. So, that makes Score Attack scores a decent way to judge your own progress compared to past scores, but arguably less useful in comparing your scores to the scores of other people (who might have an advantage in a nearly lag-free setup, or a handicap from an older system or poor input lag setup). So, for Championship purposes, it was decided that precise accuracy is a better, more objective way to rank participants. It is just a bit confusing, because Score Attack is the only way to get a highly precise accuracy rating -- down to the hundredth of a percent compared to Learn A Song truncating down to an integer value for accuracy. That makes Score Attack better for getting a precise accuracy rating, even though the actual score itself is only a last-resort sort of tiebreaker. I think that is the best way of doing things for the Championship, although it does create a couple of weird edge cases. First, Score Attack has the problem of "strikeouts" if you get a lot of misses in 3 sections, which is annoying. I wish it would let you keep playing even if you "strike out" -- invalidating the score would be fine, but just give us a non-sugarcoated overall accuracy value as usual at the end instead of cutting the song short. Playing a NDD version of the song on Easy can help with that problem -- NDD makes it so that even "easy" has all of the notes (and therefore gives a legit accuracy), but it is significantly more forgiving about how bad you have to screw up to get a strike / strikeout. And second, the rules rank a 100% run on hard (or easy NDD) above a 99% or even 99.9% run in Master. Arguably, there could or even should be some consideration granted to very high (but not perfect) accuracy Master Mode runs. On the other hand, it would be hard to nail down a way to objectively do that; plus there is still a bit of a concession in that a 100% Master run will have the same accuracy and streak as a 100% run on hard, but will definitely win out on the last tie-breaker by having a higher score. Plus I believe Rodman gives some points for Master mode runs on his multi-week leaderboard. ...OK, done rambling. Hope that explains the preference for Score Attack but NOT actual SA Scores, and wasn't too long and boring. :)

Let's start week 77. READ THIS FIRST =>> How and Why to Join the Championships Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules Last weeks winners: Lead: Beginner: @Van-Burten Intermediate: @@MonstaS4 Advanced: @@MaZtoR Masterclass: @@Nacholede Rhythm: Beginner: @@franfit Intermediate: N/A Advanced: @@lordlk Masterclass: N/A Bass: Beginner: @@KJParsley Intermediate: @@Van-Blurten Advanced: @@genobadass Masterclass: @@xDatBoiSOBLE Congrats to all the winners. Honorably mentioned this week are @@Van-Blurten for winning 100% on Intermediate bass and @@genobadass with 100% at Intermediate bass as well. We have by @@Nacholede and by @@xDatBoiSOBLE , , , videos! The songs for this week are: Lead Path: Beginner: The Specials - Gangsters (Chosen by @@2groggy ) Intermediate: Johnny Cash - Hurt (Chosen by @@Rodman ) Advanced: Pantera - Hollow (Chosen by @@Geist ) Masterclass: Stevie Ray Vaughan - Mary Had A Little Lamb (Chosen by @@bernixix ) Rhythm Path: Beginner: N/A Intermediate: Johnny Cash - Hurt Advanced: N/A Masterclass: Pantera - Hollow Bass Path: Beginner: The Specials - Gangsters Intermediate: Pantera - Hollow Advanced: Stevie Ray Vaughan - Mary Had A Little Lamb Masterclass: Metallica - (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth) (Chosen by @@Rodman ) Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10). Honorable list Diehard men: Playing in their class 4 weeks in row, one pass allowed (they have preference when choosing a song from song selection list for next week). 2groggy in ADV bass pathAzrael in ADV lead pathbernixix in MC bass pathBirdassasin in ADV lead pathBlazikiller in ADV lead, rhythm, MC bass pathsChoaralaone in MC bass pathfranfit in BEG lead, rhythm pathsfrippchen in MC lead, rhythm and bass pathsgenobadass in ADV bass pathJambi in BEG lead path@KJParsley in BEG bass pathLatsch in MC lead, rhythm pathslordlk in INT lead, ADV rhythm pathsMaZtoR in ADV lead, rhythm pathsMilkmanDan in MC bass pathsmissis sumner in ADV bass pathMonstaS4 in Int lead pathMortalo in INT lead, MC bass pathsMotive in ADV lead, MC bass pathsNacholede in MC lead pathObrum in MC lead pathpunchyrumble in Intermediate bass pathRodman in Int lead, rhythm, Adv bass paths@Shiroo in INT lead pathP.s. Please, see changes in Championship Class Lists! Have fun!

Gangsters Bass 98.7%, Longest streak 167 It's not my class, but I love it anyway

ha, I don't mix heavy pain killers and alcohol like some rock stars but the pain is gone at least from my prescription :)

Update v0.2

right there with ya! heres a few of minehttp://i.imgur.com/OGGUUkd.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/3AVAl8I.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/qCVxAAf.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/8k9Bngb.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/6oWtxSY.jpg

wow. this DD and NDD is getting confusing. anyway here is a friday night beginner rhythm: http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/714160316288428772/9160CE2C06537322370984C2EC583BEC24B2E68A/

Fishbone Date Rape on bass with the DD version 94% accuracy, longest streak 243 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=422945417 I'll try the new NDD version in SA and compare scores. Back in a moment...

My only tries this week. I'm busy as fuck. Hope i'll get to you better next week, but I doubt it :P http://i.imgur.com/b39JE9W.jpg

Cheers, guys! I've learnt something tonight again (Tookit-wise anyway). And it's probably the shittiest qualifying score ever, but hey, it's my qualifying score, and it's my level, so here you go: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKUmhzbHJhN3RxamM/view?usp=sharing And I even quite like the song now it's giving me all the notes to play. Well, maybe… ;)

{Original icon from Svengraph} Beats & Phrases Resynchronizer This free tool permits CDLCs quick updates on : - Measures and Beats - Sections and Phrases - DD The Beta Release of BPR works only : - On Windows 32 bit compatible systems - With RS 2014 CDLCs (Pc and Mac) To use this tool you need first to install the RSToolkit (2.6.0.1). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- D O W N L O A D L I N K ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows : BPR_v0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- H O W T O I N S T A L L B P R ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Download the zip file - Unzip it in a folder of your choice - Launch "bpr.exe" - Answer "Yes" to configure the link with the RSToolkit folder - Use [F1] to display help - Enjoy ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- U P D A T E S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Update v0.3 (03/06/2015) - New functionality to update Score Attack levels. - New XML comment added to trace BPR modifications. - New functionality to show or hide similar measures. - New functionality to show or hide similar phrases. - New graphical indicator for changes in time signature. - New statistics about synchronized events. - Contextual menu items reordered in same manner as main menu items. - Fixed bug : Detailed informations may not be refreshed when updating a section or a phrase. - Fixed bug : Synced beats may not be displayed in blue. - Fixed bug : Update BPM may generate an incomplete measure at the end. - Fixed bug : Translate action may generate disorder in the following measures if a locked measure exists. Update v0.2 (10/04/2015) - Fixed bug : XML prolog was missing when saving the file. - Fixed bug : Error when trying to delete the before last measure. - Fixed bug : Sections and phrases may be out of sync after a reset of BPM. - Fixed bug : DD levels were not reset to 0 when necessary. - [Help][About] added to display the version Update v0.1 (01/04/2015) - Initial Release ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- R E S Y N C S O N G E X A M P L E S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Iced Earth - The Hunter ( @@Replicators ) / Original / ResyncAC/DC - Are You Ready ( @@Gnobiwan ) / Original / ResyncThe Offspring - Vultures ( @@Soilman ) / Original / ResyncThe Offspring - The Future Is Now ( @@Soilman ) / Original / ResyncAC/DC - War Machine ( @@Gnobiwan ) / Original / ResyncRush - La Villa Strangiato ( @@TheBestAlex ) / Original / ResyncKiss - Crazy Nights ( @PC Plum ) / Original / ResyncIron Maiden - Alexander The Great ( @@Replicators ) / Original / Resync

I was asked to try to explain working with multitracks, so here goes. I don't think I've written a tutorial before, so there's your warning. Images are hidden behind spoilers currently because I think most of them aren't necessary to the general public, I can remove the spoiler tags if this proves to be untrue. Preamble Ramble: This tutorial assumes you know the general process of creating CDLC and focuses mainly on the differences in the process for using multitracks. Reading The Third Way to Chart Customs is strongly recommended, as a decent amount of this may be that information just more poorly phrased. A lot of credit also goes to the user todtod, who taught me most of this process via PM when I was starting out here. Now, by far the easiest way to get multitracks is to create a Frets on Fire forum account and use bluzer's topics for Rock Band and Guitar Hero (for those unfamiliar, there's a fair bit of overlap, I tend to trust Harmonix/Rock Band more for these cases but it rarely matters). There's a few other ways, but that's the simplest/most organized in my opinion. Editor on Fire: If you choose MIDI Import in EoF and choose a notes.mid in one of the folder, it should import a perfect beatmap (and sections, though not phrases, marked), an advantage which cannot be overstated. Tangent: Also most of the time (any Rock Band song, GH:WT and after for Guitar Hero), vocals will import (though you have to remove +'s and stretch out the previous syllable for its length if you want them to be perfect, and some Guitar Hero imports miss a few syllables of words in my experience). And on very rare occasions a very accurate Rock Band 3 Pro Guitar/Bass chart that needs minimum tweaking will be imported as well. But as stated, once you import the notes.mid, it should have a perfect beatmap with a few seconds of silence at the beginning, and default to the isolated guitar track. If you're importing a Guitar Pro (or equivalent) file, the first thing you have to recall is these imports start with usually three beats of silence, so you have to insert that many beats of silence to the file you're importing. If you're charting from scratch, I will cover some advice later in this chart. Once you import the guitar chart, you should sit down and listen to it. You've got the lead guitar by itself, you have an advantage on nearly every tab out there on the internet, make sure you exercise it. After going through the guitar chart, choose 'Load OGG' and switch over to bass (titled rhythm.ogg) to repeat the process. There's VERY few tabs online that are hyper-accurate on both guitar and bass throughout, so keep your ears open for discrepancies. Wwise: After you finish the chart, the best way to handle the audio is to load all the oggs into a single Audacity (or equivalent) project, then mix it down to a .wav file. Mute the guitar track, then mix it down to a .wav file (with 'No Guitar' or something appended). Unmute the guitar track, then repeat the process with the bass. Finally, or perhaps beforehand if you want to test a bit earlier, mix it down to an .ogg and import it into the EoF file to create the preview. Do the Wwise stuff as normal, just including the No Guitar and No Bass versions as well as the standard version and the preview. I personally don't bother making a new preview for each version, after I'm done with the Wwise I just make two copies of the preview .wem and rename them for the other versions. Rocksmith Custom Song Toolkit: Create the standard version .psarc as normal. Do not create No Guitar/No Bass versions yet, as you might find some errors when testing your standard version and currently you have to regenerate each version separately, so focus on your standard version until you're happy with it Now that that's done, create your No Guitar and No Bass versions. You have to change the DLC Name (I just append NoGuitar or NoBass) for each version, and I suggest appending '(No Guitar Audio)' or '(No Bass Audio)' to the Song Title as well. In addition, you have to change the Arrangement Identification number for each arrangement in each version (I just increment it by one per version, remember that it's Hexadecimal). For vocals, this requires you to outright delete the Vocals arrangement and then add it again to generate a new value, as the Toolkit does not allow you to manually change those. Finally and most obviously, switch the audio over to the appropriate No Guitar or No Bass version. Now it's time to test your No Guitar and No Bass versions. Once you load your library there should be three distinct versions in your library, and make sure to test that they accurately do lack the audio they're said to, they display vocals if you've charted them, and should all load. Ideally any major crap-ups should have been caught in your standard version testing, but it might become more apparent that your tones just aren't to snuff or something in this round. Unfortunately for any mistakes at this point, you'll have to reload, change, and regenerate each separate package, so try as I said really lay into testing your standard version. Flying Free – Charting By One's Self: Now, let's say you've got some balls on you and want to test your hand at charting from scratch. It's actually not as daunting of a task as it sounds, having the isolate guitar and bass lets you sit down and feel it out on your own. But there are options for shortcuts, the most notable being the paid program Celemony Melodyne. It's an expensive piece of software that's design for professional use, but if you're routinely working on this the $99 dollar version works well for single note riffs, including most entire bass tracks or solos. The more expensive versions help separate out chords, but frankly I don't find it worth the pricetag if you're not doing professional work. Below an example of an entire bass track (Rock Rebellion by Bang Camaro) loaded into Melodyne. It contains a few glitches (the shorter the bit you put in the more accurate it is) and may not be intuitive to read at first glance, but the information is invaluable if you use it routinely. Melodyne is by far the easiest and quickest way, but if you're lookin' for something cheaper well your brain came free with your body. Use any knowledge you have about the song, the key, chord progressions, common tricks of the specific band, whatever. Enhance it with music video, live performances, covers, whatever you can find. Keep throwing all of the knowledge you're able to bring together until you're able to finish it. It's not a simple task for most people and I strongly, STRONGLY recommend if you try this without much education to do it with a simple single-note-focused song. Also, I heavily recommend the Scale Racer minigame. I'm sure others might be able to recommend tons of stuff to help with learning by ear, I might edit in some here after the fact on other people's recommendations. So that's about all I can think of saying, any questions or comments are welcome.

Hey all, I'm taking a leave of absence for about a month. (I'll be around to monitor, etc). I have a wrist surgery scheduled today @ noon EST. Obviously I won't be able to play guitar, type, do basic functions for awhile until I get my cast removed and my hand is healed. (FYI: I have a cyst on top of a nerve on my left wrist which is my primary hand...and surprisingly I play guitar right handed) Hopefully everything goes perfect. My wonderful staff here at CustomsForge will take care of the site while I am in recovery/rehab. And yes, a month or so without guitar is going to drive me literally insane. My calluses will go away and everything :( But I'm looking forward to even getting better after the surgery! See you all in a month. - Mark edit: I'm recovering now and they said it was huge! Thanks for all of the support. edit2: 4/16/2015 Update New cast and a new prescription of oxy for the pain. I've been dealing with pain but I do have full movement coming back to my hand. I just can't use it for another two weeks and I have a follow up in 4 weeks. Thanks for all your messages. Here's a cast I wish you all could sign for me :) http://i.imgur.com/sIwjoma.jpg

gangsters are ok :ph34r: begin lead: http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/714160316292184385/4CB11C8C34DACDBD55CA1255EF86D43BB0DD8E85/

I am so thrilled you folks chose this awesome BOC Tune this week. I have found that they have so many complex songs and it makes me smile to see you all enjoying this Cities on Flame With Rock And Roll Chart!!! Tear it up and enjoy it, and I may have to play it on the Bass in the morning just cause you're all making me smile !!! JB

Get well soon man! Best of luck

next attemp with strat and the pick of destiny http://fs1.directupload.net/images/150411/bigb5q5j.jpg

Intermediate Lead, very hard to get notes detected. Random misses everywhere. But I'm bound to say I have played it only with my western guitar for authentic feeling and nicer sound http://fs1.directupload.net/images/150411/bqy3lisf.jpg

Hi, folks. The latest hotfix (r1390) is in the first post. Changes are as follows: *Changed BF import so that the bend strength imports for all bend note types. Special bend types (pre-bend, pre-bend and release) import with link status and accompanying tech notes. *Added the user preference to enable Bandfuse file export during save. *Added a check during save that warns if any notes bend more than 3 half steps, since Rocksmith doesn't support this. *Fixed a bug with BF export where fret hand positions wouldn't be detected correctly and would be deleted. *Fixed a bug where EOF wouldn't respond to keyboard input after using ALT+Tab to switch EOF back into focus, until Escape was pressed or the mouse was moved.

Hi @@Van-Blurten I played the bass path, and here are my thoughts : Your scroll speed is too fast, you should divide BPM by 2 and double the notes' value. A pain in the ass, I know, but the notes are coming at you way too fast. I would also raise the bass sound by at least 2db. Other than that, the tab seems very accurate and the synching is fine too. Cheers

Same problem here. Tried all suggestions made.

The story of my life :( lol

beginning the beginner. gangsters: http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/714160316290904054/5A50DDD4B7C7572467B21A4A0D45EDCAA921E01D/ sorry about the repeat posts. my chrome freaked out! :o

Unable to access the downloads using IE and Chrome. Tried incognito mode as well. Keeps asking me to login.

Oh man....pulling teeth, this should be interesting. Video to come!

Good to hear that it went well and the next post should be "I'm playing my guitar again" ;) Recovery will take a few time, but then everything will be as before or even better.

Just a quickie - how do you remove DD from a psarc? If I could do this for Date Rape, I might be able to submit a valid score, or is that cheating? :D

lol 1122 h http://s26.postimg.org/x8vguzehl/steam_screen.jpg

with :) :) :) RS1 functionality :) http://i58.tinypic.com/2hfp1ma.jpg Works, we are bugfixing... Gonna be released in this threat.

Wanna take a glimpse at your easter present: http://i61.tinypic.com/2nlut5d.jpg ;*)

2007 Gibson Les Paul Studio Vintage Mahogany Worn Brown, Silver Toggle and Toggle Plate, Roller Bridge, Silver Speed Knobs, Mirror Pick-guard http://i.imgur.com/qyYvPKP.jpg?1

my new baby ibanez as53 http://i.imgur.com/YZEFgXB.jpg

I was unable to comment about Four on Six when you released it so it's cool to have caught up with you on here. Yes,there are jazz fans and we appreciate you making this. Rocksmith lacks this kind of diversity IMO,you have definitely hit upon an untapped resource. I was also wondering,since you are into music like a7x and jazz if you've ever heard Guthrie Govan or his stuff with the Aristocrats. You might like it as there is a mixture of many styles of guitar. Thanks for all of the awesome customs.