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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=442278620 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=442278542 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=442278459 No particular order and awful scores due to lack of practice, apart from Gary Moore who was just being a bastard... recognition issues :( No time today for anything else, have spent the majority at the hospital with #2 son having his head glued back together after he fell over on the prom' near my house, so not really with it today because bleeding baby heads are sadness makers. He's ok now though, but still... :(

getting closer http://fs1.directupload.net/images/150513/85ztgwjo.jpg

You mean you didn't score 567891234?! Well, guess that's moved up the schedule for trying to put everything together. Edit: looks like I succeeded in putting it all together. Knew I had something special going when I kept the streak from the fast/octavey part way past where I usually lose it (the bends on the 15th fret of G string). Still made one or two dumb mistakes early on, but I can't complain too much. http://i.imgur.com/M33ngEg.jpg

Takes care of the second problem (score is up on top, because I got too excited :P) http://s28.postimg.org/dw9gbwi9p/2015_05_13_00003.jpg

I don't think I'll be bending any strings for another 24 hours or so. Heal Time! http://i.imgur.com/0MROj0F.jpg

Once I learn the 17th fret in muscle memory, yous in trouble @@albatross213 http://s8.postimg.org/e71lfn5x1/2015_05_12_00004.jpg

@ @@Kaijin I don't know how you guys are getting over 91% on The Loner as I can't seem to get any of the notes from fret 17 down on the e string to register for me. I keep on getting the same % and its frustrating the hell out of me. If it wasn't for the lack of registering notes I am sure my score would be much higher and seeing you guys with 91+% is annoying me. I am going to try again tonight with all my guitars and see which one will help me get these damn bends to register. From the 10 guitars I have I am sure one of them has to get them to register. Its really annoying watching RS show you a "miss" when you know for sure you played it correctly and I am sure I am not the only one who is going through this. I even raised my RS Cable gain in game and I raised the volume of the cable in the sound properties and I am still getting the same misses each time. I don't want to cheat it and do hammer-ons instead of bends as that wouldn't be fair.

@ - thanks, but I think I'm lacking a lot of the necessary equipment. I know the pedals aren't necessary, but I don't even have a signal splitter or anything like that. @@then3verend, @ - looks like it's a three way battle now, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other MCers catch up. I look forward to seeing who comes out on top, and with what score, over the next 3 days or so. Edit: Just for fun, I put the whole song through RR without playing anything to see how many notes there are. I got 1519 in the Karmeleaux version (I think fripp's might be different by a few notes - perhaps slides in the intro). I think that means I hit 1496 notes, while @@then3verend hit 1493, and @ hit 1491 or so. I also did some RR on the middle sections of the song (broken into three big chunks) and the outro. I think after a few attempts my best takes on each section were 6 (or maybe it was 4?), 7, 0, and 2 misses. If (a big if) I can string those together that gets me to 1504, or (just barely) over 99%. I think I should be able to improve on a little bit with time in RR, but I don't think I'll nail all of the high G string bends in the outro just before it turns to noise.

needed a few runs till now, but 7 are from week 51 http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150513/lpq6byti.jpg

Sorry @@Rodman.... Lead IM: http://s6.postimg.org/6tkvo7nwx/RS2014_CF_Championship_Week_81_Lead_IM_4_99.jpg Sorry @... Lead ADV: http://s6.postimg.org/hug0t8g5t/RS2014_CF_Championship_Week_81_Lead_AD_4_91.jpg I'm just messing with you guys.... I expect you (@@Rodman) to beat my score and the same with you @, specially since I'm not even in the advanced class. :) I was lucky to hit the record key when I did the run on The Loner, I'll post it as soon as it's uploaded.... you'll be able to see quite a few high e bends registering, more than what I usually get (I think RS was in an extremely forgiven mood today :lol:... I doubt that I'll be able to get the same scores, much less higher)

Thanks very much for starting this project! I used to play violin at school and when I left school the 60s scene started and lots of people started playing guitar, so I stopped playing violin and began learning guitar. About ten years ago I had the urge to start playing violin again so went and bought an electric violin. Played for a few months and haven't touched it since When I saw your project it has encouraged me to start playing violin again. As I've posted several CDLCs for guitar and bass and watched your video about tuning etc. I think I'll be able to do some customs for violin. I've been working today on a violin part for Eleanor Rigby and I'm pleased with the results. Update - after playing this several times I decided to make this better by tweaking the chart. I've also done a playthrough video - download new version here - http://www.mediafire.com/download/rdr50mjrgb9c081/Beatles-The_Eleanor-Rigby_v1_p.psarc

After an awesome last week, it is quite a shame that for this week, today was my only practise day :-( So here are some baaaaaad scores: Advanced Lead: 74.89% http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=442266831 Advanced Rhythm: 60% http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=442266398

Bcs of i have not new string (10) now, for replace broken, continue practice yet a few hours at guitar with heavy gauge 11-54, and fingers was already in fire. I decided to make a last attempt today and it was surprise: http://i.imgur.com/DIxkTQW.jpg

Little Green Bag Lead: 93.75% http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/38623382011702355/91C5468E8F4E53B63BB018E07719C9CAA828AC51/

thought I'm getting closer.. nevertheless http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150513/2m2mq96i.jpg have to try harder

Lets just hope that they are still around to unlock customs for Rocksmith 2016 :D

"Nice", i lost first string(10) in battle with high bends. :( @@Kaijin If i payed too only a few times a song in my class, i`m too would be score near 90%, but so as i want what ever win, i play a song full week many times. I sure count may be more 100 times (with restarts) for most an "advanced" song . Off course it is easy, come in class bottom, and play a few times with good score and if you want, play a bit more and to get win. ;) There is back side, that have not enough time for practice with other a songs. So lets go into hard practice in advanced class :)

and closer http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150513/mxhqfqr6.jpg

My participation for this week, with still some place for improvment http://lostpapers.free.fr/Rocksmith/Rocksmith2014_20150509_00006.jpg

well @@Kaijin. You did score 99%+ on the int lead this week. So unless the rules have changed you are in the adv class next week.

@@Kaijin - Hmmmm maybe you are in adv NOW ;) Sorry, can´t follow you, congrats!

There are two songs in Beginner Bass class, so Beginner participants have a chance for double points and double win. Ints and Advs have nothing to do with it. Except from playing both songs :)

Takes care of one problem... http://s8.postimg.org/jnzgowur9/2015_05_13_00002.jpg

I did a video again. This time without the original audio to avoid copyright issues. This meant playing the song without any audio as well (I thought of trying to play it simultaneously from an outside source, but I had no idea how I could sync that up, so I decided to forgo trying that). It's really hard to play this song without all of the audio cues from the other instruments. I especially had a hard time with all of the sections that go above the 12th fret. Somehow I still managed the same score as in my previous video version (97.23%, but I didn't show the screen, just in case). Anyway, here it is:

Is it just me or is raynebc's labour of love EoF infinitely more enjoyable to work with than what this Rockband authoring video demonstrates. http://ca.ign.com/videos/2015/05/08/how-a-rock-band-song-gets-made-ign-first Kudos to you raynebc! This video almost looks like they are working in Microsfot Excel, yuck!

After receiving numerous requests from people to post the customs that I have been using for experimentation with Violin on Rocksmith, I have uploaded them. If others have created customs for violin, feel free to post links on this thread. Video links might be useful too, if available. WARNING: The BASS chart on these songs is for a REAL VIOLIN! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TUNE A BASS TO MATCH THE REQUIRED TUNING Tuning instructions: Do NOT use emulated bass. The custom is already coded to expect an instrument tuned to G,D,A,E in the 4th-6th octave, which equates to guitar notes on the 10th fret of A, 12th fret of D, 14th fret of G, and 17th fret of B (12th of E). Customs currently available (PC only): Practice track: Beethoven's Ode to Joy http://www.mediafire.com/download/ghch7t79l3gp93d/Beethoven_Ode-to-Joy_Violin_Only_v1_p.psarc Video Demo (queue to 13:25): Lindsey Stirling: My Immortal (Evanescence Cover) http://www.mediafire.com/download/cfp37a56z4ooa6d/Lindsey-Stirling_My-Immortal-Violin-Only_v2_p.psarc Video Demo (queue to 5:36): Gil Shaham: Paganini's Sonata Concertato in A Major (1st movement) http://www.mediafire.com/download/c2cr9x9pu8491rm/Paganini_Sonata-Concertato-in-A-major-MS-2_I_-Allegro-Spiritoso_v1_p.psarc Video Demo:

-= HOW TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL ROCKSMITH Plug´n´Play USB / BT FLOORBOARD FOR TONECHANGE for less than 30$/€ =- Latest Update: 20.01.2015 http://i59.tinypic.com/29o51jd.jpg This video is just a proof of concept, it is gonna edit: might, with a chance of slim to none be replaced by a better one as soon as my hardware hell has vanished … sigh… Features (V2.0):KEYBOARD INTERFACE – works as standard Keyboard – no special drivers, software or hacks neededPLUG AND PLAY for Windows and MacUSB or BLUETOOTH ver. available.EASY TO BUILD - ONLY 5 Wires to SOLDERCHEAPINGAME TONESWITCH everywhere (LAS, SA, SESSION MODE, MENU….)http://i59.tinypic.com/29o51jd.jpg You want one of those – Here is the DIY HOW TO: Needed: 4 Button Floorboard of your choice (no matter what connector it has) (20€ +)A USB or BT Keyboard (use an old or get a defective one (Keys 1,2,3,4 gotta be working) (0-25€)Soldering stuff incl.5 thin wires (e.g. an old IDE Cable)Multimeter (optional but makes it easier)A screwdriverGaffer TapeA textmarker (for cd labeling)http://i62.tinypic.com/390xy.jpg Difficulty: easy If you have sucessfully soldered anything before – you´re gonna do it for sureIf you have never soldered anything before – thats a rather easy task to start offTime: A few hours or less (my second version was done from scratch in 30 mins) So here we go! Grab your Keyboard (The HP one i used has a small interface that will fit in almost any footswitch, a long enough cable and a matrix that is easy to follow – hence the used button wiring is easy to determine). -Unscrew and open it. http://i58.tinypic.com/f00ua0.jpg As in my pics below mark the buttons 1-4 (not on numpad) . When you lift the rubber layer you see the wiring matrix. Short explanation of keyboard function: 2 matrixes with wires – when pressed together = 2 pins on the interface board are connected and thats the buttons signal. So – mark the buttons you wanna use on both layers of the matrix (waterproof marker for cd labeling works good) Optional: if you have extra switches on the floorboard you might wanna use extra keys like: Enter, Esc, Up, Down – if so – mark them too! http://i57.tinypic.com/eq1htt.jpg Now for the hardest (not really) part: Go to Button 1 and follow the wires (white lines) on both matrixes to the interface board. Double check, you can follow them with different color textmarkerst to make sure, but that shouldnt be needed, and is way too professional for my way of doing stuff like that ;) Now you should have found the two pins on the interface board that handle „1“ (Alternative: search gxxgle for schematics / pinout dor your specific keyboard) To test: - I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGED HARDWARE OF YOURS - Connect the usb plug to your computer, open a texteditor and shortcut the two pins that you have marked on the interface board – best with a multimeter set to resistance (ohm). Alt: use a piece of cable. If everything is right – the text editor says: 1 – aint that great ! Now go on – follow the wires of button 2, 3 and 4 (and the extra buttons you might want) It is very probable that you find a common ground for 1-4, so you should have five pins marked (i call em 1-4 and 0). If there is no common ground = 8 pins determined (2 for each key) - no problem - read below! http://i57.tinypic.com/10cixk5.jpg Test all buttons the way above and if everything is ok you are ready to: OPEN THE FLOORBOARD: http://i60.tinypic.com/w7cs34.jpg The board is gonna look a bit different for you unless you have the same 1st gen line 6 fb to work on... Nevertheless - what you are searching for are the two pins for each buttons that are connected by a press on the button. The easiest way to find those is using a multimeter set to resistance (ohm) - adress 2 suspected pins - press the button and if the number on screen goes to 0 - these are the 2 pins to solder! Furthermore: Check if there is a common ground (connection) between the individual buttons with the multimeter ("0" on screen means pins are connected and hence only one of them has to be wired to the ground of the keyboard interface)... This is very probable, however if not (no "common ground" on fb board) you have 2 options: #1 (recomended) connect one of the "to solder" pins of each button by soldering with the next one so only one of them has to be wired to "0" on keyboard interface. (see schematic diag 2) #2 connect one of the "to solder" pins of each button by soldering with common ground of the keyboard interface - that way 8 wires to be soldered from kb interface to fbboard instead of 5. If there is no "common ground" on kb interface, but you find 2 different pins for each key 1-4 just solder the 2 pins to the 2 pins of the fitting button in the floorboard board - in this cas you need to solder 8 wires (no problem) If you have problems at any point pm me, post a pic of your situation, believe me - it is not gonna be so hard, i´m gonna help you. When you are done you have: - The pins on the floorboard to be wired - the according pins on the keyboard interface sending "1" - "4" WIRING Solder the according pins (there are excellent youtube vids how to solder if you never have) @@Frack 's little tips for this : >>The parallels contacts material you'll solder is copper covered with a carbon like stuff. you can remove this carbon by using the FLAT part of one screwdriver or a blade, take care to don't scratch the copper though. This carbon is a pain in the a.. to solder (try on one unused contact first) go very gently with several passes. Once the copper is visible & clean put some solder in it, the differents parallels contacts should not be short circuited, if it happends, heat the solder along the copper to minimise the quantity. put some solder on the end of the wires & heat both when in contact, blow on it to accelerate the cooler process. take care to not overheat the board or the added wires (as they are very thin) any telecom/computer wire is ok for this.<< If you look at my pics you can see that i did some scratching on the kb interface pins, put some solder on and got a nice result with that. Here a principal schematic diagram: http://i62.tinypic.com/2wlsd8n.jpg The black dots are the common ground on the fb board = they show a resistance of zero when tested against each other - hence only one of them has to be wired to common ground on keyboard interface. Schematic diagram 2 (no common ground on fb board) http://i58.tinypic.com/3008jk1.jpg connect pins 1-4 by soldering and check with multimeter(ohm): pin 1 against 4: = zero = success Schematic diagram 3 (no common ground on keyboard interface): http://i62.tinypic.com/2568gns.jpg so if you found 2 pins for each key 1-4 (instead of 1 for each and a common ground = 5) you gotta solder 8 wires instead of 5 as shown above, meaning that the pins with the same color on kb int connected = keypress. http://i62.tinypic.com/2bd0yx.jpg http://i59.tinypic.com/rqyk4w.jpg http://i60.tinypic.com/wsehg.jpg http://i59.tinypic.com/2ahytfp.jpg http://i60.tinypic.com/2po9icz.jpg finally - http://i57.tinypic.com/n133gp.jpg TESTING Plug in to USB on PC/Mac or connect with bluetooth - http://i57.tinypic.com/25yuq85.jpg start text editor, press the buttons - when you get: http://i61.tinypic.com/hvnrx0.jpg you might have to recheck :) if you get: http://i61.tinypic.com/2lw8y81.jpg it´s good If a button press results in multiple inputs (e.g. you press Button 1 and "134" is the output) This is most probably a result of the conections on the board. If you don´t want to go into detail of the wiring of your board you might have to do the following: http://i62.tinypic.com/ay1du.jpg Just cut the lines leading away from your "to solder" pins with a flat screwdriver for each button. This stops the fb from working with the amp it was designed for, but it can be rewinded by a simple solder point easily if ever needed. Test again! FINISHING !!!!!!!UNPLUG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fit the keyboard interface into your fb, make sure there is no short circuiting (easiest way - cover whole thing with gaffer tape !!!) http://i59.tinypic.com/1fhd8p.jpg please take a little more time than i obviously did here :) http://i61.tinypic.com/35ksw0l.jpg I had to drill a hole to make the cable fit - i left the original connector on the other side as it was - so it can still be used with line 6 equipment :) http://i61.tinypic.com/214w0h2.jpg Test again! ROCK If you like it HIT THANKS If you need support pm me – i´ll assist you. YOU HAVE TO POST A PIC or VID of your FINISHED PROJECT IN THIS THREAT!!!! Regards, R

Downloaded, thanks. I'll give it one shot before going to bed. BTW, What time is it in Spain? 4AM??

Just wanted to let you know I've made my own version of Little Green Bag, from the scratch. I didn't like the actual cdlc (it has slight sync issues and at least bass path isn't accurate) hence I couldn't enjoy it :D. I'll leave link below and in case you wanna try it, I'd like to hear what you think! Bass has been mostly made from the scratch and guitar (combo - lead + rythm) been ripped from a gpfile. Bernixix's DD Version NDD Version

oh im too late :P

I think they meant uninstall then re install the game and then put in the dll file. Almost everyone that makes songs sets the id to the cherub rock dlc id so it makes things way easier because then you dont have to mess with it every song. I know all my songs will work if you cant decide on a test song.

Saved again by @@albatross213 's NDD version of Little Green Bag, this time on Lead. 81.something%

@@NoonyDeloony - Sorry to hear about your son! I hope you get some drama free weeks soon. @@2groggy - That story about your scar is pretty hilarious. Anyway, making NDD versions of songs is pretty easy with the Toolkit. You just 1) go to the "DDC" tab 2) add the .psarc file you want to remove DD from 3) switch the "Ramp-up model" to "ddc_dd_remover" 4) increase the phrase length a lot. I used 40 in the file I uploaded. 5) Click the "Generate DD" button. Also, Little Green Bag is a pretty tricky song. I did a few attempts at it but I think my highest score was in the low-to-mid 97s. I think part of that is that I've never really mastered the proper technique for pulloffs, and my slides can also be iffy. But it's definitely a good deal more difficult than the advanced songs over the past few weeks. @@then3verend - I know that dilemma with the versions. It also took a lot of work for me to master the slides, since I don't think I've fully gained (or at least regained since I started playing again) the ability to know how far my hand has to move to go from one fret to another without looking. I think the slide I had the most trouble with was one that was like "D 3h5/16, A 14h15, G 17", with the next hammer-on coming really quickly after the slide. Took a lot of practice to get that one to the point where I wasn't guaranteed at least one miss on those notes. @ - Keep it up! If not for my having a magical take this afternoon you'd have the lead! @ - Maybe guitar strings are more bendy than bass strings, but I dislike doing bends on the G string, and I especially hate doing full step bends on it, particularly if the note isn't near the midpoint. I can't imagine doing the kinds of bends that in The Loner on heavy gauge strings!

Grr, I like frippchens version better soundwise, but have to relearn the muscle memory. That 5-17 slide is murdering me.

@@NoonyDeloony - Scars on a boy a muy macho. I have one right beside my left eye. It gets mistaken for macho until people learn that is was from bouncing on the bed while my older brother lassoed my feet with a skipping rope. I didn't know that my head had that much blood in it. Joking aside, I hope he feels better soon. @@albatross213 - Thanks for the NDD file. Now I can make my sucky score official. Little Green Bag advance bass 86.89%. I just can't get any of the accents right, and It's not a problem with the recognition engine. This song, while fun, is just beyond me. I'm going to stand pat with that score before I get any more frustrated and work on some of the easier guitar songs.

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@@NoonyDeloony It's great seeing you keep playing bass and posting scores even when disgraces knock the door. It's good to know that it's ok now, but still, best wishes and a fast recover to your son!

With heavy gouge and more good fretboard for my bends registered stably good <=18, but 20 and 22 very very bad. At 20 fret, bends sometimes detecting if start to play at 19 then very fast slide to 20 with bends.

Intermediate Lead - 93%, 49 streak I expected a little bit better, that's just that kind of song that makes me struggle. @@Kaijin you will like Advanced :)

Give advanced a try, and if you don't like it you can always nag Mortalo until he puts you back in intermediate. :D

@@albatross213 You can recording separate guitar and RS via direct box there as im use it -->> Multitrack record do in program Sonar. @@Kaijin It funny at your video everywhere is "miss", but final score more good then my, so sure i need more practice in RR with solo, where you got more "right" notes, and i will do beat your score.

Well, they are just using midi tracks in Reaper for charting and Reaper isn't really a very good looking DAW in itself, imo, but when combined with the midi editor layout it looks especially unappealing.So you're right. Kudos to raynebc for a piece of software that looks a lot better and is more intuitive to work with.

@ - you're kicking the you of ~7 months ago's ass! More than half of the way closer to perfection! Though trying to get there can give you a Zeno's paradox kind of feel.

Dude that is awesome! I was actually considering making a violin and cello custom of Eleanor Rigby since I've dropped the violin (mostly) and moved to cello. I'll definitely put the wife onto this custom! Edit: I had to try it out myself. I missed the first note on the score attack run. :( http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ff43/3qcmyqelcl0e5bpzg.jpg

I don't know why the game recognized much better the bends on that run, I think it was the 1st time I saw so many getting recognized. I only use the real-tone cable connected directly to the PC, I don't even have an amp :mellow: .... maybe the game has better recognition with a "direct" connection, I have no clue.... btw, I'm just saying this cause I have the idea that you have a "system" with pedals, I remember seeing a picture that you posted with the connections, right @? So, here's the video.... (after watching the video I got a little angry with myself.... I missed quite a few notes that I never miss.... the score could have been higher and I doubt I will ever make a run with all those high e bends registering :angry: )

http://fs1.directupload.net/images/150513/jio225dv.jpg

Yes and yes! :)

http://www.guitarfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pickini.jpg

You can use your Rocksmith realtone cable, and you wouldn't need any pedals to start. They sell optional "accessories" like the stealth pedal (acts like a wah pedal or volume pedal), the iRig Blueboard (acts like a 4 pedal pedalboard, where you can assign each button on the Blueboard to control a pedal inside Amplitube), and some other accessories. None of the accessories are needed to start though, as everything can be controlled with your keyboard and mouse. I would suggest starting with Amplitube 3, as it contains all of the other versions of Amplitube (Amplitube Fender, Amplitube Metal, Amplitube Jimi Hendrix, etc). If you download it you can try it free for either 9 or 11 days (I can't remember which) so you can check it out with no commitment. I can send you a pdf book that I downloaded that runs through Amplitube 3 and all of it's amp and effect models. It explains a lot of how it works (it helped me a lot) and tells you what the real-world equivalent of some of the pedals inside Amplitube are. A lot of the effects pedals are renamed so they don't have to worry about patent infringement. Check out these videos as well, they might give you some better insight:

I make my own out of old gift cards with one of these. http://a.tgcdn.net/images/products/zoom/e91b_diy_guitar_pick_punch.jpg