RoBarr

That was it. I played a couple songs in Reaper and it worked very well for a first release. I'm taking notes and I'll post more when I have some useful feedback. I'll try it out in Audacity and Studio One as well. I do have one question/request, is there any way for me to edit the string and note colors? I've been using a custom color scheme for a long time and now it's hard for me to sight read the default colors. I got halfway through the first bass arrangement before I figured out why it sounded soo weird. Also, I found a small issue with PsarcConverter. When I first used it, there were a couple of folder presets with Rocksmith default locations. I have RS installed somewhere else, so I added an additional location for a single psarc and pressed convert but nothing happened. It looks like the converter gets hung up on anything it can't find and doesn't move to the next item. Once I deleted the psarc folder locations that didn't apply to me it worked great.

I've tried ChartPlayer with Audacity, Presonus Studio One 6 Pro, and Reaper 7.12 now. The VST seems to install correctly with all three, but I cannot get it to recognize any songs/arrangements. This is my first time using a real DAW, so I could be doing something stupid. I converted a couple of song psarcs and they came out as a .ogg and a few .json in appropriately named folders in Share/JamSongs. I then opened a new project with Reaper and inserted media into the track, navigating to the converted folder in JamSongs and choosing the .ogg file. Next I clicked the FX button on the control panel at the left side of the song track and chose ChartPlayer. The ChartPlayer window opens up and I can see Songs/Options down at the bottom. When I click on Songs, it changes to Lead/Rhythm/Bass/Keys/Close and column headers appear for Title/Artist, etc. I clicked through all of the arrangement buttons but there are no songs listed for any of them. What am I doing wrong?

I would love to have an alternative to RS, for all the reasons you listed plus a bunch more. I don't want to pepper you with requests, but if at all possible could you build the structure to support arbitrary instruments? So that yourself or modders can add new instrument templates in the future? I get the impression that RS was not coded that way, and that's why we don't have mods for 5/7 string instruments yet. To go along with that, if possible, could you create a way to algorithmically transpose/rewrite/edit CDLC from one arbitrary instrument to another. For instance a 4 string bass to a 5 string bass, etc. Good Luck, this will be huge if you can pull it off.