cacahuate51

6 hours ago, Willyam said:

let’s say it is very easy for some

Nah as i mentioned in my bass post I thought it was a different song called "be my fire" fun song to play, id say its more intermediatey like a 4 cause of the speed on lead and rhythm.

Also, maybe exageration of "very easy"  by that i just mean you can get a 95%+ quite fast if you practice the main riff but getting a 99% or 100% will be challenging like all songs




 

Definatley didnt sound like a 99% but ill take it!!  will try to RR it some more morrow but im honestly happy with this score

On 4/1/2025 at 10:46 PM, robolechuga said:

That was a good pass, missed a couple that I think I can get another night.

 

daaamn! that 98.58 score is insane!! great job! ill have to practice that solo a ton to get to you and satinukes score.

8 hours ago, jasmith85 said:

Do you use reaper with Rocksmith like the PC users do to help with tracking.

Oooh no, not yet I'm still learning aswell, the only daw I have real experience with /recorded/made "songs" is ableton. I do have friends that use logic so that's why I know a little bit of it cause I've had to use it when collaborating with them and I also had it on my mac so I've used it a bit. 

 I reccomended reaper cause of the free trial which seems to never expire according to users aka Emmy and confirmed by Daz. So its basically a free daw  ehich is great for windows users since windows doesnt come with a daw.  And cause it is used in the tutorial on how to use a drop pitch in rocksmith. Basically when you install it it comes with virtual cables that are nesecarry for it to work.  

In the end DAWS are like pizzas. Sure you might get a different type from papa John's than dominoes, pizza hutt or a local pizza place. But at the end it's still a pizza. So again doesn't matter the daw as long as you learn it/are only trying to record a song. 

Some macs come with atleast garage band already INSTALLED and sometimes logic aswell which in those cases it's up to you which daw to pick to record a song. All are good though. 

9 hours ago, jasmith85 said:

Hi cacahuate51

Just wondering being a mac user too, do you use anything Mac based on your tracks? I use Bias FX 2, Logic/Garage Band, thats about as far as my knowledge goes. 

 I havent posted a track cover though yet?  

But yep!
So basically all the software I mentioned after reaper has a mac install. These are 3rd party software (usually virtual instruments or fx such as delay reverb distortion etc ) made to be used in any DAW (logic, garageband, reaper ableton flstudio blabla). 

 I have admitdley not used my mac in years but when i used it I had them installed on it. There are very few windows only vsts infact i cant really think of one that i use that is not on a mac.

I would also strongly advise to check what comes with your DAW as they  can be quite usefull and you generally dont need anything else.  The gui might not be pretty but dont let that discourage you from using it, cause they can usually make just as good as results. Vsts can be a rabbithole in that sense cause sometimes they are the same thing just with a different skin/ image but i still have fun downloading freebies lol.

Logic in particular has some great synthesizers (loved alchemy) , amps and famous emulated compressors such as the FET . Overall really solid daw especially since you can manually auto tune voices in it.  I believe breathe carolina made their first albums using only garage band (basically the intro version of logic)  sounds and then you got more popy people like disclosure, billy eilsh and her brother magdalena bay etc but they usually combine 3rd party plugins aswell.
 
Interestingly enough i just searched songs made in garage band and apparently the hand that feeds by NIN was made on there lol. 

Anyways, never tried BIAS but looks great !! im sure you'll be able to get some great stuff with it! 

Remember its not about the gear but how you use it  (and if you have time try to read manuals, watch yt videos, or lookup artists you like as they might have some production posts and experiment /mess around is always fun imo )

Yea but wouldn't that just record the clean guitar version?  I guess looking back at the conversations I did missread it I thought someone was trying to record guitar with rocksmith tones not just a clean signal. 

33 minutes ago, Willyam said:

So as promised a couple of screenshot, there is really nothing to it:

1. create or select an audio track

2. select Ext in

3. select channel 1 (i pluged my guitar to the 1st input of my audio interface)

4. arm the track (red button to say this track will record)

5. press the record button and start playing

ah and yes i put rocksmith in windowed mode to see both software.

8 minutes ago, Willyam said:

i could record my playing while using rocksmith. connected using a scarlet and recording with ableton. 

hold up what? and you use ableton?! teach me how sensei

2 hours ago, Mikson said:

Sounds a bit complicated to me, but I'll check it out  

Nah I just overwrite which might seem overwhelming. I'm sure you'll get it!  

1 hour ago, Daz40 said:

I too have been experimenting With reaper and RTC,
It does record ok but one thing It wont let you do Is record your guitar while using RS 
I do have an audio Interface on the way so maybe that will work 

I even tried selected disconnected under Imput still wont work

yea as far as im aware of rocksmith programmed it that way to avoid ppl using the tones..

honestly with the free vsts you can get a similar or even better sound though so i wouldnt stress that much about it. If you have no clue on how to make a good tone in the vsts theres plenty of presets or tutorials out there or you could also use the official/custom rs tones as a guide once you see their settings in the tones menu, to make similar tones.

the only way i know how to record audio from rocksmith is by recording a video and importing the video into your daw. if your daw doesnt support the format then convert the video into mp3 and import it to the daw.

ah damn im a slow typer andre beat me to it lol

1 hour ago, Mikson said:

Unfortunately I don't have the conditions to record covers, because basically I only have electric guitars + bass connected via Rocksmith cable. I don't even have a guitar amp  Basically I could just record my playing in Rocksmith but that's not a cover 

ah no problem! I actually dont have any amps either, and didnt like using my interface for recording guitars cause it would always delay so much that it made recording guitars 10x harder ( i got that fixed though) so i used rocksmith cable on my daw for most of my time.

Download Reaper:
 https://www.reaper.fm/download.php
You'll be using the free trial version which last 60 days ( seems like its 60 days mins only count if you have it open but emmy also claimed its like winrar once the trial runs out you can still use it, i still havent reached that time so idk i only downloaded it cause it is used for the drop pitch in rocksmith, stilll havent learnt but wanna try to figure out this week)

setting it up- press ctrl p or options preferences make sure audio system is direct sound. ( other drivers might be more beneficial but this is how i got the cable to work)

Now you need to add a track (this will be where you record guitars) press ctrl t. Select the red dot button to tell the daw that you want to use that track to record and now press ctrl R and strum away (assuming you nhave your guitar connected with the rocksmith cable)

whats cool about reaper is if you keep ctrl r it it wont over write the guitar audio instead itll put it in a different lane this way you can slice the best takes. I think ableton also added that feature but you have to press some buttons so this is more intuitive i might use it lmao. This is usually refered as comping.

ok but what about amps?

theres lots of free ones.
id recommend guitar rig player 7
 https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/guitar-rig-7-player/?srsltid=AfmBOooLNg3T8UEEfv-wW76RI5LXsL0mS2Uw-6kpcJfRaT599fkrMVeG
if you download the komplete start bundle it will also give you other virtual instruments that are neat
if you want a delay plugin:
Replika that comes with the komplete start bundle is great! also Raum (reverb plugin) is fantastic

Valhalla supermassive is neat
https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-supermassive/?srsltid=AfmBOooXtFy47I6fBkL3p3VfVXDDuPPNq2REXSgoqjEcETz-dRhkoeqZ
or 
deelay can get you some wonky results cause theres a randomizer button which always makes stuff fun imo
https://sixthsample.com/deelay/ 

once you download one or all when you record a guitar track in reaper all you need to do is select fx button and then find the vst 

what about drums?
theres free ones aswell
id reccomend spitfire, SSD or just any yt video

 

Thanks for creating this week @ Mikson  !! love me some space songs and can't wait top see some covers of space oddity/ maybe miksons first cover?




Oooh interesting ok, its not the same song I thought it was but was still nice to play. The one I like to play is called be my fire



Ah heres where some of rodmans training cdlcs wouldve helped!  I think this song wasslightly easier than vektor song because the fast riffs don't appear that much and its probably doable with practice, still fun though/ probably the song i enjoyed most (might check his work out cause ive seen videos of him but dont really know his songs other than "technical difficulties")  
 

22 hours ago, Goan Peng said:

 

 

Ei grats on 100% on all three songs! The star rider one has some tricky sections so great work even i had to replay the song/slow that section down, you've been klilling it these past weeks.

 Make sure to submit the advanced class songs since thats the class you are in, you gotta give the rest of them competition! And maybe youll even find a song you enjoy in that category, so mightaswell give it a shot even for fun     

ah good to see the blue stones song it is very easy and fun to play!

49 minutes ago, Mikson said:

This was a great attempt, I lost a bit on the solo, but I probably won't play it any better, and it's still a long way from @ cacahuate51  score. He is on a different level of possibility so GG 

what do you mean a long ways ?  You are right next to me you can pull it off !!

6 hours ago, Willyam said:

hey @ cacahuate51  did i miss something? I though i was #1 for beginner bass on week 595 according to the sheet, and now it says lost tropy?

Yea so I updated the wrong post and was hoping i'd get a response from support before someone would notice my mistake.

I havent yet but it seems like its kind of back to how it was supposed to be?! (aka you are the winner in beg bass) 

 Thanks whoever fixed it! (itd be nice if you send me a message on how to do so since it seemed like there wasnt an undo button once you press save) cheers! 

There's a part towards the end which is where i goof up that reminds me of come and get your love by redbone. I think i can get higher but thats all i'll do for today 

2 hours ago, drand said:

Fire!! Every time I ask how??

Hey! what happened last week?  You were supposed to come at the end and beat vodka/satinuke and daz40  

Btw I just saw a clip of ari@home, didnt know his name but had seen several of his videos on my feed in the past (always such good vibes and even shared with my friends) this time i noticed he had the rolli. So I was gonna link a video but then I checked his name and I was like ooooh thats who drand mentioned last week xD. Great videos. 

41 minutes ago, robolechuga said:

Okay, so I am about 3 songs behind on covers, but finally found the time to get ...and I love her done.  No vocals yet, need to purchase a mic and grow a pair.  Maybe in the near future, money is going into mods for the PRS S2 currently.   

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cA5Lof2b5FvUVVjDgo9L4gl5lh2Kj7fw/view?usp=sharing

itd be nice if you put share publicly so that it doesnt require access! Its just a permision option when you put share link

The most up to date video should be this video, please use it instead of the videos above. (I know this is an old post but incase someone finds it for any reason)

58 minutes ago, AndreCardoso said:

Thanks!

It is CDLC, of course and I'm only doing the bass track (and possibly lyrics).

I followed this tutorial 

but I will recap and see if I checked all the boxes   

Nono!!! I forbid you to use that video! xD 
I know its shorter but it is really outdated as it uses software new charters should NOT be using (toolkit) because there is no longer support for it

(also grats on attempting to make your first cdlc its always good to have more creators ) 

Here is the video I would reccomend you:

its lengthier because it goes through almost everything in eof you need to use and its the most "up to date" tutorial for now. 

always pack the eof project with DLC builder.

If you have any doubts I would also reccomend you joining the discord server

https://discord.gg/Pt6U9aZua6 or use the invite link on the forums

 and searching the sub channels #creators or #eof as there creators are more active and will be able to help you if you have any doubts with the software.

6 hours ago, Mikson said:

Ok, since my post about missing scores was ignored, I took matters into my own hands and updated missing scores from the previous week manually. The problem may be that the screenshots with scores added at the end of the topic were not loaded into ReacApp 

The most significant change after the update is in the intermediate lead, now it looks like this:

So @ Satinuke  should win inter lead, sorry @ Vodka  
Apart from that, rather changes in the further places but may be important for the long-term classification.

Ah ok, I guess I missunderstood rodmans message.  I thought the "@ avastreg is on it and when it´s working we will update last and this week of course."meant to not touch it cause it was going to be fixed so that's what I did, I wasn't ignoring it and I wouldve done it manually myself. 

I have updated the post with the new winners, Thanks.
 

@ JobwanMojo  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rn6c87ayJso4BPjuVrN68J0aIfziRYFd/view?usp=sharing I think it might be a security thing cause i remember i wasn't able to ever access mediafire on a laptop that i had. I have uploaded it to my google drive since it downloads fine on this computer and hopefully it helps you out! lemme know if not.

5 hours ago, AndreCardoso said:

Back to my other project. 

What is the process to submit DLCs? Is there any vetting?

I am guessing you mean submitting CDLCs for the championship? rather than DLCs as those are the paid official content that we haven't really used for the championship due to the paywall.

When testing cdlcs this is generally what I look for:
main post if you want to comment anything

the document;
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VAL-Fip8W2-het4ppsgpa3BH3dNfCY5U9R-c-NTNcFw/edit?tab=t.0

Sometimes cause of time constraints, like this week, I am less harsh on the cdlcs that have been submitted but i think its still a decent guideline of what to look for in a chart

If you've read the guidlines and want to submit a song, then its as easy as going to this link:
https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbwy6vF3XYDZ_s1WeqiHTgBcVgbF8cr2AUQjKH3aRSZYuh32Erc-IstP5Gos-1i_evkm/exec

 copy pasting the url  of the chart -press retrieve data - add your username and what you would classify the difficulty levels (if its being picked for the week usually the organizer will test it and leave the rating as is or increase/decrease it)

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if you mean just to upload to the site and not the championship then following emmys guidelines is most likely what you need to read:
https://customsforge.com/index.php?/topic/79608-charting-standards-2025/#comment-403333
 

1 hour ago, Willyam said:

I just don't have enough time to practice 2 songs in a week so just for fun, I made a cover of the beginner song from last week championship "Jesus stole my girlfriend".

It's incredible how bad it sounds  

looooong way to go....

Always amazes me how a drum beat may switch the whole song. the fast paced drums gives it a good energy, I dug it! Glad the song gave you inspiration to do a cover and hope to see more in the future! 

retried the song since they updated it! always nice when charters update their cdlcs
 

took the screenshot a bit early

funfun. bass seemed easier today maybe i was just sleepy yesterday..or maybe it was different not sure but i know ill give it a couple more gos later