Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 411 =-

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Last week's winners:

Lead:

•     Beginner: @ Daz40
•     Intermediate: @ TarpMada
•     Advanced: @ Mikson
•     Advanced bonus: @ Mikson (After a very fierce competition!)
•     Masterclass: @ Ls1997

Rhythm:

•     Beginner: @ Daz40
•     Intermediate: @ kayteck
•     Intermediate bonus: @ kayteck
•     Advanced: @ Anitomer
•     Masterclass: @ coldrampage

Bass:

•     Beginner: @ LacrimaLuna
•     Beginner bonus: @ LacrimaLuna
•     Intermediate: @ ShankD
•     Advanced: @ Mikson
•     Masterclass: @ coldrampage

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

Rocksmith Championship Leaderboard

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:

Beginner:   Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (3) my choice

Intermediate:  Coheed and Cambria - Red Blood Summer (5) chosen by @ Toni-Wan Kenobi

Advanced:  Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy (7.5) my choice

Masterclass:  Metallica - Fade To Black (9) chosen by @ Anitomer

GOG:  Alestorm - Curse of the Crystal Coconut Full Album (10) week 3/4

Rhythm Path:

Beginner:  Coheed and Cambria - Red Blood Summer (3)

Intermediate:  Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy (5)

Advanced:  Metallica - Fade To Black (7.5)

Masterclass:  Metallica - Fade To Black (7.5)

GOR:  Alestorm - Curse of the Crystal Coconut Full Album (8 ?) week 3/4

Bass Path:

Beginner:  Coheed and Cambria - Red Blood Summer (3)

Intermediate:  Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (6)

Advanced:  Metallica - Fade To Black (6.5)

Masterclass:  Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy (7.5)

GOB:  Alestorm - Curse of the Crystal Coconut Full Album (7 ?) week 3/4

 

Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10).

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Let us know your opinions on the accuracy of the difficulty scores (1-10) for this weeks songs.

 

Played all songs in SA on bass. A lot of fun!

Really good run in Astronomy.

What % would you guys say would be good enough for the average pub band .  Because I've seen some ropey versions of songs by cover bands over the years . I Think probably 75- 80% ?? Would be plenty  good enough . 

3 hours ago, Daz40 said:

Another question for all what does everyone have thier video lag setting at, the default is 50. But I find I'm playing ahead of the music to get a perfect . ??

I keep mine on 0. With that, exclusive mode on and a latency buffer of 2 I can play on time and mostly get perfects in SA.

It's mostly for TV image/sound processing correction, in most cases on PC it should be on 0 otherwise it's just adding more lag.

5 minutes ago, coldrampage said:

I keep mine on 0. With that, exclusive mode on and a latency buffer of 2 I can play on time and mostly get perfects in SA.

It's mostly for TV image/sound processing correction, in most cases on PC it should be on 0 otherwise it's just adding more lag.

Will try that, I am moving from a toshiba laptop to a pc soon Intel i5 so that should sort any lag out. What I meant is I like to be right in time with the music, and I find I am  hitting notes well before the notes on screen hit the fretboard when I am  . I actually found I was hitting more perfect notes by moving the slider the other way around 100 - 150.?? I guess it's just trial and error .

ELO is a phenomenal band.

Bought this album when I was like 13/14. Thought it was great, this caused me to check out their most recent stuff. I haven't listened to them since this album, honestly their new stuff isn't half-bad.Both Metallica and BOC are excellent. No surprise there. BOC is particular is an underappreciated band deserving of more recognition.

So little time this week to practice...

Don't think I will have more to improve. They are all new songs for me (surprisingly never try to play Fade... before!!!) so no whooping scores from me this week as I could only play all once or twice...

class paths

 

other classes:

 

Lead beginner felels like the bass chart until you get to the solo

16 hours ago, Daz40 said:

What % would you guys say would be good enough for the average pub band .  Because I've seen some ropey versions of songs by cover bands over the years . I Think probably 75- 80% ?? Would be plenty  good enough . 

in rocksmith? if you play 80% through an amp you can hear its nothing like the song... I think at least 90%+ to be average 95%+ to be good

i find rocksmith way way too forgiving

1 minute ago, Anitomer said:

in rocksmith? if you play 80% through an amp you can hear its nothing like the song... I think at least 90%+ to be average 95%+ to be good

i find rocksmith way way too forgiving

Yea I could see that. Was just thinking would be good if you could turn up or down the volume of the part you are playing . So you could just hear your guitar along with the band.

54 minutes ago, Daz40 said:

Yea I could see that. Was just thinking would be good if you could turn up or down the volume of the part you are playing . So you could just hear your guitar along with the band.

you can! in the mixer turn down the music sound and you can hear you guitar alot louder

18 minutes ago, Anitomer said:

you can! in the mixer turn down the music sound and you can hear you guitar alot louder

But that is the whole band right?? Not the individual instrument . Like with stems.  That would be good .

10 minutes ago, Daz40 said:

But that is the whole band right?? Not the individual instrument . Like with stems.  That would be good .

yeah its the whole band, your guitar is another "layer" of sound

Not much work this week, fighting a cold.

3 minutes ago, Anitomer said:

yeah its the whole band, your guitar is another "layer" of sound

You are right though, need to plug into a big amp and crank it up sometimes. I spent alot of years on technique, playing unplugged or through headphones. Then when I plugged in and turned it up, oh my you can here ever tiny  error, its a real kick in the teeth .lol

I didn't have much time, but I undertook to create a selection for the next week. It will be published soon!

5 minutes ago, Mikson said:

I didn't have much time, but I undertook to create a selection for the next week. It will be published soon!

I won the masterclass with the 98% score, right? 

3 minutes ago, Ls1997 said:

I won the masterclass with the 98% score, right? 

Yes. You can check the classifications in every moment.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WN-m8wF0lVkQ4cLWHBa009SkqDoPk0xN-C4-llcrXXs/edit#gid=378765041

This week is over, thanks for competing! New championship week started here:

 

3 hours ago, Daz40 said:

You are right though, need to plug into a big amp and crank it up sometimes. I spent alot of years on technique, playing unplugged or through headphones. Then when I plugged in and turned it up, oh my you can here ever tiny  error, its a real kick in the teeth .lol

I've struggled with getting the right sound for years. I used to put a  "Y" connection on my guitar one would be my rocksmith cable to pc the other to my amp. Headphone audio jack out of pc to my amp. I can really crank up the songs that way. And in the mixer turn up my guitar to 100% and music down.  But I was never really happy other than cranking it up. I could also change my guitar sound with my amp during the process. Always seemed to have lag from game. No matter if 2 latency or 1 or 0 or 4, lag in game settings from 0 to whatever. Lag always seemed to be either hit note early, (ex. hit  E string just before note gets to string) or it was to late, or higher lag setting in game, which really makes sight reading and play suck. Experimenting with a new audio interface, and lag seems to be gone (since no Realtone Cable). But my output is not connected to a PA yet, just studio speakers. So I'm missing my loud at the moment. Repeating the same sound from the original artist is key, and most songs are off....