Rocksmith....

[GardenoftheDead]

This thing is not that great. The latency is frankly a little ridiculous.

[dorfmeister]

This thing is not that great. The latency is frankly a little ridiculous.

How do you have the sound hooked up? You need to have the rca outs go directly to speakers. That will tame the latency issue.

[dorfmeister]

Here is a guide to setting up the system for least latency.

http://rocksmith.ubi.com/rocksmith/en-U ... index.aspx

[misc1600]

I like it. However, I have it hookup to my SS. I have no latency.

[dorfmeister]

I like it. However, I have it hookup to my SS. I have no latency.

Yeah....it can be set up to have no latency.

I think the thing about Rocksmith is that there will be haters.....they for the most part will not have tried it or will have problems with the latency and won't bother to set it up correctly so that it is not a problem. Hipsters will hate it merely because they hate everything. They think you will forge a completely original sound from studying Wilko Johnson, an old Charlie Pattons 45 that only three other people possess, the sounds of the clanging trainyard next to your bedroom, and from, of course, being a genius, as every hipster is convinced that he is.

I cannot give a full accounting of Rocksmith as I have only had it since last night at 7 pm. I have played it for about 2.5 hours so far.

At this point this appears to be a great tool to painlessly assist you in getting the fundamental patterns of rock guitar under your fingertips and it will help your time. While it won't give you a feel for playing with a band it will get you used to playing with other instruments. It will teach you some songs and it will show you some common patterns used in rock songwriting.

It may get you to play your guitar an hour or two a night.

Are those good things? I think so.

This thing is not going to teach your theory. It is not going to be better than disciplined study with a teacher or from well put together study material. It is not going to be any kind of be all or end all. If you are a serious student of guitar it is probably not the best use of your time. Of course Rocksmith is not going to teach you how to be creative.

The problem is that most people are not all that disciplined and this seems like an easy way to get you playing quite a bit. The more time spent with the guitar the better you will get. If you have the discipline to work through Berklee's Modern Method for Guitar you would get way more than you would from Rocksmith; however, most people don't have that kind of discipline.

All in all this is a great tool.....you just need to see its limitations. It is not a be all or end all.

[dorfmeister]

So anyway I keep playing this and it strikes me as a brilliant tool to make practicing more fun.....have pretty much been playing this one to two hours a night since I got it.....seems to me this is the way to go if one wants to get his/her foot in the door of guitar playing.....of course it doesn't teach you everything but I think for the beginner it would make those tough first stages easier....and as someone who has played guitar for quite a while I am finding it a real solidifier of the basic patterns of rock music.....and if you've got the basic patterns of rock music under your fingers and you are getting more and more fluent because you are playing for longer periods of time this is going to translate into being better in your playing in general.....ymmv......but I think if a person has an xbox or a ps3 and it seems like every one does (except for me until 4 days ago!) then this thing to me is a no brainer......you just have to try it out, get it set up properly so there is minimal latency....and of course it is always good to come at things with an open mind...and realize it has its limitations....but my guess is that you will love this thing....I know I am loving it.....

[Gunner Recall]

Is the dynamic difficult an issue?
It sounds good in theory (able to nail the verses/chorus but can't quite get the solo? it drops notes from the solo until you get better)...but since the difficulty is constantly evolving until you reach the hardest charts, you're essentially spending a great deal of time sight reading (which also has it benefits I guess)

[dorfmeister]

Is the dynamic difficult an issue?
It sounds good in theory (able to nail the verses/chorus but can't quite get the solo? it drops notes from the solo until you get better)...but since the difficulty is constantly evolving until you reach the hardest charts, you're essentially spending a great deal of time sight reading (which also has it benefits I guess)

That has not been an issue for me....when I have problems it makes things easier....when I get better all of a sudden I start seeing new notes.....I think it keeps it interesting as new things come up rather than frustrating and it keeps you on your toes rather than just going through the motions....I like that it has some kind of AI that is fairly elegantly changing what it is throwing at me to better suit my skills and knowledge of the song.....it was funny....last night at the end of a Stone Temple Pilots song it threw some extremely complex chord
( some kind of flatted 9 sharp 5 chord....can't recall exactly what it was but the name of the chord actually popped up on the screen) at me that of course I could not play in that context.....it was almost like the game was playing a joke on me!.....but it also got me to start playing around with the chord book and the technique challenges more.

[Gunner Recall]

Ah cool...sounds like it was well executed.

[Ilikewater]

hmmm, now I am contemplating looking for a cheap copy...and finally pulling the trigger on SS. 2000$ tv and no SS is like 2000$ guitar and a rogue amp.

[dorfmeister]

Well I have played for about six hours so far. Last night I reached Level 3, "Local Support Act"! The most recent song I've leveled on is "Where is My Mind" by The Pixies.

[dorfmeister]

I'm about 9 hours in and I've just hit level 4, "Local Headliner". Having fun with this.