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Even better: pick up Rocksmith, or one of the many clones being built by people using <ghasp> LLMs, and learn to play a real guitar. I did, and I now play bass

Even better: pick up Rocksmith, or one of the many clones being built by people using <ghasp> LLMs, and learn to play a real guitar. I did, and I now play bass in a hardrock/metall band. One of my guitarist started with guitar hero, moved on to Rocksmith, and here we are. Band practice tonight for a gig at one of the best little music venues in Stockholm, Sweden next month. (Which I am arranging.) Good things come from doing fun things.

KingFelix 2mo ago
Sweet!!! Go shred!!! post some music!
wodenokoto 2mo ago
Went to the website and I still don't really understand what it is, other than "learn to play the guitar/bass/keyboard for free", which can be a million things. I assume you use a real instrument to play the game, but how? Do I connect my guitar to my PC? How? If not, how can it give me feedback? If I don't use a real instrument, then what?
- happymellon 2mo ago
  Rocksmith requires a dongle to connect your guitar to the USB.
  - cheeseomlit 2mo ago
    It's not required, there are community mods/plugins that allow you to use something like a scarlett interface instead
- Hamuko 2mo ago
  >I assume you use a real instrument to play the game, but how? Do I connect my guitar to my PC? I use Yousician on my Mac to learn the guitar and the bass, and you just connect your instrument via an audio interface to the computer, and it gets your playing from that. I use a fourth-generation Scarlett Solo as my interface. I presume the Rocksmith dongle is ultimately just an audio interface too. Probably a pretty cheap one too.
happymellon 2mo ago
Oh, is Rocksmith now using LLMs? It's been around since 2011 so for the majority of its life its not been that.
- poloniculmov 2mo ago
  no, there's slopsmith, which is a vibe-coded alternative that's been embraced by the rocksmith community. It's turning into what everybody hoped Rocksmith+ will be.
  - jo-han 2mo ago
    It's called fee[dB]ack now, at https://got-feedback.org/ https://got-feedback.org/ The project got renamed after a DMCA takedown.
  - happymellon 2mo ago
    I misread about the clones part. Yeah, some are looking really good!
Yokolos 2mo ago
Not everybody wants to learn to play a real guitar though. I play Guitar Hero for fun and entertainment as she clearly states in her post. It's literally just a game and it never pretends to be a way to learn how to play a real guitar. And when I've played it for a few weeks, I can put it down and play another game from my massive collection without the guilt associated with buying a guitar and the USB interface needed for Rocksmith and feeling like I've abandoned yet another hobby. Guitar Hero is guilt-free fun. That's valuable in itself.
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KingFelix 2mo ago

Sweet!!! Go shred!!! post some music!

wodenokoto 2mo ago

Went to the website and I still don't really understand what it is, other than "learn to play the guitar/bass/keyboard for free", which can be a million things. I assume you use a real instrument to play the game, but how? Do I connect my guitar to my PC? How? If not, how can it give me feedback? If I don't use a real instrument, then what?

happymellon 2mo ago
Rocksmith requires a dongle to connect your guitar to the USB.
- cheeseomlit 2mo ago
  It's not required, there are community mods/plugins that allow you to use something like a scarlett interface instead
Hamuko 2mo ago
>I assume you use a real instrument to play the game, but how? Do I connect my guitar to my PC? I use Yousician on my Mac to learn the guitar and the bass, and you just connect your instrument via an audio interface to the computer, and it gets your playing from that. I use a fourth-generation Scarlett Solo as my interface. I presume the Rocksmith dongle is ultimately just an audio interface too. Probably a pretty cheap one too.

happymellon 2mo ago

Oh, is Rocksmith now using LLMs? It's been around since 2011 so for the majority of its life its not been that.

poloniculmov 2mo ago
no, there's slopsmith, which is a vibe-coded alternative that's been embraced by the rocksmith community. It's turning into what everybody hoped Rocksmith+ will be.
- jo-han 2mo ago
  It's called fee[dB]ack now, at https://got-feedback.org/ https://got-feedback.org/ The project got renamed after a DMCA takedown.
- happymellon 2mo ago
  I misread about the clones part. Yeah, some are looking really good!

Yokolos 2mo ago

Not everybody wants to learn to play a real guitar though. I play Guitar Hero for fun and entertainment as she clearly states in her post. It's literally just a game and it never pretends to be a way to learn how to play a real guitar. And when I've played it for a few weeks, I can put it down and play another game from my massive collection without the guilt associated with buying a guitar and the USB interface needed for Rocksmith and feeling like I've abandoned yet another hobby. Guitar Hero is guilt-free fun. That's valuable in itself.

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