My nephew has Rocksmith 2014 and a guitar, and I had a chance to try it while visiting yesterday. It is like the Rock Band type games, except that it uses a real guitar as the controller and you play actual songs. It was set to novice and I used his really cheap epiphany LP copy. I played My Generation by The Who. The first time through, the computer just has you pick open strings and a very few fretted notes to more or less follow the chords/root notes. The second pass it adds a bit more. The third pass you are close to a bass line for the song with a few accent notes. I had to stop after that, but on a fourth pass it was starting to build some fill licks. It adds complexity every pass through, assuming you do well enough on the previous pass. Overall, it was a cool way to learn music for the computer generation.
I rather liked it, and it seemed to build a song in a very logical way, and it was kind of fun to use. It certainly isn't going to replace practice, real lessons, etc., but it seems like a neat practice tool and first experience for the computer generation.
FWIW, I apparently suck at seeing colored dots on the TV and picking strings. The timing interface was slightly off, so I was ON time with the band/music, but kept getting scored late notes by the software. It was like playing with a shitty bass player. I guess my playing needs some work to adapt to ps3 music. It was a minor thing, and I bet it is more knowing WHEN the software wants you to pick over some interface lag type of thing.
I rather liked it, and it seemed to build a song in a very logical way, and it was kind of fun to use. It certainly isn't going to replace practice, real lessons, etc., but it seems like a neat practice tool and first experience for the computer generation.
FWIW, I apparently suck at seeing colored dots on the TV and picking strings. The timing interface was slightly off, so I was ON time with the band/music, but kept getting scored late notes by the software. It was like playing with a shitty bass player. I guess my playing needs some work to adapt to ps3 music. It was a minor thing, and I bet it is more knowing WHEN the software wants you to pick over some interface lag type of thing.
