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RB3 General Discussion!

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  • #202
    Twilightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Twilightning


    Gutted now! I bought RB 3 and I have all of RB1 and RB2 exported. Went into town today and picked up Lego RB for €15 and it costs 800 points for the export. Only have 680 in my account. HELP MEH!


  • #203
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Twilightning wrote: »
    Gutted now! I bought RB 3 and I have all of RB1 and RB2 exported. Went into town today and picked up Lego RB for €15 and it costs 800 points for the export. Only have 680 in my account. HELP MEH!

    Ah nuts , here save you going out in the elements and meeting an abominable snowman or something http://www.live-codes.com/ they'll email you a code in 5 minutes, just topped up myself there.

    Now if only live would stop acting the bollox and let me download :mad:


  • #204
    Glico Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭Glico Man


    My copy finally arrived yesterday and have been playing pretty much ever since yesterday morning. Can anyone tell me what the code on the back of the manual is for? I'm assuming its the code for exporting songs to RB4 in the future...


  • #205
    Burning Eclipse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭Burning Eclipse


    aaronh007 wrote: »
    My copy finally arrived yesterday and have been playing pretty much ever since yesterday morning. Can anyone tell me what the code on the back of the manual is for? I'm assuming its the code for exporting songs to RB4 in the future...

    There ain't gonna be a Rock Band 4 imo...

    As for the code, it's likely to be used to download free songs, when they finally arrive!!


  • #206
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    HMX haven't exactly been forthcoming with freebies recently

    TBH I can't really picture them even releasing freebie downloads now, they really seem to be up **** creek after Viacom dropped them...


  • #207
    Twilightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Twilightning


    The MIDI pro adapter for the 360 comes to about €60 after international shipping and tax from the US on Amazon.com. Totally worth it, preordering it today! Says it'll be in stock on the 26th and will arrive just before the new year.


  • #208
    Banjo Fella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 695 ✭✭✭Banjo Fella


    H-has anybody tried Jenny Was A Racecar Driver on Bass? Merciful Christ Jesus, it wants to make your fingers fall off! Maybe it's not as difficult as I'm finding it, but as it is I really can't understand how it isn't devil tiered.

    *bathes hands in ice for the rest of the evening, while weeping gently over his plastic guitar*


  • #209
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    I need to go back and get a good run at that one, very tricky hopo chords are pretty unique to that one. Used to play along to primus songs when I was playing bass a lot back in the eh .... day lol. Les Claypool is amazing. Hardest part was trying to play with a 4 string bass ha ha ha and emulating his sound = impossible :D

    There's a few songs in that game with very questionable difficulty tiers, was Antibodies tier 2 on guitar :confused: The end of that one is a right pain :mad:


  • #210
    Nockz
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Nockz


    Twilightning wrote: »
    The MIDI pro adapter for the 360 comes to about €60 after international shipping and tax from the US on Amazon.com. Totally worth it, preordering it today! Says it'll be in stock on the 26th and will arrive just before the new year.
    That will come in handy when I save up for many years and buy the Roland Ax-Synth.
    jonathan2.jpg
    Henrik from Sonata Arctica uses one now but this dude (who must like him) is the only cool pic I could find :p


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  • #211
    Twilightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Twilightning


    After I ordered the adapter from Amazon, they told me it'd be delayed a bit. Fair enough, it was Christmas time. Then I get another notification telling me it'd be March before it was even considered for shipping. What a joke. Cancelled the order. It's gonna be extremely difficult finding one of these for the 360.


  • #212
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Did you try the Mad Catz site?


  • #213
    swine
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭swine


    Free RB3 Harmonix pack for Xbox Live Gold subscribers:

    http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Product/Rock-Band-Free-Pack-01/7dee9ca7-f2f1-49db-833a-548410765c00


  • #214
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    swine wrote: »
    Free RB3 Harmonix pack for Xbox Live Gold subscribers:

    http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Product/Rock-Band-Free-Pack-01/7dee9ca7-f2f1-49db-833a-548410765c00

    AH forgot about this


  • #215
    Banjo Fella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 695 ✭✭✭Banjo Fella


    Thanks for linking to that free track pack! Missed out on RB2, so looking forward to giving them a go later... though I might covertly delete Visions first to save myself some pain. :p

    Hmm, does anyone else find that the game crashes a lot after choosing a section of a song in Practice mode? It freezes on a black screen and the song segment never appears, so you have to power off your console to continue... it's a fairly annoying glitch, and has been happening to me a lot in Vocals practise lately. :( Aside from the occasional glitch, I love the changes they made to the vocals practice mode. Makes knowing what you need to sing so much clearer, especially in songs with complex harmonies like Good Vibrations or weirdly charted ones like Burn.


  • #216
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Bump!

    Someone has come up with a way to play pro guitar using any guitar you want.

    http://game2midi.sourceforge.net/

    Interesting, if convoluted way to get it to work and expensive.

    $200 for the pick up, €500 for the synth and then the costs of a midi card for your pc, the cables and the midi adaptor.

    Thats about €750 - €850 for the setup used in the clip. Alternatives would be available but probably at similar prices.

    Still awesome that someone went to all that trouble so he could use his own guitar.


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  • #217
    Otacon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,721 ✭✭✭Otacon


    Hey guys,

    Quick question regarding the keyboard. I bought it yesterday for the PS3, however, the only tutorial I can find is for the Pro Keyboard. I just want to learn how to use it in the regular game first.

    I have noticed the five keys to be used in the Easy - Expert modes but whenever I try to play a long note, it hits the note but doesn't continue. What am I doing wrongly here?


  • #218
    Twilightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Twilightning


    Managed to get quite a bit done this morning.

    Passed Painkiller on expert drums without any assist for the first time in a while and got 4 and a half stars, going for 5, managed to get a 200 note streak on The Perfect Drug in a sightread, and 5 starred a few songs that were sitting on 4 in my library for a while, mainly Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart, Red Barchetta, Powerslave, Jailbreak (Live) and The Boys are Back in Town (Live).


  • #219
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    I love Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart, guitar hero glory days :D

    Was on the phone when you invited me the other evening by the time I got off it you were gone.


  • #220
    Twilightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Twilightning


    calex71 wrote: »
    I love Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart, guitar hero glory days :D

    Was on the phone when you invited me the other evening by the time I got off it you were gone.

    I loved that song too on it.

    And don't worry about it, I have the day off today so if you or anyone else on the board wants to play today (I don't think I've actually played with any of you except for Onion at the anime convention) send me an invite, I'll most likely be sitting in quickplay.

    And good news on the MIDI pro adapter front for anyone who's interested in getting the 360 version of it, GameShark's website has a 31st January release date listed here, so be ready if you wanna grab it! It probably won't be up for long once it does hit general release here in the EU.


  • #221
    Nockz
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Nockz


    I need the Roland AX-Synth I posted above so badly! That keytar is so nice to play. I really don't like the keys on the RB3 one. I went in to Waltons in Dublin and played the keytar for a good 40 mins, albeit on a stand :eek:, but damn I need to play RB3 with that!


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  • #222
    Yreval
    Registered Users Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭Yreval


    Coming soon, via RBN 2.0:

    andromeda1.jpg

    andromeda2y.jpg

    andromeda3.jpg

    andromeda4.jpg


  • #223
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    That looks epic, and well beyond my skill level! :P


  • #224
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    D4RK ONION wrote: »
    That looks epic, and well beyond my skill level! :P

    Guitar looks passable for me I say passable not FC-able lol, keys lets not go there :o Few triple kicks in the early part on drums look like hell !!!!!!!!!!!!

    Time to top up my UK live account me thinks :)


  • #225
    Nockz
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Nockz


    Well it looks like that will be the go-to pack of songs if you want a challenge to overcome for the next 20 years. I would end up setting either the keyboard or my hand on fire (not intentionally mind you) trying to play those solos...


  • #226
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    it also sounds like a pile of ass!


  • #227
    Twilightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Twilightning


    If any of you are interested in buying my wireless keyboard from me I've put up an ad! I barely use it and I haven't the patience for anything except the drums :p

    http://www.adverts.ie/xbox/rock-band-3-wireless-keyboard/447031


  • #228
    Nockz
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Nockz


    Twilightning wrote: »
    If any of you are interested in buying my wireless keyboard from me I've put up an ad! I barely use it and I haven't the patience for anything except the drums :p

    http://www.adverts.ie/xbox/rock-band-3-wireless-keyboard/447031
    I am intensely interested in this. The AX-Synth is just a tad out of my reach for the moment. Could you tell me if there is some way of plugging it in so I won't have to get batteries all the time?


  • #229
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    To my knowledge it is wireless only. IMO, wired should be the only option for any game which requires millisecond inputs. Wireless arcade sticks are generally awful, not to mention banned at most fighting games tourneys.


  • #230
    Twilightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Twilightning


    Nockz wrote: »
    I am intensely interested in this. The AX-Synth is just a tad out of my reach for the moment. Could you tell me if there is some way of plugging it in so I won't have to get batteries all the time?

    PM me if you're still interested!


  • #231
    Nockz
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Nockz


    Keytar is loads of fun ;) Playing Expert Pro keys for the likes of Midlife Crisis and other easy songs already and just having a laugh with Expert Keys for the deadlier songs... for now.

    Downloaded the 4 older Linkin Pak songs. Haters can hate but the nostalgia from my youth was heartwarming :p


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  • #232
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    I TOTALLY never owned a Linkin Park album. Trufax >_>


  • #233
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    RB3 Is getting patched today,

    • Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Dani California” will now be available in Rock Band 3. These were songs from the RB1 disc that were not previously available via export, but thanks to some music licensing magic you’ll be able to play these fan favorite tracks in RB3. These songs should be visible to anyone that previously imported RB1, but if you have additional questions related to export you can consult support articles here.

    • We’ve corrected an issue where playing combinations of “Surfing with the Alien,” “Satch Boogie,” “The Hockey Theme” and “Caprici di Diablo” in a set list resulted in a crash.

    • We’ve added an additional filter option for songs in your library. In addition to sorting by lighter rating, this new option will allow users to hide 1 Lighter rated songs that you don’t want to see in your set list, which should allow for more effective organization of the growing library of RB content.


  • #234
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    That's cool, I don't play RB as much as I'd like to anymore, but it's cool that they're still supporting the community like this :)


  • #235
    Charlie Haughy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭Charlie Haughy


    Poor rock band... oh the memories... haven't played it in months and completely forgot about it...


  • #236
    Nockz
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Nockz


    I still play it quite a bit. Admittedly, I haven't gone near the keys in a while simply because of how expensive batteries can be. I'm still hoping for some more good DLC (that epic country pack missed the mark :p) though but we'll see where that goes. Me and my bro play guitar/bass a few nights a week. We have Turtle Beach X11s so the sound is really awesome.


  • #237
    Tinie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Tinie


    If they could release some free DLC, im sure that would get a good few people playing it again for a while. When was the last free DLC they released btw?


  • #238
    Banjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    has anyone used the YRG-1000 "You Rock" guitar? Was browsing the Thomann.de mailshot yesterday, they have one in there, says it's compatible with GH and Rockband, references the PS3 and Wii.

    Just looking at the website, it look like a 3rd party version of the Mustang (ie short strings for strumming action with buttons for frets.) Has a cartridge slot for Xbox/PS3/Wii optional interfaces.
    http://www.yourockguitar.com/products/you-rock-guitar if you're interested


  • #239
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Banjo wrote: »
    has anyone used the YRG-1000 "You Rock" guitar? Was browsing the Thomann.de mailshot yesterday, they have one in there, says it's compatible with GH and Rockband, references the PS3 and Wii.

    Just looking at the website, it look like a 3rd party version of the Mustang (ie short strings for strumming action with buttons for frets.) Has a cartridge slot for Xbox/PS3/Wii optional interfaces.
    http://www.yourockguitar.com/products/you-rock-guitar if you're interested

    Looks like a nice piece of kit, but well out of my price range :(


  • #240
    Banjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    In case anyone is interested, the YRG-1000 came up on the instruments folder, where upon an opinion was proffered...
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=75504115&postcount=9


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  • #241
    Banjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    Hi All! Long time, no play. So I was virtualising my Wii game collection and I finally figured out why RB3 wouldn't play for me. I'd buggered up the IOSes last time I upgraded. Anyway, after owning this game for donkeys I can finally play it.

    Is there a way of re-downloading all your content in one go? I can only seem to do them one at a time (and it took me till the D's to cop on that there was a Manage Your Songs section that didn't involve browsing the entire catalog)

    Also, I have 1100 points to spend - that's 5 songs + a hannukah blessing or 2 song packs. Any suggestions? I mainly play Wiitar, don't have the keyboards and can't sing/drum cause it'll wake the kids! Looking for what's fun to play as opposed to what sounds good.

    Oh, and please tell me playing with plastic guitars is still cool - I've been busy, I'd hate to think that I'm not groovy any more.


  • #242
    Tinie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Tinie


    Banjo wrote: »

    Oh, and please tell me playing with plastic guitars is still cool - I've been busy, I'd hate to think that I'm not groovy any more.
    Unfortunately the rock band/guitar hero genre is pretty much dead. Still a few players online, but I find it very hard to get online matches on RB 3 and GH WOR :(


  • #243
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Alas it's true the genre has died a death , I've been playing a bit recently grinding out achievements etc but even for a die hard like me they have lost much of their appeal unfortunately. Rock Smith is out soon but its a real guitar game and to be honest I'm hard pressed to invest 70 quid in something I can do on my phone for the price of a cable and adapter and the app.


  • #244
    Mr. K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Mr. K


    Played RB3 for the first time in a year and a half earlier. I'd forgotten how fun it was! Got the most recent Chili Peppers pack too...it's so cool that Harmonix have continued with the DLC, there's so much good stuff there.


  • #245
    madalig12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,557 ✭✭✭madalig12


    Anyone wanting help with achievements on any GH game or RB1/2, give me a shout (xbox) on pm and i'll try to help out. We should get a wee group together for some regular(ish) playing.


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