Rock Band

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:43

It's a bit drastic to have to grow your own band. You couldn't find anyone in Watford to play the drums?

Runcle · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:26

anyone fancy playing this tonight then?

sorry for not accepting the party invite yesterday russell, me and my nephews band T-Shark were too busy rocking out.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 13:22

Runcle wrote:

anyone fancy playing this tonight then?

1) Add "th34lb1n0k1d"
2) Invite "th34lb1n0k1d"
3) Have your world rocked by "th34lb1n0k1d"

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 13:24

I've got nothing better to do tonight, so hit me up if you see online.

Runcle · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 13:33

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Runcle wrote:

anyone fancy playing this tonight then?

1) Add "th34lb1n0k1d"
2) Invite "th34lb1n0k1d"
3) Have your world rocked by "th34lb1n0k1d"

or you could add me and save me the half an hour it would take me to type your name.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 13:34

Runcle wrote:

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Runcle wrote:

anyone fancy playing this tonight then?

1) Add "th34lb1n0k1d"
2) Invite "th34lb1n0k1d"
3) Have your world rocked by "th34lb1n0k1d"

or you could add me and save me the half an hour it would take me to type your name.

It's a good warm-up technique for your fingers before the guitar-widdling begins.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 13:37

Runcle wrote:

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Runcle wrote:

anyone fancy playing this tonight then?

1) Add "th34lb1n0k1d"
2) Invite "th34lb1n0k1d"
3) Have your world rocked by "th34lb1n0k1d"

or you could add me and save me the half an hour it would take me to type your name.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12315

I'll come on tonight then. I can't tell if my headset is working though. I can hear people through it, but people don't seem to be able to hear me.

And there doesn't appear to be a sound test type thing built into the XBox that I can find.

I can any of the four band members if you want, but difficulty settings will vary wildly based on the song picked if I'm vocalist.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 14:48

Try making a voice message, and listening to it but don't send it. That'll check the hardware.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12315

Mr Dave wrote:

Try making a voice message, and listening to it but don't send it. That'll check the hardware.

Grand idea. I'll do that now.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12315

Excellent, the headset works. I guess it was just other people being ignorant then.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:17

Mr Russell wrote:

I can't tell if my headset is working though. I can hear people through it, but people don't seem to be able to hear me.

Dimrill had this problem last night, it was actually the perfect set-up as far as me and myp were concerned.

And poor Runcle for having a 0.4 characters per minute typing speed... it is pretty funny, Grim... is right.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12315

Well, I'm going to scream and sing at you all and stuff, and if you can't hear me then tough. I'll still be having fun*

*sounding like a tool.

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:30

The rest of the band can't hear the singer. It's a feature, not a bug.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:35

What is this audition whaich has newly appeared in my extras menu?

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:46

Mr Dave wrote:

What is this audition whaich has newly appeared in my extras menu?

You tell us

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12315

Audition is for the people who want to make their own songs for Rock Band.

They've basically updated it so that if you get a developer's account, you can make any song to be put into the game, but obviously it's designed for people who own the copyright.

There's a feature about how Jonathan Coulton made The Future Soon for it (with video) here:
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/06/pax-2 ... twork-pan/

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 17:59

The voice chat in Rock Band meant they couldn't hear me. Switching to party chat meant that they could.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3082597

Quote:

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Sept. 29) and PlayStation 3 system (Oct. 1):

• Alice in Chains – “A Looking in View”
• Alice in Chains – “Check My Brain”
• Alice in Chains – “No Excuses”
• Alice in Chains – “Rooster”
• Alice in Chains – “Would?”
• Breaking Benjamin – “I Will Not Bow”
• Breaking Benjamin – “So Cold”
• Breaking Benjamin – “The Diary of Jane”
• Just Kait – “U Suck” *
• Kula Shaker – “Hey Dude”
• Kula Shaker – “Knight on the Town”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Alice in Chains Pack 01” and "Breaking Benjamin Pack 01" and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system and as individual tracks on Wii.

Price:

$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$8.49 USD, £5.25 and €6.59 (680 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Alice in Chains Pack 01”
$5.49, £2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Breaking Benjamin Pack 01”
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track
*Denotes $.99 (80 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) or $1.00 (100 Wii Points) per track

I'm not paying 160M$ for KULA FUCKING SHAKER.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

Great news! RB2 has been patched today to include, amongst other things, an extra sort mode in quickplay which shows how many stars you have for each song!

Terrible news! After patching, every song is marked as having zero stars and the only way to change this is to beat your existing high score! :'(

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8652

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Ok, while Dimrill isn't here and it's safe to point out RB2's faults, I hate the way it doesn't count you back into the song if you have to pause for any reason, and I hate not knowing how long my note streak is. Anyone know any plastic instrument games that DO have these features?

At least there's no note-related achievements in Rock Band (that I can remember). Try going for the 1000 note streak achievement in GH2 while having no idea how close you are.

devilman · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:35

Joans wrote:

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Ok, while Dimrill isn't here and it's safe to point out RB2's faults, I hate the way it doesn't count you back into the song if you have to pause for any reason, and I hate not knowing how long my note streak is. Anyone know any plastic instrument games that DO have these features?

At least there's no note-related achievements in Rock Band (that I can remember). Try going for the 1000 note streak achievement in GH2 while having no idea how close you are.

I think I'd rather not know.
"Ooh... look.. only 50 notes to ... oh knackers"

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:40

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

In other news, the easy half of the beats achievement is done in the drum trainer

In an extension of "other news", the other half is never going to be within my capabilities... doomed to finish RB2 on a teasing 960 points :'(

Update: the hard half of the "fills trainer" is in the bank now... doomed to finish on a teasing 980 points!!!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

The patch adds support for the Lips wireless mics too.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

And apparently HOPO chords are easier to hit now (in line with how they work in RB:B)

myp · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 13:51

tossrStu wrote:

And apparently HOPO chords are easier to hit now (in line with how they work in RB:B)

Plz xpln furtha.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

myp wrote:

tossrStu wrote:

And apparently HOPO chords are easier to hit now (in line with how they work in RB:B)

Plz xpln furtha.

HOPO chords FTL in pre-patch RB2 but FTW in RB:B so patched in RB2 FTMFW KTHXBAI.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

(or to put it another way: hammer-on chords seem really hard to play in RB2 without strumming but they were tweaked slightly to make them easier to hit in Rock Band: The Beatles, and the patch applies this change to RB2)

myp · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 14:20

Aye, I kind of guessed that. I was asking what they'd actually changed as I don't have B:RB.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25753

Beatles Rock Band is good fun

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

myp wrote:

Aye, I kind of guessed that. I was asking what they'd actually changed as I don't have B:RB.

That's the thing, nobody really knows; it's just that people have reported more success hitting them in RB:B than in RB2. It could be a more relaxed timing window for HOPO chords perhaps?

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8652

devilman wrote:

Joans wrote:

TheAlbin0Kid wrote:

Ok, while Dimrill isn't here and it's safe to point out RB2's faults, I hate the way it doesn't count you back into the song if you have to pause for any reason, and I hate not knowing how long my note streak is. Anyone know any plastic instrument games that DO have these features?

At least there's no note-related achievements in Rock Band (that I can remember). Try going for the 1000 note streak achievement in GH2 while having no idea how close you are.

I think I'd rather not know.
"Ooh... look.. only 50 notes to ... oh knackers"

It wasn't too bad in GH3, although I think it was more the "100 note streak" popups that at least gave me some sort of idea how far I was from the target. If I'd kept glancing at the note counter while I was doing it I'm sure I'd have messed it up a lot more often than I did. Having no indication at all in GH2 is terrible though, I played for ages and kept thinking "surely I must've done it by now" and wondering whether the achievement would pop up straight away if I did it (it did).

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3108463

Quote:

Nashville-based rockers The Raconteurs, composed of Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler, will release three songs for Rock Band Oct. 6. "The Raconteurs Pack 01" features "Steady, As She Goes" from the group’s first album, Broken Boy Soldiers, which was nominated for two Grammy Awards; as well as "Many Shades of Black" and "Salute Your Solution," from the group's Grammy Award-winning second album, Consolers of the Lonely.

Additionally, tracks from Alanis Morissette and The Flobots will be featured for DLC next week, and Electric Six also makes their Rock Band debut. The Detroit natives offer up a three pack of songs for the Rock Band Music Store and will kick off a U.S. and UK tour Oct. 14.

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Oct. 6) and PlayStation 3 system (Oct.

:

• The Raconteurs – “Many Shades of Black”
• The Raconteurs – “Salute Your Solution”
• The Raconteurs – “Steady, As She Goes”
• Alanis Morissette – “Head Over Feet”
• Alanis Morissette – “Ironic”
• Electric Six – “Dance Epidemic”
• Electric Six – “Gay Bar”
• Electric Six – “I Don’t Like You”
• The Flobots – “Handlebars”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “The Raconteurs Pack 01,” “Electric Six Pack 01” and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system and as individual tracks on Wii.

Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49, £2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “The Raconteurs Pack 01” or “Electric Six Pack 01”
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track

ALSO!

http://kotaku.com/5373074/rock-bands-qu ... -its-glory

Quote:

It's hard not to randomly choose 10 Queen songs and not come up with an amazing set, but the October 20th Queen track pack for Rock Band manages to collect 10 of the very best.

We knew back in August that a 10-pack of Queen was on its way to Rock Band, but the only song we were sure of at the time was "Another One Bites the Dust." If you've ever been a fan of the band, even briefly, then you know all of these songs by heart. Check out the full list:

Another One Bites the Dust
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
One Vision
Fat Bottomed Girls
I Want It All
I Want to Break Free
Killer Queen
Somebody to Love
Tie Your Mother Down
Under Pressure

If you read that and didn't get all giddy, then this track pack probably isn't for you. The rest of you, get your giddy on.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Cool, but why does that say the tracks cost 99p? Is that what they cost on PS3 because 160M$ is £1.36 by my calculations...

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12315

I've been doing a gaywood recently and have dropped about 4000 points on rock band tracks so I'll yoink all those Queen ones and Electric Six. Will have to preview the Raconteurs ones though to see if they're worth singing.

devilman · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:53

tossrStu wrote:

Another One Bites the Dust
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
One Vision
Fat Bottomed Girls
I Want It All
I Want to Break Free
Killer Queen
Somebody to Love
Tie Your Mother Down
Under Pressure

I think I'll be getting One Vision, Fat Bottomed Girls and Tie Your Mother Down from that lot.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

I'll have that entire Queen pack I think.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12315

The only one I'm not that bothered by is Tie Your Mother Down, but if there's a discount for getting the lot then I'm there.

Just hope they're masters. Otherwise I might as well go and get Queens greatest hits 3 and listen to the tracks be ruined for less cost.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

Mr Russell wrote:

Just hope they're masters.

That hadn't occured to me. The awful cover of Killer Queen from GH1 went past on my iPhone's shuffle the other day and I was sick in my mouth a little.

Having said that, when did we last see RB DLC (or GH for that matter) that wasn't a master track?

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

I like Queen, but that's a patchy selection. BoRhap, Don't Stop Me Now, Bicycle Race etc to follow in Queen Pack II?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49236

It's a fucking shitty selection. How many of those would be any fun to play whatsoever? Another One Bites the Dust, for fuck's sake? Crazy Little Thing Called Love, One Vision, and Tie Your Mother Down are the only ones on there that'll be even vaguely interesting to play. Possibly I Want it All.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 20:25

Craster wrote:

Possibly I Want it All.

Weird, the rest of your post makes it sound like you hardly want any of it ?:|

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:56

superdupergill wrote:

Is there a way for us to compare our band against friends bands? Just so as we can see how rubbish we are

Latest. Answer. To a question. Ever. And not quite what you were asking for, but the RB site's got a Thing that gives some cursory details of your band's status. Like so.

I also love the picture-creation tools. Behold the slightly camp majesty of Jake Awesome!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/12/lego- ... rock-band/

Quote:

All the block-rockin' beats in Lego Rock Band have been revealed, with Warner Bros. also confirming upcoming DLC and a song exporting feature. Xbox 360 and PS3 owners will have the option to download "all of the songs in the Rock Band Music Store that have been identified to be suitable for all ages." Only songs deemed appropriate will appear within the Lego Rock Band Store and the game should "highlight" any newly added "family-friendly" tracks.

The Lego Rock Band disc export will cost $9.99 (800) and transfer all tracks from the Lego disc for use on the regular Rock Band platform. It appears to work in the same way as the conversion of the original Rock Band disc. Check out the full set list for the console and DS versions of Lego Rock Band after the break.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 15:36

So they're going to put the swearing back into the 'adult' games now, then?

Runcle · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 15:39

Theres about 20 songs i wouldnt mind off there. So if I could get the game off lovefilm I'd like that.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

myp wrote:

So they're going to put the swearing back into the 'adult' games now, then?

Doubtful; I would guess this is more about being able to "responsibly" sell DLC to Lego Rock Band owners, rather than allowing the main Rock Band games to become M-rated (or whatever the PEGI equivalent is).

That tracklisting looks like awesome fun for parties though; day 1 purchase for me, I reckon. (I counted 24 songs that I'd either want for myself or for when I've got mates round, which is roughly the same as I originally counted for RB1 and RB2. No doubt there'll be a few that'll grow on me, too.) I'll just keep my fingers crossed that Argos's 20% discount on preorders offer rolls around yet again so I can get it for £30.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

I'm not interested in it as a standalone game, but as a track pack import I'm totally there. If it works like RB1->RB2 (i.e. one disk works many times) I propose a Beex joint purchase.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 18:27

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I'm not interested in it as a standalone game, but as a track pack import I'm totally there. If it works like RB1->RB2 (i.e. one disk works many times) I propose a Beex joint purchase.

I'd be up for this.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 18:28

Yep. Aye. Me. Please. Welsh.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12315

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I'm not interested in it as a standalone game, but as a track pack import I'm totally there. If it works like RB1->RB2 (i.e. one disk works many times) I propose a Beex joint purchase.

And it's people like us doing things like that which means the price of exporting has doubled.

I'll still do it though.

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