guitar hero with real guitar!

[MiniMurray]

i was browsing will kriski's guitar site and found this clip of him using guitar hero for his sampled riffs.



he explains on his website...

I wrote some java code using some java api’s, plugged the guitar controller into the computer via usb and used the controller to trigger mp3 riffs. I recorded the riffs individually using Cubase and also made a backing track.

and this was from youtube comment...

instead of guitar hero where you push buttons in sync with the music, my idea was to have a library of riffs/licks for each button or button combination so you could improvise without having to be a technical player. You could combine the riffs and create your own solos over backing tracks like metal, blues, etc.

pretty clever i thought - that'd be cool if these kind of apps were written into the game instead of having to hack in. i remember back in the day nintendo had some midi writing progs and people were doing silly stuff with their gameboys but this takes it to the next level!

 

[A7]

Great find, Sara. Over a year ago, there were some other guys who hacked Guitar Hero controllers to play MIDI-based riffs.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbpZBQ7jXgI]Band Jams on Hacked Guitar Hero Controllers[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXSo8HjKV8E]Guitar Zeros[/ame]

 

[MiniMurray]

a binary system representing pitches! ha thats great with the whole band too - nerds rock!

 

[nlukes]

a binary system representing pitches! ha thats great with the whole band too - nerds rock!

A binary what ?