Pro Metal Guitarist V.S Rocksmith

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2020
  • After playing metal guitar for over 13 years, I finally try Rocksmith
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Komentáře • 1,9K

  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +1741

    *EASYY*
    *Smash like on video because guitar is life*

    • @theoriginalpeace
      @theoriginalpeace Před 4 lety +6

      More rock Smith please. Have you found the lag while playing? Cause you smashed it bro 🤘

    • @kariasaptra
      @kariasaptra Před 4 lety +6

      Meanwhile, im not smash like on your video.
      I SLAP IT

    • @shawnarnold638
      @shawnarnold638 Před 4 lety +7

      I've been playing rocksmith since its release. It has helped me tremendously once you get used to it

    • @DaddyKhaos
      @DaddyKhaos Před 4 lety +1

      That was so much fun lol...dont over do this one but keep it goin please

    • @TrayXCooper
      @TrayXCooper Před 4 lety +12

      Bruh you were supposed to be on "Learn a Song" mode.
      You dont fail on that mode and the game does show you tabs
      You were on the wrong mode dude.
      Learn a song mode is the mode where you learn the songs, control the difficulty and it has a dynamic difficulty

  • @lmaopog6481
    @lmaopog6481 Před 4 lety +4006

    "are you supposed to learn a song before you play it?" - nik 2020

    • @ardipithecus11
      @ardipithecus11 Před 4 lety +179

      Answer is:
      Depends.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +668

      Ok, I can now see how that might sound ridiculous

    • @ImOnUToob
      @ImOnUToob Před 4 lety +39

      Yes lol... the main mode

    • @steVENOM
      @steVENOM Před 4 lety +105

      Rocksmith: literally has a mode called "learn a song" which teaches you the song and doesn't fail you no matter how badly you butcher a song

    • @Alex-Walker
      @Alex-Walker Před 4 lety +10

      Kmac doesn't and he does well for himself. 😂

  • @radbradmusicartist
    @radbradmusicartist Před 4 lety +3590

    *learns complex Periphery song by ear in 3 days
    *struggles on medium in musical video game

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +520

      That medium difficulty rekt me

    • @Cyclobomber
      @Cyclobomber Před 4 lety +230

      In Nik's defense, the Rocksmith interface is hella confusing at first glance, I couldn't understand how you could coordinate without having 2 autonomous eyes like a chameleon...

    • @LuaanTi
      @LuaanTi Před 4 lety +86

      Lower difficulties are often surprisingly hard in musical games. But Rocksmith specifically... it's quite hard to get used to the "colors mean different strings". It just doesn't map very well to how people usually note down music, or how people _play_ a guitar. It's not too bad for single notes or things like power chords, but you just don't get a good view of what you're supposed to do, and the fretboard doesn't help much either. I also have trouble keeping up with the position changes - it isn't quite visible enough where you're supposed to play. Fret number would work so much better for orientation.

    • @aebious8886
      @aebious8886 Před 4 lety +16

      @@LuaanTi calibration is ass on that game

    • @travisgilley3718
      @travisgilley3718 Před 4 lety +12

      I’ve been playing it for about two months now and love it. The only thing that irritates me is you need a digital to analog audio converter to eliminate the audio latency

  • @YoungIroh
    @YoungIroh Před 3 lety +324

    "I love how video game companies even forget that bassist exist" they didnt this game is how I learned bass

    • @Yukkuri_Yakumo
      @Yukkuri_Yakumo Před 3 lety +12

      Same

    • @CPurdiePlays
      @CPurdiePlays Před 3 lety +7

      I've been wondering if this game had bass.

    • @Yukkuri_Yakumo
      @Yukkuri_Yakumo Před 3 lety +24

      @@CPurdiePlays The game has lead guitar, rhythm guitar, and bass. With some songs you can sing too.

    • @Celtamongstmen2
      @Celtamongstmen2 Před 2 lety +12

      The original Rocksmith made you pay $10 to unlock bass capability, and that is the most bullshit thing ever.

    • @ems390
      @ems390 Před rokem +2

      @@Celtamongstmen2 lmao thats funny

  • @Explicitnice
    @Explicitnice Před 3 lety +391

    This is the equivalent to someone showing you guitar tabs and ask you to play them perfectly the first time and then getting mad when you inevitably fail.

    • @2Poor4UserName
      @2Poor4UserName Před 3 lety +34

      Mmm nah its meant for beginners to start on easy and work their way up in an attempt to teach in a way that may be more entertaining to some than just stairing at a tab sheet.

    • @DedsecEric
      @DedsecEric Před 3 lety +27

      @@2Poor4UserNameI haven't played RockSmith for a couple years, but one thing I remember pissing me off was going through "easy" on a song and they'll keep hitting (for example) a B on the 2nd fret of the A string. When you get "easy" down and move to "medium", they'll change that B to the 7th fret of the E string!! Like why teach me one position, then change it on me? It still pisses me off just thinking about it

    • @2Poor4UserName
      @2Poor4UserName Před 3 lety +6

      @@DedsecEric only things i can think of is to keep it more entertaining. if ya change things up a little, casual people are less likely to get bored. it would probably also help you get more used to the instrument and help you adapt to change. might also be a way to simplify a song and still have it sound somewhat similar to the actual thing much like when people are new to guitar they always seem to do that little 1 string smoke on the water thing.

    • @Adnonnymous
      @Adnonnymous Před 3 lety +16

      In all fairness he did the score attack first instead of actually going to "learn a song"

    • @cryptidproductions3160
      @cryptidproductions3160 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah
      The proper way you're meant to learn songs is playing on the automatic notes where it slowly adds more notes and speeds it up as you improve so you learn more and more complex arrangements leading up to the full version as the band's guitarist played it

  • @calebcarver3449
    @calebcarver3449 Před 4 lety +932

    "This is harder than real guitar." quote of the video.

    • @SimonMedia666
      @SimonMedia666 Před 4 lety +30

      I like rocksmith - but it is not the most efficent way to learn the song form me - maybe you need to get used to it. However it is fun :)

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +65

      It was tho

    • @typhoonf6
      @typhoonf6 Před 4 lety +7

      @@SimonMedia666 it's literally tabs in rolling format... how is that any harder than normal?

    • @limitless1997
      @limitless1997 Před 4 lety +9

      @@NikNocturnal ok boomer

    • @joshuacrabtree5507
      @joshuacrabtree5507 Před 4 lety +17

      Should've tried riff repeater that's how you learn a song on rocksmith.

  • @TheGod0fCookies
    @TheGod0fCookies Před 4 lety +851

    I mean, all jokes aside Rocksmith tricked me into practicing years back when I was trash at guitar. I was literally like 6:43
    Next thing I know, I'm playing guitar outside of the game, went to a damn music college and everything.
    Now I've been playing for about 7-8 years seriously and can learn songs by ear and write technical riffs for days.
    People can trash on this game all they want, but with everything that's happened to me over the years it's not an exaggeration to say guitar is the only reason I'm still here.
    Man I fucking love guitar now, and I bought this game as a joke lmao.

    • @TheLemonKiller
      @TheLemonKiller Před 4 lety +60

      Tools is Tools.
      Every pro guitarist recommendeds the things they practice.
      Problem is, that's what worked for them.
      Same with what amps and other such devices.
      But overall, music always has some secret surprise for ya.
      Sometimes even a lesson.
      We just have to listen and let it take us there.

    • @mrsweetkandy7673
      @mrsweetkandy7673 Před 4 lety +8

      To be honest i had a very hard time with the game. I tried it when i was in my early learning and got confused by everything. Like the easy lessons would be showing you some techniques, different variations. And then out of fucking nowhere they make you play a song that has all these techniques while adding new strings you didn't train with... one of my biggest issues was changing strings/frets fast but it's like the game expected the techniques to be the hard part... while it's more about using several in a quick succession.
      I found the game cool but i'd often be disgusted by what it expected from you while the difficulty felt extremely unbalanced.
      Now that I am way more comfortable with my guitar (it's been 6 months si ce i started) i've been planing to play it again but honestly it acted more as a deterrent to me, like the expectations the game had from me just made me feel like there was something wrong with me

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +157

      Even just the small time I had with the game I think it has insane benefits that I wish I had when starting guitar to be honest

    • @tehalexy
      @tehalexy Před 4 lety +11

      @@NikNocturnal a friend tried to learn guitar with rocksmith and somehow he managed to get one easy song done ... but his skills just fit the game in this case. no real muting, playing only with 2 fingers on the left hand and he was so focussed on the screen that he couldnt play it without "seeing the music" in the game.
      then i took my guitar interface to him and recorded his playing and showed him the take with just what he was playing ...
      my intention was to show him, that he should train first some guitarskills and learn it properly / clean ... but that was the day when he never picked up a guitar again :/

    • @FirstLast-ur6xt
      @FirstLast-ur6xt Před 4 lety +4

      Makozer agreed. I believe a beginner should spend at least six months getting foot habits and techniques before going to rock smith. If not you’ll never sound anything decent outside rocksmith

  • @bransonstevens5914
    @bransonstevens5914 Před 3 lety +648

    I always quit trying to learn guitar every time I tried but when I tried rocksmith I finally started to actually learn and felt like I was learning and not just failing over and over. I am really glad this game exists. :)

    • @TheNerdProblems
      @TheNerdProblems Před 2 lety +12

      I’m thinking about getting it

    • @neoconker2k8
      @neoconker2k8 Před 2 lety +6

      @@TheNerdProblems I just got it and it's awesome

    • @hegamaddness
      @hegamaddness Před 2 lety +37

      I've had it since 2012, without it I know I would not even be able to play a simple tune. Really helped me. The real learning curve is being able to look at the screen knowing what colour means what string and so on, that takes a few months to get down without thinking. Once you have that down I could play an easy song without ever having heard it before and do pretty good. Amazing bit of tech

    • @matthewlav1360
      @matthewlav1360 Před 2 lety +2

      Why would you give up? I don’t get it

    • @neoconker2k8
      @neoconker2k8 Před 2 lety +20

      @@matthewlav1360 Um that's just a human thing.
      People give up at the slightest form of difficulty , only very few stick to difficult things.

  • @305kelton
    @305kelton Před 3 lety +654

    It's hard because you already know how to play. This game helped me more than any guitar teacher Ive ever had.

    • @chillsmoke7093
      @chillsmoke7093 Před 3 lety +57

      The game is crucial to keep you motivated in the beginning stages. I started learning in 2009, but it was only in 2013 that it clicked with me

    • @meekman2725
      @meekman2725 Před 2 lety +20

      i took like a 3 month break from heavy stuff and learned cords and stuff, then i was surprised how well i did when i started laying heavier stuff again

    • @joshuaholmes6857
      @joshuaholmes6857 Před 2 lety +44

      The game is hard because he's purposely not playing it correctly. Not once did he use the "Learn a Song' feature, which is the main part of the game.

    • @GrotesqueSmurf
      @GrotesqueSmurf Před 2 lety +1

      @@joshuaholmes6857 yeah he has guitar pro for that..

    • @joshuaholmes6857
      @joshuaholmes6857 Před 2 lety +8

      @@GrotesqueSmurf Ok, but then don't complain about a game if you're the one not using it correctly.

  • @bob-px8eg
    @bob-px8eg Před 4 lety +604

    *man gets mad at rock smith for 10 minutes*

  • @justinalexander5959
    @justinalexander5959 Před 4 lety +467

    "I could have just learned the song in 20 mins with tabs" Rocksmith's arch nemesis right here

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +48

      Tabs is evil

    • @johnackelley
      @johnackelley Před 4 lety +65

      @@NikNocturnal That's what Learn A Song is for... Score Attack is not to learn a song, it's to get a score....

    • @matturner6890
      @matturner6890 Před 4 lety +22

      Tabs are for if you already mostly know the song and just need to go over a couple parts. They're terrible for learning a song from the beginning, it doesn't show any of the feel of the song, and online tabs are almost always wrong.

    • @twostonedactual2541
      @twostonedactual2541 Před 4 lety

      @@matturner6890 if they are right, they're the basic Barre chords ECT. The tabs that are free are almost never right.

    • @joecity-rp2093
      @joecity-rp2093 Před 3 lety +2

      I find that statement highly suspicious to be honest. At the end of the day, rock Smith is just tabs from a different perspective and colour coded

  • @KillrBuckeye
    @KillrBuckeye Před 4 lety +452

    Haha nice! Took me a while to get used to the note highway.

    • @jackoake6239
      @jackoake6239 Před 3 lety +4

      It was an easy transition for me cause I grew up playing guitar hero, of course it was a little weird at first but it’s easy to get used to 😊

    • @jowee147
      @jowee147 Před 3 lety +10

      Mr buckeye it's super cool to see you back on yt after this long, your parkway drive covers made me learn guitar

    • @KillrBuckeye
      @KillrBuckeye Před 3 lety +6

      @@jowee147 Thanks man!

    • @CerberusGamingNetwork
      @CerberusGamingNetwork Před 3 lety +7

      Rock Smith is weird to get used to if you already play I think.

    • @Shreadless
      @Shreadless Před 3 lety +1

      "The Rising" is what made me start guitar playing

  • @caleavenant6015
    @caleavenant6015 Před 4 lety +53

    "Pro" in the title
    First sentance "im terrible at guitar"
    Man that feeling will never go away huh

  • @jalenGuy
    @jalenGuy Před 4 lety +294

    You weren’t in practice mode

    • @PlanetFinesse
      @PlanetFinesse Před 4 lety +16

      Yeah, practice mode there isn't a fail feature.

    • @JCaleb
      @JCaleb Před 4 lety

      Will pass it along to him! Ty

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +46

      But it's not as fun if I can't fail

    • @SpicyTrifongo
      @SpicyTrifongo Před 4 lety +17

      @@NikNocturnal riff repeater is the coolest thing.
      Let's you pick multiple or single 15-20 second song segments and repeatedly practice that segment

    • @paul7cfc
      @paul7cfc Před 4 lety +8

      @@NikNocturnal failure is subjective in practice mode, you could count anything less than 100% as failure, if that's what floats your boat

  • @Super.AmmarI0
    @Super.AmmarI0 Před 4 lety +241

    6:45 every beginner guitarist who wants to sweep after 2 minutes of practice.

  • @juliancarrion514
    @juliancarrion514 Před 4 lety +81

    "You could literally make soup in the amount of time it takes to launch." - Damn so true 🤣

  • @joshmurphy1861
    @joshmurphy1861 Před 3 lety +301

    Taught myself bass on this game and now years later I'm playing to thousands on a weekly basis... fair to say I'll have strong words with anyone that says that this game is trash.

    • @moritzschumann7177
      @moritzschumann7177 Před 3 lety +21

      certainly not trash but i know some people who only played rocksmith and couldn't play on their own even after multiple years of "playing" guitar. It's a nice addition to playing guitar or bass but you're not really playing an instrument if you rely on visual cues

    • @joshmurphy1861
      @joshmurphy1861 Před 3 lety +42

      @@moritzschumann7177 oh no i agree completely but it's basically an introduction to tabs for most people. You then just need to be able to bring what you've learnt on there and play from memory.

    • @davidwhite206
      @davidwhite206 Před 2 lety +7

      This game is fucking trash bro, nah I'm just playing. Just ordered a real tone cable through Amazon so I can start back playing with it. It's what Guitar Hero would have been if they had more ambition and foresight. But without Guitar Hero, we probably wouldn't have Rocksmith.

    • @GrotesqueSmurf
      @GrotesqueSmurf Před 2 lety +3

      But why not just get guitar pro instead and use it to learn the songs the correct way to begin with, in an easier and less stressed out environment? (answer probably is that rocksmith is more commonly known amongst non-musicians..?)

    • @ThysiaMusic
      @ThysiaMusic Před 2 lety +30

      @@GrotesqueSmurf because learning guitar "the right way" is a tedious and boring activity that most people including myself don't have the patience for.
      Rocksmith keeps you engaged. Makes it very easy to see your own progress. Which in turn makes it much less boring and tedious. Goes from being a chore to being a fun game you can play while having the same effect

  • @guitar_boi_ray5450
    @guitar_boi_ray5450 Před 4 lety +1096

    Do more rocksmith!! It's entertaining content

    • @JCaleb
      @JCaleb Před 4 lety +25

      He will do more, just come hangout at the stream.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +109

      Glad you dig it!

    • @silkpenutbutter5353
      @silkpenutbutter5353 Před 4 lety +8

      @@NikNocturnal is rock smith good because that's how I've tried to learn using it a few years ago

    • @guitar_boi_ray5450
      @guitar_boi_ray5450 Před 4 lety +12

      @@silkpenutbutter5353 I learned guitar through rocksmith, it taught me the basics of everything and I got really good at guitar. It is worth it if your starting out.

    • @aqilasraf
      @aqilasraf Před 4 lety +1

      @@guitar_boi_ray5450 okay that is nice to know. might try it

  • @Chainbrain
    @Chainbrain Před 4 lety +561

    Hi Nik can you please do more Rocksmith I like Rocksmith

  • @xGshikamaru
    @xGshikamaru Před 4 lety +134

    Rocksmith took me from just being able to play song riffs to being able to play complete songs, including solos. But there is one big caveat. Its note detection mechanism as great as it is gets you to play on the back beat and staccato, and you have to grow outside of the game to improve upon that. But riff repeater is a wonderful tool because of the feedback you get from playing, something you just don't get with tabs and a metronome, only your ear will tell you if you get it or not, and sometimes your ear is more forgiving than the game 😉

  • @Zenthex
    @Zenthex Před 4 lety +41

    "my arm!!!" - every thresh metal guitarist ever.

  • @thelazytyrant1831
    @thelazytyrant1831 Před 4 lety +306

    As someone who's played rocksmith for 4 years, and is worse then you, *I feel like a god watching this.*

    • @Phymatic
      @Phymatic Před 4 lety +12

      100%
      I know the video kind of a joke take but it hurts my brain seeing him play it lol

    • @michaelarneill8957
      @michaelarneill8957 Před 4 lety +4

      Righhhhht

    • @berkieallen3611
      @berkieallen3611 Před 4 lety +3

      I know dude, he's literally worse than me but a way better guitar player like wtf

    • @aebious8886
      @aebious8886 Před 4 lety +4

      hes a guitar boomer

  • @robertgirard2279
    @robertgirard2279 Před 4 lety +457

    Definitely more Rocksmith. It just a game you have to get used to and put up with it's note detection

    • @charlesmwolf
      @charlesmwolf Před 4 lety +17

      no you dont, disconnected mode and an amp...

    • @FachryZulfikar
      @FachryZulfikar Před 4 lety +10

      @@charlesmwolf that's what I'm doing since they add disconnected mode.
      setting up the guitar intonation will solve the note detection problem, and for bending, make sure you hit the note before bending.

    • @wcanderton
      @wcanderton Před 4 lety +3

      The note detection is the bane of my existence

    • @Cityz3nn
      @Cityz3nn Před 4 lety

      @@charlesmwolf this exists????? I'm redownloading the game rn!

    • @charlesmwolf
      @charlesmwolf Před 4 lety +4

      @@Cityz3nn yup. it doesnt register the note d3tection, but disclnnected mode turns learn a song into note highway tabs.
      theres a microphone mode too but i dont feel it works well

  • @mixinmasta
    @mixinmasta Před 4 lety +384

    lmao. "Are you supposed to learn a song before you play it?" no nik, its totally appropriate to launch yourself into a song you dont know on hard with absolutely no idea how the GUI works. Fun fact: Launching yourself into any situation without any prior knowledge of what the hell youre doing is definitely the model for ALL retail environements to train their employees. Good Job, Awesome show bro 👏 👍

    • @imacashew.
      @imacashew. Před 3 lety +3

      Ah shit I did that to employees all the time when I managed stores 😂

    • @goner.9989
      @goner.9989 Před 2 lety +1

      Your pfp is indeed… it suits your name.

    • @psychotropictraveler514
      @psychotropictraveler514 Před 2 lety +6

      @@imacashew. and that is probably why you no longer manage stores lmao

    • @leecrawford6560
      @leecrawford6560 Před 2 lety

      Well, that is how you learn, for one way at least
      I agree

  • @MegaCurtisimo
    @MegaCurtisimo Před 3 lety +21

    "The ultimate goal is to beat this on hard."
    That's what she said.

  • @zdrowe5131
    @zdrowe5131 Před 4 lety +83

    Legit would not mind a 30 min video of you playing rocksmith

  • @NivanSharma
    @NivanSharma Před 4 lety +676

    yousician is the best way to learn, practice and master the guitar

    • @astickman7054
      @astickman7054 Před 4 lety +53

      lol please tell me this is a joke

    • @cryptic3420
      @cryptic3420 Před 4 lety +156

      I didn’t trust teachers, I didn’t trust politicians, I didn’t trust people on the evening news... I trusted music.

    • @DraxVR
      @DraxVR Před 4 lety +12

      strong disagree

    • @greysinclaire
      @greysinclaire Před 4 lety +124

      Guys... He's saying exactly what the ad says 😐

    • @NivanSharma
      @NivanSharma Před 4 lety +44

      @@greysinclaire thank you

  • @leoneverest
    @leoneverest Před 4 lety +72

    You need to use "Learn a Song". Sort by Tuning. Open Tools, Difficulty Settings and turn "Override to Max" on.

    • @joshuahuskey7145
      @joshuahuskey7145 Před 4 lety +2

      Disconnected is great too. Use your own amp and effects with no feedback.

    • @EyeWillBass
      @EyeWillBass Před 4 lety +3

      Exactly, then set your favorites and go to nonstop play and you're golden.

    • @CallowG
      @CallowG Před 3 lety +3

      @@hisaceinthehole3426 shows you all the notes right away. It's the only way to play. Dynamic difficulty is more confusing than just not playing the notes you can't get to yet. Eventually you will.

    • @fu6817
      @fu6817 Před 3 lety

      And turn off the thing that adjusts difficulty when you make mistakes.

  • @stratotele12
    @stratotele12 Před 4 lety +25

    Riff repeater is where the game shines. You learn each section then string a few sections together to learn the transitions and eventually you know the whole song.

  • @PmrGuitar
    @PmrGuitar Před 4 lety +129

    As someone who stream rocksmith a few time i kow for a fact you were probably yelling at you computer about 20 mineut beford cause rocksmith insited on highjacking all your mics

    • @LouisBadak
      @LouisBadak Před 4 lety

      Facts xd

    • @NeiloNeil
      @NeiloNeil Před 4 lety +9

      Don't forget diving into the gamefiles to get rid of all the latency.

    • @PmrGuitar
      @PmrGuitar Před 4 lety +2

      @@NeiloNeil i actually for whateber reasond had no problem whit lantacy what so ever. just rocksmoth will not play nice with obs. was my only problem

    • @NeiloNeil
      @NeiloNeil Před 4 lety +1

      @@PmrGuitar You're one of the lucky ones then :) Some people (including me) had to go into some ini file to change some parameters just to get rid of the latency. Using RS with OBS is a challenge in itself...

    • @TarnaBarTM
      @TarnaBarTM Před 4 lety

      I found out that using windows xbox recording feature works pretty well.
      All you have to do is default the rocksmith cables as the microphone, remove exclusivity from either the game or .ini file and most importantly keep active the sound mixer in the microphone windows tab. The recording will pick up on that and you can have the video and audio togheter. Plus you can record actively or passively whenever you get the feeling that you did a good run cuz for sure activating the recording myself makes me feel a bit anxious. xD

  • @cry0fox
    @cry0fox Před 4 lety +76

    There is actually a Bass mode for bassists in the game Nik.

    • @Vuallum
      @Vuallum Před 4 lety +22

      Do you know how far down I had to scroll to find mention of Bass?
      (Angery Davie504 noises)

  • @gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw
    @gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw Před 3 lety +9

    >doesn't play on the highest difficulty
    >"Why doesn't it show all the note?"

  • @addaydan7053
    @addaydan7053 Před 4 lety +1

    Dude, love this type of content. I’d love to watch more vids like this!

  • @VMTDesign
    @VMTDesign Před 4 lety +274

    "This guitar tone sounds like a wet noodle."
    Me: *Listening
    Also Me: "It does!"

  • @TkTronixYt
    @TkTronixYt Před 2 lety +11

    To be fair the game is ways easier once you remember the string colors. For me this is great to learn songs, especially with the Riff repetitor feature.

  • @stevenmumby4601
    @stevenmumby4601 Před 4 lety +26

    Rosksmith tip: you can sort the songs by tuning. Whenever I play I tart playing songs in standard E and go lower and lower. Also, Learn a song mode won't stop the song when you screw up.

  • @tonyishak3246
    @tonyishak3246 Před 4 lety +95

    thank god i thought i was the only guitarist who struggled with rocksmith

    • @ideitbawxproductions1880
      @ideitbawxproductions1880 Před 4 lety +4

      it's been a while since I played it, but there is a weird kind of adjustment you gotta make to really get into it. I'm not as technical as Nik by a long shot, but it does expect you to play incredibly precise, like the game thinks you're a machine or something.
      personally, I was more annoyed trying to play Guitar Hero or Rock Band.

    • @ujiltromm7358
      @ujiltromm7358 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@ideitbawxproductions1880 I find it lenient with chords. It asks me to play a F, I play the arguably easier Fmaj7, and it validates it.

    • @rav3n157
      @rav3n157 Před 4 lety +2

      Would say the best way to use rocks ith is just as a tab reader pretty much, you can use it without a cable and juet through your own amp and it gives you a backing track and tabs easily. I don't really use it much how it's meant to be used at all

    • @Crovax
      @Crovax Před 4 lety +7

      the problem is that all people just asume "hey, i know how to play guitar, i can play this" but this is a game that teaches how to play with their method, which is not bad but is different. If you abide by their rules and play like a noob at the beggining, it WILL help you improve. I know this, i couldn't play anything, now i even can play some dream theater songs. I understood time, how to sync with the rythm section, scales, improvising (hell the session mode is the best thing in this game) it really helps when you don't have friends to play with...or friends at all.... *goes back to his dark corner*

    • @Cityz3nn
      @Cityz3nn Před 4 lety +1

      Once you get used to it you can play songs without even learning them it's really great

  • @xHollowSouls
    @xHollowSouls Před 4 lety +77

    Rocksmith has a special place in my heart. I remember when the first Rocksmith came out, and I was near to throw away playing guitar. I bought it and said to myself that this is my last attempt to guitar. And I'm playing like 8 years now, played some gigs and have a tech death band

    • @paterson90
      @paterson90 Před 4 lety +10

      Dude same, except I got the 2014 version. I have not put down the guitar since, and am now looking for a cover band now.

    • @romanbelyantsev4919
      @romanbelyantsev4919 Před 4 lety

      Link to your band bro
      Its basiclly one of my life goal.. 😅 Techdeath project

  • @AustinJSchaeffer
    @AustinJSchaeffer Před 4 lety +12

    Real talk rocksmith is what made me finally learn to play the guitar i had owned for years. Being able to play along (even if im only hitting like 10% of the notes) with songs I already like was a lot more motivating than other guitar learning games where you just have to learn covers of public domain songs or original songs.

  • @JohnnyJudoka
    @JohnnyJudoka Před 2 lety

    Just came across your channel, love the content!

  • @ktakk1
    @ktakk1 Před 4 lety +194

    i basically learned guitar with rocksmith lul

    • @nomdom
      @nomdom Před 4 lety +2

      me too :)

    • @clindsley87
      @clindsley87 Před 4 lety +1

      Same haha

    • @MiataBoii
      @MiataBoii Před 4 lety +1

      Same

    • @paterson90
      @paterson90 Před 4 lety +6

      Same, you have to slow down the faster songs so you know what the notes are.

    • @shawnarnold638
      @shawnarnold638 Před 4 lety +8

      Same but you have to start slow and work your way up and it also helps to organize your songs by tuning. Tears don't fall is my favorite. Got some sections going blank now :)

  • @sneeringimperialist340
    @sneeringimperialist340 Před 4 lety +40

    As someone who has played Rocksmith I can confirm it really is actually harder than real guitar weirdly.
    Seeing someone so much better than me struggle just like me is oddly validating lol.

    • @kenconify
      @kenconify Před 4 lety +1

      Sneering Imperialist it’s fantastic for the basics but once you get into the complicated licks the lag time just kills it

  • @Cancun771
    @Cancun771 Před 3 lety +8

    It takes a special kind of genius to record a voice with so little treble and yet still manage to capture this much noise.

  • @rynesherman9099
    @rynesherman9099 Před 4 lety

    Lolololol! Awesome! Do more rocksmith videos! The songs make me want to fire up my zune and plug into the aux jack

  • @donovanolguin977
    @donovanolguin977 Před 4 lety +49

    Time to get copy right striked...

  • @mateoteoteo753
    @mateoteoteo753 Před 4 lety +17

    5:11 you just described my tone in every aspect

  • @ThePilottribune
    @ThePilottribune Před 2 lety

    You re f-ing hilarious to watch. Love your channel. Always brightens my day.

  • @moncreebrown948
    @moncreebrown948 Před rokem

    Love your videos man, this is freaking hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jimmygrenier9668
    @jimmygrenier9668 Před 4 lety +68

    I've taught my ex-Girlfriend how to play acoustic guitar and noticed she learned pretty quickly. Eventually, the "I wanna learn electric guitar" moment arrived, but I was so god damn busy with 2 jobs, I didn't have time to teach her... Not long after, I went to WalMart, in the electronic section (of course, I'm a gamer after all) and saw Rocksmith... I was like "Why didn't I think about it before?". So I bought it, brought it home, showed her how to use it, then 2 days later, she was on my electric guitar, playing almost every song on Medium... I almost teared up.. I was like "Oh my God.... .. They were wrong... Video games CAN teach us great things!"! She eventually learned almost everything at Hard after a while. It really does the trick!.. But when I tried it, I got mad at it for the same reasons as Guitar Hero.. You know why! Easier modes than master skips a lot of pick strokes or notes, so I tended to play them (cuz I knew the frickin' song) and got punished for that.. I never touched it again.. ahahahaha!

    • @jimmygrenier9668
      @jimmygrenier9668 Před 3 lety +4

      @@jamesjackson3242 totally true! ... but slowing down the whole song on even parts of the song while the rest of the instruments are also playing would be a royal pain to hear... hahaha

    • @DavonAllen92
      @DavonAllen92 Před 3 lety +5

      @@jimmygrenier9668 i know its a month later but just wanted to say that you should be able to instantly level up the song to expert level and just play it at the highest level. this game is more a tool in that you can set the level of tolerance like in ddr to be more forgiving or to not level you down so you can just practice and play. and there is also just a play along to the track mode that doesn't need to have your scored on it as well as a jam session and tone designer for messing with sounds. you could honeslty use rocksmith as your real rig if you wanted to with a little ingenuity.

  • @maxmariotti277
    @maxmariotti277 Před 4 lety +43

    Pretty ironic how he said he sucks at real guitar in the intro. Ha. Good one Nik.

  • @brettski6934
    @brettski6934 Před 4 lety

    Please do more of these!!!

  • @IshioRamo
    @IshioRamo Před 2 lety

    more please XD the comment at the end is on point, learning the song directly is faster

  • @Airtrooper719
    @Airtrooper719 Před 4 lety +36

    I would like to see you do more Rocksmith, but please for the love of god, turn on INVERT STRINGS so its in tab layout xD

    • @slovak4life1991
      @slovak4life1991 Před 4 lety +6

      I’ve never understood why people invert the strings. It makes it so much harder for me to visualize what I’m supposed to play.

    • @Airtrooper719
      @Airtrooper719 Před 4 lety +10

      @@slovak4life1991 because thats how we have played guitar for decades before these games were a thing

    • @Empire_of_Ravens
      @Empire_of_Ravens Před 4 lety +7

      For real. If you're used to tabs, then invert the dang strings. So much easier

    • @TarnaBarTM
      @TarnaBarTM Před 4 lety +1

      I kinda started with rocksmith so I might got invert the tabs ahahahahah

    • @Airtrooper719
      @Airtrooper719 Před 4 lety +1

      Nik tried inverted on stream few days ago and loved it, I dont think he will go back to playing the default way now.

  • @The_BigPitBull
    @The_BigPitBull Před 4 lety +25

    I wanna see nik post a cover with the game now lmao

  • @robertosoto7167
    @robertosoto7167 Před 4 lety +9

    There is a practice tool where you can play it slow first...

  • @jinbaittai85
    @jinbaittai85 Před 2 lety

    yes, more of this please!

  • @kingadam7119
    @kingadam7119 Před 4 lety +10

    This was absolutely hilarious, especially knowing the struggle myself.. 🤣 One setting that might help though Nik is to flip the string order. It makes it match tab format with the low E string on bottom instead of the top.

  • @MoiseDosSantos
    @MoiseDosSantos Před 4 lety +5

    Started learning guitar 2 months ago , and in my eyes Rocksmith helped me A LOT its fun , you can play your fav songs and you learn fast and you dont even realize it

  • @RookCity94
    @RookCity94 Před 4 lety

    Was awesome dude, do more rocksmith!

  • @djhamlin1803
    @djhamlin1803 Před 3 lety

    This is by far your most entertaining video, please do more

  • @WayoftheWhale
    @WayoftheWhale Před 4 lety +49

    Once you get used to the color correlation it’s easy to learn a song fast with itn

    • @paterson90
      @paterson90 Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah that's the hard part, and just adjusting to how they throw all the notes at you so quickly.

    • @ClikcerProductions
      @ClikcerProductions Před 4 lety +13

      I find I can learn a song way faster through tab than Rocksmith even though I'm decent at it. The fact everything goes by so fast means I treat it like sight reading so I don't actually retain what Im playing, with just looking at a tab for 20 minutes I'll have it

    • @MrBX5
      @MrBX5 Před 4 lety +2

      @@ClikcerProductions I agree with that. I really liked Rocksmith and played alot of it in my first year and half of playing guitar, but at some point I realized I had to stop trying to learn songs through it because I noticed that I didn't actually remember anything when it was time to play them on my own.

    • @ClikcerProductions
      @ClikcerProductions Před 4 lety +1

      @@MrBX5 Rocksmith is a great tool to get used to the instrument and learn fundamental techniques in a fun way as a beginner, but yeah I definitely wouldn't call it a good tool to learn songs

    • @fallensoldiertragni5178
      @fallensoldiertragni5178 Před 4 lety +2

      Very true I learn Tears Don't Fall From Rocksmith and I can legitimately just plug my amp and play along to the song Because muscle memory now it is pretty easy once you get used to it

  • @andrewthompson6096
    @andrewthompson6096 Před 4 lety +9

    Not gunna lie way back when i started guitar, rocksmith taught me basically everything.

  • @vicarioussoul1
    @vicarioussoul1 Před 4 lety

    Bahaha... I have subbed and followed because of your reaction to the first couple seconds of the first song. Lmao
    Rock on dude! 🤘

  • @bass2092
    @bass2092 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent! Subbed for more Rocksmith content.
    The real magic happens when you pick a really hard part on Learn a Song and use riff repeater with a lower speed and gradually increase said speed, repeating the riff over and over.
    And then, just like that (and sooner than you expected), you've mastered the riff!
    This game is what got me into Bass. Really loving it! (It also has a simulated bass mode if you don't have one)

  • @dantevega5103
    @dantevega5103 Před 4 lety +5

    "Do i look at the screen or the frets?" My exact same question playing this 😂

  • @vitebee
    @vitebee Před 4 lety +16

    I'd love for some more rocksmith content, I actually learned the 4 pentatonic positions using rocksmith xd

    • @paterson90
      @paterson90 Před 4 lety

      I think there is 5 but that's really good. Did you find those under session mode?

    • @kaefbaml
      @kaefbaml Před 4 lety +1

      there's 5

    • @vitebee
      @vitebee Před 4 lety

      @@kaefbaml Oh, seems like I'm missing one then, time to keep playing

    • @vitebee
      @vitebee Před 4 lety

      @@paterson90 It's actually on a minigame, scale racers, apparently you have to unlock it. It's guitarcade > technique games > scale racer

    • @hectorpalaciosgmz96
      @hectorpalaciosgmz96 Před 4 lety

      yeah 5 on peantatonic 7 on mayor

  • @Osscars
    @Osscars Před 4 lety

    this is gold we need more

  • @taylorattix7515
    @taylorattix7515 Před 4 lety

    Please do more lol this is amazing

  • @allan_nightmare
    @allan_nightmare Před 4 lety +29

    So we getting a cover of Six or....?

  • @michaelpeton8394
    @michaelpeton8394 Před 4 lety +5

    For me it was much easier to use the "inverted" string layout setting or whatever it is. It makes it feel much more familiar if you are used to reading tabs.

  • @omarvalencia2442
    @omarvalencia2442 Před rokem +1

    Nick cheered at the exact moment that I got a simply guitar ad.
    *YES* and then, “I just learned to play pop songs with simply guitar!”

  • @aceiscool11
    @aceiscool11 Před 3 lety

    Great content can relate completely!

  • @kateslate3228
    @kateslate3228 Před 4 lety +28

    Also, you can reverse the strings so it looks like tabs, should make it a lot easier.

    • @Ashaliel
      @Ashaliel Před 4 lety +1

      can you? huh. maybe ill try this again

    • @VirtuelleWeltenMitKhan
      @VirtuelleWeltenMitKhan Před 4 lety +3

      @@Ashaliel Yes. I did it a few days ago.

    • @brian3971
      @brian3971 Před 4 lety +2

      Very First thing I did when I bought the original RS for my playstation.

  • @DIFY
    @DIFY Před 4 lety +22

    For those having sound delay issues:
    Do not use any external soundcards with Rocksmith, as that adds a tiny bit of delay. Better to go directly out from the MBs audio output. I know, it kinda sucks when you have a proper audio setup

  • @SumoNinja92
    @SumoNinja92 Před rokem +1

    "Why is this so hard??" He asked with all of his bad habits standing in a line behind him.

  • @probably_william8891
    @probably_william8891 Před 4 lety

    Definitely do more of these!!!

  • @saikeshi
    @saikeshi Před 4 lety +5

    4:40 what do you mean? I got this game for the bass and there is awesome bass songs in here.

  • @kylelangston6119
    @kylelangston6119 Před 4 lety +3

    This just made my entire day, thanks Nik! You rock man, you always give me strength and happiness, thanks for everything man. from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
    Side note: Im the type of person to spend 3 hours at the arcade playing guitar hero and nothing else haha.

  • @Aretoo
    @Aretoo Před rokem

    Holy Cow Meaning in Tragedy took me BACK!! Awesome video, love your content!!

  • @giovannirodriguez4216
    @giovannirodriguez4216 Před 4 lety

    Hell yes! More Rocksmith videos

  • @haydenthompson6229
    @haydenthompson6229 Před 4 lety +4

    Nik could easily be the number 1 rock smith streamer on twitch if he practiced for like a day

  • @deatheater4884
    @deatheater4884 Před 4 lety +8

    Wait until he realizes that you don't have to "Learn a song" to just jam..

  • @Ben-616
    @Ben-616 Před 4 lety

    Dude! Thank you for playing Six - ATR !! Guitar Hero 2 got me into Metal 🙏🙏

  • @okpandora
    @okpandora Před 3 lety

    Thanks you’ve saved me some money. Gone back to learning songs & scales!

  • @scrptar129
    @scrptar129 Před 4 lety +3

    I got so tired of tuning my guitar that I would just tune once and pick all the songs in that tuning and go.

    • @773Spair
      @773Spair Před 3 lety

      If a song has the same tuning relation, I use my Whammy DT to shift the pitch up or down by semitones.

  • @ryanshreevedrums
    @ryanshreevedrums Před 4 lety +3

    This is how rockband drums made me feel. I could play the songs on a real kit but kept failing them on a little toy drum set in a video game lol

  • @ryanmarshall7240
    @ryanmarshall7240 Před 4 lety +1

    As an avid Rocksmith player, I think you need to do loads more of these, love it

  • @josherdel2110
    @josherdel2110 Před 4 lety

    This was great keep them coming

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +20

    Imagine being good at Rocksmith, while not knowing how to play an actual guitar. You must feel proud of yourself after watching this.

  • @TheMisadventuresofBuffWally

    If you plan on doing this more, There is a setting that inverts the notes on the fretboard in the game. Makes the low notes on the bottom and the high notes on the top. Found this really useful if you know how to read actual music as it doesn't feel so backwards.

  • @gabrielgonzalez1349
    @gabrielgonzalez1349 Před 4 lety

    Of course do more this was really fun to watch

  • @jimalyajenkins9133
    @jimalyajenkins9133 Před 3 lety

    Your frustration is hilarious.

  • @anytyzers1467
    @anytyzers1467 Před 4 lety +5

    *takes 5 hours to learn a song in a game* "I could learn the song in like 20 minutes with tabs" I love when Nik comments shit like thaf

  • @tyrp7309
    @tyrp7309 Před 4 lety +5

    Intro so me as a kid crying cause I can’t play through the fire and the flames on guitar hero

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  Před 4 lety +2

      I still can't play it on guitar hero

    • @tyrp7309
      @tyrp7309 Před 4 lety

      Nik Nocturnal I’ve tried to forget 😂

    • @arronharvey6414
      @arronharvey6414 Před 3 lety

      Guitar hero made that song so hard. Still practiced enough as a kid to get through it never 100% though 😪

  • @soloslave1985
    @soloslave1985 Před 3 lety

    I have not played this game or picked up a guitar since the original version of this game came out..... now I need to get this and play again with all of the dlc. Thank you for this entertaining video! I look forward to the frustration again. And passing it over to my kids. Ps your videos are always entertaining. The self depreciation... reminds me of me. Haha keep up the great vids and thanks

  • @kalebriley9008
    @kalebriley9008 Před 4 lety

    This song was in my recommended. Left a like and subscribed because of it. As someone who learned guitar initially on Rocksmith it was interesting to see someone who was the opposite play it. Please play more! Would love to see it!! You're both hilarious and I wonder how long until you're familiar enough with the game that it could possibly replace tabs for you. I recommend trying out the band mode they have for a video. Thanks for the laughs. Looking forward to more videos

  • @Masked_SVincent
    @Masked_SVincent Před 4 lety +4

    Seeing someone who’s good at guitar suck at rock smith like me makes me happy

  • @mc_hotboi4958
    @mc_hotboi4958 Před 2 lety +6

    Been playing the guitar since I’m 14. I’m 23 now and I didn’t find the motivation to play since I wasn’t getting better and struggled learning new stuff for months. Rocksmith actually helps me with that stuff. Also CDLC is just oh my god unlimited possibilities

  • @matthewwilding6139
    @matthewwilding6139 Před 2 lety

    I started playing this game recently with my friend as he’s a beginner guitarist and rocksmith has been a good excuse for him to pick up the guitar. I love the technical exercise mini games. I’m now in the top 1000 on the lead board for the duck shooting game and in the top 2000 for string skip saloon! 🤘🏻 love your content!

  • @thedadrockcollective5631

    Great video! Highly entertaining! Your videos are well edited and sound great! I am impressed. How are you connecting to your computer? I think I want to try this game myself now.