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Work in Progress / Guitar Hero SG controller on a PC

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Digital Awakening
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Using a PS2 to USB converter, Enhanced Audio Plugin and a C power cord sample I have created a little program in DBP that allows me to jam on my Cherry SG Guitar Hero controller

Sadly the converter doesn't recognize the whammy bar (or I could have made a GH remake) but I made it so the pitch go down when you tilt the guitar. Shaking the guitar makes it sound pretty cool This is probably the coolest thing ever on 33 lines!

I still have a lot of cool ideas to add to this little bedroom project. For example, I want to loop a part of the sample so I can sustain chords for as long as I want. When the fret buttons are released the sound is faded out.

This recording I've attached is made by looping the sound from my laptop speakers to my laptop mic, it sounds horrible so I only did a 64 bit MP3 encoding. If you listen closely you can hear me hitting the strum bar.


THIS PROGRAM IS NOTHING BUT A BLACK SCREEN SO DOWNLOAD THE MP3 INSTEAD!!!

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Posted: 9th Oct 2007 00:43 Edited at: 9th Oct 2007 00:43
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Thats pretty cool!! I have never played Guitar Hero mostly because I never understood why I would play it when I could just pick up my real guitar and jam. But still good work!

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Because it's a rhythm game with rock/metal music? Because you get to play to music with the notes scrolling in front of you? Why do people sing karaoke or play Sing Star instead of just singing? Well, let's not make this a thread about Guitar Hero.

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Posted: 9th Oct 2007 03:56
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Sorry, Still it is pretty cool what you did.

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Is it just DBP that cant pick up the strum bar? Or is there no way to detect it using any language at all?

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Posted: 9th Oct 2007 07:57
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Windsept:
I didn't mind your previous post, I only meant not to continue the discussion

fxgamer:
The whammy bar (for altering the sound) not the strum bar you use to play. The driver for my PS2 to USB converter doesn't recognize it, Xpadder doesn't and I've tried all the joystick and device commands in DBP with no luck. I'm not even sure the converter have the hardware to detect it, if it does then I guess a new driver has to be made. Red Octane could have just made the whammy a PS2 joystick and it would have worked great but they didn't.

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Can't check the program as I don't have a windoze box yet but it sounds like an awesome idea! yeah the adapter (I always spell it adaptor) I have also doesn't recognize the whammy bar, seems to be a common problem with adapters. Once I set up a new windows machien i will help out on the program, as I am looking to design a double gh guitar controller for another project that I wont announce just yet

Anyway keep up the good work!


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Posted: 10th Oct 2007 12:41
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Wiggett:
The thing is that the whammy is not made using a standard PS2 input like the other features. Like the strum bar is joystick Y axis and the tilt is a button.

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That was neat, keep working at it buddy and you'll be a TGC rocker in no time .

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Quote: "Why do people sing karaoke or play Sing Star instead of just singing?"

Usually because they can't sing.

I've never played GH but nonetheless this looks like a pretty cool project.

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Thanks guys

I've switched to a note sample instead of a chord, it think that's more useful for this program. It's hard to find a sound I really like though.

I've done modifications to the code and once I got it all working I'll post a new MP3. Modifications include program syncing, timer based code, variables for settings and partial sound looping. I'm also working on better fret combinations. Currently I'm using a simple binary system to interpret the frets pressed and while that's geeky it's not good for playing.

I'm thinking of supporting hammer-ons / pull-offs / slides, but maybe later.

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Posted: 10th Oct 2007 15:13
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Seems like alot of work, just to get the PS2 one working; when the Xbox 360 ones is USB and works seemlessly with XInput.



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Posted: 10th Oct 2007 15:47 Edited at: 10th Oct 2007 15:50
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Well, 1) I don't have a 360 controller and 2) nor does most Guitar Hero players. And it's not any more problem. It's just that the whammy doesn't work. Getting the program to sound right is as much a problem with a 360 controller as with a PS2 controller.

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I hope the Wii guitar gets implemented into GlovePIE. That'd be awesome.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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how's the work going man?

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Sorry about the lack of updates. I've been busy, tired and not in the mood for evening programming. Last weekend I spent cleaning my apartment and doing the laundry. I also got back to playing GH2 and couldn't really resist playing. I'll be going away this weekend but I'll be bringing my laptop and a Dualshock 2 with me and it's possible I do some coding.

I might have solved the whammy bar problem using 1 Dualshock 2 and 2 rubber bands I've not tested reading in the controller together with the SG in DBP yet, but I'm hopeful.

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Rubber bands? Now that's the kind of fixing I like.

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I just found some new cool guitar sound packs

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Where? Do any of the sounds loop?


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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I found a site with free downloadable sounds, I don't have the URL here but I'll post it as soon as I'm back home again.

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Ok, now I'm back!

Been doing some testing with AdvancedSPRITES this weekend but I also coded in the new whammy bar, fully working

Here's a link to Freesound!

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Great work Digital Awakening. I have guitar hero 2 and 3 for ps2 they both rock! Keep adding things and maybe redoctane could use it for guitar hero for pc if they ever make it.

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I don't think they would ever use anything made in DBP. BTW, Guitar Hero 3 is coming for both PC and Mac.

On a sidenote, I've been doing a bit of soul searching or whatever you wanna call it. Been feeling low on energy lately and I'm on a quest to find more, so to speak I think that's why I've really had no interest in writing a single line on this program. It's not like I've scrapped the idea, but it's gonna take a while.

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Its okay DA, we all get programming woes and life woes, take as long as you need, we'll always be here .

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Thanks

Now, back to worrying about coding SGT...

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