trevor ([info]entropyman) wrote,
@ 2008-01-03 19:04:00
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Entry tags:computers, games, music

can i say i told you so?
OK, since seeing Guitar Hero, and now Rock Band, I've been saying that those would be great if you could use a real guitar and use the game as a learning tool. It seems that I'm not the only person who had this idea.

Guitar Wizard is apparently to be debuted at CES soon, and although the info at BoingBoing is slim, it looks like Guitar Wizard could be that teaching tool. Now I just need to wait for a bass version to come out and figure out how much it would cost to get a MIDI pickup on my bass.


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[info]grandiva1968
2008-01-04 01:43 am UTC (link)
Couldn’t be that bad as far as cost.  I've been thinking about an electric cello that I can have fitted with an interface by the manufacturer for not that much extra.

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[info]entropyman
2008-01-04 02:34 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I don't think it'd be too bad on a new instrument. Conklin has it as an option for new basses. (I use them as an example because I really like their extended range basses.) I guess the big question for me is what it would cost and what modifications would need to be done to an already finished instrument.

Well, that, and whether I thought the game was really worth buying. :)

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[info]teencake
2008-01-04 02:48 pm UTC (link)
That would be really cool. But I wonder what songs they would have you playing? My kiddie guitar songs book was full of crap. :)

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[info]noizehole
2008-01-04 04:21 pm UTC (link)
How dare you bash "Polly Wolly Doodle" you insensitive clod !!1!?!

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[info]teencake
2008-01-04 04:27 pm UTC (link)
Heehee. The one I remember best was "Camptown Races". That song never gets old.

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[info]noizehole
2008-01-04 04:39 pm UTC (link)
ho shit ! now I've got "Doo-dah! doo-dah!" stuck in my brain. thanks.

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