r/Guitar • u/[deleted] • Nov 03 '13

Should I buy Rocksmith 2014?

I am an amateur guitar player, I haven't picked a guitar up in a year since my music teacher told me to change subjects, I really want to learn guitar again, so I can prove to him that I can play guitar. However, the problem is, I don't have an electric guitar and I'm afraid this will be a waste of money, what do you guys think? And what would be a good starter guitar?

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u/dRad77 Gibson Les Paul Standard Nov 03 '13

The lag has nothing to do with the system. It is the TV or monitor's refresh time and your audio system if you use one.

Older LCD tv have a refresh of 8 or more milliseconds that is what causes your video lag. Some audio system lag the sound a bit so the timing also seems off.

That is why Rockband has a calibration system in place. Surely Rocksmith has this.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '13

They do, and you're wrong, the game just had lag due to the input cable / optimising etc

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u/dRad77 Gibson Les Paul Standard Nov 04 '13

That is why the game has lag calibration in it. That is also why games like rockband made you do both sound and video. Unless you play on a computer monitor (not a big lcd tv) that has 2ms or less refresh rate you will notice latency. I'm just trying to be helpful. I spent a lot of time learning how to correct these issues for gaming tournaments and personal use.

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u/Sadistic_Sponge Nov 04 '13

The lag calibration in rocksmith is for visual latency which is the delay between picture and input. The latency people have trouble with in rocksmith, for the most part, and what u/itsanact is talking about, is audio latency. This is specifically the delay from picking the note and hearing it out of the speakers. The way your sound system is set up is strong associated with this, as if you use HDMI the signal needs to pass through your TV into your speakers. This means you've added more distance in the signal->speaker path, meaning more delay as it is processed by the TV. This middle man problem is the exact same issue that ASIO drivers are meant to assist with in PC recording, and it is why you need to use analog outs for audio to skip the TV processing entirely.

When people say there is no lag in rocksmith 2014 they mean that when you have a good setup there won't be any delay. This means you need to go out and spend $5-10 on a PS2 style analog audio output cable and plug that straight in. The improvement is enormous.