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1. Ki ki naun LEVEL S00000 mme 20 SCALE RUNNER Select a scale and key and play the note indicated by the next runway The runner speeds up as you hit the right notes Hit the next note in the scale in time to avoid falling off the platform QUICK PICK DASH Play the highlighted open string that the ostrich is running along as quickly as you can Switch strings to jump to different tracks and collect points to extend the countdown DORE CET aaa BIG SWING BASEBALL Play the note indicated bythe fret number and color thrown by the pitcher Time your swing for the most power and watch out for bends when the pitcher throws a curve SUPER SLIDER Colored blocks drop from the top ofthe grid Play the indicated string at the block s fret number and then slide up or down to move the position of the block Strum all strings to drop the block immediately Stack matching colors for points wm DAWN OF THE CHORDEAD The undead hunger for flesh and it s up to you to keep them at bay Play the indicated chord to activate your defense systems before they close in for the attack HARMONICALLY CHALLENGED keen A bomb is set to explode e KA Hm unless you can play the right harmonics before detonation The strings A I and fret numbers are disp2. SETTING UP 2 MENU NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS 0000000000000000000000000 3 MAIN MENU un A CONTINUE JOURNEY eceessssssssssccccccccccceseeeesseeeee 6 AMP rss M PLAYING GUITAR 13 SONGS MM 6 GUITARGADE 18 TECHNIQUES 22 UNI 24 SHOP re 27 MULTIPLAYER tnnt 26 GAME CREDITO 30 ADDENDUM PC CONFIGURATION AND FAQ Reach Assitle 2 JE SETTING UP To begin your journey toward guitar masterdom use the Rocksmith Real Tone Cable to attach your guitar to your PC Do not connect any devices or extra cables between your guitar and the Rocksmith Real Tone Cable At the title screen press the Space Bar to continue If this is your first time playing a Soundcheck is conducted to check your volume levels and make sure your guitar is in tune After this you can navigate to the Techniques menu to revisit Soundcheck at any time PROFILE SELECT After pressing the Space Bar to enter the game you will be asked to select or create a profile To create a profile select Create New and type your name When finished press Enter to proceed If more than one profile exists select your profile on this screen before entering the game Any progress made while playing will be saved to the selected profile 3 Rochsmith MENU NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS Use the directional buttons to navigate between selections Select Press Enter to select a highlighted option G
3. gillll Intel R 5520 5500 X58 I O Hub to ESI Port 3406 a Intel R 82801 PCI Bridge 244 lt Intel R Desktop Workstation Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller li Intel R ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 3A40 Intel R ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 3A4A M Intel R ICH10 Family SMBus Controller 3A30 j Intel R ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller 3A3A Intel R ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller 3A3C j Intel R ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller 3434 amp Intel R ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller 3A35 Intel R ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller 3A36 Intel R ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller 3A37 j Intel R ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller 3438 j USB Root Hub zi y USB Composite Device a Rocksmith USB Guitar Adapter 2 HS USB Input Device af d Intel R ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller 3A39 8 USB Root Hub D ZE Intel R ICH10R LPC Interface Controller 3A 16 sil PCI bus p You may need to expand the device tree by clicking on the small boxes with signs in them Look for your USB devices and expand them If your Rocksmith cable is detected you should see it listed in this screen as Rocksmith USB Guitar Adapter If it doesn t show up try different USB ports until you find one that works just give your PC a moment to recognize the device First check the bandwidth available for your
4. Jesse Perrin Tools Programmers AJ Badarni Garret Hoffman QA Engineer Peter Hoff VIDEO PRODUCTION MODELS TECHNIQUE VIDEOS OPENING Jade Studio Productions Guitar Technique Video Model Dario Forzato Technique Video Casting Services ASAP Productions ENGLISH VOICE OVER REGORDING SERVICES Cup of Tea Productions Inc Guitarcade Female Voice Laura Bailey Narrator Guitarcade Male Voice Gideon Emery Sound Engineer John Brengman Project Manager Editor Danielle Hunt Project Manager Lainie Bushey HPA CROWD SOUNDS Pyramind Audio Director COO Paul Lipson Senior Sound Designer Peter Steinbach Senior Project Manager Michael Roache Chief Engineer Steve Heithecker Production Assistant Ryan DeBolt Studio Coordinator Dheeraj Sareen EUROPEAN LOCALIZATION FIGS Translation Voice Over Recording Pink Noise JAPANESE VOIGE OVER REGORDING SERVIGES AC CREATE CO LTD Ryoichi Uchikochi Naoko Sugimoto Akio Kato Kayo Ishida LOCALIZATION TESTING Enzyme Testing Labs Worldwide Production Director Carolljo Maher Head of Production R my Julita Localization Project Manager Steve Paquin Localization Team Manager Ren Mazzoto Localization Lead Tester Thomas Christopher Mann Localization Testers French Nicolas Machado Julien Waroux Localization Testers Italian Marco Giannitelli Luciano Neri Localization Tester German Thomas Westphal Localization
5. Resolution Full Screen Windowed Visual Quality Adjust the volume for the music your guitar your mic and crowd volume Turn the game s subtitles on or off Adjust the input timing for note recognition during gameplay Adjust resolution to match your monitor settings Toggle between full screen and windowed settings Lower visual quality to improve performance Increase visual quality to improve graphical detail This however may decrease game performance or the frame rate AUDIO OPTIONS Microphone Audio Engine Settings GAME SETTINGS Difficulty Settings Hand Selection String Layout Enable or disable your systems default microphone Use caution when adjusting this setting This affects engine latency related to audio and only in rare cases should be changed from the default setting Choose to set all songs to their highest achieved level or their lowest initial level Select to set your guitar playing to left handed Select to invert the view of your guitar strings in the HUD This option is best for players used to reading music in tablature form RESTORE DEFAULT OPTIONS Return all your altered options to the default settings CREDITS Check out all the people who made this game happen USER MANUAL Access this in game manual CHANGE INSTRUMENT Change between Guitar and Bass EMULATE BASS Bass arrangements can be played with a 6 string guitar Choose Emulate B
6. Rights Reserved Used by permission Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from EMI Film amp Television Music Seth Chapla Jules Written By Seth Chapla BMI Published By Seth Chapla 4 Sigur Ros Gobbledigook Written by Jon Thor Birgisson Orri Pall Dyrason Georg Holm and Kiartan Sveinsson Published by Universal Music Publishing Group a division of Universal Music Canada Inc Courtesy of XL Recordings Ltd O 2008 XL Recordings Ltd ISRC No BG KEE 08 00075 www xlrecordings com Silversun Pickups Panic Switch Written by Brian Aubert Christopher Guanlao Joseph Lester and Nicole Monninger Published by Silversun Pickups Music ASCAP on behalf of itself and Boredom Mending Music BMI Courtesy of Dangerbird Records Soundgarden Outshined Written by Chris Cornell Published by You Make Me Sick I Make Music ASCAP Sony ATV Music Publishing Canada SOCAN All rights reserved Used by permission Courtesy of A amp M Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises Spoon Me And The Bean Written by John Clayton BMI Published by Bug Music BMI Irrigation Music BMI Licensed courtesy of Casablanca Media Publishing Courtesy of Merge Records By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music Stone Temple Pilots Between The Lines Written by Robert Emile DeLeo Dean DeLeo and Scott Richard Weiland Published by Universal Music Publishing Group a
7. SUSDU KS xa Hk E PP Nicholas Bonardi Seb RUNMAL ETES pe FR Nicholas Bonardi HESEDE PE PE Nicholas Bonardi DeMons a AA AA AA Zhang Xin Harmonically Challenged JE GJ Zhang Xin SU OFS ce Ka al pa FT SE NR MER nt Zhang Xin Bass Palm Mute Challenge Brendan West Bass Slap and Pop Challenge Brendan West Bass Syncopation Challenge eege se NENNEN ENN Brendan West Bass Slides Challenge EP a Brian Adam McCune Bass Bends Challenge eme e ITE EET Greg Barr Bass Double Stop Challenge ee Jarred McAdams Bass sustialns enallemdgewe pe AA Jarred McAdams Bass Power Ghoraeh alenge PN AA Jason Kocol Bass Tremolo Challenge FT erri Jason Kocol i NG Bass Basics Challenge Matt Montgomery Bass Harmonics Challenge Matt Montgomery Bass Hammer Ons and Pull Offs Challenge Matt Montgomery Bass Octaves and Fifths Challenge Matt Montgomery Bass Plucking Challenge Matt Montgomery Bass Shifting iehalleng AA S CT Matt Montgomery All original compositions for Rocksmith copyright Ubisoft 2011 Rocksmith PC Configuration and FAQ September 26 2012 Contents Rocksmith Minimum Specs Audio Device Configuration Rocksmith Audio Configuration Rocksmith Audio Configuration Advanced Mode Rocksmith Video Configuration Rocksmith Video Configuration Advanced Mode Rocksmith Minimum Specs Rocksm
8. Testers Spanish Maria Bazo Rodriguez Joan Banach Canis Localization Tester Dutch Pim Ubert JAPANESE LOCALIZATION TESTING Pole To Win Co Ltd Localization Testers Taiki Ishikawa Keiji Ueda ONSITE TESTING SERVICES Pole To Win Co Ltd Tyler Knoot Peter Hoang David Nguyen ORIGINAL CONGEPT GameTank Project Lead Jake Parks Business Development Dana Abramovitz Design Lead Nicholas Bonardi ADDITIONAL PREPRODUCTION ASSISTANCE DUCKS Killspace Powered bu UJuise audio pipeline solution Ji Scaleform Copyright O 2011 Emergent Game Technologies Inc Emergent LightSpeed Gamebryo Floodgate and related logos are trademarks or registered trade marks of Emergent Game Technologies Inc or its affiliates in the U S and other countries Other names may be trademarks oftheir respective owners Powered by Wwise 2006 2011 Audiokinetic Inc All rights reserved Uses Scaleform GFx O 2010 Scaleform Corporation All rights reserved amp PRODUCTION BABIES Scarlett Brooke Cross Olivia Emily Deptford November 26 2010 June 14 2011 Zhang Jing Yu Jayden Lee February 9 2011 July 2011 Lyra James Murray March 12 2011 SPECIAL THANKS Francois Garet Emmanuel Yao Vincent De la bouere Suhendi Wijaya Nicolas Robic David Januar Bruno Ormel Bobby Halim Lina Lu Billy Riyadi Anderson Bovell Jeffry Purnomo To all family and friends who ve supported us throughout the prod
9. configuration options and still cannot get good audio latency or have audio issues you cannot resolve This will force the game to use the previous Windows mechanism to control your audio devices It can impose higher latency than the default system but is a good fallback ForceDirectXSink default O Set this value to 1 if you ve tried all other configuration options and still cannot get good audio This forces the game to use an old Windows mechanism to control your audio devices It will almost always impose high latency but should allow you to run the game Use this as your last option DumpAudioLog default O Set this value to 1 if you need to send debugging information to Ubisoft It will create a text file called audiodump txt located in the same directory as the Rocksmith application Once you have run the game with this switched on be sure to set the value back to O Leaving the audio log enabled can degrade performance so leave it set to O for normal gameplay MaxOutputBufferSize default O A few audio devices have been found to have very large output buffers In this case the game does its best to choose a reliable audio buffer size However you might find that setting this variable will help to resolve audio issues In its default setting of O it leaves the configuration ofthis value up to Rocksmith Most audio cards end up using an audio buffer size of 1024 Fast PCs can usually run with this at 512 If you have disabled E
10. division of Universal Music Canada Ltd Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co Stone Temple Pilots Vasoline Written by Dean DeLeo Robert Emile DeLeo Eric Kretz and Scott Richard Weiland Published by Universal Music Publishing Group a division of Universal Music Canada Ltd Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co a Taddy Porter Mean Bitch Written By Andy Brewer Joe Selby Kevin Jones and Doug Jones Published by Primary Wave Taddy Porter ASCAP o b o Itself and as admin for Arvan Publishing ASCAP 2010 Primary Wave Records The Animals House ofthe Rising Sun Written by Alan Price Published by CPE Music Inc BMI Under license from Sony Pictures Music Group Beechwood Music Corp BMI All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd and of ABKCO Music amp Records Inc www abkco com The Black Keys I Got Mine Written and composed by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney Copyright 2008 McMoore McLesst Publishing BMI All Rights in the world excluding Australia and New Zealand Administered by Wixen Music Publishing Inc All Rights in Australia and New Zealand Administered by GaGa Music All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co The Black Keys Next Girl Written and composed by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney Copyright O 2010 McMoore McLesst Publishing BMI All Rights in the world excluding Australia and New Ze
11. mA That s plenty for the Rocksmith cable One final note when plugging in Rocksmith cables give your PC a chance to recognize the cable before plugging in another one We ve noticed that if you plug in more than one Rocksmith cable at the same time Windows can fail to recognize one or more ofthe cables Troubleshooting Problem Solutions Problem Solutions Problem Solutions My framerate is too low Check your system specifications against the ones listed at the top ofthis document One thing that we ve noticed is that although some laptop computers fit the specs on paper performance is lower than we would expect In general you ll need to adjust the quality and resolution settings to reduce the processing load on your system Rocksmith gives you access to change the screen resolution as well as the visual quality Some machines might be able to handle lower quality at a higher resolution or vice versa In the worst case you can reduce both the quality and resolution settings If your computer meets our specifications and you can t get decent performance contact Ubisoft support for more information When I plug in my Rocksmith Real Tone Cable it doesn t show up or Windows has trouble starting the device Make sure that the USB port that you re plugging the cable into is providing enough power to the cable and configured for Full Speed 12Mbit s or faster Make sure that the Rocksmith cable is being listed in t
12. All rights on behalf of E C Music Ltd administered by Warner Chappell Music International Ltd Bug Music BMI Wirzma Publishing BMI Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co Franz Ferdinand Take Me Out Written by Robert Hardy Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley Nicholas John McCarthy and Paul Robert Thompson Published by Universal Music Publishing Group a division of Universal Music Canada Ltd Courtesy of Domino Recording Co Ltd Epic Records By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc Incubus I Miss You Written by Brandon Boyd Michael Einziger Alex Katunich Chris Kilmore and Jose Pasillas Il Published by EMI April Music Inc ASCAP All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc 4 Interpol Slow Hands Written by Carlos Andres Dengler Samuel J Fogarino Paul Julian Banks and Daniel Alexander Kessler Published by Kobalt Music Publishing America Inc obo Carlos Dengler Music Idle Worship Music Friend Or Faux Music Iron Men Wooden Ships Music Courtesy of Matador Records P 2004 Matador Records ISRC No US MTD 04 61605 www matadorrecords com P 2004 Interpol licence exclusive de EMI Music France Avec l autorisation d EMI Music France Jarvis Cocker Angela Written by Martin James F Craft Ross Orton Jarvis Branson Cocker Stephen Patrick Mackey Timothy McCall and Simon
13. EAM MEMBERS Marc Fortier UBISOFT SHANGHAI Associate Producer Wang Ge Ge GAME DESIGN GUITARCADE Associate Designers Cliff Chiu Zhang Jia Wei AUDIO DESIGN GUITARCADE Audio Director Zhang Lei Junior Audio Designer Zhang Xin ART TEAM GUITARCADE Associate Art Director Concept Art Feng Xun Senior Technical Director Art Gu Qiang Assistant Technical Director Animation Tan Ye SFX Artist Ji Liang UI Artist Sharon Wu ART TEAM VENUES Art Production Manager Yu Zhou Hong Lead Artist Qiu Chen Qi Senior Texture Artist Chen Jing Senior Environment Artists Fan Yin Jia Tan Xiao Ming Junior Environment Artist Jin Xing 3D Artist Lu Min Hua ENGINEERING TEAM GUITARCADE Shanghai Lead Engineer Hao Lei Rendering Engineer Yi Zhen Zhong Gameplay Engineer Wang Wei Junior Engineers Dang Wan Li Gu Wen Chi Jin Jing Zhang Jun Shan Senior Network Engineer Geng Yong Network Engineer Xie Qin A Lead QA Ren Bo OG TEAM Lead QC Guitarcade Chen Xing Xing QC Testers Guitarcade Li Li Qiu Sun Jing Hao Xu Bo UBISOFT SHANGHAI OUTSOURCING TEAM Art Manager Ariane Trottier Project Managers Louis Duquet Shih Silvia UBISOFT OG TEAM Worldwide QC Director Razvan Rotunjanu Test Studio Manager George Enescu Quality Control Coordinators Vlad Ionescu Florin lancu Lead Testers Bogdan Gabriel Gheta Alexandru Pop
14. Edward Stafford Published by Beautiful Songs Limited Ltd Universal Music Publishing Group division of Universal Music Canada Inc Timothy McCall Copyright C Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd PRS All Rights Reserved Courtesy of Rough Trade Records Ltd O 2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd ISRC No GB CVZ 09 02629 www roughtraderecords com Jenny O Well OK Honey Written by Jenny O Music by Jenny O Mike Green and Rob Kolar and Jacob Wick Published by The Sleepy Anne Publishing Company ASCAP Courtesy of Manimal Records Kings Of Leon Use Somebody Written by Caleb Followill ASCAP Matthew Followill BMI Jared Followill BMI and Nathan Followill ASCAP Published by Bug Music BMI Coffee Tea Or Me Publishing BMI McFearless Music BMI Music Of Windswept ASCAP Martha Street Music ASCAP Followill Music ASCAP Licensed Courtesy of Casablanca Media Publishing Courtesy of RCA JIVE Label Group a unit of Sony Music Entertainment By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way Written by Lenny Kravitz Composed by Lenny Kravitz and Craig ROSS Copyright 1993 Miss Bessie Music ASCAP Wigged Music BMI All Rights Reserved Courtesy of Virgin Records America under license from EMI Film amp Television Music Little Barrie Surf Hell Written by Barrie Cadogan Lewis Reuben Wharton Virgil Howe Publishe
15. Phrase line Lyrics Song position BP OO it s too late Qu CIA GT CE mon ix 9 627 Scoreboard Noteway Notes Fretboard PLAYING During play the camera focuses on the frets in use Both the fret markers and the numbers on the Noteway indicate the general position of incoming notes Strings with an approaching note are highlighted and a growing box outline shows which fret the note should be played on Just before it s time to play the note will turn and slot into the outline Play the note at this time ik PLAYING GUITAR TUNING UP To make sure you re getting the right sound a tuning check is conducted prior to playing each song mini game and practice session Play the highlighted open string without pressing on any of the frets to check the tuning If a string is out of tune the camera shifts to the head of the guitar and a tuner appears Play the string again and then adjust the highlighted metal tuning peg until the needle levels out at O CHORDS Chords require you to play more than one note simultaneously These are represented by a grouping of notes highlighted with flat white background Be sure to fret each of the notes except for included open strings and strike them in unison when it s time to play the chord note Throughout your career you will learn to play different types of notes like muted notes and harmonics a
16. Rocksmith cable Find the host controller that your cable is connected to Mine is listed as Intel ICH 10 Family USB Universal Host Controller 3A38 Right click on the host controller and select Properties Under the Advanced tab you should see how the bandwidth for that USB port is being allocated Intel R ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller 3A38 Proper The table below shows you how much bandwidth each USB controller is using Each USB controller has a fixed amount of bandwidth which all System reserved 10 USB Composite Device 10 To update the list click Refresh Refresh v Tell me if my device can perform faster Dont tell me about USB errors Looking at this PC we see that the Rocksmith cable listed as a USB Composite Device is only consuming 10 ofthe bandwidth available That port will be fine for handling the input from your guitar Close the properties dialog for your host controller and return to the Device Manager Next check the power availability and usage for your USB port Locate the USB root hub listed under the host controller that your Rocksmith cable is connected to In the Device Manager picture above it s listed as USB Root Hub If you right click on that root hub and select Properties then select the Power tab you ll see the power information This dialog shows that the USB root hub that I ve connected my Rocksmith cable to is rated for 500
17. acker which is always seen in the background The more you improve the more Rocksmith Points you earn and the higher your Iracker soars PROFILE INFORMATION Your profile information which includes your player name current rank and progress bar is viewable in the upper right hand corner of the screen Your guitar and bass progress bars are tracked separately TICKER Important game information and tips are always streaming along the bottom ofthe screen making sure you stay updated on everything Rocksmith EVENTS Events challenge you to play an entire set in front of an audience with the reward of a new guitar after a successful performance As you earn more points and rank up bigger and better venues become available QUALIFYING SONGS FOR EVENTS You must reach a song s Event Threshold in order to play it at an Event The points required for this are displayed whenever you view that song whether in your journey or through the Songs menu To reach the Event Threshold you need to level up the song s phrases through accurate playing in order to obtain higher scores through multiple playthroughs Once you reach the Event Threshold you can play that song at any Event Just select Customize Setlist in the Event menu to adjust the setlist to your liking te Perform well enough within an Event to be invited no to play an Encore This may be a song you ve never performed before or one of Your most frequently played songs Pe
18. aland Administered by Wixen Music Publishing Inc All Rights in Australia and New Zealand Administered by GaGa Music All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co The Boxer Rebellion Step Out Of The Car Written by Nathan Nicholson Adam Harrison Piers Hewitt and Todd Howe Published by Primary Wave Brian Boxer Rebellion Sp Acct BMI Courtesy of Absentee Recordings The Boxer Rebellion LLP The Cribs We Share The Same Skies Written by Johnny Marr Gary Jarman Ross Jarman and Ryan Jarman O 2009 Chrysalis Music ASCAP and Chrysalis Songs BMI All rights reserved Used by permission Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co and of Wichita Recording by arrangement with Mixtape Music 4 The Cure Boys Don t Cry Written by Michael Stephen Dempsey Robert James Smith and Laurence Andrew Tolhurst Published by Universal Music Publishing Group a division of Universal Music Canada Ltd Courtesy of Fiction Records Polydor Ltd UK under license from Universal Music Enterprises and of Warner Music Canada Co The Dead Weather Can t Hear You Written by Alison Mosshart Dean Fertita Jack Lawrence and Jack White Published by Domino Publishing Company of America Inc ASCAP Sleeping Disorder Music BMI Each Hit Below Me BMI Third String Tunes BMI Courtesy of Third Man Records Warner Music Canada Co The Horrors Do You Remember Written by Far
19. and Austin Jenkins amp Copyright 2011 Steve Terebecki Music ASCAP Bop English Music ASCAP Joshua Block Music ASCAP Lucan Anderson Publishing Designee Warne Parker Music ASCAP Courtesy of Fontana North Yellow Moon Band Chimney Written by D Carroll J Bartlett D Hagan and M Priest Published by D Carroll J Bartlett D Hagan M Priest MCPS PRS Courtesy of Static Caravan Recordings by arrangement with Woodwork Music www staticcaravan org ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR ROGKSMITH Errangement tec Written By Technique Challenge Slides Chris Lee Technique Challenge Double Stops Brian Adam McCune Technique Challenge Palm Mutes Brian Adam McCune Technique Challenge Bends Seth Chapla Technique Challenge Tremolos Seth Chapla Technique Challenge Power Chords Brendan West Technique Challenge Barre Chords Brendan West Technique Challenge Harmonics Matt Montgomery Technique Challenge Hammer Ons and Pull Offs Matt Montgomery Technique Challenge Open Chords Matt Montgomery Technique Challenge Sustains Matt Montgomery Technique Challenge Anchor Zones Matt Montgomery Space Ostrich Quick Pick Dash Nicholas Bonardi DUCKS oc de se 450005 e NNN EE d Nicholas Bonardi
20. and James Thomas Smith Published by Universal Music Publishing Group a division of Universal Music Canada Ltd Courtesy of XL Recordings Ltd O 2009 XL Recordings Ltd ISRC No GB BKS 09 00198 www xIrecordings com Titus Andronicus A More Perfect Union Written by Patrick Stickles Published by Patrick Stickles Copyright Control BMI Courtesy of Merok Records XL Recordings Ltd O 2010 Merok Records XL Recordings Ltd ISRC No GB BKS 09 00520 www xIrecordings com Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Good Enough Written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell Published by Adria K Music ASCAP Wild Gator Music ASCAP Used by permission All rights reserved Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co Velvet Revolver Slither Written by Scott Richard Weiland Matt Sorum Duff Rose McKagan David Kushner and Saul Hudson Published by Kobalt Music Music Publishing America Inc obo Slash And Cash Publishing 2004 Chrysalis Music o b o itself Ready Set Go Publishing ASCAP Dracsorum Music ASCAP Pimp Music ASCAP and DTK Music ASCAP All rights reserved Used by permission Courtesy of RCA JIVE Label Group a unit of Sony Music Entertainment By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc Versus Them Six AM Salvation Written By Matt Montgomery ASCAP Published By Matt Montgomery White Denim Burnished Written by Steve Terbecki James Petralli Joshua Block Lucan Anderson
21. ass to take advantage of this feature my Connect to Steam to access the Shop Purchase new content directly from the in game store Choose from songs packs and gear MULTIPLAYER PLAYER RIGHT HANDED String Layout STANDARD Continue Instrument BASS Hand RIGHT HANDED String Layout STANDARD Master Event Every note will be hidden requiring you to play the entire setlist by memory Play Master Events to earn th SAT mn MAN MEN Play with another guitarist locally In multiplayer the screen is divided in half and each musician s options appear in his or her section of the screen When a selection is shared it appears in the center of the screen and both players have navigational and selection control Upon starting Multiplayer mode each musician has several options to choose from note Progress is tied to your profile Any advances made during a multiplayer session are retained in your single player game CONTINUE Choose to move forward with playing multiplayer After selecting Continue you are taken to the Song Select where you can choose to play songs together HAND Select the hand you use to strum the guitar INSTRUMENT Choose between Guitar or Bass Each player may choose to play Guitar or Bass Players are still able to Emulate Bass with a Guitar in Multiplayer STRING LAYOUT Determine your type of string layout DIFFICULTY SETTINGS Choose you
22. ative Chris Gayle Senior Manager Promotions Kristina Flucke Senior Events Manager Calvin Kwan Associate Director Promotions Jeff Dandurand Social Content Editor Digital Marketing Ed Casey Manager Digital Marketing Ryan Yount Director Digital Marketing Justin Landskron Web Producer Digital Marketing Kevin Crouse Vice President Sales Mike Eisenberg Associate Director Sales Strategy amp Planning Brady Watkins Senior Shopper Insights Manager Kevin Hamilton Director Shopper Marketing Alexis Bodard Senior Retail Programs Manager Cherrie Chiu Promotions Manager Ellen Lee Brand Manager Jaime Gonzalez Senior Director Media and Promotions Jill Steinberg Senior Media Manager ARICIO et Adam Krause Associate Director Media Joe Rongavilla Community Developer Michael Madavi UBISOFT SHANGHAI Managing Director Shanghai Studio Corinne Le Roy Director Project Management Eric Pepin Studio Content Manager Romain Petitmangin UBISOFT EMEA President and CEO Yves Guillemot EMEA Executive Director Alain Corre EMEA Chief Marketing amp Sales Officer Geoffroy Sardin EMEA Marketing Director Guillaume Carmona EMEA Retail Sales Director Sabine Berthier EMEA Group Brand Manager Clement Prevosto EMEA Brand Manager Sarah Moison EMEA Brand Manager Assistant Charlotte Savary EMEA PR Director Tiphaine Locqueneux Bianchi EMEA GAMER Group PR Manager Micha l Fer
23. cksmith into a state where it won t load correctly we ve provided access to these settings just in case For more information on why you d want to change these settings check out the Troubleshooting section later in this document The second section Rocksmith INI file controls video settings ScreenWidth default 1280 Screen horizontal resolution in pixels ScreenHeight default 720 Screen vertical resolution in pixels MinScreenWidth default 640 Not currently used MinScreenHeight default 480 Not currently used Fullscreen default 1 Set this value to O if you want Rocksmith to run in windowed mode Set it to 1 for fullscreen mode VisualQuality default 4 Set this value to reflect the visual quality setting you d like to use The values correspond like this o 2 Low Quality o 4 Medium Quality o 8 High Quality Rocksmith Real Tone Cable The Rocksmith Real Tone Cable is designed to be an easy to use device that Just Works Its extremely low latency audio circuitry provides excellent audio quality The cable is rated at 12 mb second and needs a USB port that is configured for that speed or more Most PCs these days should be equipped with USB ports that handle that transfer rate correctly but it s possible that you have a mixture of fast and slow USB ports on your PC The cable also requires 100mA of power from the USB port Some USB ports or hubs only provide 100 mA For example a popu
24. d by Touch Tones Music Ltd Courtesy of Tummy Touch Records Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama Written by Edward King Gary Robert Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant Published by Universal Music Publishing Group a division of Universal Music Canada Ltd Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises Muse Plug In Baby Written by Matthew James Bellamy Published by Hewrate Limited PRS All rights administered by Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co Muse Unnatural Selection Written and composed by Matthew James Bellamy O 2009 Loosechord Limited PRS All rights administered by Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co Nirvana Breed Written by Kurt Cobain Published by The End of Music and Primary Wave Tunes and administered by EMI Virgin Songs Inc BMI All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises Nirvana In Bloom Written by Kurt Cobain Published by The End of Music and Primary Wave Tunes and administered by EMI Virgin Songs Inc BMI All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises 4 Pixies Where Is My Mind Written by Charles Thompson Published by Universal Music Publishing Group a division of Universal Music Canada L
25. dio Engine Settings This lets you adjust the size of one audio buffer the game uses A smaller value will use a smaller buffer Smaller buffers mean lower latency but increase the demands on your PC to avoid audio crackling Most recent high performance PCs can handle a setting of 2 The fastest PCs might be able to run reliably at 1 Audio Engine Settings alog audio cables and connect them directly to exter The other setting you have access to Is Audio Exclusivity This switch will tell Rocksmith whether you want the game to grab exclusive access to your audio devices In general exclusive access will allow the game more control over audio settings and allow the audio to run better However you will not hear any other sounds while the game is running Additionally some other applications may need to be restarted before they will play sounds again If you re only playing the game and can give exclusive access to Rocksmith set this to true This is the default value If you turn off Audio Exclusivity you may need to increase the Audio Engine Settings value to get the best audio performance or to get rid of crackling Fu A NG IR Audio Exclusivity bu d like to change the orientation of the on screen Rocksmith Audio Configuration Advanced Mode Although some audio options are accessible through the Rocksmith menus for complete control locate the Rocksmith INI file It s located in the same folder as the Rocksmith app
26. eeping it full you ll experience crackling Experiment with dialing back the video settings If your framerate is too low you might experience crackling Try setting the ForceWDM value in the Rocksmith INI file to 1 This setting tells Rocksmith to use an older audio interface provided by Windows If this is set the audio settings for Exclusive Mode LatencyBuffer and MaxOutputBufferSize will be ignored Problem Solutions Problem Solutions Problem Solutions Problem Solutions If you ve tried all the settings and still encounter crackling contact Ubisoft support contacted Ubisoft support and they are asking for the Audio log How do I generate this Check the DumpAudioLog value in the Rocksmith INI file Set it to 1 and run the game This tells the game to generate a log file of all the interactions between Rocksmith and your audio hardware A text file called AudioDump TXT will be created in your Rocksmith folder that you can email to Ubisoft support From that information we should be able to figure out what s going wrong and what your next steps should be However do not leave this value set to 1 When it is keeping the audio log there will be a slight drain on performance If you re not actively tracking an issue turn it off so your machine runs at its best Does Rocksmith support Windows XP Rocksmith was designed to work with Windows Vista and Windows 7 Windows XP is not supported by R
27. epeat this procedure for both cables Select the device and then click the Properties button In that dialog select the Advanced tab Here s what that dialog should look like Playback Recording Sounds Communications LI LI Bi 5 D LI D CR sus 7 Microphone Properties General Listen Levels Advanced Default Format Select the sample rate and bit depth to be used when running in shared mode v Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device M Give exclusive mode applications priority Restore Defaults In that dialog set the audio format to 1 channel 16 bit 48000 Hz You should also set the device to allow exclusive mode to applications If you have the option set your audio device to give exclusive mode applications priority That should configure your audio hardware for best results Next we ll configure Rocksmith audio settings Rocksmith Audio Configuration Next up is configuring Rocksmith for the best results You should be able to adjust the most important audio settings inside Rocksmith itself Settings pertaining to audio are found under the Options tile ofthe main menu Options y Blue Oyster Cult Update New downloadable co From there select the Sound amp Display Settings tile Sound amp Display Settings guitar skills by playing arcade style minigames in the Gui Inthe Sound amp Display Settings menu you have two settings you can adjust The first is Au
28. escu Associate Lead Testers Alexandru Timaru Ciprian Condurachi Functionality Testers Bogdan Gabriel Avram Bogdan Alexandru Mincu Darius Copilau Laura Cristina Ciuta Mihai Andrei Ursu Andrei Radu Robertino Alexandru Nedelcu Alexandru Ursea Catalin Daniel Gurita mle diam D glo la lulian Laurentiu Vladescu Leonard Suciu Maria Alexandra Timmer Vlad loan Nicolae Rosu Adelin Lucian Jercan Alexandru Niculae Compliance Manager Mircea Nutu Lead Compliance Specialist Daniel Luca Senior Compliance Specialists Adrian Iliescu Cristin Ghihanis George Stercu Adrian Bursumac Florin Cristea Catalin Gafton Maximvs Radu Nedea Stefan Paraschiv Compliance Specialists Adrian Ghetu Bejan Mihai Laurentiu Ghimpu Vlad Toma Sebastian Toader Florin Catalin Gafton Sergiu Androne Andrei Costin Alexe Codrut Catargiu Florin Popescu lonel Dan Stefan Special Tests Lead Octavian Constantin Special Tests Team Andrei Begu Liana Popescu Data Managers Marius Pasarica Alin Oprea IT Manager Mihai Mreana Desktop Services Technicians Adrian Valentin Simion Andrei Strambei Catalin Borangic Valentin Cosmin Istrate Adrian Buzatoaia MUSIC LICENSING Worldwide Music Director Ubisoft Paris Didier Lord Worldwide Music Licensing Manager Ubisoft Montreal Jeremy Blechet Worldwide Music Licensing Coordinator Ubisoft Montreal Nikolaos Bardanis Music Licensing Assistant Ubisoft Montreal L
29. he Recording tab of the Sound control panel If the cable is being recognized by Windows then the game should be able to access it For best results plug the Rocksmith cable directly into a powered USB port on your PC My audio crackles badly The problem is that your PC is not keeping up with the audio demands of both the guitar input as well as the game audio output The audio input and output streams are like buckets For example the output buffers are constantly being emptied by your sound card As long as your PC gets back around to filling that bucket before the sound card empties it you re fine fthe bucket goes empty you get crackling audio Input works in a similar manner except the guitar input is filling the bucket and the game is emptying it Getting the best audio performance from Rocksmith is about balancing the size ofthe buffers Larger buffers are able to handle longer stretches of time between being emptied filled by the game but increase the latency between strumming the guitar and hearing the sound from your speakers First check your Audio Engine Settings value in the game and try a higher setting like 3 or 4 See if using a slightly higher setting will get rid ofthe crackling Check the MaxOutputBufferSize value in the Rocksmith INI file and make sure it s set to O If that value is set to something other than O we trust you and we re capping the output buffer at that size If it s set too low and your PC isn t k
30. ide ofthe screen You can view information about the item you have selected The Iracker which is a timeline of your progress is always displayed in the background EVENTS MANAGER The Events Manager is home to all of your active events From here you can Customize Setlists Qualify Songs and then Perform entire sets in front of an audience to earn rewards ROCKSMITH RECOMMENDS Based on your past performance Rocksmith Recommends provides you with play options CONTINUE JOURNEY Previous scores Profile information ROCKSMITH RECOMMENDS 3 SONG EVENT AT THE MOUSE HOLE Duration 10 55 Minimum RSPs 60 500 Setlist Min Max 2 3 Songs CAN T HEAR YOU THE DEAD WEATHER 18 700 BOYS DON T CRY THE CURE 6 900 IN BLOOM NIRVANA alified Boys Dont Cry The Cure LL g s mme SY E o Rocksmith1 Amateur j Tracker Song name Artist Arrangement type d TV go to the Display Lag Correction option in the Sound and Display Settings in the Options menu Tip Select Perform wg ewer SELECT AMP C MAIN MENU c GUITAR amp Button commands to best help you progress in your journey Practice a full song in te The Tracker always displays your potential Rehearse or work on specific skills in the various practice sessions no progression for completing a Rocksmith Recommends selection TRAGKER Keep an eye on your progress with the Ir
31. ion FILTER Filter the song list by arrangement to show All Single Note Chord or Combo When playing Bass arrangements are automatically filtered to Bass EVENT Display only the songs with arrangements related to an Event List of available arrangements Song title SONGS BY SONG ALL BOYS DONT CRY AVAILABLE ARRANGEMENTS CHORD 11 534 SINGLENOTE PASS 64 792 COMBO 104 256 CS SO O GG AA a TE TE TEL TE EK EI vanae ARTIST The Cure ALBUM Boys Don t Cry YEAR 1979 DURATION 2 Minutes 45 Seconds eee J SELECT EJ BACK 5 AMP Rocksmith1 New Act as GUITAR An Tip Once you play a song in an Event it will require a higher score to qualify for the next Event Tip Add or remove 3j f SPACE Ni OG Duration Year of release Album Artist GUITARCADE Each game in the Guitarcade is based on a key guitar technique helping you improve your Skills with exciting challenges DUCKS Improve your fretboard reflexes and shoot down ducks scrolling up the noteway Play the matching fret on the E string the thickest string based on each duck s location String together consecutive hits for a score multiplier SUPER DUCKS Think you ve mastered the fretboard Play the matching fret and string based on each duck s location and color String together consecutive hits to unlock the next level Let a duck get through and you lose one life Ul
32. is Badwan Joshua Hayward Tom Cowan Rhys Webb and Joseph Spurgeon 2009 Chrysalis Music ASCAP All rights reserved Used by permission Courtesy of XL Recordings Ltd O 2009 XL Recordings Ltd ISRC No GB BKS 09 00058 www xIrecordings com The Rolling Stones I Can t Get No Satisfaction Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Published by ABKCO Music Inc Courtesy of ABKCO Music amp Records Inc www abkco com The Rolling Stones Play With Fire Written by Nanker Phelge Published by ABKCO Music Inc Courtesy of ABKCO Music amp Records Inc www abkco com The Rolling Stones The Spider and The Fly Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Published by ABKCO Music Inc Courtesy of ABKCO Music amp Records Inc www abkco com The Strokes Under Cover Of Darkness Written by Julian Casablancas Nick Valensi Albert Hammond Jr and Fabrizio Moretti Published by The Strokes Band Music ASCAP Courtesy of RCA Records a unit of Sony Music Entertainment By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc The White Stripes Icky Thump Written by Jack White III Published by Peppermint Stripe Music BMI Courtesy of Third Man Records Warner Music Canada Co XL Recordings Ltd 2005 XL Recordings Limited ISRC No GB BKS 07 00147 www xIrecordings com The xx Islands Written by Romy Anna Madley Croft Baria Qureshi Oliver David Sim
33. ith is built to run well on a majority of PCs released in the last 2 3 years Our minimum PC specification is Intel Core2Duo E4400 Q 2 00 Ghz or AMD Athlon64 3800 2 0 Ghz 2 GB 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT or AMD Radeon HD 2600XT video card USB 2 0 Windows Vista or Windows 7 Our recommended PC specification is Intel Core2Duo E6750 2 6GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 3 0GHz 4 GB Memory 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 200 series or AMD Radeon HD 3000 series video card USB 2 0 Windows Vista or Windows 7 Our PC specifications are intended as rough guideline and are based on mainstream desktop PCs using these specifications Very often laptop or budget PC manufacturers may carry the same specifications but won t have nearly as good performance so your experience running Rocksmith on a laptop or budget PC may be less than optimal Audio Device Configuration Proper configuration of your audio hardware is important for achieving the best performance and gameplay experience with Rocksmith on your PC Ifthe audio system isn t configured correctly you may experience a significant amount of lag or latency between strumming your guitar and hearing the sound For best results you ll need to configure both your output device and the Rocksmith Real Tone Cable Both devices should be set to operate using a sample rate of 48 kHz using a 16 bit sample size Audio output should also be set for 2 channel playback Finally configure both devices to allow ap
34. lar computer manufacturer s keyboard has two USB ports on it The whole keyboard is rated for 100 mA and the keyboard part is using 20 mA ofthat amount For best results plug your Rocksmith cables directly into a powered USB port on your PC If you need to use a USB hub make sure it s a good quality powered hub To check the status of USB devices on your system open the System control panel and select Device Manager This will bring up a dialog box showing the devices that make up your PC Under the View menu select Devices by connection and it should bring up a listing similar to this one Device Manager e9 HO Bs seas 2 sil ACPI x64 based PC E Microsoft ACPI Compliant System gi ACPI Fixed Feature Button 5 E ACPI Power Button 1K High precision event timer DI Intel R Xeon R CPU ES640 2 67GHz DI Intel R Xeon R CPU ES640 2 67GHz DI Intel R Xeon R CPU E5640 2 67GHz DI Intel R Xeon R CPU E5640 2 67GHz BR Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI GR PCI bus 2 Ba High Definition Audio Controller gE Intel R 5520 5500 X58 I O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers 3423 jE Intel R 5520 5500 X58 I O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad Registers 3422 o Intel R 5520 5500 X58 I O Hub PCI Express Root Port 1 3408 JE Intel R 5520 5500 X58 1 0 Hub PCI Express Root Port 3 340A c BR Intel R 5520 5500 X58 I O Hub PCI Express Root Port 7 340E JE Intel R 5520 5500 X58 I O Hub System Management Registers 342E
35. layed before the bomb goes live Play the harmonics in the correct order to defuse the bomb in time TECHNIQUES SUUNDCHECK Select your hand orientation and watch a brief instructional video before testing out your sound When told to Make Some Noise strum all six strings until the meter fills TECHNIQUE CHALLENGES From Power Chords to Pull Offs all the techniques you need to know to master the guitar and bass are here Use these challenges to improve a specific skill outside of a song Rocksmith closely tracks your performance Based no on your playing many of these Technique Challenges may be suggested to you in your Rocksmith Recommends options Every song has its own set of skills required to note master it To view the Technique Challenges related to a specific song select Associated Techniques from the song s menu or from a song s results screen CHORD BOOK Choose to view chords by the songs they appear in When you head to the song selection screen highlight a title to view the number of arrangements and chords and then select it to practice Chord Book is only available when playing guitar VIDEOS Watch these easy to follow how to videos for mini lessons in dozens of different topics Learn how tackle scales bends slides picking restringing and more Rochamith G OPTION SOUND AND DISPLAY SETTINGS Volume Settings Subtitles Display Lag Correction VIDEO OPTIONS Screen
36. lication This will be C Program Files Steam SteamApps Common Rocksmith for the full game and C Program Files Steam SteamApps Common Rocksmith Demo for the demo Open that file in a text editor and we ll walk through each ofthe options When changing these settings change one setting at a time then launch the game and test out the audio in Amp Mode If you hear crackling or other audio issues back out your most recent change For more information on why you d want to change these settings check out the Troubleshooting section later in this document Rocksmith INI File Details There are two major sections to the Rocksmith INI file The first controls the audio settings of Rocksmith EnableMicrophone default O Set this value to 1 to enable the use of voice microphone This is duplicated in the Rocksmith menus LatencyBuffer default 4 This value allows you to adjust one ofthe audio buffers used by Rocksmith A smaller value will use a smaller buffer Smaller buffers mean lower latency but increase the demands on your PC to avoid audio crackling Most recent high performance PCs can handle a setting of 2 The fastest PCs might be able to run reliably at 1 ExclusiveMode default 1 Set this value to O if you want to have other audio programs running at the same time as Rocksmith You may need to increase your LatencyBuffer setting to avoid audio issues ForceWDM default O Set this value to 1 if you ve tried the fine tuning
37. o Back Press Esc to return to the previous menu Amp Press A to open the Amp menu Main Menu Press the Space Bar within a menu to return to the Main Menu Quick Switch Press Tab to switch between the Guitar and Bass versions ofthe menu Rocla th o MAIN MENU The Main Menu lets you select gameplay options or tweak settings OPTIONS CONTINUE QURNEY Adjust Sound and Display Settings tweak Game Settings Video Settings and Microphone Options Restore Default Options view After you play your first song your career begins Select Continue Credits and open this User Manual Journey to resume from where you previously left off This is where Rocksmith helps you continue to learn new songs improve your CHAP skills perform at Events and unlock new equipment Purchase all the latest and greatest downloadable content from the SUNGS pr Select a song to play and then choose to tackle the Combo Single MULTIPLAYER Note Chord or Bass Arrangement Play with another local musician GUTARGAD UNE Test a range of playing skills with eight fun mini games TECHNIQUES Use Soundcheck to tune your guitar or enter the Technique Challenges Chord Book or Videos to help master different skills Access the Tuner to adjust your strings PROPOS JOURNEY MENU The Journey menu found in Continue Journey contains your Events Manager and Rocksmith s suggested path to help best develop your skills On the left s
38. ocksmith at this time However you may have good luck with it Does Rocksmith support Windows 8 We developed Rocksmith on Windows 7 and Windows Vista We are working on expanding our official support for Windows 8 at this time Rocksmith will officially have Windows 8 support in a future update of Rocksmith If you are running Rocksmith on Windows 8 we d like to hear about your experiences and problems Does Rocksmith support other guitar input devices Rocksmith only works with the Real Tone Cable This way we can guarantee the user experience matches our expectations
39. ouis Philippe Caron LOCALIZATION Localization Project Manager Catalina Quijano Localization Integration Specialist Eric Pelletier Localization Integration Specialist Hugo S n cal Rene UBISOFT SAN FRANCISCO President North America Laurent Detoc Vice President of 3rd Party Operations North America James Regan Senior Vice President of Sales amp Marketing North America Tony Key Sr Director New Business Development Arisa Lagunzad Director of 3rd Party Content North America Xavier Fouilleux Technology Director Jimmy Alamparambil 3rd Party Editorial Prod Director Vincent Minoue Manager International Brand Manager Shara Hashemi International Brand Manager Luis Fernando Contreras Pena Associate International Product Manager Christopher Woo Senior Director Marketing Adam Novickas Director Brand Management Danny Ruiz Associate Director Brand Management Scott Sappenfield US Brand Manager Shane Bierwith Associate Brand Manager Rachel Costa Wayne Ferguson Associate Director PR Michael Beadle Associate PR Manager Scott Fry Director Production Planning amp Customer Service Brent Wilkinson Manager Production Planning Adam Zachary Production Coordinator Production Planning Matt Landi Associate Producer Digital Production Josh Taillon Manager North American Age Rating Shannon Kokoska North American Age Rating Specialist Edwin Zee Technical Support Represent
40. plications to take exclusive control ofthe device Configuring Audio Output Open your Sound control panel and select the Playback tab Though different audio drivers provide a variety of configuration software here s an example of what it should look like amp Sound Playback Recording Sounds Communications Select playback device below to modify its settings lanitarh LICE Headcet d Em m ei k en e i d na 1 nu Sc ll jr h FY os DEGLI L ei a ANAN PF Teit ums en bk moli mi kthah laftet ss ge i e 5OUNOMA Integrated L Ul ad nidi L en ri AU z r e taun Ue CE L ECIOULIL Le Configure Properties Your desired output device should be set as the Default Device Select that device and click the Configure button This will open the speaker configuration dialog Use these dialogs to set your output device to 2 channel stereo Here s what that dialog box might look like Ki Sound Select a nlavhark device helow ta madifv its settinns BEL Select the speaker setup below that is most like the configuration on your computer Audio channels stereo Click any speaker above to test it Once you have the output set to stereo and you re back at the Playback tab of the Sound control panel select the device again and click the Properties button In the Properties dialog select the Advanced tab In this dialog you should set the out
41. put to 16 bit 48000 Hz output You should also set the device to allow exclusive mode to applications If you have the option set your audio device to give exclusive mode applications priority Default Format Select the sample rate and bit depth to be used when running in shared mode Exclusive Mode v Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device v Give exclusive mode applications priority Signal Enhancements Allows extra signal processing by the audio device v Enable audio enhancements Restore Defaults Once you ve configured your audio output device you ll need to configure your Rocksmith Real Tone cable Configuring Your Rocksmith Real Tone Cable The game requires you to have a Rocksmith Real Tone Cable in order to play Although other guitar input devices will take audio from your electric or bass guitar Rocksmith only supports the Real Tone Cable From the sound control panel select the Recording tab Here s an example of what it should look like x Playback Recording Sounds Communications Select a recording device below to modify its settings Microphone 2 Logitech USB Headset Default Device Li Microphone 3 Rocksmith USB Guitar Adapter Di aa 4 meet d Microphone Webcam 250 H e e cl 2 F 1 meg i yr Yr Configure Set Default Properties If you have more than one Rocksmith Real Tone cable you ll want to r
42. r phrase levels Each player may select to set all songs to their highest level achieved thus far or to set all songs to their lowest level HochAwmuth rr GAME CREDITS UBISOFT ENTERTAINMENT ROGKSMITH PRODUCTION TEAM UBISOFT SAN FRANCISCO PROJECT LEADS Creative Director Paul Cross Sr Producer Nao Higo ENGINEERING TEAM Lead Engineer Olivier Vandenbos Technical Lead Peter Mack Sr Gameplay Engineer Patrick Beland Sr Gameplay Core Engineer Jason Nuccio Gameplay Engineers Clarence Lum Jose Zurita Sr Core Engineer Travis Hopkins Sr Rendering Engineer Radoslav Vecera ART TEAM Lead Environment Artist Omar Siu Technical Art Project Lead Aaron B Murray 3D Artists Andy Littleton Amandeep Kaur UI Artist Nalin Taneja AUDIO TEAM Audio Design Project Lead Nicholas Bonardi Lead Notetracker Brian Adam McCune Notetrackers Matt Montgomery Gregory R Barr Jarred McAdams Jason Kocol Audio Designer Brendan West GAME DESIGNER Matt Nguyen PRODUCER Jason V Schroeder ASSISTANT PRODUCER Taylor Benson ORIGINAL RELEASE ENGINEERING TEAM MEMBERS Technical Lead Daniel Deptford Sr Core Engineer Per Olsson Rendering Engineer Xu Ri Cai Audio Engineer Jake Parks ORIGINAL RELEASE AUDIO TEAM MEMBERS Lead Notetracker Seth Chapla Notetracker Chris Lee Audio Designer Brian Ostreicher ORIGINAL RELEASE GAME DESIGN T
43. rform exceptionally well and you ll be asked to perform a Double Encore Mapped button Tone name Pre pedal slots Amp type AMP TENOR MASCARA MAPPED TO PRE PEDAL 1 PRE PEDAL 2 PRE PEDAL 3 AMP LOOP PEDAL 1 LOOP PEDAL 2 LOOP PEDAL 3 CABINET POST PEDAL 1 POST PEDAL 2 POST PEDAL 3 555 SELECT Rocksmith1 New Act Solo Tenor Chorus 2 0 Digital Verb Tenor 1X12 select Tone Slot 1 earn more about the different types of notes techniques and chords you ll encounter in gameplay visit the Techniques secti c BACK C MAN MENU e GUITAR O Loop pedal slots Cabinet type Post pedal slots d A AMP The Amp menu lets you customize your sound by setting up the amplifier and effects chain Performing well unlocks Authentic Tone setups and individual effects amps and cabinets This equipment can then be used to create your own sound The Amp menu is the home of experimentation You can have a maximum ofthree unique pedals in a tone plus an amp and cabinet Each tone slot is assigned to a button F2 F3 and F4 pressing the corresponding button while playing a song will switch to the selected tone Press F1 to return to the song s Authentic Tone In addition to selecting tones you can pick Guitar to select your guitar and enter the Shop Use Load Tone to load unlocked note Authentic Tones or saved Custom Tones PLAYING
44. ron EMEA PR Specialist Julie Vasseur EMEA Digital Marketing Group Manager Jean Gu rin EMEA Digital Manager Fabrice Landrieu EMEA Trade Marketing Manager Jean Baptiste Desmaizieres EMEA Trade Marketing Coordinator In s Agbanchenou EMEA Paperparts Traffic Manager Vincent Hamet EMEA Submission amp Planning Coordinator Laurent Gaudy EMEA Manufacturing Planning Coordinator Daniel Milovanovic Certification Manager Etienne Tardieu Age Rating Coordinator Jean Marie Mogentale UBISOFT KK Management Director Steve Miller Localization Director Shunsuke Saiki Marketing Director Yoshihisa Tsuji Sales Manager Akio Koshiba Localization Manager Sadayuki Kishida Project Manager Sachiko Miyata Marketing Associate Patrizia Bischof PROPS AND ENVIRONMENT ART ADDITIONAL ART CWC Prop Artists Wang Yu Jian Weng Jie Xin Xiao Hui Gu Wen Environment Art Lead Shen Xiu Jie Environment Artists Su Tianyi Li Li Bo Zhou Wen Bin Zhao Wei Ping Ji Yi Zhou Chen Jiong Liang FRONT END MENU PRODUCTION Off Base Productions LLC President Greg Off Ul Project Manager James Manion Ul Designer Nalin Taneja Flash Engineers Manuel Gonzalez Rob Dodson Geoff Davis Tomas Apodaca Dave Johnson Patrick Wood Alex Fernandez Production Designers Brady Hartel Cyrin Jocson TOOLS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT Robotic Arm Software Studio Director Dan Goodman Software Engineer Kevin Tan
45. s well as different techniques to give notes a particular sound including bends and slides Training videos can teach you how to perfect these techniques as well as how to spot them ahead of time on the Noteway DYNAMIC DIFFICULTY Rocksmith adjusts its progression and difficulty depending on your performance Nail a song s phrase and that phrase levels up A leveled up phrase will have more notes the next time you encounter it until you re playing the phrase note for note earning the maximum number of points possible On the other hand a phrase won t progress in difficulty if you re having a hard time MASTER MODE When you max out every level of a song and score more than 100 000 you are then able to perform the song in Master Mode This mode doubles your scoring potential but also removes the interface so you must play the song as if it were a real performance If an Event consists of no only Master Mode songs it becomes a Master Event the ultimate challenge SONGS Rehearse or perform any song and any arrangement in your library You will see three arrangement types Chords Single Notes and Combo both chords and single notes When playing Bass only Bass arrangements will be seen This mode isn t just for fun Leveling up a song in this section counts toward your journey from here you can even qualify songs for Events SORT Set the order of your song list by Song Artist Album Year or Durat
46. td Courtesy of 4AD Ltd O 1997 4AD Ltd ISRC No GB AFL 97 00100 www 4ad com Queens Of The Stone Age Go With The Flow Written by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp Bmi Board Stiff Music BMI And Natural Light Music BMI Copyright 2002 All rights on behalf of itself and Board Stiff Music administered By Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp All Rights Reserved Courtesy of Interscope Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises Radiohead High And Dry Written by Thomas Edward Yorke Edward John O brien Colin Charles Greenwood Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood and Philip James Selway Warner Chappell Music Ltd PRS All rights administered by WB Music Corp All Rights Reserved Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd under license from EMI Film amp Television Music RapScallions California Brain Written by Chris Clemence Dario Forzato Matthew Still Wendy Starland and Adam Fisher Published by Chris Clemence Dario Forzato Matthew Still Wendy Starland ASCAP Wendelicious Music Adam Fisher Red Fang Number Thirteen Written by David Sullivan John Sherman Maurice Bryan Giles and Aaron Beam Published by Relapse Release Publishing ASCAP Release Relapse Music BMI Courtesy of Relapse Records Inc Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground Written by Stevie Wonder Published by Black Bull Music and Jobete Music Co Inc ASCAP All
47. ting or a lower resolution for your screen The default setting is Medium and most ofthe computers should be able to run smoothly with the default settings Visual Quality a song in an Event it will require a higher score t The next option is Screen Resolution Selecting this option will show you a list ofthe screen resolutions that your system can support The default video setting for the game is 1280x720 Faster computers with more capable video cards will be able to run smoothly at higher resolutions If your computer is not running smoothly at the resolution currently selected you can drop the screen resolution down to improve performance The lowest resolution supported by Rocksmith is 800x600 If you choose a resolution that s not in the widescreen 16 9 aspect ratio Rocksmith will letterbox the image in order to maintain its presentation proportions Screen resolution o To learn more about the different types of note Finally there s Screen Mode This lets you switch the game between fullscreen and windowed modes Screen Mode Rocksmith Video Configuration Advanced Mode Although most video options are accessible through the Rocksmith menus for complete control locate the Rocksmith INI file It s located in the same folder as the Rocksmith application Typically this is either C Program Files Steam SteamApps Common Rocksmith or C Program Files Steam SteamApps Common Rocksmith Demo If you happen to get your Ro
48. uction Love you all MUSIC CREDITS Best Coast When I m With You Written by Bethany Cosentino Published by Bratty BC SESAC Courtesy of Mexican Summer Blur Song 2 Written by Damon Albarn Graham Coxon Steven James and David Rowntree Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc BMI All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd under license from EMI Film amp Television Music Brian Adam McCune Ricochet Written By Brian Adam McCune Published By Brian Adam McCune Cream Sunshine Of Your Love Written By Jack Bruce Peter Ronald Brown And Eric Patrick Clapton Published by Dratleaf Music Ltd PRS and E C Music Ltd PRS J All rights administered by Warner Chappell Music International Ltd Courtesy of Polydor Ltd UK under license from Universal Music Enterprises Chris Lee Boss Written By Chris Lee Published By Chris Lee Dan Auerbach I Want Some More Written by Wayne Carson Thompson Published by Budde Songs Inc Courtesy of Warner Music Canada Co David Bowie Rebel Rebel Written by David Bowie Published by Jones Music America ASCAP admin by ARZO Publishing 1974 Chrysalis Music ASCAP Colgems EMI Music Inc ASCAP All rights reserved Used by permission Courtesy of RZO Music Eric Clapton Run Back To Your Side Written by Eric Patrick Clapton and Doyle Bramhall Il Published by E C Music Ltd PRS
49. xclusiveMode you may need to use a higher setting for this We haven t run into any specific issues regarding the choice of values for MaxOutputBufferSize but you have have better luck using multiples of 8 or 32 Audio Devices While Rocksmith does support using USB speakers and headphones we ve noticed that some PCs need to use more conservative Rocksmith INI values in order to keep the audio output from crackling Several computers we ve tested the game on have been able to use more aggressive latency settings when they use the analog audio ports than when they use USB based audio output The settings that needed to be increased were LatencyBuffer and MaxOutputBufferSize Rocksmith Video Configuration There are a few video settings in the Options menu to let you tune your Rocksmith experience for best results You have access to change the screen mode screen resolution and video quality settings Adjusting these settings will let you change the balance between image quality and performance You may need to try a few different combinations of Quality and Resolution to find the best balance for your PC The first option is Visual Quality This is a simple control to adjust the detail of items being drawn More recent and higher end video cards can choose to switch to High quality while older machines will probably want to use the Low quality setting If you play the game and the gameplay is not smooth consider changing to a lower quality set
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