GuitarHero/RockBand fans... side project anyone?

[Manu]

On 13 December 2013 04:48, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thursday, 12 December 2013 at 17:04:32 UTC, Manu wrote:
>
>> On 13 December 2013 02:28, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  On Thursday, 12 December 2013 at 15:47:48 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>>
>>>  On 2013-12-12 11:43, Manu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  So, I'm a massive fan of music games. I'll shamefully admit that I was
>>>>> tragically addicted to Dance Dance Revolution about 10 years ago.
>>>>> Recently, it's Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
>>>>>
>>>>> I quite like the band ensemble games, they're good party games, and
>>>>> great rhythm practise that's actually applicable to real instrument
>>>>> skills too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't agree with that, at least not for Guitar Hero. I had issues
>>>> with the timing. When I played I tried to time the music, but that
>>>> didn't
>>>> work. Instead I had to time the screen to get any points.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> As a lifelong musician this annoyed the hell out of me. The whole
>>> experience ends up like reading annoying flashy sheet music. Low latency
>>> is
>>> critical.
>>>
>>>
>> It is quite sad how few people seem to know how, or make the effort to
>> setup their system properly, or know what the typical sources of latency
>> are... or even that there's such a thing as latency in the first place.
>> It's possible to make it near-perfect... but when I go to other peoples
>> houses and try to play, it never is. And then I start fiddling with their
>> AV system for an hour while everyone get's angry at me and tells me it's
>> perfect, and have no idea what I'm fussing about >_<
>>
>
> You just described my life :p
>

Hey, I hear you man! ;)
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