3rd Pro project idea - Guitar Hero with a real Guitar
Playing the popular video game Guitar Hero a person emulates playing a guitar and when they press buttons a note plays in real time in the game. The notes are not defined as there are only 5 colored buttons so music cannot be made. I proposes a harder, more useful alternative - using any real tunable electric guitar and as you play the game you are learning to play the instrument.
Concept
Imagine getting your electric guitar, plugging it directly into a blackbox which interfaces with your (PC/Xbox360/PS2/PS3/Wii) inserting a game and playing a guitar hero like game WITH YOUR REAL GUITAR! You could have a minor role jamming some easy riffs with Flea playing the hardstuff... all the while improving your music and guitar skills!Technical Considerations
- Analog to digital conversion
- differant pitch/tones of guitars
- auto tuning helper thing...
Misc
GH is a cultural phenomenon - selling over 21 million units and earning over a billion US dollars.Links
- How to: Play Guitar Hero with a Real Guitar - A you tube vid of someone using the strings on a guitar and butchering a X-box controller to make switches closed with a metal pick.
- Guitar Hero at wikipedia
- http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/guitar-rising-perfects-the-guitar-hero-with-real-guitars-genre/
- http://www.guitarrising.com
So as my good friend Justin points out - its been done! The last link is a game that does all I have talked about! Sweeeet!
