Rock Band guitars having problems with the "downstrum"?
Written by Dan Zuccarelli   
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 05:10
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So I was a few hours into playing Rock Band tonight when I was prompted to install a patch. "Hmm, that seems soon" I thought to myself... "Wonder what's wrong?" But before I knew it the file was downloaded and I was back to playing... or so I thought.

On fast notes (machine-gun notes) I noticed all the sudden I was missing every 4th or 5th note! I hooked up the GH3 guitar and had no problems whatsoever. Went back to the RB guitar and it started happening again.

So I hit the Rock Band forums and it seems I'm not the only one, not by a long shot.

Seems some people had problems out of the gate, but a bunch of people are reporting problems post-patch. Both platforms are reporting problems but is more commonly reported on the 360 side, probably on account of the patch.

And it's mostly related to downstrumming on the guitar. I actually tested this out myself but doing entire fast patterns with nothing but upstrums and had no issues, but downstrums caused many missed notes.

So anyone else out there? Hopefully we'll hear something official soon.

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avatar Muffin Man
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:( Be glad you at least have Rock Band, I have to wait until "Q1 2008" :'(
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 05:23
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avatar Jim Squires
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Wowzers. I'll take "Reasons I'm glad there was a delay in Canada" for 500, Alex.
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 05:48
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avatar Dan Zuccarelli
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oh god, I'm still happy! I'll just drum and use the GH guitar till my fingers bleed :)
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 06:18
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avatar Santos Gonzalez
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@ Muffin Why don't you just buy the standalone game?
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 08:32
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avatar Muffin Man
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Region locked isn't it? And I want the drums! (I'm in UK by the way, not Canada)
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 08:45
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avatar Swiftwulf
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Just picked up the rock band set myself, havent opened it yet though. I did however try the guitar at best buy the other day and i have to say i dont really like it, id rather use the old x-plorer controller.
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 10:35
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avatar bs angel
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I played this last week at Best Buy, well actually I should say I tried to play this last week at Best Buy. The guitar was broke and would only strum up, but even the up strums only worked about half the time. They said it was the third guitar they had been through in less than a week so they weren't going to replace it until the weekend. Just another reason why I won't be purchasing this game.
Wednesday 21 November 2007, 11:28
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avatar Xav de Matos
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CANADA LAWLS.
Thursday 22 November 2007, 13:09
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