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Giz Tech Tip: How to Sing and Play Rock Band Simultaneously
Posted by Jason Chen at 3:45 AM on December 20, 2007
If you've been playing Rock Band as much as we have, you've tried to sing and play guitar/drums at the same time at least once. Unless you've got a mic stand laying around, you had to use either a human mic stand (I tried that; she got tired and started choking me with a Wiimote) or somehow dangle the microphone from something. No more! Here's an easy way to play and sing: disconnect the microphone, then plug in the Xbox Live headset (the really cheap one that you get with everything) into a controller.
When you start up a game, the it'll will ask you to confirm that you can hear yourself through the speakers before you start. Just shout something into the headset and make sure it comes through before you confirm and start rocking.
Bonus tip: if you're playing on Xbox Live with someone else, you can actually pipe your vocal track over to their side by holding down the right bumper on the controller. If you're using a real mic (and not playing and singing), you can use a rubber band to hold down the bumper—a la the Superman Returns achievement—to make sure it's always enabled. ROCK OUT.
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discounteggroll
Posted 11:57 AM 19/12/07
it's official: wiimotes kill
discounteggroll
mikeloxlong
Posted 11:56 AM 19/12/07
what about one of these?
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mikeloxlong
Jason Chen
Posted 1:02 PM 19/12/07
@Jason Chen: And by spot i mean spit.
Jason Chen
Jason Chen
Posted 12:56 PM 19/12/07
@Beerad: I tried, but it didn't quite register. Maybe I need to spot harder.
Jason Chen
msbeer
Posted 12:54 PM 19/12/07
@Jason Chen: Well that's what I get for being a big Know it All and not going through the tutorial. Thanks :)
msbeer
QB8Young
Posted 12:51 PM 19/12/07
I own Rock Band for PS3 so how does this help ME?!
QB8Young
Beerad
Posted 12:50 PM 19/12/07
@msbeer: No, but I kinda wish that you could perform the human beatbox for the same effect...
Beerad
Jason Chen
Posted 12:40 PM 19/12/07
@msbeer: Those parts are optional—you don't HAVE to hit them. Says so in the tutorial.
Jason Chen
msbeer
Posted 12:37 PM 19/12/07
I have tried the mic alone in Rock Band and I don't see how a headset or mic stand would work as there are parts in some songs where you have to hit the mic on your hand to simulate a tambourine or other percussion. Anyone have actual experience doing this?
msbeer
m4ximusprim3
Posted 12:30 PM 19/12/07
Hooray free! The only thing that bothers me is that the headset mic is _so_ britney spears lipsync.
m4ximusprim3
strider_mt2k
Posted 12:26 PM 19/12/07
I think many singing drummers nowadays may be more inclined to go with the headset on stage for reals.
I know I would, were I a singing drummer as opposed to simply being a singer.
strider_mt2k
Jason Chen
Posted 12:18 PM 19/12/07
Yes, but a mic stand is not free. Free!
Jason Chen
Lavallee017
Posted 12:15 PM 19/12/07
I agree with the Mic stand bit, if you have the cash to blow on Rock Band I think you can afford a cheap stand for the mic. Also used music equipment stores will probably have a decent one cheap.
Lavallee017
Jason Chen
Posted 1:55 PM 19/12/07
@luxera: Through a computer? Why through a computer?
Jason Chen
luxera
Posted 1:28 PM 19/12/07
this isn't 100%. we tried it with my headset hooked up through a computer and got lag between what was said and what registered/played in the game.
luxera
ismotethee
Posted 1:23 PM 19/12/07
Who's that doofus in the picture?
ismotethee
evilsnowman
Posted 2:58 PM 19/12/07
I am amazed that you are just learning this... The game has been out for more than long enough, and I do believe it is publicly available, easy to find, common knowledge, and has been for quite awhile.
evilsnowman
ismotethee
Posted 2:06 PM 19/12/07
@ismotethee:
Dood. Stick to the topic, instead of your asshat comments.
ismotethee
oo0cyst0oo
Posted 5:35 PM 19/12/07
Singing drummer- The Eagles guy fir the win, Steve.
oo0cyst0oo
archetype94306
Posted 4:59 PM 19/12/07
@EVILSNOWMAN
Ugh, you were the kid that always got on my nerves in school.
archetype94306
OldSchoolGadgetLover
Posted 8:38 PM 19/12/07
Great tip man, thanks. I actually tried attaching the mic to my neck / chin with electrical tape. It's so heavy you have to wrap the tape around your whole chin area and neck, and it's not really comfortable. It jiggles around when you play the drums. And I don't even want to think about the hair I used to have on the back of my neck... wish you posted this a couple of weeks ago.
OldSchoolGadgetLover
crewsm
Posted 6:25 AM 20/12/07
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crewsm
Kered
Posted 7:36 PM 20/12/07
Just go to Guitar Center and buy a mic stand. Damn.
Kered