So, if you need 2 people for World Tour...

[LongDarkBlues]

So, if you need 2 people for World Tour AND you can sing and play guitar at the same does that mean you can play through the world tour by yourself? It seems that way - that would rule. I'm sure the girlfriend and other friends will be around for a lot of it, but I'd love to be able to do it myself too.

[ThePaska]

It would be very impressive if you can pull that off, I feel like there will be certain songs where you are going to run into a lot of trouble. It could conceivably be done though, since you do only need 2 people actually playing to do World Tour Mode.

[Bakkster]

Yes, it will just be difficult at times.

[Edgehopper]

So, if you need 2 people for World Tour AND you can sing and play guitar at the same does that mean you can play through the world tour by yourself? It seems that way - that would rule. I'm sure the girlfriend and other friends will be around for a lot of it, but I'd love to be able to do it myself too.

Yes, and I plan on making one of my bands a solo project and doing just that :)

[IErrantVentureI]

I could probably do it on easy. But that's it.

[remotehomelife]

I've started to download all the songs in Rock Band that I dont know by heart and memorizing the lyrics. this way I should be able to primarly focus on the guitar. I think the other big key is can you adjust the difficulty level of each instrument in World Band Tour. Having to do Vocals and Guitar on expert would be a real freakin challenge.

[IbanezBassist_v2]

I think it would be fairly easy with songs one is familiar with. If you already know the words, rhythm, and such, it shouldn't be that bad.

[LongDarkBlues]

Yeah - certainly really hard but plausible. I did some for fun in GHII - Free Bird, War Pigs and Mother were pretty easy to sing and play with, if only because there's wasn't a lot of overlap between solos and vocals.

[Eman311]

It will be pretty easy on songs you already know the vocals too.

[HeXcoda]

How do you do vocals and guitar at the same time? The vocalist has to tap the mike during non-vocal sections (cowbell/tamborine/etc). Planning on banging your head against the mike stand?

I really hope there's a way to pull off world tour without having to constantly have buddies around to play with you... it sounds like fun but MANY, many hours of investment and I don't have enough people willing to do that with me. Maybe if it can be done online instead of offline, it'd be plausible.

[Bakkster]

How do you do vocals and guitar at the same time? The vocalist has to tap the mike during non-vocal sections (cowbell/tamborine/etc). Planning on banging your head against the mike stand?

I really hope there's a way to pull off world tour without having to constantly have buddies around to play with you... it sounds like fun but MANY, many hours of investment and I don't have enough people willing to do that with me. Maybe if it can be done online instead of offline, it'd be plausible.

Some people plan to bang their head against the mic stand (it is the decidedly more metal approach). Otherwise you can make a "pop" sound into the mic and it will register the same way, or skip cowbell parts altogether (which does not hurt your streak).

World Tour can also be done online, I believe.

[sa_nick]

How do you do vocals and guitar at the same time? The vocalist has to tap the mike during non-vocal sections (cowbell/tamborine/etc). Planning on banging your head against the mike stand?

The mic doesnt actually pick up being hit, it just needs a sound to register a hit. So just make a noise with your mouth.

[HeXcoda]

World Tour can also be done online, I believe.

Okay... that's a BIT of a relief. I'm not as current on the latest Rock Band datum so I wasn't sure.

If WBT can be done online, then it won't matter, because I can just hop online to recruit bandmates each night -- and with dropin/dropout gameplay as described here, my own "band" can keep progressing (albeit with a wholly random lineup each time, given the PUG nature of xbox live teams).

I could forsee a little back scratching going on... you join my band, we play some sets, I join yours, we play some sets... keep everybody's local save file working.

Now as long as nobody gets all elitist about my inability to play Hard/Expert, I'll be set. :) (If I can't find any bandmates because they're all LOL L2P N00B then I'm gonna be a sad rocker.)

[hmxsean]

How do you do vocals and guitar at the same time? The vocalist has to tap the mike during non-vocal sections (cowbell/tamborine/etc). Planning on banging your head against the mike stand?


You don't have to tap the mic during those parts. The crowd meter isn't penalized if you don't at any rate. You just lose out on bonus points for getting it right.

What I do (I love playing guitar and singing at the same time) is play with the mic in a mic stand and set the sensitivity up (you can do this in game). Then during tambourine/cowbell sections I tap my foot on the base of the mic stand in time. That generally works out pretty well.

[VixDiesel]

I wish it had the option to play alone. It's likely I won't have a constant second person to play the world tour mode.

:(

[DrBraun]

What I do (I love playing guitar and singing at the same time) is play with the mic in a mic stand and set the sensitivity up (you can do this in game). Then during tambourine/cowbell sections I tap my foot on the base of the mic stand in time. That generally works out pretty well.

Sounds awesome! Now all we need is a Frankenstein-mod that lets you play all the instruments at the same time like these crazy guys you see on street corners in the summer :p

[NotorietyH]

How do you do vocals and guitar at the same time? The vocalist has to tap the mike during non-vocal sections (cowbell/tamborine/etc). Planning on banging your head against the mike stand?

I really hope there's a way to pull off world tour without having to constantly have buddies around to play with you... it sounds like fun but MANY, many hours of investment and I don't have enough people willing to do that with me. Maybe if it can be done online instead of offline, it'd be plausible.

You can just make a sound like POW! and it'll register as a tap

As far as I know World Tour mode is possible online. not sure though

[Rock_Starman]

I wish it had the option to play alone. It's likely I won't have a constant second person to play the world tour mode.

:(

It does,there's a solo tour mode for guitar,drums and vocals.

[HeXcoda]

It does,there's a solo tour mode for guitar,drums and vocals.

Yeah, but solo play is not really a "tour". Unless there are details we don't know of yet it sounds like it's just a Guitar Hero style "Play this bunch of songs until you're done" thing, not a genuine dynamic locale shifting club opening setlist changing fan earning stardom building affair.

I guess the idea is to push us into doing more co-op play, but that requires a level of organization and time commitment few people have, much less up to four people having. The "singtar" hack and more critically, sharing the tour between online and offline play should help matters a lot, though.

What I'm wondering is, for solo tours, do we still get to put together a band and design the other three characters..? Or are we just John Q. Guitarist playing for Anonymous and the Unimportants like in Guitar Hero? Similarly, in WBT, do the AI-fill-ins use your existing characters or are they just generics?

[Bakkster]

Yeah, but solo play is not really a "tour". Unless there are details we don't know of yet it sounds like it's just a Guitar Hero style "Play this bunch of songs until you're done" thing, not a genuine dynamic locale shifting club opening setlist changing fan earning stardom building affair.

I guess the idea is to push us into doing more co-op play, but that requires a level of organization and time commitment few people have, much less up to four people having. The "singtar" hack and more critically, sharing the tour between online and offline play should help matters a lot, though.

1) Band World Tour will take more coordination, just like being in a band ;) They must be doing something right.
2) Singstar hack? Is this in reference to some ninja cheat for getting perfect vocal scores (shame on you) or to RB being a Singstar rip-off (it's not, HMX made Karaoke Revolution before Singstar was in diapers)?
3) Sean confirmed in another thread today that BWT is NOT online :( . Get to persuading your friends/siblings/significant other to play in your band :)


What I'm wondering is, for solo tours, do we still get to put together a band and design the other three characters..? Or are we just John Q. Guitarist playing for Anonymous and the Unimportants like in Guitar Hero? Similarly, in WBT, do the AI-fill-ins use your existing characters or are they just generics?

I don't remember this being addressed. Considering the emphasis on the character creator, I would assume so.

[R0ck3r]

2) Singstar hack? Is this in reference to some ninja cheat for getting perfect vocal scores (shame on you) or to RB being a Singstar rip-off (it's not, HMX made Karaoke Revolution before Singstar was in diapers)?

He said singtar not Singstar... as in singing and playing guitar at the same time. Sing- from singing and -tar from guitar = singtar.

[Balsac]

Unfortunately, it has already been confirmed by Sean that there is no online Band World Tour. Local multiplayer only in this mode.

[Bakkster]

He said singtar not Singstar... as in singing and playing guitar at the same time. Sing- from singing and -tar from guitar = singtar.

That confuses me even more. :confused:

[espher]

I've been trying to do this while playing Guitar Hero, and it's kicking my ass on Expert. Medium I can do it fine, but on Expert I can't get my vocal tempo down right.

It's going to be a fun challenge. :)

[HollywoodBound]

All you have to do is put the singing part on easy or medium then put the guitar at what ever level you want.

[MrSilver1286]

Guitar and vocals is tooo overrated!!!

Gonna pull out some UnderOath and SING snd DRUM at the same time.