Real Guitar Hero Synth!

Were going to take a useless old Guitar Hero controller and turn it into a MIDI controller with powerchords, solos, whammy bar, and palm muting all in one. BTW: None of this software is mine, and belongs to their rightful owners.

Step 1 Software/Hardware needed

Your going to need:
A VST Host (i use FL Studio 8) but you can get a free one here:http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/VSTHost/
A GH Controller, and an adapter if its not for Xbox 360 or PS3
Max/MSP Runtime:
http://www.cycling74.com/download/Max5Runtime_37726.zip
MIDItar Hero (this is where the magic happens)
http://miditarhero.com/
MusicLab's RealStrat (not free, unless you know what a torrent is)
GuitarRig 3 VST (also not free, unless you use a torrent)
A MIDI Loopback device: I reccommend LoopBE1
http://www.nerds.de/data/setuploopbe1.exe
and any drivers you might need to get your PC to recognize it as a joystick.

Comments

[cdousley]

could i use a wireless usp ps2 controller

[cdousley]

lol i said usp not usb

[Minouris]

Nice guide :)

You don't necessarily have to torrent RealStrat, brilliant though it is (brilliant enough to not rip off, anyway)- you can achieve much the same sound using completly free plugins...

If you get a SoundFont player like rg:audio sfz (google should provide), a decent amp plugin (DIG from AcmeBargig is nice) and a sound font of a guitar (plenty out there, of all different types- again with google) loaded into the player then you basically get everything except the chords that RealStrat can do.

[mickey_shimitz]

Guess what? i just used this to play along with our church band and it sounded tight

[yeti_]

thanks a bunch for this i just got my GH PS2 controller working with it.

[aedrummer]

I use the Xplorer. It is pretty cool. I used Fruity Loops 8 Trial for my MIDI output. It has a bunch of preset sounds and I made a Vocoder with Fruity Loops.

[randomman]

I can't get any sound out of realstrat... it may be the file was corrupted or something, the .rar was really wierd... Got any suggestions?

[danymw]

old useless gh/rb guitars are gold for me,still searching for a (some) free one(s).
my friend got a broken one for 35euros, i fixed it,and played,even as bad as it was it worked well...

[drag00nlanc3r]

hey man thanks for the awesome Instructable but I cant seem to get it to play through guitar rig can ya help me please

[bounty1012]

Can you tell me how to get Windows XP to recognize it as a joystick?

[mickey_shimitz]

Well, if you bought an adapter for a PS2 controller then the adapter should have a driver, but if you are using a PS3 or XboX 360, then google "PS3 joystick driver" or Xbox 360 joystick driver" and you should find a good driver. Just install and then plug in the controller and all should go well

[bounty1012]

Ok I will try that thanks

[mickey_shimitz]

same for wii too, but your PC has to have bluetooth capabilities.