*GASP* A good idea from GFAQS?

**daevlol** · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject: *GASP* A good idea from GFAQS?

Zeppster497
Posted 2/2/2007 10:51:44 AM
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You know those controllers with the so called "solo-buttons", the five extra frets at the neck of the guitar? Well, usually they work just like the regular frets, hold them down and initiate the pick with the strum bar. Well, naturally the only advantage they add is the smaller gap in between the buttons.
However, why not link the buttons to the strum bar directly with a few wires? That way pushing down the fret would automatically pick it, thus, like with a controller. The advantage would be the hammer-ons: You'd be able to hammer-on/pull-off any note, with a slighly wider gap as well.
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**Unsteadycarrot** · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 642 Location: U.K

dude im 100% positive that a guy did that on THESE forums MONTHS ago..i mean...ages...n ages...lol
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**daevlol** · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:

I'm pretty sure he only made 5 extra frets(quackadilly)

He didn't link them to the strumbar, though. Try reading things before making an ass out of yourself.
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**Huwonk** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2432 Location: Marysville, Ohio

I can see how it COULD be useful, but it would end up leading to a lot of early strums, I can guarantee it. Plus you could never do chords with it.
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**daevlol** · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject:

**Unsteadycarrot** · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 642 Location: U.K

a quote from phr34k (sorry..i think thats how u spell it)

**Phr34k** · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

I have plans to add 5 more frets to the controller. It doesn't work as well as you would think. But yes that is the exact idea that I had and implemented months ago.
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**daevlol** · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject:

I don't visit homebrew often( it's scary here)

So I honestly had no idea.

And I never called you an ass, I said you made yourself look like one. Unnecessary flaming FTL.
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**ZX2** · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

I was the one who posted that at GameFAQs, so guess I should participate in this as well. I'd like to see those videos, if anyone's got a link. Oh and, guess this is still a bit different from what already had been done in a sense that you'd have 5 completely different frets, instead of having a flip-on button.

And yes, chords wouldn't work with these at all, you'd always end up overstrumming. Nevertheless, I think these should be better than the "traditional" solo-buttons, with no added features whatsoever at all.

**Unsteadycarrot** · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 642 Location: U.K

**daevlol** · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject:

<3 u moar
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**voivod84** · Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 640 Location: There.

A problem I think you might have with this is that some solos have very fast notes of the same color. Without the use of the strumbar this would be really hard (or can you use the strumbar with the solo buttons?).

**daevlol** · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

**Phr34k** · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject:

You don't overstrum with chords. Because the strumbar has 2 different directions, you set one set of buttons to one way, and another set the other way. Only one can be activated at a time.
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**Unsteadycarrot** · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 642 Location: U.K