Automate Guitar Hero
Monday, February 25th, 2008 running time 16:30
Cheating At Guitar Hero: An introduction to show controllers, by David Randolph
David Randolph's back to Systm with a vengeance, out from the studio and dipping into his previous life building interactive museum displays... to cheat at Guitar Hero.
Or, to look at it in a different light, David's figured out how to automate Guitar Hero by wiring one of Gilderfluke & Co's spiffy "Show Control Systems" the BR-miniBrick8 into a Guitar Hero Guitar.
And the tricky part, of course, programming it to play Foghat's "Slow Ride."
Wondering what exactly a Show Controller is? Think tiny gadget that can turn other devices on and off... or trigger them... or, you know, control them!
They're a integral part of the museum exhibits David used to make for a living!
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travislopes
Started discussion: February 25, 2008 @ 4:03pm GMT
Episode 39 - Automate Guitar Hero [Discussion]
David Randolph's back to Systm with a vengeance, out from the studio and dipping into his previous life building interactive museum displays... to cheat at Guitar Hero. Or, to look at it in a different light, David's figured out how to automate Guitar Hero by wiring one of Gilderfluke & Co's spiffy "Show Control Systems" the BR-miniBrick8 into a Guitar Hero Guitar. And the tricky part, of course, programming it to play Foghat's "Slow Ride." Wondering what exactly a Show Controller is? Think tiny gadget that can turn other devices on and off... or trigger them... or, you know, control them! They're a integral part of the museum exhibits David used to make for a living!
Will_Stutler
about 1 year ago
i have only just started watching this show, so i don't know how much my thoughts matter about it, but why on earth would any one pay so much money just to cheat at a flippin game
IMHO guys i think that you should start doing CHEAP/FREE piratical stuff
like the USB thing you guys did last week.....or painting of the laptop thing you did a few weeks ago
IMHO guys i think that you should start doing CHEAP/FREE piratical stuff
like the USB thing you guys did last week.....or painting of the laptop thing you did a few weeks ago
esalonia
about 1 year ago
Great job with the show. That looks like it was a lot of hard work to get it all wired up and working properly. Seems a little expensive and time consuming to beat the game, but the concept and seeing it work, is nice, none the less. Keep it up.
guardian653
about 1 year ago
Neat idea--abet an expensive one... Still anything that has some amount of programming is a plus in my book.
(Is it just me or has there been a lot more commercials inserted into System lately?)
(Is it just me or has there been a lot more commercials inserted into System lately?)
ToadX
about 1 year ago
Excellent show! I loved it. I always want to see technical projects like this on Systm rather than watching you guys do stuff like paint a laptop.
ddreier
about 1 year ago
I think this was a great show, I liked seeing what you can do even if it's out of the reach of the average consumer.
I'm also looking foward to seeing more with that "Show Controller" especially the DMX part, as that's something I'm interested in atm.
I'm also looking foward to seeing more with that "Show Controller" especially the DMX part, as that's something I'm interested in atm.
[mad]berry
about 1 year ago
As Bert(pixel perfect) always says:
"It's not the result that matters, it's how I got there"
Thanks for the intro into show controllers.
[mad]Berry
"It's not the result that matters, it's how I got there"
Thanks for the intro into show controllers.
[mad]Berry
MD2389
about 1 year ago
Honestly, I'm just glad they brought back Dave. Its nice to see something a little more complicated this time around. :)










show controllers.
This was a good show for a premise on what the neat things you can do with a show controller. I can see why the compact unit will be so popular in the entertainment industry. Those of us who can not afford the mac computers and controllers will probably still play the never failable air guiitar while listening to the good old radio. As a family project will probably could just take the old piece of junk that can run the ipcop or an old 486 laptop and use the parallel port from it and a few bucks in parts to do the same thing to control some switches. Maybe hook it to a remote controller for a remote controlled model truck with a battery powered wireless camera. it should not be hard to program in basic. Now that would be real fun.