[Givem2me]

If you are calibrating your system with a Rock Band guitar & a projector, do you hold the guitar directly in front of the camera lens or back at the screen on which it is projecting? Also, does it matter which of the 6 speakers in your surround system you hold the guitar up to? Thanks.

[galexio]

I brought Rock Band to my AP Bio class years ago to celebrate the end of AP testing.

Anyway. I held it at the end of the screen for video, and right next to the speaker for audio.

[mortarion42]

I use a projector for my monthly bar night, but I always just go with manual calibration, but I also use the wooden Fender replicas which don’t have the camera/mic for auto calibration. That does not help you I know ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif” /> But I do think manual calibration can be nearly as accurate as auto if you are a veteran player.

 

Out of curiosity, what cable setup do you run to split the audio and video?

[TrojanNemo]

Auto calibration is horrible in an ideal set up (dark quiet room), it should be garbage in a situation with big speakers and a projector. In my previous experience, when using projection it has always been with VGA output from the Xbox, which meant 0ms calibration and it worked flawlessly. If you’re doing HDMI out or for some reason have calibration issues with VGA out, I would strongly suggest manual calibration.

[Korewahondes]

With a “traditional” SD TV (a cathodic one), it took me ages to calibrate manually RB3. RB1 was easy: 0ms for both sound and image. RB2 was a bit tricky: I actually play with +10ms for video and 0ms for audio.

 

But RB3 is like: +55ms for video! Just wtf. I sometimes played on a HD TV and had to spend some minutes for both audio and video. And the result was not perfect. But same for all games, including GH ones.

 

I just never wanna try to calibrate it on a projector. xD

 

At least, all GH games were easy to calibrate on a SD TV (as RB1 was): 0ms for both audio and video.

 

But RB3, OMG…

 

Also, I tried once the automatic calibration on my SD TV with RB guitar as I bought a Beatles pack. Well, it never gave me the +55 ms I needed so I guess it’s not really perfect.

[Givem2me]

I’m getting auto numbers in the 50s, and even though I’m an expert guitarist who has played there for 5 years, I’m not happy with the manual calibration either. I bought this warehouse recently and made a screen out of canvass & a 2×4 (what do they call a 2×4 in France?), and I can make it pitch dark. It’s a little echoey. Calibration has been a nightmare for the 2 sessions we’ve tried this.

[addie44]

I usually stand with my back to the screen and turn the guitar toward the projector. Haven’t had any issues. I usually just pick any speaker and it seems to work good.

[sageamagoo]

As others have said, when auto-calibrating with a projector, it’s best to turn the guitar so it’s facing the lens. I haven’t had to resort to manual calibration myself, but I usually need to do it a few times until it gives me exactly what I want ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif” />.

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