The "last instrument" reveal for Guitar Hero World Tour isn't even an instrument at all. It is, in fact, a feature that will allow gamers to import MIDI tracks from their PC directly to their PS3 and Xbox 360.
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The MIDI sequencer functionality encompasses rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass, keyboards and drum tracks on the PlayStation 3, but will be limited to drum tracks on the Xbox 360 due to unspecified "hardware issues." The feature will arrive as part of a week-one patch for the game, which hits October 26.
"We have full, basically, computer editing control, at least on the PS3, through the music studio," he stated in a Shacknews interview, to be published in full later. "And that's where I was going when I said that [about a new instrument]."
"If you really want to compose on your PC, obviously you're going to use the samples in-game, but if you really want to compose on PC or turn your band's MIDI...into a GH Tunes song, you can do that," he explained. "You can press play on the computer, and if you have it connected through MIDI, you can record into the music studio."
This tool will not be for the easily frustrated. Project director, Brian Bright, stated that "it's not something that your average user is gonna do.""We have full, basically, computer editing control, at least on the PS3, through the music studio," he stated in a Shacknews interview, to be published in full later. "And that's where I was going when I said that [about a new instrument]."
"If you really want to compose on your PC, obviously you're going to use the samples in-game, but if you really want to compose on PC or turn your band's MIDI...into a GH Tunes song, you can do that," he explained. "You can press play on the computer, and if you have it connected through MIDI, you can record into the music studio."
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