Frequently Asked Questions
Rock Band
- Is there any way to use a guitar hero guitar for the bass guitar in Rock Band? I have heard from some sources that it is possible, and from others that it is not. So which is it?
- My buddy and I have just started moving up to expert difficulty in the World Tour (PS3) of Rock Band. I was just wondering what the criteria is for scoring more fans. Some times we get fans with only 3 stars, sometimes we get none with 4 stars. Does anybody know how the system works for awarding fans on expert?
- Hey. I have Rock Band for the PS2 and I want to know ANY WAY POSSIBLE to get download-able/custom songs on my game. please help. Thanks.
- I'm Curious, I've read interviews with Harmonix stating that you'll be able to upload your in-game characters/bands to their website and make fake album art, t-shirts, as well as buying figurines modeled after them. Is there any updates on when these features will be released?
- When are they going to release Rock Band overseas?
- I just got the Playstation 2 version and my kids and I are having a blast! Sorry to admit this, but we don't know most of the tunes. Is there a way to hear the whole song in its entirety, without actually playing the instruments? It would be much easier to sing the lyrics if we could hear the song first.
- How much does Rock Band cost?
- When was Rock Band released?
- What is DLC?
- What is overdrive?
If you're trying to accomplish this within Rock Band, just go to training -> practice mode and load each song on vocals. The vocal track will be played and you will not "fail out" if you don't sing along.
You could also search youtube.com for songs you don't know if you have speakers hooked up to your computer.
The "Special Edition" Rock Band bundle for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 costs $169.99, while the PlayStation 2 bundle costs $159.99. The "Special Edition" bundle includes the game software, as well as guitar, drum, and microphone peripherals.
The PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Rock Band were released on November 20th, 2007. The Playstation 2 version of Rock Band was released on December 18th, 2007.
DLC = Downloadable Content.
The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Rock Band support downloadable songs, including complete albums. Users can download the albums (or packs of songs) in their entirety or on a track-by-track basis. Fifteen songs were made available at the game's launch date. Downloadable songs are playable within every game mode, including the Band World Tour career mode.
Currently, song packs containing three songs are priced at $5.49, while individual songs are available for $1.99, which is the standard cost for the majority of downloadable tracks.
Each week Harmonix releases new downloadable content for Rock Band:
Fridays - Upcoming DLC is announced for both PS3 and 360
Tuesdays - 360 DLC is released
Thursdays - PS3 DLC is released
Overdrive is collected during select portions of a song by successfully playing all white notes within that section (guitar and bass players can also use the guitar controller's whammy bar to extract Overdrive from white sustained notes). Once the meter is filled halfway, players can deploy their Overdrive, resulting in the "Band Meter" (which tracks how well each player is doing) changing more dramatically. This allows players to strategically use Overdrive to raise the Band Meter and pass portions of a song they otherwise might have failed. In solo play, deploying Overdrive doubles the player's score multiplier. However, in band play, activating Overdrive instead increases the score multiplier of the entire band by two. Additionally, players can deploy Overdrive independently of each other, as well as collect additional Overdrive while it is deployed and draining.