Rock Band guitar compatibility & music export patch now live

by Jem Alexander { Sep 11th 2008 at 9:45AM }

Better late than never, right? It's been nine months since we first talked about the guitar compatibility patch that allows Guitar Hero III controllers to be used with Rock Band. That same patch was blocked by Activision and, we assumed, would never see the light of day again. Now, however, it's finally available. We've tried and tested it and it does exactly what we assumed it would -- allow Rock Band players to play 4-player without having to pay an extortionate amount of money for a second guitar.

Not only that, but the patch also includes the music export feature so that all (well, most) of your songs from Rock Band will be playable in the upcoming sequel. It costs $5 to export your tunes and takes up 1.52GB of HDD space. Well worth it, in our opinion.

[Thanks Levi]

Tags: guitar-hero, guitar-hero-iii, patch, rock-band, rock-band-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

MakaiOokami @ Sep 11th 2008 9:59AM

Wow that's awesome. I've been up all night so I'll have to try it out tomorrow. that means my room mate and I can finally play again (my drums are broken) even if it does mean I'll have to use the craptastic GH3 Guitar and my room mate will just have to settle with the abused Rock Band Guitar with a broken Whammy bar. He likes to play on medium only so... it shouldn't affect him too much.

bmslynch @ Sep 11th 2008 10:34AM

They extended the warranty on all of the Rock Band peripherals through October 1st. You can get that strat replaced for free.

bill @ Sep 11th 2008 10:08AM

all I can say is YAY and it's about TIME!

Bolzan @ Sep 11th 2008 10:16AM

Shame the patch isn't out in UK/EU. I bought Rock Band Solus today to use with my Les Paul and as there is no patch I have a game I can't play. :(

wilboss @ Sep 11th 2008 12:24PM

I thought RB was out in the UK tomorrow? I was planning on getting RB solus to use with my GH3 guitar but not until I see confirmation of the patch hitting Europe.Can someone post if/when the patch becomes available in the UK? Ta.

Anthony From XeNonX @ Sep 11th 2008 12:41PM

The game is out tomorrow. He's obviously just gotten it early. I hope the patch does come today it'd be a piss take if it dosen't

DeforMAKulizer @ Sep 11th 2008 10:23AM

Anyone know if Singstar mics are compatible?!

kevin @ Sep 11th 2008 3:56PM

any USB mic is.

koehler83 @ Sep 11th 2008 10:48AM

Better late than never? Maybe sometimes..

In this case they're pretty much the same thing, arent they?

Both the compatibility and the release in Europe. Why even bother? Oh.. because Activision is about to take Rock Band by storm in every region except North America and they're trying to pander to the masses. Too late dickwads.

Bigman73 @ Sep 11th 2008 10:56AM

Kudos to Harmonix.
Shame on Activision blocking this for so long.

Bottom line - RB gets GH people to migrate to RB but not the other way around..very bad business thinking by Activision

ivan @ Sep 11th 2008 10:59AM

so does this mean u can use les paul for rb2????

El pelusa @ Sep 11th 2008 10:59AM

Hi

I've tried to do the unlocked all songs cheat with my Les Paul guitar but the it doesn't work.

Have anyone tried??

Thanks.

kevin @ Sep 11th 2008 3:56PM

cheat is with the drums

mywhitenoise @ Sep 11th 2008 11:20AM

It really sucks that we can't delete individual songs with the export option, like 360 users can. I REALLY don't want to play "I'm So Sick" or "Dead On Arrival" in online play.

Voice your opinion in this thread to add a "Delete Song" option.
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1214084#post1214084

Roric767 @ Sep 11th 2008 11:37AM

yeah does that mean GHIII guitars are also compatible for RB2?

Mp3 @ Sep 11th 2008 11:47AM

So how t f do I get the patch? Doesn't look like PSN has been updated yet.

SinfoniaSam @ Sep 11th 2008 1:32PM

Are Rock Band controllers compatible with Guitar Hero III and Aerosmith now as well? I own rock band and wouldn't mind just picking up the game for Guitar Hero, but I'm not buying the instrument...

alien @ Sep 11th 2008 1:34PM

Finally!!!

I have refused to buy Rockband since its release (almost a year now...) because of this stupid incompatibility. Maybe now I will actually buy it.

I wish they'd patch GHIII now as well.

Paranoid @ Sep 11th 2008 2:27PM

Does anyone know if the PS2 controllers
with the cr@ppy pelican adapter
would work now as well?
thanks

clif @ Sep 11th 2008 4:12PM

ps 3 fanboy this patch also fixes missed notes in some dlc songs and lowers the gold star cutoffs on songs too!!!!!!!!!! those are two pretty important things to mentions as well.

Josh J @ Sep 11th 2008 5:24PM

So does this work both ways. GH guitar on rock band, Rock band guitar on Guitar Hero?

Djinn @ Sep 12th 2008 4:39AM

Yeah what Josh J said! I have GH3 and GH3 Guitar, I would like to get RB can I use my GH3 Guitar with it?

si @ Sep 12th 2008 8:52AM

If there is no patch for rock band in europe then rock band 1 will be an even bigger flop here then i think it will be. i mean if you already own gh3 and have had it for a year or less why would you want +4 guitars in your living room? come on give us the patch!!!!!