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@Cheesewizard Cheesewizard released this 06 Oct 18:52
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RSModsPlus is now Rocksmith Audio Bridge. The old name was easily mistaken for Rocksmith+, and the mod has grown into a full suite: play any song without retuning, run your own amp sim, record your playing and practise note by note, all controlled from an in-game overlay.

rocksmith-audio-bridge-demo-10mb.mp4

Install

  1. Close Rocksmith and RSMods.
  2. Download RocksmithAudioBridge-Installer.exe below and run it.
  3. Press Install and accept the Windows admin prompt (it registers the Audio Bridge ASIO driver).
  4. With Rocksmith closed, open RSMods (RSMods\RSMods.exe in your Rocksmith folder), go to the Rocksmith Audio Bridge tab and set Guitar input to Real Tone Cable or ASIO interface.

The installer includes the full RSMods suite, so you don't need to install RSMods first. Run it again to Reinstall / Repair (for example after a Steam file check) or Uninstall. Uninstall asks before removing your settings and never touches your recordings.

Upgrading from RSModsPlus 3.x: run the installer over your existing install. Your RSMods.ini settings and key bindings are kept. Cable users no longer need the MultiPitch tone for the Drop Pedal.

Requirements: the Steam version of Rocksmith 2014 Remastered on Windows, and the MS Visual C++ 2015-2019 redistributable. The Learn & Play edition is not supported yet. Works with a Real Tone Cable, or an ASIO interface through RS_ASIO 0.7.2 or newer (the latest release is recommended).

Full guide for every feature: README.

What's new

In-game overlay

Press \ in game. Pages for the mixer, guitar input, output, recording, External amp, Note by Note, the Drop Pedal and general settings. Every control has a tooltip, and your settings are saved.

Stable audio on any speakers

  • No more "No audio output device" at start-up. The Audio Bridge gives Rocksmith its own input and output devices, so one badly behaved Windows device, or no speakers at all, can't stop the game from starting.
  • Rocksmith always sees the 48 kHz stereo device it expects, and the Audio Bridge converts to your real speakers or headphones, so 44.1 kHz and 5.1 devices play without errors or crackling.
  • Move the game's sound to another playback device while you play, with no restart, plus an optional volume limiter.
  • The Audio Bridge starts with the mod every time and does not need ASIO: with a Real Tone Cable all of this works with no setup.
  • With an ASIO interface, set Rocksmith Audio Bridge ASIO as the driver in RS_ASIO.ini to get these too. The mod never edits RS_ASIO.ini for you.

Drop Pedal and Speaker Mode

  • Drop Pedal for Real Tone Cable users now works natively: no MultiPitch tone, lower latency, and any tone works.
  • In multiplayer the Drop Pedal keeps separate settings for each player. Speaker Mode is one global setting that Player 1 controls, and both players tune to Player 1's tuning.
  • Keys: F7 cycles Drop Pedal / Speaker Mode / Off, , and . shift down and up, F9 sets your guitar's tuning (Player 2 adds Ctrl). Readout colours are configurable.

External amp (new)

Play through your own amp sim, such as AmpliTube 5, instead of Rocksmith's amp, while Rocksmith keeps your clean signal for note detection. In the amp sim pick Rocksmith Audio Bridge ASIO, with Rocksmith guitar as the input and Rocksmith out L / R as the outputs. The Drop Pedal shift reaches the amp sim too. External amp needs an ASIO interface with the Audio Bridge driver set in RS_ASIO.ini; Real Tone Cable support for External amp is planned. Everything else in this release works with the Real Tone Cable.

Recording (new)

Press F6 or the overlay's record button. An audio take saves the full game mix and your clean guitar as a pair; a video take saves an MP4 with the game sound. Recordings capture exactly what you hear, amp sim included, and each game launch gets its own dated folder in Videos\Rocksmith Audio Bridge.

Guitar input cleanup (new)

Make-up gain, a noise suppressor that keeps your sustain, a compressor, a hum filter that removes only the mains hum, and an override for Rocksmith's own noise gate. Works with a cable or an ASIO interface.

Mixer (new)

Seven faders: Master, Player 1, Player 2, Song, Microphone, Voice-over and Effects. Player levels change only what you hear, never note detection.

Note by Note practice mode (beta)

A Riff Repeater mode that checks every note you play. Turn it on with the NOTE BY NOTE switch in Riff Repeater Advanced Settings.

  • Flow mode (on by default, FLOW MODE switch just below): the song keeps playing while you hit the notes and stops at the first note you miss. Turn it off to stop at every note.
  • Detection combines the game's own matcher, a pitch verifier and a bundled machine-learning detector that starts on its own; no Python or downloads.
  • Chords need a fresh strum, and sliding into a note doesn't count; hammer-ons, pull-offs and taps pass without a pick.
  • A bend meter shows how far to bend.
  • Right Arrow is an emergency skip, in case you ever get stuck on a note.
  • Bass arrangements are supported (experimental).
  • Readout, target style and layout are set on the overlay's Note by Note page.

Fixes

  • More ASIO interfaces work with the Drop Pedal: the input hook now keeps retrying until RS_ASIO's capture is ready, instead of trying once at start-up.
  • Speaker Mode works with custom DLC built on newer Wwise versions (DLC Builder, Wwise 2022/2023).
  • Speaker Mode keeps working through long sessions; before, it could stop until the game was restarted.
  • Custom string colours match note colours.
  • The in-game tuner holds one target pitch with a Drop Pedal or Speaker Mode shift active, instead of flickering between two tunings.
  • The settings window no longer offers an "Update RSMods" button that replaced the mod with the original RSMods.

Known issues

  • RS_ASIO 0.6.1 to 0.7.1: the game crashes right after the profile screen. Update to RS_ASIO 0.7.2 or newer: replace both RS_ASIO.dll and avrt.dll and keep your own RS_ASIO.ini. Versions before 0.6.0 cannot patch the current game at all (distorted sound, no guitar input). To check your version, open RS_ASIO-log.txt in the Rocksmith folder; the first line reads Wrapper DLL loaded (vX.Y.Z). Fixed in 4.1.
  • Speaker Mode: on a heavily loaded PC, a short high-pitched tone can play while a song loads. Starting at a moderate volume is a good habit.
  • Two-player Drop Pedal works when both players use the same kind of input, both ASIO or both Real Tone Cable.
  • With auto-tuning on, the Drop Pedal / Speaker Mode shift is sometimes applied when the song loads rather than while you browse the song list.
  • Note by Note is in beta. Some visuals are still being polished: note markers during holds, bends and loop restarts, and the section colour on the Riff Repeater timeline.

Report problems on this repository, not to the RSMods authors. Attach RSMods_debug.txt from the Rocksmith folder and the logs in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Rocksmith Audio Bridge\Logs.

Checksum

RocksmithAudioBridge-Installer.exe SHA-256: cfb024672e58534fc1c5ba215dd8060e17355c4b158653f9ceaf18f142c51cf4

Rocksmith Audio Bridge is built on RSMods by Lovrom8 and ffio1. If it has helped you, you can buy me a beer. Thank you!

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