"Adaptive band" type software to accompany solo practice and jam sessions
I'm not 100% if this is the right place to post the question. It's connected primarily with music, so I feel like it's OK, but... well... In case it isn't, please direct me to a better suited location and I'll delete this question.
I really like the "adaptive band" in Rocksmith 2014. For those who don't know what this is, it's mode in a video game where you can pick and choose accompanying instruments, tempo and tone and the "adaptive band" will play along with you, as you play on your guitar. This is awesome. You can enforce a steady tempo, or it the "band" can change it on the fly to match what I'm playing. Same thing goes for volume or tone. Generally, it's a really fun way to get some creativity flowing.
That said, I feel because it's part of a video game it limits what I can do with it. Getting it working is a hassle if I just want to do some bluesy improv with a light band in the background when the notion strikes me. Recording anything is also complicated. Finally, Rocksmith uses it's own proprietary USB connection, which I feel degrades the quality when I have dedicated hardware (of much better quality) connecting my guitar to my PC.
I was wondering if there are any alternatives to Rocksmiths "adaptive band". Unfortunately, looking for "adaptive band alternative" in Google yields results which are very remote from what I'm actually looking for.
Can someone tell me if such software exists and if it does, what should I be looking for?
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check out iReal Pro. It can play back chord progressions from thousands of songs and you can choose a style or tempo for the play back. Great for practicing soloing.
In Rocksmith the "adaptive band" functionality isn't really adaptive. All they have implemented is a large number of parallel recordings with slightly different styles, and dependent on your skills in the game it decides which one will get played at any time.
So there isn't actually any adaptation happening as regards your playing. The game is just moving tracks.
There isn't anything else in this space because the only way to make it work is to record those multiple versions and allow the choice of which is being played at any time to be varied based on scoring effectiveness - and that's only going to ever happen in a game.
What you are describing you want - is best delivered by jamming with other people. It's cheap, it's 100% adaptive, and it's far more fun than any game can be.
Oh, and you can end up making money from it :-)
Band In A Box!!! That is what I use for exactly that. It is also what I use to put lyrics to music. It is great for improv practice or actual composition of concepts. I usually take the BIAB track and import that into studio one, then play guitar and/or vocals over that.
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