Can't get past Calibration

[Covert Death]

Just bought Rocksmith 2014 on PC (I had the original on PlayStation) and set up my profile and got to the calibration screen. The game detects my realtone cable (from the original PS4 copy, so its authentic) just fine and plays sound as expected during calibration, I can hear the strumming and the speakers during the calibration screen play the animation for sound coming out, but the calibration needle just doesn't move.

The first time the needle stayed at the bottom, the latest time I tried it shot up to the top and stayed there, even if i muted and turned my volume knob down to 1.

I'm at a loss to get this working. I followed advice from another thread and disabled all other input sources in the sound settings, I also set the input volume to 100 and made the sure the bitrate was the highest settings for the realtone cable.

I don't understand, If I can hear my guitar just fine through the speakers during the calibration, and the calibration screen is animating, its obviously hearing my guitar, so why won't the calibration needle work.

Any thoughts or help is much appreciated.

[RagingDelirium]

You've gone out of it's range, I made the mistake of including a boost pedal in chain and had the same issue with single coils guitars, I had to use a humbucker and play LOUD to get to recognise the issue and recalibrate, after that it would recognise my strat and problem solved.

Which guitar are you using, also have you tried just reinstalling?

[MTZIGG]

Had luck just playing the string hard and fast on some tests. I did a long time ago ;-).
Make sure you are in tune with a tuner 1st
also unplug your cable and plug it back in with the calabration screen running

[Covert Death]

I'm using a squire strat with a humbucker on the bridge.

Originally posted by RagingDelirium:

You've gone out of it's range, I made the mistake of including a boost pedal in chain and had the same issue with single coils guitars, I had to use a humbucker and play LOUD to get to recognise the issue and recalibrate, after that it would recognise my strat and problem solved.

Which guitar are you using, also have you tried just reinstalling?

I'm using a squire strat with a humbucker on the bridge.

When you say gone out of its range.... what exactly is detecting this range? Is it the game or something in the realtone cable? The 'volume' sounds fine coming back through my speakers, not too loud and not too soft either.

Originally posted by MTZIGG:

Had luck just playing the string hard and fast on some tests. I did a long time ago ;-).
Make sure you are in tune with a tuner 1st
also unplug your cable and plug it back in with the calabration screen running

Yea i started whaling on it like a mad man and still didn't even budge. I'll try unplugging and plugging back in though during that screen.

[MTZIGG]

another trick did .ALT TAB then go to win sound settings> recording devices real tone cable and make sure its all the way up . good luck .It will work sooner or later make sure you are 48k also. If you are on win 10 and did their last update its screwed so bad MS was telling peeps to not update if they already had'nt ;-(

[RagingDelirium]

Originally posted by Covert Death:

I'm using a squire strat with a humbucker on the bridge.

Originally posted by RagingDelirium:

You've gone out of it's range, I made the mistake of including a boost pedal in chain and had the same issue with single coils guitars, I had to use a humbucker and play LOUD to get to recognise the issue and recalibrate, after that it would recognise my strat and problem solved.

Which guitar are you using, also have you tried just reinstalling?

I'm using a squire strat with a humbucker on the bridge.

When you say gone out of its range.... what exactly is detecting this range? Is it the game or something in the realtone cable? The 'volume' sounds fine coming back through my speakers, not too loud and not too soft either.

Originally posted by MTZIGG:

Had luck just playing the string hard and fast on some tests. I did a long time ago ;-).
Make sure you are in tune with a tuner 1st
also unplug your cable and plug it back in with the calabration screen running

Yea i started whaling on it like a mad man and still didn't even budge. I'll try unplugging and plugging back in though during that screen.

This is in regards to the game, not the cable.
e.g. when I included a boost pedal it moved it's upper and lower parameters of accepted sound upwards.
So it's user setting save / variable - somewhere
Hence suggesting doing a full uninstall and delete any associated steam save files, then reinstalling, calibrate using your single coil and also good...

[Covert Death]

Originally posted by MTZIGG:

another trick did .ALT TAB then go to win sound settings> recording devices real tone cable and make sure its all the way up . good luck .It will work sooner or later make sure you are 48k also. If you are on win 10 and did their last update its screwed so bad MS was telling peeps to not update if they already had'nt ;-(

I confirmed volume is all the way up and set to 48k. I am also on the latest version of windows but I can't imagine that alone is making the game not 'properly' register the sound.

Is there a difference in the realtone cable from Rocksmith (original) to the 2014 edition?

[MTZIGG]

I don't think so. I still use the same one I go t with the 2012 release.Also I am on win 7 ultimate.
Just to confirm has it ever got past cal. if it has you can just skip it .If no I am at a loss. You have checked all the positions on you're pickup switches I assume and your guitar has no batteries or boost options correct?

[MTZIGG]

Ok found a way to skip it from the get go.you will have to start a new in game profile.When you get to the part about the cable.Pick disconnected mode. >go on from there,> when you get to the main menu for game play.>Hit Ctrl that will take you to the path /input screen>.Change to the cable. It will ask you to calibrate just hit "Not Now and you are in.;-)

Once you are back at the main menu go to the tools menu.Pick audio settings and you can set your gain from there if you need to . I would try to play a lesson first to see if it is working before messing with it .Just my opinion