Do I need Rocksmith Real Tone Cable if I already have an interface (mbox)

[Shalissa]

this question has probably already been asked but do I need to get a real tone cable if I already have an interface (mbox). If so is there any way to work around that to use the mbox?

[Jaydo]

This can't possibly be true, can it? :( Is this meant for gullible young guitarists to trick them into buying both software and hardware?
Anyway, I just read there is some 3rd party software available to play this thing without their cable, but.....uh..why?

[905]

JedoDre, if you are dumb enough to use a crack to play without the cable, you deserve the keystroke loggers, trojans and worms that will come with it. Yes it is true, RS requires their official cable. I wish they supported other cables but they don't.

[JaPPa]

The reason they did this, as many sad before. Rocksmith is a learning tool and to make it work the best they want to make sure you that the connection form the guitar to the PC/MAC is optimal for thier software. It might feel like, they want some extra money for a cable.. but really, it is not, besides, it is a good qualtiy cable that you can use in grageband or what ever. And you can use it with the next version of Rocksmith probablyjust like RS1 to RS2014

[videogames]

It is most certainly not a good quality cable when you compare it with what you can get with a proper audio interface.
I can understand the cable's use as a cheap(ish) means to get the game working across all platforms and acessible to the average user, but that is no reason to force pc users to use that and only that if they've already got a better solution with their setup. In this case it's just a third(!) layer of DRM.

[Shalissa]

Thank you for the responses. My mbox interface will definitly sound better than their cable, it is just a way to make money. Either way I might not wait for the crack. This game looks really good, and I have enough money to spend on it. I play guitar but I could definitly use some work on chords and learning scales along the neck more and so far this game looks good for that. Hopefully I enjoy the game, hopefully they deserve their money, and hopefully I don't regret spending mine. Thank you for the comments.

[905]

Look on ebay and you can probably get RS 1 with cable for around the price of just the cable. Then you could play the RS1 songs on RS1 or pay the 10 bucks to import it into 2014. Just make sure it is unopened so that the activation code hasn't already been used.

[JaPPa]

Originally posted by Erebus:

Thank you for the responses. My mbox interface will definitly sound better than their cable, it is just a way to make money. Either way I might not wait for the crack. This game looks really good, and I have enough money to spend on it. I play guitar but I could definitly use some work on chords and learning scales along the neck more and so far this game looks good for that. Hopefully I enjoy the game, hopefully they deserve their money, and hopefully I don't regret spending mine. Thank you for the comments.

The game emulates the sound, that works best when you know what kind of sound comes in to proces it at best, so your (non RealTone) cable might sound less good in Rocksmith then it would in other options.

[Dragon_Klawz]

Originally posted by shiny pidgey:

It is most certainly not a good quality cable when you compare it with what you can get with a proper audio interface.
I can understand the cable's use as a cheap(ish) means to get the game working across all platforms and acessible to the average user, but that is no reason to force pc users to use that and only that if they've already got a better solution with their setup. In this case it's just a third(!) layer of DRM.

He's got an Mbox, he's been 3rd-layer DRM'd already by Digidesign, if it was Pro Tools 9 or lower.