Guitar Hero X-Plorer Wired Guitar Controller (Xbox 360)

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If you are on linux and can’t proceed past this step, follow these instructions: https://github.com/sanjay900/guitar-configurator/issues/32 The Strum switches are similar to the start and select buttons, they will be three wires on some guitars. For these situations it is easy enough to connect to the microcontroller. Xbox 360: Does not suffer from latency issue seen in PS3 version. Requires a generic Xbox 360 controller receiver, please see the Xbox 360 entry in Receivers and Dongles for more information. The spreadsheet is read by identifying the guitar type and the console it originates from, and then reading the note that corresponds to the number listed in the cell. Travel Distance Is goodtravel distance is the pretty much the height of the fret, the lower the fret is, the shorter the travel distance. This guitar has almost the travel distance of a wiitar, very good travel distance.

Connect the data (middle) pin to an analogue pin on the microcontroller. These are labeled with an A on the microcontroller. When buying a guitar, be sure to factor in the cost of the dongle (if wireless), the Wiimote (if a Wii guitar), or the breakaway cable (if a wired Xbox 360 guitar).

If you are unfamiliar with microcontrollers, you may also be unfamiliar with PCBs in general and figuring out which pins correlate to which function. Here are some terms you will need to know. If you are working on a controller with only "2" pins as shown below, you will need to desolder the bridged pins and run 3 wires yourself as noted above for the whammy to work best with the configurator.

Xbox360: Comes in wired and wireless variants. Wired requires a generic Xbox 360 breakaway cable, wireless requires a generic Xbox 360 controller receiver. Please see the Xbox 360 entry in Receivers and Dongles for more information. For example, if you have a Guitar Hero 5 controller from the Xbox 360, then the corresponding note (11) says "Must be paired to a 360 controller receiver, Type !receiver for more info". You can find information about the receiver through the wiki's search bar, in our Guitars, Drums, Controllers section, or you can join our Discord server and type !receiver in one of the channels. PS3: Requires a unique wireless receiver. Please see the guitar's Receivers and Dongles entry for more information. Find out what each pin correlates to on the exsisting components in the guitar. (AKA work out the pinout) In some guitars, all of the pins are labeled on the main board or other various pcbs, sometimes on the bottom of the main board.

SG Style Strummer

A microcontroller is a small board that can be programmed to perform various functions. In this guide you will be using the microcontroller to replace the main board of the guitar. Around the edge of the microcontroller, you will see various solder through holes called pins. These are labelled with a pinout (which you can find by googling {your microcontroller} pinout) and sometimes on the microcontroller itself. The pins have various functions, but for this controller mod you will need to be familiar with 4 kinds: While many guitars will work with Clone Hero, there are a select few that we recommend for users. These guitars are either of high quality, known to work, or are otherwise preferable to the alternatives that may be available. Clone Hero is compatible with keyboard controls, gamepads (Xbox, Playstation, etc), guitar controllers, and drums (gamepad style and midi style).

Digital Pins - These pins are the "basic" pins. They can essentially only show if a button is pressed or not pressed. You will use these for strum, start/select and frets. The are the most common pin on your microcontroller and are usually labelled with just a number. PCB (printed circuit board) - the often green or brown boards containing traces and electronic components Connect the two switches in series between ground and any digital pin that has not already been used.

Playstation 5 Game Display

Up and down on the dpad MUST be connected to the same pins you will be using for strum. You will want to twist those wires together and solder them to the same pin. You may want to wait until you are working on the strum to connect these pins. Since the Monterey (version 12) update for Mac OS, Xbox controllers no longer work. There is no known workaround for this. If you are on a Mac we highly advise that you avoid all Xbox controllers and guitars.

From here, you can hover over buttons to configure them. You will be presented with the folowing dialog:

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PS3/PC: Requires a unique wireless receiver. The PS3/PC World Tour and Guitar Hero 5 receivers look identical but are NOT interchangeable. Please see the guitar's Receivers and Dongles entry for more information. For guitars with a DPad that is seperate, it will be much easier to wire as you can follow the traces and wire it to the pins like you would for start/select. You may also need to wait until the bind countdown completes before pressing any trigger, this is to ensure that the "Press" is what is bound instead of the "Release." You will be met with the following screen (Note that it will be slightly different for an Arduino Uno or Arduino Mega)