BORED with playing "Smoke On
The Water" on yer Slazenger?
Too BUSY doing things you
shouldn't as a teenager to learn an
instrument?
And too DRUNK on a Saturday
night to care about the neighbours?
You need a Jaminator,
the ultimate Air Guitar. It lets you play
lead guitar riffs on top of well-known songs. There
are cartridges that store songs and riffs in ROMs,
each cartridge contains five songs, a few digitized
instruments, and dozens of riffs. The riffs are
selected by holding down a fret button with
your left hand and tapping one of the string
buttons with your right hand. It will then play
a lead guitar riff that is harmonious with the
selected song. There are also drum pads and a small
keyboard if you want to spread your talents
around.
The note pitches are
predetermined by the song as are the durations, but
when they are triggered is up to the player. One
can create some remarkably complex patterns by
hopping between two riffs. We wanted to ensure that
the user didn't feel like they simply and
idiotically pushed a button every now and then. One
thing we blew, though, was not having a balance
control between the background music and the riffs;
sometimes the solos get lost in the
sauce.
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