How to use a Rockband 4 Guitar on PC (For Clone Hero 2024)

[@chipskylark9352]

I have been down so many forum rabbit holes, learned more about HID Compliant drivers than I ever wanted to, bought multiple wireless adapters, done powershell and cmd scripts, and got to the point of giving up. I finally got the itch to mess with it again and after another hour of beating my head against a binary wall, I found your video, followed it, and holy shit it worked. Thank you so much for this! Hopefully this helps people with the same problem find the solution faster than I did My search terms were along the lines of: "Xbox one Rockband guitar driver showing as HID-Compliant Device rather than HID-Compliant Game Controller" Thank you again! You are the man.

[@rexetelectric3811]

So I have a device that's listed like that, and everything works, but when I go to open clone hero my guitar doesn't register in the game as being mappable, or come up at all for that matter, did anything like that happen to you? I'm so close to playing its literally driving my insane, please help

[@dansmith8721]

I was struggling getting this to work last night but I finally tried just the version of RB4 Mapper used in this video, 4.0.3, instead of the newest version and I used version 1.21.442 of Vigembus, and it finally just worked. The newest version of RB4 mapper was not creating the guitar profile after recognizing my controller. That version did it immediately. I'm using the Xbox RB4 wireless guitar with the official xbox adapter. Hope this helps someone since I was beating my head against a wall trying it last night!

[@CharlesOConnor]

Thank you, this is what worked for me as well!

[@pvrecarnage6661]

Youre the goat

[@EveCitrus]

thank u youtube video for incredibly specific problem, livesaving once again

[@ben.lev93]

If you're able to read / help im new to the PC side of things, but after downloading the mapper it doesn't allow me to install the desktop app you have. Any pointers?

[@SgtMorningWood69]

does it work the same of a ps4 rockband guitar?

[@salooo9983]

Hi, can you help me? I have a rock band 4 guitar. the app works but the third and fourth buttons are in the wrong order. if I press the (yellow) 3rd button the pc thinks it's the 4rd (blue) and the same the other way around. thanks if you can help me fix it.

[@digiornogiovanna2174]

tysm! i totally forgot about this whole ordeal from the last video but this video actually works on my end now!

[@ReversedHD]

Glad it works for ya man! Enjoy!

[@JakeSmith-mn7pg]

I just got the PDP riffmaster and it does not have a pcap device detected. It came with a wireless adapter that looks like the xbox one version but this program doesn't seem to recognize it. Is there a way to get the PDP riffmaster to work?

[@OniiXGaming]

yeah might return this thing is driving me nuts

[@AlienMyth64]

i had the v4.0.4 version and it (mostly) worked only 1 time (the strum was glitchy). after i closed the program and it didn't work at all afterwords... i updated to the latest 4.2 version and it still doesn't register at all (it notices when it says configure usb device but doesn't register button presses).......

[@jeffjohnson7011]

​@@OniiXGamingsell it to me

[@MarkWay-k8y]

Hopefully you can help, the remapper program refuses to find my xbox adapter, do you have any suggestions?

[@ReversedHD]

Make sure your instrument is not on.

[@rexetelectric3811]

EDIT: so the guitar works, but not in clone hero if that makes any sense, it can move the cursor and make clicks with the buttons, but doesn't read at all when I go into clone hero, does it have anything to do with the adapter I bought? (It's 3rd party but still works) any information helps, thank you!

[@rexetelectric3811]

I've had the device off and connected I've had it on and connected, it reads and everything but when I open up clone hero it doesn't even let me assign a guitar to begin with, but it reads the guitar in rb4 instrument mapper so I don't know what the issue could be, please help I have 2 guitars and want to get them both working thank you

[@arandomaj]

I was having issues as well uninstalled the newest rb4 button mapper and used the release version he uses in this video and it works

[@rexetelectric3811]

That was gonna be my next idea! Thank you sm I'm gonna try it out now

[@rexetelectric3811]

​@arandomaj EDIT: the adapter works and I've been playing with no problems for the past week!

[@fh5_drifting]

it wont let me select enable or auto detect on the instrument mapper, pls help

[@metalxslimes]

I've tried everything and it still doesn't work. my computer recognizes the guitar but anytime I try to use it I get nothing. doesn't work with remapping either. If I click a button on the guitar it doesn't register anything and just closes the window.

[@guilhermealexandre8684]

Please do the Ps4 guitar tutorial

[@pyramid2012]

Dongle not recognized by mapper. What now?

[@Scotttt16]

Awesome video man thank you for the updated info! one question though, is therea way to get this method to work for rpcs3?

[@ReversedHD]

I'm not completely sure as I've only dealt with the Xbox variant, but you can always take a look here wiki.clonehero.net/books/guitars-drums-controllers/page/recommended-guitars

[@Shakermakerrr]

It has been updated!

[@NotSoBig_Ben]

For some reason, the Pcap section won't recognize my guitar even after reconnecting it in the settings. I'm using the same guitar as the video.

[@wastingcalories]

Any idea why the program won’t even open? It just stays white then it says not responding

[@27jreaper]

I did everything in the video My red button takes me back to the control set up and my whammy bar and tilt makes my mouse move around I always have to reset my PC to fix it

[@highguy2742]

rb4 mapper isnt detecting the xbox dongle any ideas on how to fix that

[@ReversedHD]

Maybe try running the program as an admin. Also make sure it's not a 360 receiver and it is an Xbox one adapter.

[@tugboat2578]

Running as an Admin worked for me.

[@noj3323]

How do you run it as an admin

[@Soluble_]

I cant get to sync the guitar, like I press the button on the guitar and then on the adapter but it wont sync

[@maverickhatfield]

Does anybody else have a problem with the whammy on the Riffmaster? It is somewhat picked up a tiny bit, and makes long notes sound whammed without the whammy being used.

[@Jiv]

yes I’m having this issue have you found anyway to fix it?

[@jasonmartinez5116]

Wondering if this tutorial would also work for the upcoming PDP Riffmaster when it arrives this spring

[@FSMusicLTD]

It does yeah

[@marleensrain]

too bad they all got scalped

[@FknArthur]

What`s the name of the adapter in the mapper? I have the xbox wireless adapter but I do not see it on the list

[@ReversedHD]

Make sure it's the Xbox one adapter not 360 adapter. It should auto detect, it's a different name for everyone.

[@FknArthur]

Tried auto detect but it says no new device found

[@FknArthur]

⁠@@ReversedHDyep. I got the one for xone. Is there a driver I should install first?

[@ReversedHD]

@@FknArthur Only other suggestion would be making sure it's not in a USB 3.0 slot. Maybe that would affect it, but I'm unsure.

[@dylangiles9638]

Bought a brand new Xbox One Reciever and rb4instrumentmapper refuses to find it when its plugged in, any idea what to do?

[@ReversedHD]

Try running the program as admin.

[@dylangiles9638]

Tried that and didnt work. I used your outdated vid from 4 years ago and got it to work so still thanks lol

[@ReversedHD]

@@dylangiles9638 ay right on lmao glad one of the ways worked haha

[@danb6551]

Im sorry if this in the comments but does anyone know how to make it where my frets don't also count as a strum?

[@AABaconOnYT]

you cant use a normal bluetooth thing ?

[@Lost_tranquility]

I have rb4 wireless guitars but they don’t need a dongle for the xbox, do I need that dongle for clone hero??

[@ReversedHD]

Yes. The dongle is what allows your pc to connect to the guitar.

[@Lost_tranquility]

@@ReversedHD that’s a bummer thank you for the help 🙏🏾

[@EmeliJackieVargRos]

El microfono ya funciona para usarlo en clone Hero tengo uno de rock band .. 😢

[@Destoroyah12]

does the whammy and tilt works?

[@Lui-tc4ph]

My pc doesn’t have Bluetooth can I use a wired method instead of

[@ReversedHD]

If you have a wired guitar everything here is irrelevant, should be plug and play.

[@xxnightowlxx1185]

bro what receiver? like a specific kind?

[@DamnitDannie]

Aww, you need a receiver? :(

[@ernestourroz2897]

Thank you!!!!

[@bwb7589]

Thanks man

[@rubandzxo]

does this only work for xbox guitars?

[@ReversedHD]

This current method, yes. There are many more on the clone hero wiki though!

[@JoshuaLakatos-i3h]

Could not create ViGEmBus device for Guitar1: Nefarius.ViGEm.Client.Targets.Xbox360.Exceptions.Xbox360UserIndexNotReportedException: Exception of type 'Nefarius.ViGEm.Client.Targets.Xbox360.Exceptions.Xbox360UserIndexNotReportedException' was thrown. Stopped capture. Getting this error, had it working for a bit and now the next day my RB4 mapper wont start the capture.

[@JoshuaLakatos-i3h]

I somehow had an old rb4 mapper version idk how but I reinstalled and it's setup like yours now and working!

[@fluffiestshibe]

hey will the outdated video on this still work?

[@ReversedHD]

Some people said it's worked for them when this one hasn't, but I have no idea lol

[@fluffiestshibe]

Alright well I still use all the things in the old tutorial and it still works, was just asking for a friend since he's trying to get this set up on his PC