I Try to Learn Bass with Yousician for 60 Days - App 2021 Review (Is It Better than Rocksmith????)
162I Try to Learn Bass with Yousician for 60 Days - App 2021 Review (Is It Better than Rocksmith????)
I learn some new techniques with Yousician by playing the app everyday for 60 days. Part of my Review series of this application.
Script:
It seems like two years ago, all of the music YouTubers such as Stevie T were throwing out sponsored ads for a bit of an app called Yousician. I see many reviews on how good it is on the guitar and that it's the best on the guitar. That's good and all, but what about the rest of the instruments. Well, that's where I come in. I will be playing through Yousician on each instrument for sixty days to see how much I progress on each instrument. Yes, that includes guitar as well. What's going on, everybody! My name is Jack Jenkins, and welcome to my channel. Let's get rocking for Yousician bass.
[Intro]
Let's start off with my background on this instrument for my new viewers. The only history I have on bass is playing the original Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 for sixty days each. That means I've been playing the instrument for a little less than half a year total. Meaning that I am very new to this instrument and am a perfect candidate to learn from. The bass I own and am currently using is the Ibanez Talman TMB100. As you can see from the picture, I got it from amazon, and I'll put the link to buy it below. It is a pretty excellent starter bass and works wonderfully with both Rocksmith and Yousician.
To start off, I was using just the free trial, but the constant interruptions basically forced me to use the paid version. The total comes out to a hundred and forty dollars on sale or a hundred and eighty dollars regularly for all instrument access. That is on the more expensive side, but I thought it would include many more features than it actually did. Funny enough, the songs before I paid took half a minute to load up. Once I spent, though, they basically come in an instant. The free version is timed for ten minutes per session, so I think they pad out the load times, so you play less. It's a little trick that kind of pissed me off at first, but I understand that it's just part of the business plan.
Once you sign up on the Yousician site, you get prompted to download the Windows application, which I primarily played on. You can also download it from the App Store or Google Play store as well. I tried using my mobile devices, but I found that using my big 4k monitor is a much better viewing experience… not to brag or anything. You can use a microphone, or you can plug it in straight with your Rocksmith cable. I tried the microphone. There were a few detection issues, so I switched to playing exclusively with the Rocksmith cable. It works so much better. The downside to that is you can't record audio using this cable which is why none of my footage has my bass sounds. It's a big disappointment and a considerable blowback against the app. I should say that Yousician and Rocksmith are in a legal battle, so maybe the feature will be added once all that blows over.
The application is immaculate and pleasing to the eyes using a dark theme. Once you open the application, it displays all the new songs from the artists and suggests songs. It lets you know where you left off in the different paths or allows you to take a timed guided lesson if you only have like ten minutes to play. The interface is done exceptionally, so the designers deserve a big round of applause.
From the home menu, you can choose two other options from the top. You can continue learning through your paths, or you can go through the weekly challenge. The weekly challenge is two songs with two different versions, one easier and one harder. You then have a week to get as high of a score as possible, and it will tell you your rank. I have to say that the weekly challenge is a great concept and it had some fantastic songs picked recorded by the Yousician staff. I have to say that I actually prefer these songs over the covered license ones that are so heavily advertised. I believe these songs that pop up are the new ones recorded by the Yousician staff, meaning you get three new pieces per week which isn't bad.
The songs themselves, as you can see, are graphed with this side-scrolling game. The numbers are the frets you should hit, and their location on the board will be their string. The color of the fretting numbers shows what finger you should use, with yellow being your index and red being your little pinky. The background changes from green if you are doing good to ad dark red if you are doing bad. If you play the note on time and you get a rating from late to perfect. The better the rating, the more points you get at the top of the page...
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