SP trigger: tilt or button?

**Alakaiser** · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 4154 Location: Cambridge, MA

What do you guys do to set off your SP? I usually can't reach the button to trigger it based on the way I hold the guitar(working on that, though. Also working on getting down alt strumming), but when I tilt the guitar, I seem to have an issue hitting the next note or two.

Oh the dilemma.

So what do you guys do? Tilt or button?

**popemobile** · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3879

I ususally use tilt unless i need to be really accurate or if there is a hold note before i activate SP

**IEatGlue** · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:57 am Post subject:

button

my hand naturaly rests on the button when i'm playing

like my wrist area
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**Galgo** · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 590 Location: Olney, Maryland

I tilt because it has a chance of making me miss a note while reaching for the button, unless there are no notes, would make me miss notes no matter how hard I tried, also, if I am activating after a pause it forces me to trigger SP early, just because of the way I hold the guitar.

**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

I've always been a tilter. I always end up hitting the Start button whenever I tried hitting the Select button, so it's always been tilt for me.

Plus, it makes me feel cooler when I play holding the guitar out like that.
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**Huwonk** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2432 Location: Marysville, Ohio

I use tilt, but my guitar has a VERY finnicky tilt. Sometimes it activates and sometimes it takes two tries (tilt up, tilt back down, tilt back up). I am half tempted to install a thumb star-power button.
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**malictus** · Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 994 Location: Bloomington, IN

I always use tilt, but I also have had trouble with getting tilt to activate sometimes. I'm not yet to the point where I'm going for ultra-high scores, so I don't need pinpoint accuracy yet. If I did, I'd probably use the button instead if possible.
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**rabies** · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject:

unfortunately ...tilt.... With my picking method (guitar pick), i cannot hit the select button without screwing up.

I hate using the tilt. It rarely triggers exactly when i want it to..often it does not trigger at all. There is nothing more frustrating than having a great run botched because your stupid tilt trigger elected not to function.

..thus I have been toying with the idea of soldering in a foot switch select trigger...

**Huwonk** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2432 Location: Marysville, Ohio

It sounds like this is a common problem. The new SGs activate TOO easily. You tilt it 5 degrees up too quickly and the SP activates. Also, the strum bar seems to be TOO springy. It sometimes double strums if you strum down too hard on it. I hope they fix the GH2 controller because I don't want to buy a second controller that is like that...
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**Fly1ngV** · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

i tilt, and although there is a slight delay for the tilt, i've lerned to compentsate for it.

**Squirrel** · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:

I tilt, but due to more constant delays/shaking guitar to get it to activate, star power button is being installed is in the very near future.
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**MetalMadness** · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1095

I tilt, except on the occassion where an SP needs to happen almost immediately. Then I try the button with the palm of my hand. I try not to use the button since most of the time, I strum when I hit the button and it kills my combos.
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**Dreyvas** · Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 2416 Location: Cleveland, OH

I'm a tilter.
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**Cliff** · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 3002 Location: Springfield, IL

The button naturally rests under my wrist, so I press.

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**tommy2000** · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:47 am Post subject:

It varies, i used to always press until i played Trippolette, in that song i found it much easier to tilt, and now i pretty much do a mixture of the two, usually button press on long notes before fast parts. Tilt is finciky alright.