RB3 Overdrive Activation Troubles

**link2312** · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 37 Location: Australia

Is anyone else having problems activating overdrive on rb3?

In rb2 I normally just blow into the mic or tap it and it will activate but in rb3 I can scream into the mic like a mad man and nothing happens... is there something I should be trying with my voice or does the problem lie in the mic/game?

**rastabot1** · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 209 Location: Bird City, Arizona

I believe it was RJ who said for GDRB to use a low "Vrrr" sound and that works fine for me in RB3. hope that helps.
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**link2312** · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 37 Location: Australia

Thanks! I'll give it a go next time I'm playing

**MWcw709** · Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 230 Location: Austell, GA

the GREAT pitch sensitivity of Green Day: RB lol it was a pain to pop the windows sometimes cause of the low wooo or what ever sound you had to make lol
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**link2312** · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 37 Location: Australia

I can't say I ever had any troubles with Green Day but the "vrrr" sound is working a treat for RB3!

Thanks heaps for the suggestion!

**link2312** · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 37 Location: Australia

So... I'm playing right now with a mate and the vvvrrr noise doesn't work unless it's held for a bit and it doesn't always work... Is there any quick sounds I can try?

**PlexShaw** · Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 332 Location: London, UK

What console are you playing on?

The really odd thing about the vocal OD activations in RB3 is that for some people it will not activate for love nor money whilst for others (like me - on the 360 using a standard Logitech Vantage mic) it's so sensitive that the mere act of breathing or quietly coughing can sometimes set it off.

Honestly, I reckon I could give the mic an evil stare and the vibes produced would set it off.

**singemfrc** · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4407 Location: California

A couple other things I have noticed - it works a little better if the vrr is at a varied pitch instead of monotone (so like a motor revving or something) and at a different key than what you are singing the phrase before.
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**link2312** · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 37 Location: Australia

I'm playing on the 360 I'll try varying the pitch now lol me and my mate are gonna play a bunch now so I'll have a play and try and find what works for me and my mic lol

**MWcw709** · Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 230 Location: Austell, GA

I've notice the bars behind the words scrolling across and if you line up your arrow in between though two small bars NOT THE WHITE AREA but in the the black area the window has no problem popping so i'm agreeing with changing pitch theory.
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**Geekthras** · Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Posts: 239 Location: Lincoln, MA

I just played through Complexity of Light and I could not get it to activate once in the entire song, trying everything from a loud yell to my strongest growl. Kind of annoying.
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**Spectrauma** · Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 78 Location: Australia

Make sure the game gives you a low sensitivity. So turn your speakers down, move back from the speakers (better yet, use headphones if you can) and sing quietly. Should make it much easier to activate. :)

**wesker-kun** · Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 1045

i'm totally with ya

i was in an endless setilist with 2 friends...

the weird thing is that this happened to only on CERTAIN songs...

In one of em, the drummer died... and i was like "woooooooooooooh, wOOOOOOooooooohoOOOOOooo" and nothing happened, on NONE of the windows , it was really frustrating... not even low "vrrrs" worked.

the weird thing is that this happened to only on CERTAIN songs...

today i was trying to play "Crosstown Traffic" on solo vox ... then plop, damn, the same issue!!!

what did i do? i unplugged my GH mic ... and then plugged my almost-dead While Logitech Microphone... and the situation got better, slightly better, i was activating almost normally

so yeah i plugged back my GH mic... and again, dead windows... i tried all kinds of wooooh's, restarting, going back to menu, even reboo-ting the game, and no luck, until i plugged my White logitech again

so if youre having the same issues as me... try changing your mic, it may help
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**MWcw709** · Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 230 Location: Austell, GA

I've notice something that got all my mics to pop the windows normally on any song. If, you change your surround sound system from Dolby to 2ch and use the mulit-output option on your ps3. You also, have to make sure Dolby is off in-game as well for this too work and see how that does for ya. Too me for some reason the game couldn't differentiated sounds going into the mics and our voices. Due to all the noise going into the mic. Just food for thought...lol, don't hurt to give it a whirl.
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