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Yes it does work with the Rocksmith cable and we've seen a bunch of users discovering that. As you point out, pitch detection can be a little sensitive with that cable (depending o…

Yeah the core of the pitch detection is in Flash, so that it can work in browsers that don't yet support HTML5 audio, such as Safari, and in older browsers. But where possible, we …

Sure, please do keep the feedback coming. You can message us thru the site when logged in (we use Intercom for this) or email us at hello@getinstinct.com .

Haha - Actually, we've thought about it multiple times. With the right teacher, it wouldn't be that hard!

Haha, sorry about that, probably a bug. If you don't mind sending us OS / browser / version + the lesson you played, we can try to debug. Our email is hello@getinstinct.com.

Hey, thx for writing! So the Firefox issue is that the browser asks for microphone approval on every lesson, which can get a little annoying as a user. Is there a way to get Firefo…

Great points, and thanks so much for the kind words about the tuner. Agree that sheet music would be great, and also that the lessons do feel a little quiet / less lively than they…

Yeah I'd love for us to make a piano version too. We haven't started it yet, but maybe it's percolating - I've been spending a ton of time on the piano lately. :)

Yeah we like HTML5 / WebRTC a lot better too. In Chrome, Instinct actually uses WebRTC instead of flash to access the mic. We had a few issues with Firefox WebRTC though, still try…

Awesome, so glad that your first lesson was a good experience! Yeah I agree about the layout of strings in tab notation being confusing as a new guitarist. We wanted to default to …

Great point, totally agree.

Ah in demo mode, just move the mouse over the highlighted strings at the bottom and they will play. No need to click or anything.

We first launched here on HN 1.5 years ago, and we're pretty excited to share v2. Our goal with Instinct is to add deep interactivity to any music lesson. We think that one day, ev…

Awesome to hear, I love the Beethoven lessons. Some classical stuff sounds really cool on a guitar (esp Beethoven on an electric). Both good suggestions. We haven't found out a gre…

Old school :)

As long as the computer microphone can hear the guitar, you don't any hardware. That said, if you want to plug your guitar into the computer microphone jack, you can. You just need…

This is a mic that has worked really well for our users. Not the prettiest but the audio is solid: http://www.amazon.com/Samson-Mic-Compact-USB-Microphone/dp/B...

It's possible that the server choked for a moment, it should be okay if you try again. Edit: Also make sure you have JS enabled, otherwise the form won't work.

I'm one of the guys behind this, thx so much for all of the support (and to @yegg for posting). Here's some more detail as requested by @ClayM and others... The Year of Rock is the…

Yes it works with any guitar and you don't need a pickup or any cables. Because it listens thru the microphone, you can just sit near your computer and play your guitar like you no…

Ha okay - working on a more detailed comment.

Hey I'm one of the founders. The early weeks are focused on beginners and then it will get more advanced.

Yeah we love it for two reasons: 1. Our users can send messages to us from inside the app. They end us using this to communicate with us more than email. 2. The dashboard for site …