Rocksmith is a great game. We play it here in the office during our down times and love it! If you are experiencing lag between plucking the string and hearing the sound, even the slightest time difference, here’s how to eliminate it.

Head over to Amazon or some similar gadgety type store and pick up one of these ‘RCA Audio Adapter for Xbox 360 :

BestBuy, at least in Canada, doesn’t carry this adapter but you might want to check your local electronic shop first. This ‘dongle’ replaces the standard RCA cable that comes with the Xbox 360. That connector doesn’t allow you to put the HDMI cable into the Xbox. There is a large blocker on the original one that closes access to the HDMI port. This adapter takes the audio signal  and presents it for RCA cable connection while still providing access to the HDMI  port.

You don’t have to change the settings on the Xbox, just on your TV. If you are using the TV speakers, turn them off and use another sound system for the Xbox audio. This could be a standard stereo system or, as in our case, some basic home theater system. Depending on what you use, you might have to switch inputs on the audio system to play the sound coming from the Xbox.

Pretty simple, right? If you’ve got lag when you play Rocksmith on the Xbox 360 system, this cheap trick will eliminate it. Keep on rockin’!

Thanks for reading.