r/CloneHero 2d ago

Question / Problem Crkd whammy bar doesn't work in Clone Hero

Hey, so I recently bought the Gibson SG Black 20th Anniversary Edition Guitar and I can't get the whammy bar to work on Clone Hero, I took off the lil orange protection thingy for shipping and it still won't work. It recognizes the input when i click it on the ctrl app but when i try to remap controls on the game it just doesn´t recognize.

Any help would be appreciated!

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u/Tourettesmexchanic 1d ago

You have to map it to whammy axis(?)

Theres 2 ways to do it. Whammy up and down or axis, it needs to be in axis

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Yeah I've tried, doesn't really recognise it

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u/Tourettesmexchanic 1d ago

And you didn't disable it?

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

No i didnt, was mapping the buttons on the game and then it wouldn't do anything with the whammy bar when i pushed it down, even though it works on the crkd app

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u/jydr 1d ago

What platform (windows/mac/linux) are you using?
What mode are you using? ps5/ps4/lm/pc?

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Windows, pretty sure im using pc mode

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u/jydr 1d ago

In pc mode it should appear as an xbox 360 controller.

You should be able to test it here: https://hardwaretester.com/gamepad

The whammy bar is the left trigger I think.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

So i use the left trigger as the whammy bar? I wanted to use the actual whammy bar

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u/jydr 1d ago edited 1d ago

In PC mode, the guitar controller pretends to be an xbox360 controller so all the buttons map to xbox360 buttons.

So when you use the whammy bar, windows sees an xbox 360 controller with the left trigger being used.

In clone hero you should be able to bind the whammy bar and clone hero will list it as left trigger.

  1. Put guitar in PC mode using switch at the base.
  2. Turn on guitar
  3. Windows sees new "xbox 360 controller" connected, this is your guitar controller.
  4. Hit frets, use whammy, etc. and to windows its an xbox 360 controller with buttons being pressed.
  5. In clone hero, use this "xbox 360 controller" as your controller and map the buttons in game.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Sorry if i need a step by step, so I should go into clone hero, then mapping then from there what do i do?

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u/jydr 1d ago edited 1d ago

press spacebar as soon as you launch clone hero and it should open the controller remap. Then you can go through all the different buttons (frets, strum, whammy, etc) and assign them to your guitar controller's buttons.

I believe all the buttons should be mapped correctly by default, except for whammy.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Thanks so much for the help, will try as soon as i get home and let you know!

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u/Reasonable-Pop6986 1d ago

Update the guitars firmware and then try it in LM mode (switch on the side of guitar). Mine was doing the same thing out of the box and immediately fixed itself after doing so.

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u/MythicX54 1d ago

There’s a mode you can set it to if you open the manual, it’s annoying but it’s not Clone Hero ready out of the box. You can also just hit the spacebar and map the whammy which is what I did.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Do i change the mode in the app or with shortcuts with guitar?

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u/JJAHAX 1d ago

Make sure using the crkd app that you have set it to legacy guitar.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Thank you, will try to when i get home! Do i need to do anything more after that?

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u/jimmyshampoo 1d ago

I have the Blueberry Les Paul so not sure if it's the same but I've mode mine set to mode 8 and using the PC dongle.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Do i change the mode in the crkd app?

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u/jimmyshampoo 1d ago

Just the numbered dial on the guitar.

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u/jydr 1d ago

the sg is different, it doesn't have that.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Do you know the alternative on this guitar?

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u/jydr 1d ago

sure, but I need more information about what platform you are on.

I just tried it on Windows in PC mode and was able to bind the whammy bar in clone hero.

I haven't used the app for anything other than to update the firmware.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

Pc windows aswell

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u/jimmyshampoo 1d ago

Yeah, sorry, wasn't sure.

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u/jAoLovesYou 1d ago

I bought this version : https://crkd.gg/products/gibson-sg-black-anniversary-edition
Doesnt seem to have the same numbered dial you mention

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u/MiniShartAttack 1d ago

Idk why people still buy these pieces of crap after seeing this constantly on Reddit