Soundtrack
The full soundtrack for Rock Band 3 features 83 songs, including a mix of tracks that made use of the new keyboard peripheral. The full setlist was formally announced a few days after the 2010 Gamescom, at which the list was accidentally revealed during a video interview which had it scrolling in the background. The Nintendo DS version of the game features a 26-song subset of the consoles' setlist.
Harmonix releases new downloadable songs for Rock Band 3 each week, starting launch week with a set of twelve songs from The Doors. Downloadable songs since the game's release include, when appropriate, keyboard and vocal harmony support within the base cost of the song (normally about US$2 per song). Due to the cost and effort to create Pro guitar and bass tracks, Harmonix releases these additional authored parts as a separate download for certain songs with an additional US$1 cost. Downloadable songs released by Harmonix after Rock Band 3's release are not compatible with previous games in the series due to changes in the song format.
The majority of songs from other Rock Band games, including both on-disc songs and songs offered as downloadable content, are playable in Rock Band 3, which led to more than 2,000 songs already being available when the game was released. Rock Band Network can also be played in Rock Band 3 and, unlike in Rock Band 2, they can be played in all game modes. A new version of Rock Band Network, called Rock Band Network 2.0, allows songs to be authored with harmonies, Basic and Pro keys, and Pro drums, but does not yet support Pro Mode real guitar and bass charting due to the complexity of authoring those parts and a lack of qualified users able to test them.
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