RSMods

Mods for Rocksmith 2014 Remastered

Optional mods for Rocksmith 2014: name your song lists, loop and rewind sections, shorten the wait in Non-Stop Play, recolor the strings, black out the background for streaming and more. Every mod is off until you turn it on in the RSMods app.

Windows Steam version Learn & Play ready Free

Latest release

v1.2.8.4
Released
August 15, 2026
Platform
Windows, Steam version
Size
55.76 MB
Download installer

RS2014-Mod-Installer.exe from the RSMods GitHub releases

Before you install

RSMods works with the Steam version of Rocksmith 2014 on Windows.

Use 1.2.8.0 or newer

It works with the current game, including Learn & Play. If your Rocksmith2014.exe is about 11 MB, an older build of the game, 1.2.7.4 also works.

What you need
The Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable and .NET Framework 4.7.2. There is no Mac version.
Mods that edit game files
The mods tagged "Edits game files" below change the game's own files, so removing RSMods does not undo them. Restore your cache.psarc backup or use Verify integrity of game files in Steam.
Profile backups
Each time the RSMods app opens, it backs up your Rocksmith profiles to Rocksmith2014/Profile_Backups.
Linux (Proton)
Install RSMods into the Rocksmith 2014 prefix with protontricks, then set the game's Steam launch options to WINEDLLOVERRIDES="xinput1_3=n,b" %command%

Install

Four steps, once per release.

  1. Download

    Get the installer from the box at the top of this page.

  2. Run the installer

    It finds your Rocksmith 2014 folder, or asks you where it is, and copies RSMods into it.

  3. Turn mods on

    Open the RSMods app in your Rocksmith folder and tick the mods you want on Enable / Disable Mods.

  4. Play

    Start Rocksmith from Steam. Your mods load with the game, and mods with a key wait for that key.

What it changes

Every mod is off until you turn it on.

Practice

Linear Riff Repeater
68% in Riff Repeater plays at 68% speed. Without it, 68% plays at about 50%.
Riff Repeater above 100%
Play faster than the record, in steps you set.
Looping
Mark a start and an end with two keys and repeat that stretch.
Rewind
Jump back a few seconds after a mistake, 5 by default.
Show current note
Shows the note you are playing, to check bends and tuning.
Song timer and accuracy
Shows where you are in the song and your accuracy so far.
Non-Stop Play timer
Cut the 10.9-second wait between songs, down to 2 seconds.
Keep playing on Alt+Tab
The song no longer pauses when you switch to another window.

Song lists and loading

Song list names
Rename SONG LIST 1 to 6, for example to "B Standard" or "Exercises".
Extra song lists
Up to 20 lists: fill them in the in-game editor, filter Learn a Song and Song Arcade by them, and pick any of them in Non-Stop Play.
New songs without a restart
Rocksmith finds CDLC you add while it runs: every few seconds, from an Enumerate menu item, or with a key.
Tuning names Edits game files
Songs in B Standard say B Standard instead of Custom Tuning. You can add your own tunings.
Fast load Edits game files
Skips the intro screens. Use it with the game on an SSD.
Load my profile
Goes straight into the last profile you used.
Exit Game in the menu Edits game files
Takes the place of the Uplay item, so you can quit without the mouse.
No song previews
Silences the previews while you scroll the song list.

Note highway

Extended range colors
For 7-string guitar and 5-string bass: below a tuning you set, the string colors move down one, so the low B is not shown in the low E red.
String and note colors
Your own color for each string and note, or rainbow strings that keep cycling.
Highway colors
Recolor the fret lanes, the edges of the highway and the fret numbers.
Hide parts of the screen
The headstock, the difficulty bars at the top, frets, inlays, lane markers, lyrics and the hand markers.

Streaming and recording

Toggle Loft
Swaps the venue for plain black that OBS can key out: always, in songs only, or with a key.
Greenscreen wall
Removes only the back wall and keeps the amps on screen.
Screenshot scores
Steam takes a screenshot of every results screen.
Second monitor
Starts Rocksmith on your second screen.

OBS tip: For a note highway that floats over your own background, turn on Toggle Loft and set it to Always, then give the game capture a Luma Key filter with Luma Max at 1.00 and everything else at 0.

Sound

Volume keys
Turn the song, your instrument, the mic and the rest up or down with keys while you play.
Sound in the background
Keep hearing the game when another window is in front.
Other sample rates
Use headphones and speakers that cannot do 48 kHz, such as some Bluetooth headphones. It does not remove their lag.
Input volume
Sets how loud Rocksmith hears your cable, instead of its fixed level.
Default tones Edits game files
Make one of your saved tones the default for Lead, Rhythm and Bass, and change the Guitarcade tones.

Gear and fixes

Two Real Tone Cables
No more pop-up when two cables are plugged in for single player.
Direct Connect mode Edits game files
A hidden input mode: Microphone Mode with the amps and effects on.
Whammy auto-tune
A DigiTech Whammy DT, Whammy or Bass Whammy on MIDI drops to each song's tuning for you.
GuitarSpeak
Notes you choose act as keys, so you can run the menus from your guitar.
Fix stuck tones
Helps the game recover when it stays on the clean tone, without a restart.
Meta Quest crash fix
Stops the crash at launch with a Meta (Oculus) headset connected.

Release notes

v1.2.8.4 Released August 15, 2026 All releases
  • fix the limit where calibration wouldn't work with 120+ Hz monitors
  • fix the semi-crash on Alt-Tab when Show current note was enabled
  • moved the ASIO buffer cap to 4096 (this is unlikely to be practically usable, but it's there for anyone who needs it)
  • fix the crash on L&P build with allow audio in background mod
  • stop the crash if the dlc folder doesn't exist (somehow)
  • add a setting sanitizer and show the exact setting which had a wrong INI value

Getting help

Ask in the #rsmods channel on the r/Rocksmith Discord.

Open the r/Rocksmith Discord

Found a bug?

Open an issue on GitHub titled like "DLL - Bug - what broke" for the game or "GUI - Bug - what broke" for the RSMods app.

Report a bug