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Elden Ring player slays Margit using a real harp as a PC controller

An Elden Ring player has transformed their real-life musical harp into a PC controller, and they've already serenaded Margit to the grave using the instrument

A talented Elden Ring player has worked out a way to use a harp as a RPG game.

In a short clip, Reddit gaming PC.

Ellsworth explains that the Harp's notes are captured by a pickup and sent through to an audio interface. The sound is then handed off to a MIDI translator which ultimately transforms the instrument into a really elaborate gaming keyboard and mouse alternative. Thankfully, the musician doesn't have to play riffs to run across The Land's Between, as playing a single note toggles movement on and off. That said, if you're the kind of player that likes to spam magic, you might need to play an elaborate solo on this harp controller to do so.

Defeating Margit using a controller is hard enough, so the fact Ellsworth has stomped the classic DnD adventure, which perhaps means this musician is technically a Bard.

Harpist beats Margit with a literal harp (not harp bow)
byu/Lettuce4Dayz inEldenring

Of course, this isn't the first time we've witnessed someone play Elden Ring with a weird PC controller. Last month, a modder played the game using a converted bunch of wired-up bananas helped another player beat Godrick the Grafted.