Comments on: Rock Band Drums for PC: Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Kit

By: yusqi

yusqi — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:59:56 +0000

where i find drum software to pc (windows)

By: SOTEC

SOTEC — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:21:36 +0000

Frets on Fire for pc is a freeware sim of all the Guitar Hero and Rockband games. With some forum support, you can even mod it to look like either RH or RB, and all songs from all of those games (plus user created songs) work in it.

http://www.fretsonfire.net

By: TheSteg

TheSteg — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:27:47 +0000

Ive tried to download the drum machine program. It doesnt seem to work. The program talks about hacking the drum kit but it never says how to do it. If anyone has instructions on doing this with ps3 drums let me know

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:44:29 +0000

Ion Audio shows off prototype of alternate Rock Band drum set at CES

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/ion-audio-shows-off-prototype-of-alternate-rock-band-drum-set-at/

The fine folks at Ion Audio are showing off a prototype Rock Band drum set complete with beefier drums and some cymbals out on the CES show floor. Apparently release is pending on customer interest, and there’s no word on how much Ion’s planning on charging, but we can say with much certainty that we’d jump at a chance to add this kit to the existing Engadget HQ collection of Rock Band paraphernalia. Check out Engadget Spanish for the full on gallery experience.

By: Dom

Dom — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:22:43 +0000

cool* program.

By: Dom

Dom — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:22:21 +0000

Thanks, that’s a coop program.

By: phyzx

phyzx — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:46:09 +0000

http://andrewrudson.com/main.php

Beta program for your rockband drumset.

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:58:17 +0000

I would also be interested in such a program. I’m not sure what type of program I would need.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:37:36 +0000

Would there be a software program online that would accept the drum kit as and actual drum kit to record your own stuff? if so please let me know the name of it.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:40:45 +0000

Oh, so I just tried this. Because I had downloaded Microsoft’s drivers for my XBOX 360 controllers this worked fine and is recognized as a 360 controller.

Here’s the Microsoft dirvers:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/download.mspx

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:34:07 +0000

This is cool, it’s not a ‘hack’ it’s just an industrious way to get the drums to work. I wouldn’t be suprised if the Rock Band creators were totally pleased that PC users were able to get the drums to work. I’m sure they thought of this and don’t mind at all.

By: elvisizer

elvisizer — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:47:42 +0000

anyone tried the ps3 kit on a mac yet? i’d imagine it would work if it’s using standard usb class drivers. i’ll try that out tonight . . .

By: Chaz

Chaz — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:38:44 +0000

“somewhat says:
November 26th, 2007 at 6:04 pm

Yeah, you can just go to your local music store and buy an electronic drum kit and program for your PC. Kinda solves the problem the easy way without having to hack anything.”

Commercial electronic drum kits cost quite a bit more than the one included in Rock Band. I don’t know if they plan to sell them seperately in the future (then it would cost even less), but the cheapest midi drum kit or pads worth buying are around $300 – $500. And with the PS3 version it sounds like you don’t have to “hack” anything. Could be a good alternative!!

By: Fromps

Fromps — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:37:52 +0000

You could get a drum set, and like, try pluggin it into Rock Band, but I don’t think 360 or PS3 could handle such an awesome force.

By: somewhat

somewhat — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:04:15 +0000

Yeah, you can just go to your local music store and buy an electronic drum kit and program for your PC. Kinda solves the problem the easy way without having to hack anything.

By: Mr. Sadistic

Mr. Sadistic — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:50:25 +0000

I wonder if there is going to be a drum-type game for the PC, now that PCs can recognize the drum kits.