Mad Catz making Rock Band controllers...

[Dalamari]

http://www.rockbandmods.net/news/mad-catz-rock-band-instruments-releasing-next-week

I'll be buying that bass (top one), always wanted a proper bass-looking guitar since it's all I play.

 

[CyberPitz]

Am I crazy in thinking I see TWO bass pedals?!

What are the symbols for? \=

 

[Dalamari]

From what I've read, one pedal is for bass, another is for a hi-hat (not sure if you have to pick which one or if you get two) and the cymbals are for the hi-hat pads . So I would guess you can play the hi hat pedal, cymbals, or pads.

Seems a bit over complicated tbh

 

[Letters]

I don't get how that works without remaking the whole damn game. How could it possibly recognize input from all that extra shit. Sure you could have your hi-hat be the same as the green pad which is what the game usually uses for hi-hat and have your crash as blue... but then there's the pedal... what the hell could that actually do? Then there's songs that use the pads for different instruments so you could be hitting the cymbal and making a tom sound... that's not freaky at all.

 

[Sam]

A double bass pedal would actually be handy for rock band though. ****ing double bass hits, so hard to get with the pedal they give you.

 

[Dalamari]

Also, the bass guitar strum is split in two so you can two-finger it, and there's a thumb rest

 

[i am HOLLYWOOD]

A double bass pedal would actually be handy for rock band though. ****ing double bass hits, so hard to get with the pedal they give you.

which is why you strip out the pedal and make a new one out of a real drum kick : )

 

[giant384]

are there more "strings" on the guitar...that looks hard to play

 

[CyberPitz]

Ever seen a real drum kit? The hi-hat has a pedal for opening and closing it.

OH MY GOD WHATS A DRUMS?

Yes, I've seen real shit, but this isn't real. I was thinking it could have been the double bass, because I can't see the point of a hi-hat with Rock Band...

 

[Dalamari]

are there more "strings" on the guitar...that looks hard to play

Just same 5 solo keys and 5 normal keys

 

[CyberPitz]

Those 5 "solo" keys never work for me.. My fingers are a bit too fat for them, so I can never hit the ONE I want.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Ever seen a real drum kit? The hi-hat has a pedal for opening and closing it.

A real drum kit also has, you know, a hi-hat. And you don't typically play it with just the pedal.

Looks damn weird to be honest. Are those real cymbals? That would sound horrible over top of the sound from the game, especially since they'll undoubtedly be shite quality no-brand ones. Guitars look cool though.

 

[Sam]

which is why you strip out the pedal and make a new one out of a real drum kick : )

That's the plan, have you done it yourself? I was planning on picking up a pedal cheap from ebay or somewhere, then taking the magnet and sensor out of the RB pedal. Would that work fine?

 

[Darkside55]

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