DIY Rock Band/Guitar Hero World Tour Microphone Adaptor

If, like me, you purchased the instruments for Rock Band and/or Guitar Hero World Tour, you'll have no doubt realised that using the xbox live headset doesn't compare to a propper microphone. But I wasn't willing to shell out żusb microphone, when I had regular karaoke mics lying around. So I set about making my own adaptor.

You will need the following:
1x 2.5mm (NOT 3.5mm) jack
1x 1/4" line socket*
Either 3 pieces of wire OR 1 piece of triple cored wire at least 6" long
Soildering Iron
Soilder
Volt Meter

An xbox 360 and controller
A microphone and headphones (to test)

I'd like to apologise for the lack of pictures as I forgot to have my camera hand as I was making this.

*You may ask why I've made a 2.5mm to 1/4" adaptor rather than to 3.5mm which is more common. Well, most karaoke mics are 1/4" by default and 1/4" to 3.5mm adaptors are more common than the other way round, so this seemed to make more sense.

Step 1 Step 1 - Wire the 2.5mm Jack

This step is kinda easy. Just soilder the wires to each of the terminals on the 2.5mm jack. Once you've wired the terminals, use the volt meter on resistance mode to check that each connection is good and there are no short circuits. Then just slide the sleeve over and screw it on.

Comments

[Kindhamster]

while this IS a good Idea, you may wish to specify that this is strictly for xbox 360, not wii or playstation.
Just a thought.