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How to Make Your Real Drum Kit Work with Rock Band on Playstation 3

How to Make Your Real Drum Kit Work with Rock Band on Playstation 3
This is a step by step tutorial on how to set up Rock Band 1 and 2 on Playstation 3 to a real drum kit.

What you'll need:

  • 5 piece drum kit (we used a Dixon Demon)
  • Playstation 3 (or 2)
  • RockBand 2 (or original RB)
  • Rock Band Microphone and two guitar controllers
  • 5 acoustic drum triggers, appropriate cables (cable connector types depends on the triggers and interface, just make sure they are compatible with each other)
  • drum trigger interface
  • Midi to USB Rock Band Adaptor
  • RemO's Tone Control Rings
  • Hart Dynamics Magnum mesh heads (optional)
  • Blue, Red, Green, Yellow spray paint
  • polycrylic spray coating
  • 3M mounting tape
  • orange construction paper
  • Elmer's glue
  • Pintech cymbal triggers (optional)
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Step 1Get the Gear and the Game

Get the Gear and the Game
Get the Playstation 3 or 2, and the Rock Band or Rock Band 2 pack that comes with the drums, guitar and microphone, and game disc. Even through you will not use the drums, this pack is less expensive than buying the game, two guitar controllers, and the microphone separately. And if you want to return you drum kit to a normal later, you can use the included Rock Band drum kit to play the game. We used the Guitar Hero World Tour controller for our second guitar.  You'll also need real drums.  We used a Dixon Demon in Urban Camo.
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10 comments
Mar 27, 2012. 7:34 PMBlackFriday242 says:
Umm, I'm lookin at your drum mics and was wondering what kind of mics they were. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT!
Jan 4, 2010. 1:35 PMteslafan100 says:
I would rather buy the rock band kit.
Aug 1, 2009. 6:26 PMfreddd says:
Could you get this, and run it along side a ps3 to xbox controller converter to allow this to work on a 360

http://gadgets.softpedia.com/newsImage/XCM-Adapter-Bringing-the-PS3-Controller-to-the-Xbox-2.jpg

here is a link to one
Jul 15, 2009. 8:59 PMPSPerson says:
funny.... because the PS3 Guitar Hero World Tour drumset has a MIDI in right on the back of the controller.... and the GHWT drumset works on both games
Jun 24, 2009. 3:38 AMege207 says:
can you use it without ps3
Jun 28, 2009. 8:00 AMiSmack says:
Yea, it says on the intro you can also use a PS2 and regular Rockband. Hope I helped :]
Jun 26, 2009. 7:32 AMMilotisX says:
This is truly a great 'ible!! i wish i had room for this in my house, i own an Alesis D4, that woul work right?
Jun 26, 2009. 5:22 AMJoe Martin says:
That must sound truly awful, But a fantastic idea!
Jun 23, 2009. 3:47 PMbumpus says:
Cooooool! :D

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