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Drums on Rock Band Video Game.

Drums on Rock Band Video Game.

2008-01-08 by pedro.rydlg

Hello all,

I've owned a DTXpress II for a few years know (bought it just before
they announced the comming of the DTXpressIII).

I have just added myself to this group, I'm a lousy musician who likes
writting his own songs and playing the 3 basic rock instruments, like
guitar, bass drums and voice, wait that's 4, and I said 3, but I'm
mainly a guitar player so I can't count... and I know voice may or may
not be considered a musical instrument, but that's not the point.

I have trouble with drums, because I've never gotten any instruction
on them, I can recreate the 8 and 16 beat sound from a keyboard and
add some uncreative and off tempo (not the good off-tempo, the bad
one) fills, and I got no natural talent, and I suck following any
instructional video or book.

I saw this rock band game, and I'm a fan of guitar hero, when I saw
the drum controller it seemed like there was a solution for my
prayers, I could get to play more complex rythms.

Oh, I did not check if this topic has been discussed already, but
anyway I had to introduce myself.....

Has anyone connected the DTXpress pads to this game?

Damn, I really typed a lot....

Re: Drums on Rock Band Video Game.

2008-01-08 by Jeremy Morrison

Apparently this guy is working on a way to do it:
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20420

You could try DTXMania, which is a free PC Guitar-Hero type drum game:
http://www.gdamania.net/

Re: [DTXpress] Re: Drums on Rock Band Video Game.

2008-01-11 by Pedro Reyes

I had not seen this, it is great, thanks!, seems like Rock Band is going to Ebay.... or maybe not...

----- Original Message ----
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From: Jeremy Morrison
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 4:49:09 PM
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Drums on Rock Band Video Game.

Apparently this guy is working on a way to do it:
http://www.rockband .com/forums/ showthread. php?t=20420

You could try DTXMania, which is a free PC Guitar-Hero type drum game:
http://www.gdamania .net/



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Re: Drums on Rock Band Video Game.

2008-02-15 by Mike

I know I'm jumping into a month and a half old post, but I just 
wanted to say thanks for recommending DTXmania. I set it up on my 
drum PC and it's working like a champ. This "game" makes drumming 
that much more fun. I like how you can use your drum pads to navigate 
the menus, the snare cycles songs, the ride is like hitting enter.

For anyone that's interested in trying, let me try to make it a 
little easier to get going 

1) Get any midi to USB adapter besides the Midisport Uno. If you 
already have a Midisport Uno, run over it with your car, or give it 
to someone you don't like. I use the Yamaha UX16 
(http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Yamaha-UX16-USB-MIDI-
Interface?sku=332007) I'm in the US, don't know where to get in UK
2) Make sure your midi is set to trigger out in the settings. This 
will not affect your daily non-midi playing that I've noticed. Make 
sure you set your latency as low as possible, I think 2ms
3) Get MidiMonitor from here 
(http://www.dtxpressions.com/files/wmw.exe) and make sure your 
computer is seeing the notes. Before getting frustrated, reboot your 
computer and see if it helps.
4) Register at http://www.gdamania.net/ . They don't send 
confirmation emails to activate your account, so you can use bogus 
info if you want
5) Download DTXmania 
http://www.gdamania.net/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=59&lid=791 
Just make a new folder on your hard drive and put the files in it
6) Download songs at http://www.gdamania.net/modules/wfdownloads/ The 
last link at the bottom of the first column is Pop/Rock and has a 
bunch of songs in it
7)For each song you download, just make sure it's in it's own folder 
inside the DTXmania program folder
8) Fire up DTXmania and pick a song and go!

Mike

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Pedro Reyes <pedro.rydlg@...> wrote:
>
> I had not seen this, it is great, thanks!, seems like Rock Band is 
going to Ebay.... or maybe not...
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeremy Morrison <b33m4n@...>
> To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 4:49:09 PM
> Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Drums on Rock Band Video Game.
>     
>             Apparently this guy is working on a way to do it:
> 
> http://www.rockband .com/forums/ showthread. php?t=20420
> 
> 
> 
> You could try DTXMania, which is a free PC Guitar-Hero type drum 
game:
> 
> http://www.gdamania .net/
> 
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Re: Drums on Rock Band Video Game.

2008-03-02 by emayall

This sounds like fun, but I am having trouble getting any midi signal 
from my DTXplorer. It is possible that the generic midi/USD converter 
I found on ebay is not what it should be, but I am also not sure that 
I've found the correct setting to change on the menu. Any suggestions?

Cheers,

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mrstark1@...> wrote:
>
> I know I'm jumping into a month and a half old post, but I just 
> wanted to say thanks for recommending DTXmania. I set it up on my 
> drum PC and it's working like a champ. This "game" makes drumming 
> that much more fun. I like how you can use your drum pads to 
navigate 
> the menus, the snare cycles songs, the ride is like hitting enter.
> 
> For anyone that's interested in trying, let me try to make it a 
> little easier to get going 
> 
> 1) Get any midi to USB adapter besides the Midisport Uno. If you 
> already have a Midisport Uno, run over it with your car, or give it 
> to someone you don't like. I use the Yamaha UX16 
> (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Yamaha-UX16-USB-MIDI-
> Interface?sku=332007) I'm in the US, don't know where to get in UK
> 2) Make sure your midi is set to trigger out in the settings. This 
> will not affect your daily non-midi playing that I've noticed. Make 
> sure you set your latency as low as possible, I think 2ms
> 3) Get MidiMonitor from here 
> (http://www.dtxpressions.com/files/wmw.exe) and make sure your 
> computer is seeing the notes. Before getting frustrated, reboot 
your 
> computer and see if it helps.
> 4) Register at http://www.gdamania.net/ . They don't send 
> confirmation emails to activate your account, so you can use bogus 
> info if you want
> 5) Download DTXmania 
> http://www.gdamania.net/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?
cid=59&lid=791 
> Just make a new folder on your hard drive and put the files in it
> 6) Download songs at http://www.gdamania.net/modules/wfdownloads/ 
The 
> last link at the bottom of the first column is Pop/Rock and has a 
> bunch of songs in it
> 7)For each song you download, just make sure it's in it's own 
folder 
> inside the DTXmania program folder
> 8) Fire up DTXmania and pick a song and go!
> 
> Mike
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Pedro Reyes <pedro.rydlg@> wrote:
> >
> > I had not seen this, it is great, thanks!, seems like Rock Band 
is 
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> going to Ebay.... or maybe not...
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jeremy Morrison <b33m4n@>
> > To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 4:49:09 PM
> > Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Drums on Rock Band Video Game.
> >     
> >             Apparently this guy is working on a way to do it:
> > 
> > http://www.rockband .com/forums/ showthread. php?t=20420
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > You could try DTXMania, which is a free PC Guitar-Hero type drum 
> game:
> > 
> > http://www.gdamania .net/

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