Drum foot pedal not working

[Donut-Man2]

My foot pedal for the drums stopped working after one song of play. And if i hit the foot pedal fast enough it will register as the green pad. Anyone know if there is a fix for this yet? I've read a couple other threads dealing with the same problem. It's on Xbox360 and the foot pedal is plugged into the correct port.

[Donut-Man2]

bump bump

[dovanon]

I've heard of problems with foot pedals, but never with a foot pedal registering green strikes.

Do you have another pedal lying around or one that you can borrow to see if it is the pedal or the set?

[Donut-Man2]

yeah i tried my foot pedal from rockband 1 and that also doesnt work

[dovanon]

Go into freestyle mode (practice->drum trainer->freestyle) and play each drum individually (including the bass). Then play combinations of the drums. Does the bass work at all by itself or in any combination?

[JStoebs]

Yeh i got the same problem too. i go into freestyle mode and evrything but the pedal will work. i plugged the orange pedal into the orange slot and nothing is registering at all. ive only had this game for about two three months and i cant figure it out

[CLH061]

Same is happening with my RB2 set. I have other pedals and they are also unresponsive. In addition, I plugged the pedals into my old RB1 set and they work fine.

If anyone has any knowledge as to how I might go about repairing the connection, it would be extremely helpful.

FWIW I'm past my RMA eligibility so I might as well attempt to fix myself before dropping more $ on another drumkit down the road...thx

[pro2call10]

I have Xbox 360 and have tried to sync the drums and pedal because the bass wasn't working except through the d-pad. So, I synced it and now the bass only works through the yellow drum. Any advice? I just wanna play Rock Band :D Thanks.

[link1080]

god i thought i was the only one with this problem, my green pad isnt like yours is. my foot pedal worked fine and i changed it to try out my old one and it stopped working and i try the other one again and it doesnt work still. i turned my drums off and i restarted my xbox and tried whatever i can do. i got the drums about a week ago and im definitely not buying another drum set because im broke >< anyone know how to fix this?

[Donut-Man2]

i went into freestyle and tried every combination with two different foot pedals and no bass response from anything. this is really bumming me out cause i really want to play the drums :/

[sailh2o]

Same problem just arose today, where "pedal" registers with the "yellow pad". RB2 has been working fine for the last month and problem came out of no where??? No resolution found, yet?

[heavenscloud60]

exact same thing happened with me, I looked it up and many people are having this problem!!!

I actually looked into the pedal, and its the simplest piece of electronics I could ever imagine, I can not see how they ever messed that up.

They obviously do not care about the customer no matter how much money we throw at them!!!

[pro2call10]

I figured out a different solution to my problem as posted above...I like the quieter drum pads so I popped them off of my rockband 2 and removed the old pads from my rockband 1, then reattached the rb2 pads onto the rb1 drumset. They fit exactly the same and worked great. Then I plugged in my bass pedal from rb2 into rb1. Now it's all the same except not wireless. I'll try to figure out this syncing problem on a different rainy day and hope to find a solution on here in the mean time as to why it won't sync.

[CLH061]

I figured out a different solution to my problem as posted above...I like the quieter drum pads so I popped them off of my rockband 2 and removed the old pads from my rockband 1, then reattached the rb2 pads onto the rb1 drumset. They fit exactly the same and worked great. Then I plugged in my bass pedal from rb2 into rb1. Now it's all the same except not wireless. I'll try to figure out this syncing problem on a different rainy day and hope to find a solution on here in the mean time as to why it won't sync.

How difficult was this? I'm in a college apartment and don't really have much in the way of tools laying around, if any are needed that is. Just wanted to check before I screwed up the only other working set I have...thx

[p1gface]

I had this happen tonight. So odd cus it worked fine last night. Hitting yellow registered yellow and bass. If I held down the bass, yellow only does yellow. Bass does nothing. This happens when pressing the yellow button too.

Luckily I was within 30 days and Best Buy gave me a new set.

[link1080]

i wish someone could tell us why and can i send them in to get new ones? its only been a week so idk why i shouldn't be able to.

[link1080]

well i didnt read second page sorry but i might have to put the rock band 2 pads in the first one like what pro2call10 said or i might get new ones from the store idk

[torqueblue]

wow this problem seems to have gotten bigger. same here at first i thought it was my new kick pedal i bought that screwed it up but it seems to be just the drum kit itself. after maybe just 30 minutes of gameplay the drum would start getting screwy and everytime i hit the yellow pad it also hit as a kick drum and then the kick drum would start to wildly kick random kick pedal notes without me doing anything. but recently i just bought myself some Duracell Rechargeable batterys. i dont know if maybe it was the battery change or something else but my drums hasnt been acting screwy since they work like normal even with my new drum pedal. Blockhead Ryhthm Maker Kick Pedal. im still playing around with it to see if it does it again. im still waiting on my replacement from EA.

[pro2call10]

How difficult was this? I'm in a college apartment and don't really have much in the way of tools laying around, if any are needed that is. Just wanted to check before I screwed up the only other working set I have...thx


Not at all difficult and no tools needed. Pull one side of the drum pad up just a little and put your fingers under the pad and carefully pull them off...there's like a little rubber button thing holding it on, but be careful because it is attached by a wire (you don't want to break it). Then unplug the wire and reattach on the other set (pop the rubber buttons into place, theymatch up perfectly). They are exactly the same drum pads in rb 1 and rb 2 except for the top is quieter when you play.

[pro2call10]

Keep an eye out...I'll try to post a 'How-to" youtube video in the next day or two..

[bmio14]

I'm having the same problems. I bought the RB2 drums and they worked fine for about 3 days, and then the drum pedal stopped responding. In practice mode the yellow pad would trigger the bass, but the pedal did nothing.

I actually bought a second set of wireless RB2 drums, and after a few days the same problem has happened to me. I am using the Destroyer pedal, but have tried the RB1 and 2 pedals as well, with the same results.

Considering this problem happened to me twice I was thinking it was something I am doing wrong. Is the third party pedal I use responsible? This thread is the only info I could find regarding my problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[CLH061]

Not at all difficult and no tools needed. Pull one side of the drum pad up just a little and put your fingers under the pad and carefully pull them off...there's like a little rubber button thing holding it on, but be careful because it is attached by a wire (you don't want to break it). Then unplug the wire and reattach on the other set (pop the rubber buttons into place, theymatch up perfectly). They are exactly the same drum pads in rb 1 and rb 2 except for the top is quieter when you play.

Cool, thanks for the reply. I think I may give it a go and try to switch them out. I can't stand the sound and lack of responsiveness from the old pads and am really itching to play some of the new DLC.

I'll keep an eye on this thread, so if you do happen to put up a video on switching the pads out, please let me know...thx again

[eyeguy]

My RB2 foot pedal stopped working after 2 weeks. I borrowed one from a friend and it did not work either so the problem is in the drum console or the synching. I contacted harmonix and they are sending me a new drum kit. They need proof that its within 60 days of purchase.

[adhvin76]

If the footpetal for the drum set is not working, what are we suppose to do? I'm a parent trying to fix the problem for my kids. Any suggestions out there or do I have to deal with the warrant support program?

[dovanon]

If the footpetal for the drum set is not working, what are we suppose to do? I'm a parent trying to fix the problem for my kids. Any suggestions out there or do I have to deal with the warrant support program?

The first step is to determine if it is the pedal or the drum pad set that is causing the problem. The easiest way to determine this is to use another pedal with your drums or use your pedal on another set of drums (if available/possible). Sometimes your pedal isn't responding because your drums aren't receiving the signal from the pedal. If you can determine which part is faulty by testing, it will make your conversation with EA much easier.

Once you determine which is faulty, I would recommend using the warranty (RMA) service. You can contact them at the number on the last page of your game manual or at http://rockbandservice.ea.com . The other users of the forum can try to help you fix your equipment using DIY remedies, but you're more likely to achieve the best results by having faulty equipment replaced.

[bmio14]

I wanted to post a possible solution to this problem. I have had the foot pedal stop responding on two sets of RB2 drums.

Last night after trying every different combination I found that when you start the drums and the system, leave the pedal unplugged. Once the wireless drums sign in, press down on the pedal and plug it in.

This made the game see the pedal, and the yellow pad no longer registered a bass hit. After a song I realized that if I let the pedal up, it was hitting a continuous bass note. I unplugged the pedal, plugged it back in normally, and now it works fine. It continued to work correctly after a restart.

I think somehow the signal got reversed, and it seems like plugging the pedal in while its pressed down was the answer for me. Hopefully this helps someone else, because I couldn't find any answers online.

[fish-hook]

Mark me down as a very disapointed customer!! Bought Rock Band 2 as a Christmas gift for my young son. To beat the rush, purchased on November 15th, 2008, wrapped it up, and put it away until Christmas Day. He absolutely loved his gift -- until last week that is. Bass drum no longer responds to foot pedal, but... hit the yellow tom-tom and both it and bass drum sound.

Tried to get help from manufacturer. Their response was to just replace the foot pedal. Even thought he has only used this product for 34 days -- no warranty!!

Have to wonder about a company that has so little confidence in its products.

[weege]

My base pedal stopped working as well. Its amazing how poor the quality of the rockband peripherals are. I have been using rockband wince the launch of RB1 and it was crap then and still crap now.

The set is about a month old and I cannot find the receipt. I regret dearly not saving up a little longer and just get the ion set but now I'm stuck with this crap.

Now that my venting is over with I will explain.

I was in the middle of a set and the Base pedal just stopped working. I tried the old RB1 pedal same results. I tried some of the possible solutions posted and nothing. I tried my old RB1 set and both pedals register fine. The problem is for sure with the wireless set and not the pedal and it's obvious that is widespread. EA Harminox needs to do something about this as I for one will not spend a single additional penny on Rockband DLC or future products. I'm disgusted beyond belief.

I will continue to trouble shoot this myself (everyone knows that trying to use the so-called useless EA support is just a waist of time so I will work on this myself). If I or anyone else finds a solution please post.

Sincerely,
Disgusted rockband user

[BonE74Me]

As with others, my drum pedal ceased to function correctly ...in very sudden fashion. I've had the kit since late December and - this may or may not be significant - shortly after changing the batteries, the drums were working, and then drums were not working. Also, when the pedal is unplugged, the d-pad down doesn't work, and the yellow button/pad also causes a bass hit.

Please help.

Looks like it's RMA time.

[BonE74Me]

Sorry - when I said the drums were working and then not, I meant the pedal. All other pads work when the pedal is plugged in. It's just the pedal that doesn't work. All "quick fixes" and "tide me overs" already posted here have not helped.

[weege]

Looks like it's RMA time.

I hope you still have your receipt if you plan on RMAing the set. I got mine in mid January and cannot locate my receipt so I may be SOL. I didn't think it was a big deal since I remember back when RB1 launched there was no need for receipts since EA and Harminox knew they were selling crap hardware. I'm assuming they thought the HW would be more reliable and while I really believed it was when I got my set on how well it performed its becoming as obvious as ever that again the HW is a POS but this time they are not helping out the customers since they changed their warranty policies.

At this point if I cannot get a replacement drum set I have two choices.

1. Stop supporting Rockband and move back to Guitar Hero.
2. Save up and buy GOOD HW in the Ion set, this would only be because of the huge investment I already have in RB with all the DLC and stuff.

Man they are screwing their customers..

[EXOR Racer X]

Bass pedal on my RB2 set stopped mid-song, replace the batteries and restarted the drums to find out that the down button on the D-pad was not working either. I unplugged the bass pedal and then the D-pad worked again until I reconnected the bass pedal.

I found that if you put a piece of paper in the D-pad, forcing it down, the bass pedal works normally during the game. Just take out the paper to move through the menus in the game or disconnect the bass pedal to move through the XBOX menus.

Hope this helps some until its fixed.

[jimmythejet]

I am wondering if this is a software issue. I have the EXACT same problem. It can't of all happened to a bunch of people at relatively the same time and it be just a coincidence.

Has anyone tried to open up their drums in the controller part to see if any wires are messed up/crossed?

[iamtheddrman]

I had this problem on my first RB2 kit. My first question for all of you is: Are you using the stock RB2 pedal or some DIY or 3rd-party RB1 pedal? Using my DIY RB1 pedal broke my first kit. Same problem as everybody else here with the yellow/bass problem. In addition (this is from memory months ago) I THINK my blue pad only worked with the bass pedal pressed down. I don't remember this for sure, but I think that's how it was. What I do know for sure is that I used only my RB2 pedal with my second kit and it worked fine. I then upgraded to a Kickbox and have also had no problems with it.

Hope this helps people get to the bottom of this

[jimmythejet]

I use the stock RB2 pedal. Never had a different one connected.

[dovanon]

Have you tried any of the workarounds like holding the D-pad down while using the pedal? Do any of those work?

[jimmythejet]

I will give it a shot tonight. Must get through the work day first :)

[EXOR Racer X]

I am using the stock RB2 pedal as well.

[kustomk9shirts]

About a week ago I was playing drums and decided to get up for a drink. When I came back, I felt a static discharge go from my finger tip to the D-pad controller. Didn't think much of this since it happens all the time in colder climate cities as we use heating and it tends to dry the air creating significant amounts of static.

I soon realized that my foot pedal was no longer registering with my drum set. My yellow pad would register a bass hit and a yellow hit simultaneously. After lengthy troubleshooting in the freemode trainer, and unplugging and replugging cymbals, pedal, batteries, resetting... I was able to get the bass pedal to stop registering with the yellow pad.

I still have not been able to get my foot pedal to register hits and when I hold it down and hold down the yellow button and then let go of my foot pedal it registers a hit on the yellow drum.

Messed up.

I've checked my drum pedal with voltmeter for continuity and the proximity magnet is working just fine. I believe it's the main controller (the center part of the drums) that's bugging.

I've RMAd both, the pedal and the drums, and hopefully will get a new from EA but it's already been a week and a half and they don't seem to be in a hurry to live up to their warranty.

I think the one advantage RB1 has over RB2 is that it is able to dissipate static discharges through the console into the ground. Once I get my new set, I'll be grounding it with a wire to anything that is plugged into an outlet and getting a rubber mat to go under my drum set.

K9

[jimmythejet]

I can no longer get my drums connected to my console. I took them to a friends place to try them there and they connected but still didn't work.

Now I can't get them to sync with my console again.

[weege]

The work-around listed don't work for me. As my problem is a little different meaning all pads work normally and the yellow does not register a base hit like some have seen.

For sure it's the brain of the set since the pedal works with the old RB1 set I still have.

I do not believe it has anything to do with software as my RB1 set worked and I had a friend come over with his wireless set and it worked without issue.

I'm starting to think this thing is not grounded properly as the other user stated.

It's BS and the last piece of equipment I buy for this if from EA/Horminox.

I have since moved the pads to the RB1 set and they work great but I lose the cymbals I had and wireless. The wireless I don't care so much about but I really enjoyed using the cymbals and just got really accustomed to using them, now I have to do back to not using them because of the shoddy equipment and crap warranty policy.

I will be saving up for the Ion set. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[torqueblue]

ya this problem is not going nowhere fast. aside from them not working on it im ashamed and pissed to have purchased Broken hardware and not heard weather or not im getting my replacement in anytime soon. but from what i gathered the RB2 pedal works fine a RB1 sets ive tested and works just to lazy to get the set out again. but the problem lays within the RB2 wireless set. if nobody has seen the problem well i spell it out again. WIRELESS. ive played with alot of wireless crap and to my understanding there can be massive problems. it has something to do with the pads and pedal as they are not together they are seperated. im sure ppl know that. but once they are together the sending information to your Xbox or PS3 however gets confusing after awhile and the data starts to scramble and eventually get lost and forget where its sending. one report from another forum site said this guy had alot of equipment such as stereos and antennas (rabbit ears) and a wireless internet modem. they all send data around but well sometimes get mixed up. i dont know if this is solid proof or just theorys but if the RB1 set works fine with the RB2 pedal its because its connected to the Xbox or PS3. again not solid info. but it has been tested and somewhat promising. on a side not i notice its only happening to Xbox and PS3 owners has no Wii owners had this problem? yet?

[rchizzle]

I had an issue with RB2 for the PS3 where my foot pedal would sometimes register and sometimes won't when I'm playing songs. It seemed like a weak signal. The reason I found was because I had the dongle for the drums plugged into usb port on the dongle for the guitar. So what I did was plug the drum dongle directly into the PS3's usb port and it worked perfectly fine after that. Hope this helps some of you

[Zosojay]

I hooked up my RB1 drum kit. I noticed that the bass pedal wasn't working. Re-plugged it in, looked at the settings still didn't work. I go to checkthe connection point on the front of the drum kit. All there is a black plastic sleeve with not connection device on the inside. Not a sign of silver anywhere, just black plastic.

[Ledgo2]

Same thing with a RB2 kit I got for Xmas.

Held D-pad down, hits on yellow when the Bass Pedal is not down. Put it down, nothin.

Now, when I held D-pad left, it would hit on command. Anyone else try this? (X360)

[bobsenerob]

help,my kit was working fine,then when i turned it on w/ my game controller,the kick-pedal only works on d-pad down.any suggestions besides restarting it?

[danner]

I am wondering if this is a software issue. I have the EXACT same problem. It can't of all happened to a bunch of people at relatively the same time and it be just a coincidence.

Has anyone tried to open up their drums in the controller part to see if any wires are messed up/crossed?

i opened mine up after checking resistance on bass pedal open loop pedal up closed loop pedal down(magnetic switch) then checked voltage at plug port....none..on orange. the other ports had about 2,5 volts. i checked resistance from pedal all the way to the transistor saw open/close to that point. no voltage at transistor. the other ones for the pads had voltage. i lost the circuit when it went to the hard wires to a microchip. i think the chip is the problem but that is beyond me. the only thing that i can think is my boy always hit the d pad area and paused the game . probably jarred a conection or chip. unfortunately bought in nov also for christmas no warranty. used maybe 3 weeks

[Rabidpunk]

Heres is one thing i noticed, I got a kick pedal (rythm maker or something like that it has this number also bh4010) i got it at bestbuy (in case you guys want to see it).
and Yesterday when the same issue mentioned in this thread started to happen i was using the rb2 kick pedal only, what i did was to connect the rythm maker and the rb2 (it has a double bass option) and switched it to GH,
If I use the GH option it works again without pressing dpad down.
but if I use the RB option it fails again.
The thing is that it seems that rb2 module switched the signal somehow....
its 30 dlls option in case you are way off warranty as i am now...
Anyway still pissed with EA for the crappy hw.. :@

If you guys figure a way to HARD RESET the module would be great.

[lt_cyx]

I had something similar: my pedal was not working, but none of the suggested fixes did it. Since I'm not in the US I decided to fix it myself.

I disassembled the kit and found out that the pedal input jack circuit wasn't closing. After disassembling pretty much the entire kit I got to it and there it was: the solder between the jack and the small PCB holding it was cracked. I soldered a wire there, reassembled everything and now we're good to go.

Now I need to reinforce my kick pedal, since it nearly broke in half, just like the RB1 parts. The only thing keeping it together is the metal plate.

[moonline]

ya this problem is not going nowhere fast. aside from them not working on it im ashamed and pissed to have purchased Broken hardware and not heard weather or not im getting my replacement in anytime soon. but from what i gathered the RB2 pedal works fine a RB1 sets ive tested and works just
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to lazy to get the set out again. but the problem lays within the RB2 wireless set. if nobody has seen the problem well i spell it out again. WIRELESS. ive played with alot of wireless crap and to my understanding there can be massive problems. it has something to do with the pads and pedal as they are not together they are seperated. im sure ppl know that. but once they are together the sending information to your Xbox or PS3 however gets confusing after awhile and the data starts to scramble and eventually get lost and forget where its sending. one report from another forum site said this guy had alot of equipment such as stereos and antennas (rabbit ears) and a wireless internet modem. they all send data around but well sometimes get mixed up. i dont know if this is solid proof or just theorys but if the RB1 set works fine with the RB2 pedal its because its connected to the Xbox or PS3. again not solid info. but it has been tested and somewhat promising. on a side not i notice its only happening to Xbox and PS3 owners has no Wii owners had this problem? yet?

same problem occur to me