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geekboi
05-06-2009, 02:09 PM
Hi all,

I have been developing a game in Flash (withholding details for the moment!) that uses the Rock Band (1) kit by means of tattiebogle's 360 controller drivers and GamePad Companion.

Today I received an Ion Drum Rocker in advance of a public exhibition of my game, as I figured the ordinary drums would just be smashed within an hour. However, I have discovered that the Drum Rocker is not recognised by OS X, and my research suggests that this is because it uses velocity sensitive pads and so is not properly HID compliant.

How can I get around this? Are there other drivers somewhere online that I can use specifically for these drums? Alternatively, I have a Boot Camp installation of Windows XP on my Macbook; will it simply 'work' in that?

Thanks in advance.

bpickell
05-06-2009, 04:14 PM
It should definitely work in boot camp.. I see no reason why it wouldn't. As far as the Mac, I'm not aware of any drivers as of yet. You might need to get creative and write your drivers for that.

mumbo133
05-31-2009, 08:16 AM
ive wondered if this worked because my xbox 360 ions dont power up even when i plug them into a windows computer