Confirmed: 3 Wireless Xbox 360 (Lips) mics will work!

[The_Sailerman]

For a while now, I've been trying to find out whether 3 of the Xbox 360 wireless microphones (the ones that come with Lips & will soon also be sold separately) could be used at once with The Beatles: Rock Band.
After never receiving confirmation from Microsoft after contacting them in a variety of ways (including email and Twitter), I pretty much gave up.

Then, Harmonix created official Twitter accounts for Rock Band (@RockBand) and TB:RB (@TheBeatlesRB)! They had to know! (And they did!)


sailerman: @TheBeatlesRB Can 3 of the Xbox 360 wireless mics be used at the same time? I want to get an all wireless setup for The Beatles: Rock Band!


TheBeatlesRB: @sailerman Yes, 3 Xbox 360 wireless mics can be used at the same time so you can create an all-wireless set-up for TB:RB. Woohoo!

So there you have it, Harmonix has officially confirmed that everyone singing can use a wireless microphone! If you can find Lips cheap, pick it up, and if you've already got Lips, go get another mic on eBay (like I have)!

[Skittles]

nice, can I use them with RB2 when that patch comes out?

[harveyglobetrot]

nice, can I use them with RB2 when that patch comes out?

I believe so. I seem to recall MS making it compulsory that RB/GH/rhythm games in general be functional with the 360 Wireless microphone. The Lips mic is exactly same as the 360 mic which is getting released in a couple of weeks.

On a side note, I'm expecting the mic/stars patch in the next week or so; the 360 mic is due out on August 12. It would look bad for both HMX and MS if it couldn't work with RB on that day.

[Rod_Stixx]

It sure would be handy to use the Lips mic for my drums, since I have my kit set up behind our home theater chairs, and that is just a tiny bit too far for the USB mic to reach and still be in a good position for my mic stand when I vox/drum.

[i_c_weiner]

It sure would be handy to use the Lips mic for my drums, since I have my kit set up behind our home theater chairs, and that is just a tiny bit too far for the USB mic to reach and still be in a good position for my mic stand when I vox/drum.

You could just get a USB extension cable. I plan on just finding some USB mics for my Wii and making the necessary additions.

[jay4428]

Dont the Lips/Wireless Mics take up a controller slot on the 360? If so, how is it possible to have 3 wireless mics + drums + guitar + bass when the controller max is 4?

[Hockeyabe]

The lips mics only take up a slot when a controller is on. So if you are playing lips 2 player, and only have one controller, it still works and only one quadrant is lit on the console. I have never tried more than the 2.

[jay4428]

ok cool. I recently bought the Lips mics and thought I screwed myself.

[Frederf]

I've found the volume level of the MSWM (aka Lips mic) to be very low compared to my wired RB1 microphone. Is there anyway to turn up the gain on these?

[west siide]

I only tried the Lips mics so far and they seemed fine?

I'll have to test with wired to check the difference.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Kingfish]

What about the reported 'delay' or 'lag' that the wireless mics are having...any more word on this?