Drum specifics ( for those experienced )

[parastroke7]

For those of you who have got to play the Rock Band drum peripheral, here are some evaluation questions for you to mull over.

1.) Pad loudness? Responsiveness?
2.) Pad size? (estimate inches)
3.) Bass pedal spring / force needed to push down / distance to be pushed?
4.) Overall feeling about the kit? Functional?

Anyone who can elaborate will make me happy, like, real happy.

[IErrantVentureI]

Same here. I've been dying to try it out, but since the tours are nowhere near me, I gotta get all my info from you guys.

[undertow]

I am leaving for E-for-all in a matter of minutes. If this hasn't been answered by the time I'm back, I'll answer as much as I can (all of it?)

[mmorgan184]

For those of you who have got to play the Rock Band drum peripheral, here are some evaluation questions for you to mull over.

1.) Pad loudness? Responsiveness?
2.) Pad size? (estimate inches)
3.) Bass pedal spring / force needed to push down / distance to be pushed?
4.) Overall feeling about the kit? Functional?

Anyone who can elaborate will make me happy, like, real happy.

1.) Great response on a Rock Band Tour set, so it has been beaten to hell and worked great. Sounds like you are hitting a practice pad.

2.) 5" across i would estimate.

3.) No resistance at all on the pedal it felt like, needs to be pushed about 3" I would say.

4.) Overall feeling was great and probably the most fun I had in a video game ever. Only complaint I have is the guide button is right in between the two middle drums and I would accidentally hit it once in a while. Once I got used to the placement of the drums though I was fine with no problems.

[toefer]

2.) 5" across i would estimate.


I haven't seen them in person, but based on a lot of the pictures of people playing, I'd guess the pads to be about 7" (unless the people playing are really small).

Also, I remember reading on here somewhere within the last couple of weeks that the drums that will be shipped in the bundles are a little different from the ones on the tour right now, and will be a little quieter.

[Ultrace]

3.) No resistance at all on the pedal it felt like, needs to be pushed about 3" I would say.

4.) Overall feeling was great and probably the most fun I had in a video game ever. Only complaint I have is the guide button is right in between the two middle drums and I would accidentally hit it once in a while. Once I got used to the placement of the drums though I was fine with no problems.

Agreed about the resistance--it was just enough that if I rested my foot on it, it wouldn't go down, but the moment I applied any pressure at all, it did. It also appeared very sensitive.

Overall, I'd agree that it worked out great and felt very responsive. The one part that was tough was using the calf muscle repeatedly for the kick pedal. It'll take some getting used to. Halfway through a tough song, I actually took to lifting my foot off the pedal and setting it down when I needed to, instead of pinioning on the heel.

[tf5_bassist]

The couple of kits I played on had more kick resistance than your standard kick pedal. It feels close, travel-wise, but has a little too much resistance for my taste. Chris Canfield made a great blog about the drums here (http://community.rockband.com/index.php?do=/public/user/blogs/view/name_HMXChrisCanfield/id_524/). I asked him about the adjustability in the kick, and why it was so much tougher than a standard kick, and he had some great answers.

And I'd say about 7-8" pads. They feel like you took a mallet to a harder remo pad for a couple of hours, beat it soft just a tiny bit, and then put a rubber covering on it. Of course, it looks a lot better than something like that would.

[holyground]

For those of you who have got to play the Rock Band drum peripheral, here are some evaluation questions for you to mull over.

1.) Pad loudness? Responsiveness?
2.) Pad size? (estimate inches)
3.) Bass pedal spring / force needed to push down / distance to be pushed?
4.) Overall feeling about the kit? Functional?

Anyone who can elaborate will make me happy, like, real happy.

1: Watch about a minute into this video. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=xBbogloqPnk) This is as loud as it gets, because there the game sounds aren't playing over the hits. So, if you play with headphones on, it will be this loud.

As far as responsiveness, The very first time I played with RB, one of the marketeers took over for someone playing drums mid game: the person took the sticks with him so the marketeer tried to use his hands.. it didn't work too well. As soon as he got the sticks, it was perfect... you can just tap lightly... so I guess My point is that the responsiveness is spot on.

2. 7-8"

3. I'm a big guy: 6'7" 350.... It takes almost no effort for me to push the pedal, but I've never played real drums. The hardest part is training yourself... either you do heels down and wear the piss out of your shins, or you do it with your whole leg heels up and wear your leg out.... either way, it's nice!

4. I loved the kit. I followed rock band around pittsburgh and hogged the hell out of the kit. Guitar? Mic? forget em, the kits is wear it's at. And thank god it's adjustable... there were some midgets on that tour, I tell you what.

[acetabulum]

The drums kit is perfect, although the pad looked bigger than 8 inches if I can remember correctly.

My only gripe is that when I was playing at the Las Vegas tour stop, I kept pushing it back little by little during the song. I wasn't playing particularly hard, but maybe it was because I had it set up pretty high. Fortunately my condo has carpet. :p

Also, I wish it was made with cross-handed drumming in mind and a 5th pad like Drummania, but oh well.