kick pedal stopped working

[maccachief]

i know there have been a few topics like this...but nothing that helps me

a few months ago, my kick pedal cracked (just above the orange bar). i was able to rig it up with a small piece of metal with some duct tape wrapped around it. i had been playing on hard mostly, with a few expert songs. well...this worked fine for a while, but last weekend, my kick pedal felt "laggy" while my pads were just fine. i was working on my expert career at the time. so i just chalked it up to myself just being "off."

so this weekend i go back to play it, first song is "learn to fly" on expert. i fail pretty fast, as my kick pedal isn't being recognized at all. i went into practice mode, and just stepped on the kick pedal a few times and..nothing.

my pedal is plugged in all the way, everything is hooked up right. i'm playing on the 360. i can't RMA it can i? cause i bought the game back in november at release..so it's been way over 60 days. i ordered the pedal from rockpedal.com back on may 28, but they're backordered right now and won't start shipping again til august, and i just don't wanna wait that long to play my drums again. any help would be appreciated

[Project_Mercy]

The bass pedal is very simple, and should be easy to diagnose, though I suspect that your reed switch broke.

The pedal board (foot part) has a magnet in it. The base, where the wire is coming out, has a reed switch that closes when the magnet gets close enough too it. The wire itself is just an open circuit that the switch closes.

So, go into practice mode, choose the intro to "Won't Get Fooled again" loop it. Then try pressing the pedal. This is basically "Free-form" drumming in rockband.

If the pedal isn't registering consistently and on-time, check to see if the magnet in the bottom of the pedal isn't missing or cockeyed. You can also try actuating the reed sensor with some other random magnet you have.

The final thing to check would be the jack in the pads. If you have a standard momentary switch pedal (like the sustain pedal on a keyboard) you can just jack that in and test it. Otherwise, stuffing a paperclip and shorting the connections in the jack will also work (you just have to short tip and shield. It's mono, so there's no ring contact).

If the sensor is broken, you can try buying another one and jury rigging it into your pedal.

If the jack is broken, that's much worse. You'll have to find someone who's savy with soldering and ask them to put a new one in for you.