Why do Rock Band instruments take 3 aas

[cheifzackery]

I have been playing RB3 for 3 months now and 5 days ago i bought a keyboard off of craigslist for $15 and I use GH instruments drums and guitars and mics and the keyboard takes 3 and drums take 2 it makes no sense.

[tnevaker]

it makes no sense.

if you're referring to your own post... i agree.

[Alternity]

According to his post, the mic takes 3 batteries.

I lol'd.

[Iceman71421]

This forum confuses me sometimes. It seems like every 2 or 3 days some new user winds up here and is posting some rant with no punctuation about their troubles with the game.

Though for most of us it is clear that the user base is shrinking by day for this game and is the reason for it declining. I just don't know who these random people are that are just discovering rock band / rhythm games and are dropping in on the forum.

[tnevaker]

According to his post, the mic takes 3 batteries.

I lol'd.

ok... if he'd actually said he was talking about batteries THEN i suppose it would make sense.

[Doc_SoCal]

This forum confuses me sometimes. It seems like every 2 or 3 days some new user winds up here and is posting some rant with no punctuation about their troubles with the game.

Though for most of us it is clear that the user base is shrinking by day for this game and is the reason for it declining. I just don't know who these random people are that are just discovering rock band / rhythm games and are dropping in on the forum.

Our long term relationship with Rock Band puts us in a bubble. People "discover" new stuff all the time. Maybe they just tried it at a friends house, who knows.

New members are nice to see. People being jerks for sport to new members is not. (Not saying you were of course, just sayin')

ok... if he'd actually said he was talking about batteries THEN i suppose it would make sense.

It was very obvious what the OP was talking about. Perhaps you need to brush up on YOUR comprehension skills.

Please don't just heckle new people for sport. Its a poor reflection on the community as a whole.

Thanks.

[tnevaker]

Our long term relationship with Rock Band puts us in a bubble. People "discover" new stuff all the time. Maybe they just tried it at a friends house, who knows.

New members are nice to see. People being jerks for sport to new members is not. (Not saying you were of course, just sayin')



It was very obvious what the OP was talking about. Perhaps you need to brush up on YOUR comprehension skills.

Please don't just heckle new people for sport. Its a poor reflection on the community as a whole.

Thanks.

well then i guess i'm just dumb because it wasn't obvious to me at all. but thanks for letting me know that it's ok to insult your fellow forum members, but only if you're a mod.

[Doc_SoCal]

well then i guess i'm just dumb because it wasn't obvious to me at all.

That would be when you ask a clarifying question or skip the post altogether.

Failure to understand does not make you dumb, it just means you need more info. Suggesting you did not comprehend the question is not an insult, especially when you flat out say you did not understand at all.

This is all neither here nor there, my point is/was super simple.

Let's not be so quick to show the unwelcome wagon.

Keep rockin'


To the OP: The instruments take the number of batteries required to provide the proper voltage to operate and as Loopy pointed out, runtime requirements. Why the number varies has to do with the specific internals they are powering and I guess it goes without saying, that varies instrument to instrument.

[HMXLachesis]

Be nice, everyone.

@cheifzackery - afraid I wasn't on the hardware team, so I don't know the exact answer. But the basic answer is somewhere between "because that was the amount of power needed to power the instrument" and "because it seemed like a good idea."

[jibjqrkl]

because there are 4 batteries in 1 pack and they like to make you get stuck with 1 battery