MIDI Kit Support

[reverser]

I just wanted to voice my strong desire for compatibility with MIDI drumsets. I am the peripheral provided will be very cool and usable, but as a real drummer nothing can compare to a real kit. It seems like it would not involve much time to incorporate such functionality in game and it is something that would really make or break the deal for me. I'm sure there are many other drummers like me, so PLEASE support MIDI drum kits.

Thanks, I look forward to your awesome game.

[Brock_Landers]

I'm sure getting it right involves much more time than we can actually imagine (pretty simple things can become huge tasks when coding's involved), but I agree it would be a great feature.. might even convince some of the more flush gamers out there to spring for a real (well more real) drum kit if they're really into it.

We know they're actively considering it from the IGN interview, so whether or not it happens I'd say is all going to come down to how much trouble it'll be to implement it.

[ManuKatche]

I think this would be feasible, but expensive. Someone would have to develop a midi interface for the 360 and then the software (or the 360 hardware) would have to transcribe the data.
Surely this could work, but i forsee some updates for it to work.

I would love to hook up my V-drums and play on the 360. It wouldn't be any different than playing to sequences, though. But it would be a GREAT teaching tool for timing.

[relic81]

is it cheaper??? anything to save a buck LOL

[reverser]

Hmm, no it won't be cheaper. I paid about $5000 dollars for my roland TD-20 kit, but the realism is unsurpassed.

Here is the actual kit, think how awesome it would be to play with this:

http://www.musikland-online.de/pix/o...u250531781.jpg

Please Harmonix, if Konami could do it in Drummania, I am positive you can do it with very little effort. All you need is a driver to support a USB > Midi interface. This will be a deal sealer for me, and many other drummers like myself.

PLEASE INCLUDE MIDI KIT SUPPORT!!!

[vichnaiev]

Drummania was not on xbox360 or any other MS console, so you can't say "Konami did it you have to do it also" cause MS has some really dumb rules about 3rd party controllers.
As for the PS3 and Wii versions, I doubt hmx would include MIDI support on a console and deny it to the others.

[reverser]

Any others with MIDI kits out there? Voice your desire for support! Surely the Harmonix supplied drum kit will be very usuable, but it can not compete with the authentic feel of a real setup. Let's let Harmonix know this is something that we would really like to see!

[ZenZen]

It's funny- I played drums years ago but sold my acoustic kit once I had kids, needed the room, and was tired of pissing off my neighbors.

GH2 actually got me interested in playing again so now that I have more space, kids are older (and INTERESTED!), etc etc- I bought a electronic kit not too long ago.
Absolutely LOVE it!

When I heard about RockBand coming out I was really stoked. Especially when I had read somewhere that HMX played around with a MIDI kit while developing the game.

I do have an electronics/electrical background and if HMX (or MS) decides not to put out a MIDI interface, I can 100% guarantee I will tear apart the drum controller and see how possible it is to intercept the wiring or circuit board traces and reroute them to the pads on my kit.

Maybe it is possible, Maybe it isnt but wow- I can't imagine a cooler way to play.

What would be just freakin awesome is if HMX set things up so that they could produce a "MIDI expansion Module" that required the RockBand drum kit to use. Then people who dont have a MIDI kit can use the regular licensed controller, but those of us with MIDI kits could use our kits we all know and love PLUS have the RockBand kit to use as additional pads maybe.

Think about it- they still sell the drum kit and recoup their R&D and manufacturing costs PLUS give us MIDI kit drummers the option to use our existing gear AND at the same time HMX gives themselves just a ton of options for future drum based games and the incorporation of different audio based effects in their games.

Not to mention- we then have an extra pad available for "Don't Fear the Reaper". Yep- I got a fever, and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!!!!!


Too cool........

[ZenZen]

**cough!**

[reverser]

Sorry for the late reply on this one ZenZen. I'm 100% with ya. Although, rather than having to homebrew an interface it would be so much more convenient for them to just include MIDI support out of the box. Contrary to what others say, (PS I have a with a highly hardware oriented technical background), I can say that incorporating a driver into the game for 1 MIDI interface of their choice is not much of a task for them at all. I cannot see how they could justify NOT including it. For those that speak to the Microsoft hardware DRM issues, that is a valid point, but it just a reason for them to develop and charge us for a proprietary MIDI interface (with M$ DRM included). I'm happy to pay extra to get my E-Kit to work. Please RB devs, make this happen!