November 24, 2007Rock Band Drums Hacked: Use On PC!
Posted by The Ori
Videos have started making their way across the interwebs on how to hack your Rock Band drums to work with your PC. The reason this gets us so excited is the potential for a freeware version of “Drumer Hero”. Something that would let us jam to our favorite tracks on the PC without having to pay $3 for each new song. The steps on how to hack your 360 controller are slightly harder than it’s PS3 counterpart. Read on for the steps…
1. Download and extract this file. Double click install. This will copy the required system files automatically.
2. Connect your drum kit
3. When the install driver dialog box comes up click “No” to searching for a driver.
4. Click “Install from list or specific location”
5. Click “Include this location in the search” and in the textbox type the name of the file above
6. When Windows asks for the location of the two driver files, point it to the directory you cpied them to
7. If all that went well your drum kit is now recognized as a standard Xbox controller. Open the Gamepad properties and test it out.via dxprog.com
We’ve seen the connection made before with freeware titles such as Frets on Fire for the Guitar Hero controller, and StepMania for the DDR dance pad. So get on it game programmers! We need something else to beat while on our computers.
does this work on the ps3 drums too?
I would not know, because XB360 devices plug in USB, not the proprietary connector PS2 uses. PS3 uses USB as well, so if you got the PS3 kit, then you would have to wait for drivers for the PS2/3 version? Who knows really… IF you have a USB end, you can always try the driver with the PS version, and see…
ohh ok thx, i dont have it but my friend does im gonna see if it works
For those using Vista this is unnecessary, the drums guitar and mic are all plug and play. When plugged in they are recognized as a Controller for Xbox360, except for the mic which obviously is just recognized as a Logitech microphone.