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Hey Guys! :D Remember those really long steps that were posted to get your 360 Rock Band Drums to work in Windows?
Ichigo Style \| 9:16 PM on 11.27.2007	14 comments

Well whoever "figured out" this "great mystery" needs to be smacked. Smacked for making me think that I was going to have to actually do work to get my Rock Band Drums to work in Windows. I'm gonna show you ladies and gents a little picture.

Whats that? Why thats the "Controller (Harmonix Drum Kit for Xbox 360)" that Windows recognized within 10 seconds of me plugging it in!

How, you ask? Because I have the Xbox 360 Controller Drivers installed! (I have 1.0 because the later ones have given me lag with my wireless controller, but any should work). I'd really like to know why no one tried this before, because I'm seriously happy that I no longer have to copy/paste/edit anything. Shouldn't this have been peoples first step? I mean seriously people...

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14 comments | showing # 1 to 14

Xerosnake90

Where do I get this said 360 controller driver, how about that one? And what kind of things could I use it for?

MrSadistic

Probably means the 360 drivers for the Xbox 360 controller for the PC.

Ichigo Style

Well, from what I learned from Google Class... typing "Xbox 360 Windows Drivers" yeilded this, the official Microsoft Site.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/productdetails.aspx?pid=091

What could you use it for? I've been playing a Drum Mania Sim with two notes on Auto, as well as Stepmania (PUMP mode, so I have 5 notes). But I imagine much like Frets of Fire, we will one day receive a Rock Band-esque sim.

Xerosnake90

So is there a difference between a wired 360 conroller for the pc, and one for the 360?

MrSadistic

Yeah, the PC one won't work on the 360 and the 360 controller doesn't work on the PC, I think. I do know however that there is a specific 360 controller for the PC, so hence the Windows Xbox 360 controller drives.

wardrox

Frets on fire for drums would be so made of win.

Daniel Husky Lingen

Is that on vista... or xp

Ichigo Style

MrSadistic & Xerosnake90 - They're the exact same controller. just in a different packaging. I know this because I have used the Controller supplied with my Xbox 360 CORE to play PES on my PC. The "Xbox 360 Controller for Windows" Drivers are exactly that- Drivers that enable the Xbox 360 controller to work in a Windows Workspace. It's called the "Xbox 360 Controller" because it's a 360 controller.

wardrox - Frets of Fire will work for Drums ;) It has the right amount of buttons. I just haven't played around with it yet.

Husky Hog - The screenshot is in fact Vista, because thats what I run on my Desktop. I did test it on my Laptop (running Windows XP Home SP2), but it's kinda silly playing the drums on my 15' laptop when I can play them on my 22" monitor, no?

pedrovay2003

@Husky Dog

That's Vista.

pedrovay2003

Okay, so I see that question was taken care of... I have bad timing.

Ichigo Style

Not really :P We posted at about the same time

Clockwork

So...you got vista....? How's that uh, whole thing workin out for ya?

Ichigo Style

Clockwork - pretty well; considering i'm not one of those knob slobbering drones who just take everything some linux fag says "FOR REALZ". People hated XP when it was released, just about as much as this whole Vista backlash. If you've got the System Power (which I do) it's a welcome breath of fresh air from XP.

twinkiebots

I'm trying to use them to trigger samples. I got a program that translates the buttons being pushed to keyboard keys, like z x c v b I mapped the keys out to each pad on the kit and I can type with the drums, but what I need now, is a program like ableton live that lets you use the computer keyboard as a midi controller, so I can use the drums as a controller, but I keep thinking, there has to be an easier way to do this!

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