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CES: Rock Band 3 Midi Pro Adapter hits shelves full force
The Rock Band 3 Midi Pro Adapter technically came out at the end of 2010, but they're still pretty hard to find out in the wild. Best Buy had a few at launch, but that was about it. Those musicians that wanted to try connecting their MIDI drums, keyboards and guitars up to RB3 were up a creek. That will change says Mad Catz VP of Marketing, Michael Greco. He told Destructoid yesterday that we can expect the product to be hitting store shelves "full force" any day now. They're caught up now and there shouldn't be any supply problems going forward. I got to see the Midi Pro Adapter in action yesterday on both a Roland Lucinda keyboard controller and the Rock Band Stratocaster. On the keyboard it sat on the face, in tabletop mode. One simple cable from the MIDI output of the board did the trick and worked perfectly On the guitar, there's a clip that mounts the adapter to the guitar by way of the strap holder. It looks clean and holds well. You can see examples of both in our gallery below. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)I haven't even played Rock Band 3 yet. A lot of my friends were disappointed. I think the guitar game genre has pretty much passed. I still play RB2 every once in a while, but this genre grew old quickly for me. I thnik this whole "make it feel as real as possible" thing with RB3 won't pay off in the end. I doubt that they will sell many of those 200 guitars to even the most hardcore rockband users. I have mine! I bought on Amazon on mid november and it only arrived on last Monday. It works flawlessly, I was impressed it even worked with my 1996 Casio keyboard... YAY DALE had I actual played Rock Band Games Id use my fully weigted 88 M3 Keyboard or my Radias keyboard /synthnerd Woah, I see more than one synth nerd in here. How cool is that? I've never actually gotten into these, but was thinking of picking it up for my kid. I probably could just use my Alesis as the controller, that's why I do for Reason and all that anyways. Preordered through amazon since September and it still hasn't shipped. For every good Mad Catz has been doing, they are fucking it up with Rock Band accessories. Its a friggin midi-adapter...they literally already have them all over the place, all they had to do was throw in some converter to work with the consoles and ship it. It is soiling the good Rock Band name by not even being available till near 3 months after the game launches. @harvey only the guitar hmx made for rb3 can be used to my knowledge. Something about special tech that is in the neck of the guitar so it knows where your fingers are. for a different take on games based on REAL music ...one that doesn't require any special peripherals...... one that works on the PC!..... play my ENTIRE game for FREE if you want, at
http://PlayRealNotes.com 5:30 PM on 01.11.2013 CES: Blood Sword, an impressive Nvidia Tegra 4 showcaseNvidia announced the Tegra 4 mobile processor here at CES this week, and they were using a name game called Blood Sword to show it off. With this kind of power under the hood it's easy to forget you're playing a mobile ...
5:00 PM on 01.11.2013 CES: This is how Tomb Raider does multiplayerMultiplayer in Tomb Raider? What the hell, right? As strange as it sounds, it was pretty easy to get into here at a preview event during CES 2013. The characters and locales come straight out of Tomb Raider's single-player, t...
4:30 PM on 01.11.2013 CES: Even better: Afterglow headset sees new improvementsWe reviewed and really liked PDP's Afterglow wireless headset last year, mostly for its excellent sound quality and pricing. We liked that it worked with all consoles and mobile devices, too. Really, the only thing we didn't ...
1:24 PM on 01.11.2013 CES: It's official: Your HDTV sucks nowIt is coming whether you want it or not, just like 3D did. (Well, that's a bad example.) This time it’s 4K television, and it’s the biggest thing at CES this year. Pushing the resolution up to double (or more) ove...
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5:30 PM on 01.10.2013 CES: Browser-based U.S. PlayStation Store incomingSpeaking to CNET at CES 2013, Sony Network Entertainment COO Shawn Layden shared the company's plan to launch a web version of the U.S. PlayStation Store later this month, something that probably should have been available in...
10:00 AM on 01.10.2013 CES: Snapshot, a Vita photo puzzle platformerSony showed off Retro Affect's upcoming Vita/PS3 title Snapshot at CES this week. This nice-looking PC port uses photography as a puzzle element. A robot named Pic has a camera that he can use to snap pictures of objects in t...
9:00 AM on 01.10.2013 CES: Small but powerful: Hands-on with Razer EdgeRemember Razer's Project Fiona from last year's CES? That's now an official product called Razer Edge, which is a tablet, PC, and console all wrapped up into one. Last year it was a Windows 7 screen with console-like controls...
7:00 AM on 01.10.2013 CES: Nyko fixes the sucky Wii U GamePad battery problemAnyone that has a Wii U can tell you how much the battery life of the GamePad sucks. You'll get three hours if you're lucky, but it's usually less than that. Flip over the GamePad and open the battery port and you'll be surpr...
2:13 AM on 01.10.2013 CES: Pro Commander: Nyko's cheaper Wii U Pro ControllerHave you been meaning to pick up a Wii U Pro Controller but chicken out every time you see the $50 price tag? Nyko's Pro Commander does the same thing at $15 less, coming in at an MSRP of $34.99. I tried one out today at CES ...
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We reviewed and really liked PDP's Afterglow wireless headset last year, mostly for its excellent sound quality and pricing. We liked that it worked with all consoles and mobile devices, too. Really, the only thing we didn't ...more
It is coming whether you want it or not, just like 3D did. (Well, that's a bad example.) This time it’s 4K television, and it’s the biggest thing at CES this year. Pushing the resolution up to double (or more) ove...more
For some gamers, only mechanical keyboards will do. If you’re one of these gamers, ROCCAT is aiming squarely at you with their new Ryos series of keyboards. I had a chance to check them out here at CES this week. What&r...more View all CES |


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