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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject: Rock Band Sock Mod by sskitzzo: Run To The Hills Expert Mode
Hi all,
Found this lovely bit of info which might help all you hardcore drummers out there get your expert mode finished on DRUMS in rock band.
Im up to RUN TO THE HILLS on EXPERT DRUMS and its very difficult to get the perfect timing since the ROCK BAND drumkit doesnt give the right bounce.
sskitzzo is his gamertag and has done his own sock mod to improve his drumkit and Im hoping it works myself.. I can nearly get the speed but fail at around 49% on the Run to the Hills track.
So, for a long time, I was thinking:
QM sets get better with tape, as I found out on the first day etc. right?
But put too much tape on any one drum and the other drums will set that drum off when you hit them.
But, without the tape, doing 16ths is near impossible on the red drum (and others). So what I needed was something that dampened vibration to the OTHER drums, but squeezed the drum head of each drum at the same time.
After a video I made for harmonix, I got the idea to use socks.
Yes, socks.
So here's what you need:
-4 crew-socks (the long kind)
-8 rubber bands (strong ones)
-8 strips of tape
First, take your drumset off the stand and disconnect it from the Xbox360 (or PS3): you're going to see why later.
Then, one by one, do this for each drumhead:
-Put two rubber bands around each drum.
-Then get a sock and put it over the rubber bands, pull tightly to wrap it around the drum head, and then pull the rubber bands out from under the sock so they rest COMPLETELY on the sock, vertically oriented.
-Check to make sure the rubber bands are not touching anything but the sock.
-Then, get a strip of tape and tape the rubber band and sock together to the bottom and top of the drum shell (but don't let it touch the drum head!)
Repeat for all four heads: for the blue and yellow, you'll need to slip it over the green and red drums first (respectively), and for the blue you'll need to pull the controller cord through the rubber band so it'll actually fit.
I did this and wow, my garbage QM set became a dream set: I admittedly haven't tried it out of practice yet, but I was FC'ing the first half of Blackened, so...
This setup should make vibration to other drums completely dissapear, while making sensitivity go way up on all four drums. And as an added bonus, it makes the noise of the drums go WAYYY down.
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:07 am Post subject:
Jebus, that is freaking awesome, some people know how to play these types of games pretty well thats for sure. _________________________________________________________ The one the only Scarface!!
Had i knew that this would make the drums work better i would have never to my Rock Band set back.
BOOM i wish some one would head shot that @$$hole.
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Joined: Feb 06, 2007 Posts: 2470 Location: Minnesota, USA XP: 58,502
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject:
the hardest part about this mod though is trying to get enough socks _________________________________________________________ The one the only Scarface!!
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Joined: May 13, 2008 Posts: 360 Location: USA XP: 552
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject:
I used my thongs instead. _________________________________________________________ aka IrishGunner
Just put Superballs on the ends of your sticks and play. LOL
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BOOM i wish some one would head shot that @$$hole. 
