Seriously. You can walk into any old pawn shop and find a set of MIDI drums from the 80s and early 90s that do this and more, and they'll probably cost less than the Rock Band kit + PC combination shown here.
While you're there, pick up a keytar and some pink leopard print spandex pants.
/sigh. comments similar to the one you just put here really annoy me. you're looking at a geek blog. the people reading this probably 1) are familiar with pc and usb interfaces 2) probably already bought rock band or know someone who does and 3) are geeked out enough to be entertained by people who mash these things together and share them with the rest of the geeked out community. of COURSE you could just get a goddamn MIDI drum set and do REAL music creation and drum sequencing, and I'm also equally sure most reading this blog is also already aware of that. you're not being logical or smart, you're actually being inane by not knowing the audience who is interested in this blog post. if you're not interested just go somewhere else.
A. Long dead. This thread is from fricking JANUARY and you're commenting now?
B. Idiotic. This is ENGADGET, and if a MIDI device isn't a gadget, then I suppose I missed the session of the Geek High Council where they decided that MIDI and musical instruments don't count in the interests of geeks. Mashing things together and calling it something new when it ISN'T new, and is rather an expensive way to get to something that existed previously is just plain stupid. I don't care how "inane" you think I'm being-- Remaking something and spending way more to do it out of components meant for other things than you would if you just bought something made for the job in the first place is stupid, not cost-effective, and certainly not logical.
C. You seem to have a lot of posts defending Rock Band. You think it's the second coming of Zeus. Good for you. Personally, I think it's an overrated toy for people with no real musical skills, but what do I know? I only published four albums of my own composition and am a member in good standing of ASCAP. I guess those of us who have made real music for a few decades should bow to the power of the Rock Band kids who REALLY know what rock music is all about. Sorry. I'll step off your dick now.
D. I'm not going to butt heads on the subject of geekiness, but trust me- I'm fully aware this is a geek blog. It's relevant to my job, and seeing as I've done such geeky things as owning every video game console released in North America (and a few that weren't) since 1976, I do believe I've got enough geek cred to have the right to an opinion. And that's what it was: AN OPINION, and a jokey one at that.
You want a /sigh ? How about this:
/sigh. Nobody gets my sense of humor- Especially not the oversensitive nerds, anime-loving otaku, and Rock Band obsessive geeks.
And while we're on the topic: I see you have this thing for going back a few months to flame-on discussions that are long-over, and I just wanted to head you off before you saw fit to throw come flames on threads from 2005 in some effort to measure your geek-penis a little more. I'm not interested.
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1987 called. They want their MIDI drum kit back.
Seriously. You can walk into any old pawn shop and find a set of MIDI drums from the 80s and early 90s that do this and more, and they'll probably cost less than the Rock Band kit + PC combination shown here.
While you're there, pick up a keytar and some pink leopard print spandex pants.
@zerocorpse
/sigh. comments similar to the one you just put here really annoy me. you're looking at a geek blog. the people reading this probably 1) are familiar with pc and usb interfaces 2) probably already bought rock band or know someone who does and 3) are geeked out enough to be entertained by people who mash these things together and share them with the rest of the geeked out community. of COURSE you could just get a goddamn MIDI drum set and do REAL music creation and drum sequencing, and I'm also equally sure most reading this blog is also already aware of that. you're not being logical or smart, you're actually being inane by not knowing the audience who is interested in this blog post. if you're not interested just go somewhere else.
Kindly eat my shorts.
The subject at hand is:
A. Long dead. This thread is from fricking JANUARY and you're commenting now?
B. Idiotic. This is ENGADGET, and if a MIDI device isn't a gadget, then I suppose I missed the session of the Geek High Council where they decided that MIDI and musical instruments don't count in the interests of geeks. Mashing things together and calling it something new when it ISN'T new, and is rather an expensive way to get to something that existed previously is just plain stupid. I don't care how "inane" you think I'm being-- Remaking something and spending way more to do it out of components meant for other things than you would if you just bought something made for the job in the first place is stupid, not cost-effective, and certainly not logical.
C. You seem to have a lot of posts defending Rock Band. You think it's the second coming of Zeus. Good for you. Personally, I think it's an overrated toy for people with no real musical skills, but what do I know? I only published four albums of my own composition and am a member in good standing of ASCAP. I guess those of us who have made real music for a few decades should bow to the power of the Rock Band kids who REALLY know what rock music is all about. Sorry. I'll step off your dick now.
D. I'm not going to butt heads on the subject of geekiness, but trust me- I'm fully aware this is a geek blog. It's relevant to my job, and seeing as I've done such geeky things as owning every video game console released in North America (and a few that weren't) since 1976, I do believe I've got enough geek cred to have the right to an opinion. And that's what it was: AN OPINION, and a jokey one at that.
You want a /sigh ? How about this:
/sigh. Nobody gets my sense of humor- Especially not the oversensitive nerds, anime-loving otaku, and Rock Band obsessive geeks.
And while we're on the topic: I see you have this thing for going back a few months to flame-on discussions that are long-over, and I just wanted to head you off before you saw fit to throw come flames on threads from 2005 in some effort to measure your geek-penis a little more. I'm not interested.
You're a bigger geek. You win.