Guitar Hero: World Tour drum kit gets demoed on video
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 23rd 2008 5:04PM
posted May 23rd 2008 5:04PM
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That is NOT a guitar hero drum kit- that's a Roland V-Drums set that retails for more than $1000. I know, I have one myself.
LOL, good call, you got them to change the picture
Yeh, but oddly it is set out like the Guitar Hero drum set, with the 3 drums (red, blue and green).
Looks like they attached the guitar-hero pads (but not cymbals?) to the V-Drum frame.
Well if you look closely it's 3 drums (red, blue and green) and two cymbals attached.
Cue the influx of "I am teh Jon Bonham" videos on Youtube.
The rockband kit and a V-drums kit (and now the GH4 kit) work in the same way. They're just piezos underneath some shock absorbent medium (the piezos are very sensitive). That medium and the craftsmanship of the drums will really determine the price. It makes complete sense they would start with Roland kits first.
yes but the GHIV is motion censored so that the harder or softer you hit it is how loud the sound is, just like real drums it is also wireless
Looks like they were using v-drums to lay out the tracks for the songs... at least that's what I gathered.
Looks like they were using v-drums to lay out the tracks for the songs... at least that's what I gathered.
"the device that'll be cluttering up your apartment this fall"
I think what you meant to say was "the device that'll be cluttering up your mom's basement"
Well it looks liked they swapped out the photo for the actual gh drum kit.
Apparently you have to wear safety goggles to use them however.
Why is there so much hype over K-Mart-quality kiddie drums? These things will break in a week. If you are serious about becoming a drummer I'm sure you can find a real, used set on ebay or craigslist.
i dont think anyone that plays guitar hero world tour or rock band has any real intention to become a kick ass drummer in real life.. they just want to score big in the game.. get over yourself.. now.. back to my expert drumming on rockband.. *ahem*
Not to be nit-picky, but his name is spelled "Stewart" Copeland.
And yes, I am going to The Police concert tomorrow night.
You beat me to it.
And, yes, I'm going to see The Police in July.
Can't wait...wait a minute - I've been waiting since 1983.
It's a good thing that they got the professional drummers to play the prototype or else I wouldn't be impressed...
Good for you, kpfeif! I went to see the Phoenix Police concert last July in the US Airways Arena. Since I'm only 29, I hadn't ever really had a chance to see them in play.
Tomorrow's concert is just icing on the cake for me. Enjoy!
We want more Guitar Hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We want more Guitar Hero!!!!!!
Sounds like Guitar Hero is doing a lot of catch-up to Rock Band. Can't blame Activision, though; Rock Band has been hugely popular, and it makes sense to cash in on the trend. What will be really interesting is to see what Rock Band does to follow-up on its popularity. If they play their cards right, Harmonix could end up showing Activision off.
I guarantee you, though, nothing Activision makes will be backwards-compatible with any previous instruments; they're perfectly content to stuff your living room with incompatible controllers that you shelled out a fortune for. Let's hope like hell Harmonix doesn't make the same mistake.
Interesting. Activision bashes Rock Band and Harmonix for having a drum kit that makes so much noise that "everyone in the room yells 'Shut up!'", yet they fail to play the real audio when someone plays the set, just music plays.
KEWL! I want one! Can't wait for it!
nice ripoff of drummania......
Will Farrell plays the drums?! =P
Hey neat another thing they've ripped off from bemani except this time they pulled no punches and even copied the INSTRUMENT exactly. I wonder how long it is until Konami/Bemani sues.
The next guitar game needs to be like guitar hero, or rock band, but with a real guitar and chords.
She's so hot!!!!!!!
oops...wrong topic
Still no hi-hat? I don't get it. How hard can it be to add a hi-hat?
There is a hi-hat, it is the yellow cymbal
If there are 5 notes on a guitar(Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, and then Orange) then why are there 6 notes on the drum set(Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange, and then underneath there is a Bass Drum Petal)? Are there going to 6 notes on the screen or is that just so real life drummers have then feeling of a real drum set ?
Doesn't the bass pedal appear as a line across? so therefore it'll be 5 plus the line. If not the 6
I've seen it online...Six notes (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange) and there's going to be a purple base line at the bottom
Looks like the cymbal pads will break off after half a song.
MY F***ING DRUMKIT BROKE AS SOON AS I F***ING STARTED PLAYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!