Mad Catz's brilliant Rock Band Portable Drum Kit for Xbox 360 now on sale
By Darren Murph 
posted Sep 23rd 2008 6:14AM
posted Sep 23rd 2008 6:14AM
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posted Sep 23rd 2008 6:14AM
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You put it on a table? I'd like to play sitting on the ground but the bass peddle would be hard to operate.
Use your nose?
needs more cowbell
GH4 compatible?
On PS3 and Xbox 360.
That's actually pretty awesome.
This is really cool. I like the fact it has a controller for menu navigation.
And it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
that is good. if it did, playing would be VERY difficult (and a lot less fun)
Well Flashpoint, if it cost just an arm, you could play loads of Def Leppard songs.
Other than the ugly designs on the heads, this is awesome.
anyone thinking what I'm thinking? Stick them on a real drum set, I don't know how that would it sound but it'd be interesting.
Brilliant idea, but unfortunately they would mute the drum heads =(
Someone should make something along this line that's made to be placed onto a real drumset (just little sensors or something). That way I wouldn't feel so lame when I was playing rockband instead of playing drums.
Yes!!!! This will making driving on a family vacation that much more relaxing
Ummm... these aren't actually for sale yet. The link in the article leads to a product that you can't purchase. You can only request an email notification for when it does actually go on sale. Mad Catz has yet to announce a release date.
Thanks captain. I didn't realize what "Ships soon" meant. Thanks for the clarification.
I think Engadget just divided by 0.
I guess engadget is expecting a fat check from madcatz now for pimping a product they would normally mock.
I was looking into these earlier. Its interesting, but they're even louder than the regular drumset in the videos I've seen on IGN, and also, Mad Catz isn't exactly known for high quality stuff.
true, madcatz has not always had the best reputation, but if they produced such poor quality then why would they be the sole licensed producer of the add-on cymbals for the standard rockband drum set? the fact is that they are producing better stuff than ever, and so much better that they have been entrusted with being the sole licensed producer of an add-on that will be required for the rockband drums to simulate on the same level (or close to) as the guitar hero drums.
Id like to see Ben Heck mod this!
These are great for people like me who don't have room to store the full-size drum kit.
Beef Jerky
This is actually a fantastic idea. I think that's the first time I've ever said that about a Mad Catz product.
I wish there is a way to hook these up to a drum module (like the Alesis DM5) so that they could be used as standalone drum triggers. I know a recent Rock Band drumset that I saw on this site offered that compatibility, and that was almost enough to sell me on it , even though I don't even own a TV or a game console. In this product here the technology is almost all there to do it, and for $60 it is a steal for four drum triggers.
The ION set is shipping now...
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/premium-drum-set-rock-band/story.aspx?guid={D8AF9BA2-146E-4CB2-AA34-209594FF61CE}&dist=hppr
This should easy to add onto any custom drum set you'd like to make.