Mystery port on 'Rock Band 2' drum kit gets even more mysteriouser
By Tim Stevens 
posted Dec 4th 2008 1:06AM
posted Dec 4th 2008 1:06AM
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I have a fever, and the only prescription, is more COWBELL.
Zing!
That's worth two internets, plus a bonus dump truck for getting in first without making a fuss over it or using caps.
The first thing I thought when I read this article was MORE COWBELL...Imagine my dismay when, gleefully scrolling down to share my hilarious opinion, I discovered that someone had beat me to it in the very first comment.
You've been high ranked, so I can assume that if I'd got there first, I would have been too. This makes me feel a little better.
before even looking at the comments i thought a cowbell would make much more sense than a triangle. even a tambourine would be more practical since they are both used regularly in real drumming.
JPJ007 FTW
You know we don't have a lot of songs that feature the cowbell...So I would be doing myself a disservice and this band a disservice if I don't play the HELL out of this!!!!
I'm going to sleep now, hope you have fun reading engadget's very interesting stories about "mysterious ports".
I hear theyre going to review your wife's mysterious port next.
his wife has a mysterious extra hanging cable
It's a trap!
I don't think so. As you can see from all the other instruments, they gotta knock down the number of keys to 5 if only to fit all the notes on the screen. How they get to that from 88 or so for a full keyboard, and still have it feel like an actual keyboard (which is at least 10 keys, 1 for each finger on both hands), I have no friggin' clue.
Divide by zero anyone?
Maybe it will be one of those light up keyboards, for players to follow along.
Line 6 reduced the keyboard to 37 keys with the TonePort KB-37. Half the work is already done.
Extra port for extra fun!!!!!!!!...
thats all i could come up with
i gotta go with engadget on this one; besides, triangles are the new cowbell!
I'm glad MORE COWBELL was the first comment.
Yes!
Bruce Dickinson is very proud, indeed!
@Allan:
*THE* Bruce Dickinson?
The cock of the walk, baby!
PREDICTION: Rock Band 2 Blue Oyster Cult track pack and Cowbell attachment bundle!
While BOC is a classic band that doesn't suck, I can't imagine more than two songs being worthy of a track pack. Now, a Cowbell Track Pack that includes only tracks with cowbell from many different bands, that would be hilarious and good at the same time.
Second kicker? Yeah right, I could have told you that would never happen. Most people who take a stab at drums in these games can barely handle one bass drum on easy, let alone two. I've been playing a real drum set for years and I can say that double bass is quite the difficult thing to pick up.
There isn't any song in the game that goes too fast so far using double bass pedals. Dream Theater's Panic Attack and Judas Priest's Painkiller probably have the fastest bass drum kicking. If it's possible to do those songs with one foot, with two it would be a breeze. I have been playing drums myself for many years and I think that instead of wasting money on Rock Band equipment altogether, people should just invest in REAL EQUIPMENT and learn to play REAL INSTRUMENTS. It's a thousand times better than playing Rock Band...
and for double bass all you need is a headphone splitter and a second pedal. it works so nice.
@Bobby: Some of us don't have room/can't afford a several hundred dollar drum kit. Plus, Rock Band is a nice introduction to the instrument and is far cheaper. For those that suck at it, they still have a fun game they can play with their friends. As for me, because of my playing drums on Rock Band and being good at them (play most songs on expert), I will definitely invest in a full size kit when I have the opportunity to do so.
I just got the cymbal expansions, they're nice, but they could use some better hardware. I'm still curious to what the expansion port is on the Guitar Hero 2 and Guitar Hero 3 Controllers are for 360
Those are for effects pedal accessories that never turned up, basically.
Amen!
Probably a high hat with a souped up tempo.
I'm on a roll... it's time to go solo.
Vanilla Ice trumps Bruce Dickinson any day.
vanilla ice, ice, baby...
Christopher Walken and Will Farrell say "I need more COWBELL". Don't Fear the Reaper!
A complete said of plastic wood-blocks.
Because the noise of my neighbor's drum pads coming through the wall isn't annoying enough!
bang the gong (get it on)
I'm more suprised rock band never updated the design of the drum kit. I mean a symbal as a normal pad????
why not try to do what GH has done which is actual symbals
Oh come you guys!? You don't what this is for? Alright, finish this classic SNL skit with me: "Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription... (everyone now) is more cowbell!" It is obvious they want to give the port to the percussionists friend: the cowbell.
you obviously didn't read the other comments
you suck.
Those games are the stupidest thing I have ever seen. Ever. Buy a real instrument!
You obviously don't understand these games. In 2 hours of GH or RB I can have fun, maybe with some friends, beat a few songs, be satisfied with that & walk away. Maybe not even play again for weeks. What can I do with a real guitar in 2 hours? Learn a couples cords? Poorly? And if I put it down for weeks? These are VIDEO GAMES, meant for fun, for those of us who do not have the money for real equipment, don't really have the time to dedicate to learning an instrument for all its worth & who enjoy some mindless tube time. Would I like to lean an instrument? Yes! I don't have the space, time or money to own or learn one though.
Space? That giant fake drum set is bigger than a guitar. The fake guitar is not much smaller than a real one.
Money? A quality real guitar costs less.
Time? Learning an instrument is time well spent. Clicking plastic buttons while pretending to play an instrument is time wasted.
I understand it is a video game. I have tried it. I don't even play an instrument (unless you count grade school piano lessons I have completely forgotten), but I still see no value in it.
HOWEVER: I understand that it is a video game and people find it entertaining. Many people. It is just not for me and these are my opionions. If you enjoy it, then more power to you. I'll be in the garage building something.
What's the RJ-11 port on the bottom of the GHIII guitar for? I tried hooking it up to my laptop modem and nothing happened...
so far I haven't tried plugging it into the phone, but it's a matter of time unless I find out
Whoa-oooh-ooooh, my-ste-ri-ous port, I wanna get close to you...
... *Ahem*
wow engadget.. great job deleting the original comment and leaving the reply. Makes me look like an asshole...
Rock Band is not like playing an instrument or being in a band. It is like dancing with some karaoke thrown in. It's a rhythm game, that's all. The charts are whack a mole in time to music. If you like dancing - if you enjoy matching something you do with your body with the rhythm of the music - you might like it. If you like karaoke too, your are more likely to like it.
Some folks just can't dance or keep time. Including plenty of professional musicians.
I venture a guess that Phill can't dance.
I cant dance, I cant sing.
I'm just standing here selling everything.
So............the headline for this post says Rock Band 2 but the post itself talks about Guitar Hero.....which is it?
As the FP said, let's hope it's for a cowbell peripheral for the singer to hold.
You're all wrong. It's going to be the fabled keyswordtar.
http://hrwiki.org/index.php/Keyswordtar
Could it possibly be for backing vocals?