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if only my iPad let me use any keyboard :(]]>Jun 12th 2010 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
If this is what its going to look like this is going to force a lot of kids to learn the actual notes... I wonder how it will show up on the screen... Sheet music? Tablature?
]]>Jun 13th 2010 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 11th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 11th 2010 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Maybe when played for real...]]>Jun 11th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
I"ll buy a Keytar for 80 bucks (and use the MIDI)
hell, you can't even get Keytars anymore. shitty about only having 2 octaves though.. this is what makes it only a toy..]]>Jun 12th 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 11th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Trust me, you get laid way more often when you can REALLY play a guitar...

I have never understood the Rock Band phenomenon and being a musician, I probably never will. ]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
You will still get laid the same in terms of frequency, but if you purchase real instruments, you will get laid by your preferred sex (and vice versa)]]>Jun 12th 2010 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 12th 2010 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/I'm not exactly undertstanding your point. Girls dig guys who play real instruments - not fake plastic ones attached to video games. Girls also tend to cheat on their plastic guitar playing boyfriends with guys who play real guitars. I see it all the time...

]]>Jun 12th 2010 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
I'm a musician. I've been in the band since 5th grade; I've played at two different universities; marched in high school AND one of the universities I attended; I play Euphonium, Trumpet, and electric guitar.

And i have three words for you: get over yourselves.

This is A GAME.

PERIOD.

No one, and I mean NO ONE, is really equating to playing a RB/GH as doing the real thing.

Wanna know why people do it? Because it's fucking fun that's why.

Pick any song from RB2's extensive track list. Wanna play some Disturbed? Sure. How 'bout some Paragon? You got it. Hell, maybe even some Foo Fighters? You betcha.

You don't have to be a musician; you don't have to know music; you just pick up, play, and possible jam the fuck out and have a good time.

Sure, there are people that take it seriously. I play RB/GH on Expert, and I kept up with top players such as PreistMLH, wulFe, IBiteprettyhardSH, and Azuritereaction. I've even uploaded to some scores to ScoreHero. But we all do this FOR FUN.

IT'S FUN to see who could FC'd (Full Combo'd - or getting a perfect run) on Jordan when GH2 came out; it's FUN to see who could FC Through The Fire and Flames when GH3 came out; it was FUN to see who was able to FC the drum part of Perfect Drug by NIN.

We're having fun, dude. We're not here to replace the real thing because we're too much of pussies to do it (Granted,there are people like this, but they're the slim minority)

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This.

I cannot This any harder than I am right now.]]>Jun 12th 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/

this.]]>Jun 12th 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Why comment on a rockband post and hate on the instruments you hater]]>Jun 12th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
Thank you man. Only reason people think that people who play rb/gh are losers, cuz they themselves suck at the game and wanna make themselves feel better, so they poke fun at people who are good at it. I understand if they are saying that someone who plays rb/gh 24hrs/7 or close to that, to get get a life, its true they do, but for us who dont, people who only play every now and then, they need to back off. Its a game, like your Modern Warefare, or Madden, or w/e u like. Its fun and thats what video games are for, to have fun and entertain us.]]>Jun 13th 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 13th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
It seems in this iteration, with the ability to use an actual stringed instrument to play the game, it has the capacity to teach you, tabulature based playing of songs. I am interested to see what comes of it. I enjoyed the first two rock band games as games, but this version could be a teaching tool.]]>Aug 8th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
I don't have this "Benjamin" guy in my local currency (Canada).]]>Jun 11th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 12th 2010 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/ps. I want it all to work on my computer w/o drivers k thx]]>Jun 12th 2010 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
ya, and 150 loonies sounds lame to people I think lol

sigh.
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If you were starting a band you have to buy probably quality instruments, so lets see here about.

500 for a midrange guitar + 500 for quality amp
600 for drums (I'm not a drummer, guess)
500 for a second midrange guitar + 500 for quality amp
500 for a midrange bass + 550 for quality amp
100 for a mic + 300 for mixer

About $4050 for a band. Not to mention EACH member needs to be experienced in the instrument. So it takes about 2-4 years to get a solid grip on the instrument depending on time and what instrument, so is it really better to just do the real thing?]]>Jun 12th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 13th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.epinions.com/content_497702768260 and I want to be able to choose between circles and rectangles for notes. I have Guitar Hero Metallica and World Tour and I'm used to circles rather than rectangles.
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What's the big deal? It didn't take any getting use to for me, you just hit it when it goes over the line.]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
circles just make more sense. The pads are what shape? CIRCLES !

Furthermore, I hope they fix that Guitar Hero incompatibility issue with Rock Band peripherals so I can use all three of my symbols.]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 11th 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 12th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
If you use the cymbal pack for RB3, the game differentiates between toms and cymbals by using circles for cymbals and bars for toms.]]>Jun 12th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 11th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 11th 2010 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/It will teach you to play guitar, and if you really want you can get the Squier hybrid which can be used in the game or as a real guitar. Think of this as mario teaches typing for guitars, but even more fun.]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
What?! It's a midi guitar. So like.. you /are/ learning to play guitar. You will be able to hook this up to your computer and actually play tunes on them and record/edit in a sequencer. Crazy shit incoming!]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 11th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
Go ahead and tell me what points I reinforced, because I don't see anything. It is basically that--a 'guitar' that sends MIDI (or MIDI-like) data, and with a MIDI din-style output. I'd believe a majority of the 102 buttons themselves are on the fret board (102 - various other buttons all over 6 rows), which doesn't really make this 'harder' to play than the real deal since the fingering is going to be exacty the same (in before 'that's what she said'), but with the same basic principles. I'd like to think you made a half-pompous comment and mistook my response as an err in data or information and I only feel the need to correct this misinterpretation. :)]]>Jun 12th 2010 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sim/powergigriseofthesixstring/news.html?sid=6253186&mode=previews]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
Nice development. I hate it when lots of games sucker players into paying for everlasting subscriptions or endless streams of booster packs and upgrades, but Rock Band has a refreshingly different take: lure people with a musical game, then motivate them to go on to actually _making_ music. Great!]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
I'm excited to see the string-ish styled guitar in RB3. Also being able to use MIDI instruments is really awesome. And I'm just getting into Expert on guitar with RB2, now it looks like I'll have to learn to play all over again!

I was interested to notice that there also looks to be backup singing, which would be cool for my family because they are always fighting over the mic.

And the other really awesome feature is the ability to jump in and out on the fly. Which is really nice instead of having to quit and rebuild a set list if someone has to go home, etc.]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
it's still smart they did that I might use that ]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/See these :;'.,?
Use them, please.
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Supposed to be. There's also a hybrid guitar that isn't priced here that you can use as a real guitar as well as the game controller.]]>Jun 11th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 12th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 11th 2010 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 12th 2010 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/
there is also a squier strat which works with the game you can buy (as in a real guitar which can also be used with the game)]]>Jun 12th 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/rock-band-3s-gear-priced-keytar-and-pro-guitar-sport-midi-out/Jun 12th 2010 12:14AM