I got annoyed that there wasn't already a freeware program to make the Rock Band 2 drums easy to use as a midi controller, so I ended up writing my own:
Bad news: it is for Windows only, and will only work with Xbox 360 versions of the drum kit Good news: it can detect the velocity of hits on the Rock Band 2 kit, and also works with the optional Mad Katz cymbals you can add.
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Bad news: it is for Windows only, and will only work with Xbox 360 versions of the drum kit
Good news: it can detect the velocity of hits on the Rock Band 2 kit, and also works with the optional Mad Katz cymbals you can add.