How to Use Rock Band Instruments in GarageBand

[Zombieman27]

can i just use the pedal?

[Prime1153]

@Zombieman27 I think the pedal works... I haven't done this in ages, but if I remember right, you can map out the pedal. You don't have to map out the other pads if you don't want to.

[davedbrave17]

when i plug in my drums, the light on them blinks once and then its off. then i cant find them in gamepad. Any suggestions?

[BubaZee]

it works and i have snow leopard. well is there anyway i can make a different key work for a different drum pad or color or whatever. if u know.

[wizzleman412]

google...gooogle... hahah

[InfomercialRemixer]

The demo runs out as soon as I download the gamepad thing wtf?

[PlainLazy77]

My demo ran out and when i re download it wont work i need a serial number :\ any advice

[Billbobjedi2]

my xbox 360 drums arent getting recognized by my iMac. when i plug it in the light blinks then goes off. any ideas? it recognizes my xbox 360 controller but not the drums.

[Billbobjedi2]

my xbox 360 drums arent getting recognized by my iMac. when i plug it in the light blinks then goes off. any ideas?

[Rob0Star]

-Thank you my dudee.!

[PlainLazy77]

thanks so much

[vaslim54]

Very informative but the camera is like watching the Blair Witch Project... Get a tri-pod or have someone else hold the camera for you. Thanks for the info though...

[2kreh]

google....google!

[kool207]

it wont recognize my drums

[feewert42]

he have world of warcraft

[Reneau3088]

k my macbook is like 1 week old, its the newest one out and i cant seem to get this too work, i tried with ps3 and ps2 rock band drum kits

[Prime1153]

@Reneau3088 Gamepad Companion doesn't appear to work with Snow Leopard... Sorry.

[tscassid]

Check out my videos. I'll show you how to get the instruments from the Roland Fantom X6 and the Prophet '08 for garageband without buying the keyboards. This will give you 600 new instruments in all. Professional synths, guitars, all kinds of stuff.

[uglyryder]

i havent tried this yet but im wondering is there any delay between when you strike the pad and when the computer recognizes it?

[sephiroth7655]

Mines wireless what now...

[RandomMeatballs]

wen i plug it in i hav the xbox 360 drum kit it only stays on for a few seconds wat do i do

[Thelespablo]

MINE EXPIRED!!!!! HOW DO YOU GET THE FULL ONE freeee!

[Deathkninja]

Buy iLife....

[tscassid]

@Thelespablo Check out my videos. I'll show you how to get the instruments from the Roland Fantom X6 and the Prophet '08 for garageband without buying the keyboards. This will give you 600 new instruments in all. Professional synths, guitars, all kinds of stuff.

[danjamins]

thank you works fine on the new guitar hero (band hero) perfectly and my mac runs on snow leopard

[Guitarmaster332]

the light on my drums turn on for a couple seconds then turn off.. whats wrong?

[dbuvid]

I'm having the same problem. It shows up in System Profiler too, it just isn't detected by the 360 Controller driver. I'm running Snow Leopard but I don't know if that's the issue.

[Guitarmaster332]

i think we might need the adapter that came with game that it powered

[TheBlueHour]

This does work with Snow Leopard (at least I got it working with it doing the same things you showed here).

[bchbm220]

when i plug in the usb on my rockband drums the light stays on for about 2 seconds then turns off. Therefore the computer cannot recognize the instument. anyone know how to keep the pesky light on? is it a power issue?

[xFaMoUs4LiFex]

doesent work on an intel based mac!

[Prime1153]

Wrong! My MacBook has a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and this worked fine.

...Note that I said WORKED fine. Are you running Snow Leopard? I recently tried doing this while running 10.6, and it didn't work.

[chrodragon2]

lol whats ur wow charecter name and realm? im chriscornel on lethon.

[downtownpics]

I guess if you buy a Xbox 360 adapter for pc it will work for Xbox 360 as well, maybe

[MGuniverse]

I noticed you have world of warcraft...

[Shit2223]

yea lol saw that 2

[joemama1269]

when i connect my guitar and drums (at different times) both of the xbox ring light that are on the instrument flash on then turn off and the computer cant see it

[richiemax1]

OKOKOK! everything is fine, but the drum sound is not on time! SONIDO DESFAZADO! how can i fix this trouble?

[RandomChannel109]

where did you download garageband? i want it so bad!

[shmitty985]

its a mac program

[w1104717]

does this work for the ion drum kit

[lpodtouchappreviewer]

This works so well...i'm new to drumming, and i play rock band...so the whole thing on people saying it has lag and isnt velocity sensitive...idc, because im not good at all :)

Thanks for the tutorial! Big help! Took me a bit to figure out the key commands, but it works!

[mrmclaren27]

Dude it causes a shit load of latency

[LeoDirne]

is it possible to do with guitar hero drums ?

[Blug567]

Thanks that reeally helped! thanks!

[letsgomets2590]

this dude sounds like al gore

[classiical]

lmfao you're right.

[letsgomets2590]

haha glad im not the only one who noticed lol

[morethanshapes]

Is there anyway to get the 360 instruments working? Any kind of HID driver that anyone is aware of, or anything?

My System Profiler recognizes the instrument is plugged in... but nothing further.

[gamerdew64]

This may have already been asked, but is there a way to use a different sort of object that would work as a hi-hat pedal, using this program? I have seen people use other devices for that purpose, but I just don't know if the GPC would be able to understand if the pedal is down or up to give it that hi-hat pedal sound.

[CactusClan123]

the drums dont pop up in gamepad

[sasmas1545]

maybe if u turned them on...

[dsmrocker]

HaHa! Nice my girlfriend called me a nerd for hooking my rock band stuff up to my computer. HaHa! Thanks dude. This will be helpful on making music now and more interesting!!!

[knoxpankake]

dude put some socks on!

[bootyboy76]

this isnt really a discovery..i plugged the guitar hero mic in just to see what would happen..i told people abt..they acted like it was common knowledge..computers will adapt to all the intruments with a usb

[Prime1153]

Well, a full-fledged tutorial is nice. It's beyond showing that it's possible: it's showing how to do it yourself.

[RedGaze]

a usb mic into a computer is common knowledge. a usb drum kit into a computer is not. the computer has drivers to recognize a mic but not a drum set.

[chriscoooley]

this is rather different though - a usb mic just acts as a sound device as the recording input, while the drumset like this requires midi mapping

[bjmills123]

and also i have a 360 controller is that a problem?

[bjmills123]

my controller isnt showing up on the gamepad thingy

[goliath6190]

and if i dont have a mac?

[LittleDudeo]

the you cant do it :p

[dtxbeast]

thats awsome is it free though. YAAAA GO LED ZEPPLIN YEEEEEEEEEEEE.

[RyanTheMann]

it worked for me with the rock band wii drums

thanks

[BrianSpud33]

Oh, and it's free, and you don't need GamePad companion, as MIDItar Hero basically replaces that.

[BrianSpud33]

You should check out my program MIDItar Hero... it allows you to use your RB or GH drum kit in the same way as this, but with minimal latency, and it also supports every guitar controller out there.

I have a few videos demonstrating the program and you can find more information the website link there.

[DZA9mm]

funny how the macbook wakes up yawning lol

[RedGaze]

lol thats the sound of the cd drive.

[JesusfreakWES]

That was amazing!! thanks for all the help. You did a great job of explaining how to do it. Most people just do it without letting you know how to do it. lol

[greg3008]

Awesome dude!

It works great :D

Thanks for that...

[doctorlivingstone]

Thanks so much for posting this. Works great with the Garage Band 2 wireless set as well.

[jemsz95]

gpc serial:

j-583-9437-fzi-0621-05-1

works

[jemsz95]

gpc=gamepad companion

[jazenhearse]

holy balls thanks it werkd!

[stevondobloom]

I can't do the musical typing for guitar

[Souperstarjr]

Gosh it's just a comment. It's my opinion! So leave me alone about it . If i prefer Windows over Mac then oh well and if you like Mac more than Windows then great . But that's my opinion so I don't even care about that EXTREMELY rude comment .

[stuntsnyc]

thanks for the info so far, but how do i know which musical drum sounds to assign to each drum pad and the pedal, (i know its somewhat subjective), but which ones should i use to make it comprable to a real rock drum pad kit?

thanks

[ildemaro2]

there's still a little lag when playin the rock band drums :(

[slankie24]

wow i got this and today gamepad companion told me that its only a 45 day demo and i needed to buy it.

[xXtortionXx]

this works on GH4 DRUMS!!!!!

[Prime1153]

Thanks for trying that out. Added it as an annotation in the video.

[xXtortionXx]

put the annotation longer..but ya you can use wireless drums..even rb2 drums..it also works for rb and guitar hero guitars..but i have 10.3.9 so i dont have the musical typing in Garage Band..so im using idrums.

[benandstephen]

lol u play WoW cool

[guitarhero55525]

the light on my drum kit wont go on and ive tried every usb port

[Tbone00095]

it said i cant do it on a intel based mac

[Prime1153]

Weird. My MacBook (the one in the tutorial) is an Intel. Try reinstalling the software, or maybe you installed the PPC version of Gamepad. Redownload and reinstall.

[phlFlyers19]

I am using 360 drums the light comes on for a second but then shuts off???

[Prime1153]

Like 12 seconds into the video, an annotation pops up stating that this only works with the PS2/PS3 drums along with the Guitar Hero: World Tour drums. This method doesn't work with the 360 kit. I do believe that it's possible to use the 360 drums, but I don't know how.

[Souperstarjr]

windows is better than mac all the way except for the iphone...

[cartman55125]

ur truly an idiot

[christianzcash]

You are the biggest dipshit in the world. Obviously you hav'nt tried a mac.

[Balzzac]

hey this helped out so much! thanks

[tungee95]

THEY WORK FOR 360 TOO I'VE DONE IT

[prooflootkoo]

ah my gamepad companion expired

F***!

>=[[

any video on how to get it for free? =D

[GRxSHADOW]

wtf why do i have a new mac and i downloaded game companion and it wont start

[brokenemokid2]

YAY U PLAY WoW

[edhiggins]

THANKS MAN!

[redhotcustoms]

So, do you know if theres a program like garageband for windows OS's? (I unfortunaetly have vista cause I cant afford a mac)

[john26051993]

just get a mac there alot better than any windows shit

[redhotcustoms]

Yeah, i'm broke, so I don't think that's gonan happen.

[john26051993]

thats cool

[dguydguydguy]

is it possible to use another sofware for mixing aka grageband but can u use mixcraft or something else?

[psychofish25]

one question, when I press the buttons my ps2 kit, it doesnt show which button im pressing, why is this?

[Prime1153]

First, are you pressing the buttons, or the pads?

Second, is the red light on? If not, then the kit isn't receiving power. Try plugging it into a different USB port.

[psychofish25]

both, neither work, the thing shows up in Gamepad Controller and it gives me choices for buttons, but they dont come up when I press the pads or buttons. Also, it wont let me hit start. I have leopard 10.5.4 (hackintosh)

[psychofish25]

is there a small delay? it seems odd

btw this works great with guitar thanks for showing me this

[Prime1153]

Glad you find it fun. There is a slight delay; this won't replace a full fledged MIDI drum kit. This is a cheap fix for goofing around.

[Guitarzan13]

it works on wii tooooo

[TYTeensBand]

i got it to work! thank you soo much!

[Jestermon]

shitty that it has to be ps3, i tried my 360. doesn;t work

[jbaseball213]

your a genius, keep up the good work

[turantulaguru11]

is it possible to do this on a pc

[Prime1153]

Probably, but I don't know how. Sorry.

[gitarjr]

how do u make this work for 360? ive seen some people use 360 rock band drums

[Prime1153]

It is possible, but I'm not 100% sure how. I think there are Mac drivers for the 360 control. Look around on Google and you might be able to find them. Not sure if they're free, though.

[iamVERYrandom]

It's pronounced OS "10" not OS "ex"

[Prime1153]

X is the Roman numeral for 10. Leopard is Mac OS 10.5. Therefore, it's Mac OS X Leopard. Now do you know why there's a giant X on the box for Leopard?

Use your head. Seriously.

[psychofish25]

also, it is pronounced "ex," idiot lol

[TIPlanck14]

What about the guitar??

[tcb19931234]

i got xbox rock band and the drum kit isnt getting picked up on game companiion. anyone know why?

[crazy8rgood]

i would do this, but i broke my rock band drums by headbutting the green drum with a hard hat on... i know, im a retard, but it was fun... thats all that matters!!!!

[PurplelinkPL]

I tried. They only have updates, or iLife08, either way it's useless

[PurplelinkPL]

Garageband didn't come with my Mac, how do I get it?

[Jakeblueisballin]

Your fucked? Maybe go on Apples website

[maxcrazyman]

can u grt garrage band anywhere for a hp?

[Prime1153]

GarageBand is a program that only works in Mac OS X. There is a similar program called Acid, though. I can't give you any tips on how to do this with a PC, but if you pull it off, let me know.

[maxcrazyman]

dang i guess i might borrow my frnds mac ill tell u if i find out how to do it on another brand :D

[iChristo000]

no Garage band is apple only

[flopassnow]

hella latency bro

[Prime1153]

Yeah. It does have some lag. It doesn't replace a MIDI drum kit or something like that, but it's good enough for those of us who just wanna goof around every once in a while.

[Togepi440]

Thanks! Your tutorial was nice and simple. I got my drums to work without a problem! :D

[liveund3r]

hey u play world of warcraft lol

[Prime1153]

Yes I do. I'm still kinda low level (around 22), but I have fun.

[liveund3r]

cool i got a lvl 70

[forresteee123]

why a mac

[Prime1153]

1: I only have a Mac.

2: Just about every Mac has music creation software; GarageBand.

[flashvideomasta]

try making the strum bar as z and x. thase buttons make you go up or down an octive.

[Prime1153]

I think I tried that once. Was messed up.

[meebofreaks100]

I quit out of system preferances and i connected my guitar and when i went to gamepad companion it only showed "apple optical usb mouse"

[flashvideomasta]

was ur guitar on?

[mscalise94]

is there anything i can use other thank Gmaepad companion

[acespades175]

What if you can't install Gamepad Companion

[Prime1153]

As in your OS/Mac is too old? No idea. I made this for people who had recent computers.

[acespades175]

No,the very new mac

[Prime1153]

Huh. I think that there is a troubleshooting guide on Gamepad's page. Look around. If that doesn't help, tell me your OS version (Go to About This Mac.) and your computer (iMac, MacBook, etc.) and I'll try and help you out.

[Bouncer05]

This dosnt work with the 360 Drums or Guitar.

[Prime1153]

Thanks. I had never used a 360 instrument before, so I assumed that it's just USB. However, after playing Rock Band on a friend's 360, I learned that this won't work.

[Bouncer05]

They are usb but there not reconised by game companion if you use the 360 Controller driver they seem to be found, Havnt had time to mess around to configure them tho.

[squirlnuts2005]

does it have to be mac....or can it be like...vista...cause this sounds pretty cool and i wanna try it....and i would hope it would wrk for 360 drums

[Prime1153]

Odds are that you can find software that does what Gamepad does but on Vista. I don't have a Windows computer anymore, so I couldn't test Windows alternatives.

[squirlnuts2005]

btw...u answered quick as hell.lol...i'll do my research..thanks

[A7XmattA7X]

this doesn't work with 360 drums, does it?