My Name Is Capture Card!

Thank you again subscribers. I'm taking all your great advice. You're really helping me here! Thank you!

This vid was a request from a long time ago. But my main goal here was to try out some of the suggestions I've gotten from some of you.

1) I'm now capturing the video from a capture card, rather than a cheap-o webcam. This will help those of you who hate blue. :-) And I admit, wow, way better color.
2) I did a GH3 vid because they have calibration settings that allow me to make the notes burst into flames right on the row of circles. Many of you hate the lag, so let me know if I've fixed it in this vid.

re: the lag... It's really still there. Stop reading if this stuff is boring, but here's what's happening in my case. My mod has a 145ms lag. That means when I hit the drums, 145ms later, the game "sees" that I hit the drum. So, I have a 145ms lag setting for audio. I have a 0ms lag setting for video. This means that GH3 is delaying the notes on screen by 145ms, later than what the audio is. That way, when I hear the music and see generally what notes are coming at me, I hit the notes in time with the music, and 145ms later, the notes are at the row of circles, right when the game "sees" I hit the notes, so they burst into flames.

This makes it more difficult for me to play, but makes for a better youtube video. When I go to make the vid, I actually don't sync the captured video to when I hit the notes in real life. If I did that, you'd hear "tap tap tap" *before* the notes crossed the row of circles. Instead, to make the video easier to watch, I shift the captured video so that when the notes are bursting into flames, that's when you hear and see me hitting the drum pads.

Well... alright, I got that out of my system. Thanks for watching and if you have any more suggestions, let me know. I will definitely seriously consider all of them.

For my next vid I plan to capture the in-game audio and mix it with my drum tap sounds. That should make the vids more quality because the audio will sound better, but you'll still get the realism by hearing the taps in the background. I'll also capture at a higher resolution so that you can see the score and note streak numbers better.

Oh, I got 200 points less on this FC than when I first FC'd this song. I show my old score at the end of the vid.

FAQ:
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Q: How does it work?
A: Everything is explained in detail here: http://egyokeo.com/midihero

Q: How do you do 3-note chords?
A: All "two adjacent note" power chords are mapped to the top 4 pads, so with two sticks I can play any 3-note chord except GYO.

Q: How do you do whammy and star power?
A: I use a bass drum pedal on my right foot to activate star power, and a hi-hat pedal on my left foot to control whammy depth.

Q: How do you hold notes?
A: My MIDI Hero software has an auto-hold feature for every note hit because it's more natural for a drummer to play that way. It's not a good feeling to mash sticks into drum pads to hold notes.

Q: Why do the notes "hit" so late?
A: I use a 145ms setting for the in-game HTDV Lag Calibration feature to counter the "controller lag" I have with my setup. I use it to make the sweet spot of the notes match the sound of the music, not when the notes cross the row of circles. That way, I play what I hear, but the notes burst into flames really late. This only applies to my GH2 videos and pre-update GH3 videos.

Q: How much does this cost?
A: The drumKat is a pro-quality MIDI drum pad set. These days, they run about $1k but I bought my set years ago. I also use a PC to run my custom home-brew MIDI Hero software to interpret the drum events. Then the "XIM" and "XFPS" add another $100+. This is not made for the masses. This is a one-of-a-kind setup.

Q: Do you play real drums? Are you in a band?
A: Yes, I've been playing drums since 1986. I have been in various bands from Jazz to Ska over the years. Right now I'm in the Detroit-based ska band The Exceptions.

Q: Are you getting Rock Band?
A: I got it, now that there is a mod out there that'll allow me to use my MIDI pads on it. I refuse to play on the stock drum controller. It's awful. Once I can play the game on my MIDI pads, I'll probably make some videos.

Q: Is "MIDI Hero" available to the public?
A: I plan on making it available for download in the coming months. Stay tuned.
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Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Guitar
• Hero
• GH3
• Jonas
• Expert
• MIDI
• Drums
• drumKat
• Xbox
• 360
• XIM

[azuritereaction]

interesting angle: the only reason i don't use this though is because you can't see the TV, so you know some idiots are going to say "IT WAS BOTTED" or something retarded.

[egyokeo]

yeah i know what you mean. my "problem" (if you want to call it that) is that my tv is too big lol. can't fit it in view. well, maybe i could get a corner of it somehow. but even though it's a little weird to be seeing the pads top-down, i kinda like how it's side by side with the note chart.

[duramiges]

how can he play like that???? how can he know where the colors are.

[egyokeo]

it's hard to see (actually, impossible, don't know why) but that drum pad thing i play has 10 pads on it, separated by a groove around each pad. hopefully i can get higher quality vids posted where you can see that. anyway, if you follow the link in the description to my site, i have a diagram of all the colors.

[freebones12321]

love the birds eye view, and capture card offers amazing quality. best configuration yet!! i say you keep it =)

[egyokeo]

cool thanks! i'm gonna keep it, but maybe try for still better quality... just because it's a goal now. :)

[BroncoBoy89]

This is the best one so far...Love the layout. Keep it up.

[MultiHeLiOs]

Holy fuck. Azuritereaction commented this vid 3 years ago :O

[ComanderPC]

Guitar hero should make this :D

[coryraven]

Your Sick



[Caboose1341]

is it just me or does the drum pad look like micky mouse

[hapetreefriend]

this vid is awesome

[ChowderMania2]

Ur Discription was Confusing O_e

[strikeme5]

he didn't hack the pads he using a midi pad and midi hero

[TheJaggerizer]

why would eminem be in guitar hero 3..?

[Superjumpmaster]

smart hack the drum pads and make your own drum pad!

[hitsforkids]

haha ur "problem" is that ur tv is too big? U SPOILED LIL BITCH!

haha, nah not 4 real

just jelous