Easy Wii Rock Band Drums as Midi Controller

Update: Combined RB and GH kits in a video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZT5v5HGQa0
This is a demonstration of an easy way to hook up the Rock Band Drums for Wii to trigger MIDI drums via USB and Junxion. Junxion is an OS X program which is not free. I'm using version 3, version 4 is over $100 but you can get the lite version here:
http://www.steim.org/steim/junxionLite.html

I have more info here:
http://jordanbalagot.com/blog/2008/06/29/turn-wii-rock-band-instruments-into-...

The rock band guitar works this way too.

Disparaging comments about my appearance will be deleted. I identify as transgender, people. Get over it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rock
• band
• wii
• drums
• midi
• controller
• junxion
• electronic

[jamjump7]

Hey i was wondering where one could find the junction program you spoke of? thanks

[jordan314]

It won't let me post the link in the comments but I fixed the link in the video info.

[petercockroach]

Hey, your blog seems to be down...how do I get this to work in GarageBand?

[jordan314]

Blog is back up now, thanks. GarageBand should work the same as Logic.

[pabloww]

nice video! but you look like a girl

[KeatsHandwriting]

Jordan, you rock, dont listen to losers :)

[GameShaft]

@captainzub the more buttons the better it is for fitting notes in yea you can use anything as amidi controller basically anything you can plug in as usb and hhas buttons :P

[captainzub]

Does anyone know if this can be made to work with the Rock Band Pro Drums (with three cymbals) on Wii?

[TheFreshPeddler]

@MtzUglyDuck - i have no experience with this as a midi controller but im guessing you would have to have to set one of the pads play an open hat and another for a closed unless someone has hacked/programmed some pedal control. hmm check the software, maybe it can be/has been done. there might be a drum vst with a mod wheel or something like that to open close hats or switch sounds which you could assign to be triggered by a midi device.

[TheFreshPeddler]

you go girl, thanks for the info and nice setup and skills you have there. i just put that shit on craigslist but i know what im doin with it if it doesnt sell quick lol.

[MtzUglyDuck]

how can i open/ close high hat?

[zachary666655]

how do you do this on pc.

[jdr22114]

can u add the rb cymbals so u have 3 cymbals and 3 toms and a snare?

[roflpl0xnubsauce]

That's a pretty shirt jordan <3

[sergiocl91]

you´re superfast rockerdrum xD!, with da sound, more+++