Number of the Beast / Expert 99% 582k on Drums

I LIVED alo n e e e e . . . *splat*

(I stand corrected! The lyrics are I *left* alone.)

Hearing Iron Maiden for the first time when Piece of Mind came out was when I first realized that I liked music. I'm soooo glad GH3 had this song as a master track. Bruce Dickenson rules.

This was requested a few times, and so now I've got vids of all songs in Tier 8 (not counting Lou Battle). The solo was really fun and I actually got 100% on Solo2! Yay!!

I admit... the way I play the Verses in this song is easier on drums than on guitar, because I'm "abusing" my 2-note chord pads. On guitar you have to be careful to lift off the Red before hitting the Blue-Orange. For me, I'm just banging with two sticks between two pads. I hope that doesen't bother anybody. But if it does, too bad. ;-)

Thanks for watching! I'm glad a lot of you like these vids. It's the only reason I keep making them.

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: How much does this cost?
A: The drumKat is a pro-quality MIDI drum pad set. These days, they run about $1k. 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: Yes, eventually, now that there is a mod out there that'll allow me to use my MIDI pads on it. My current setup will not work with Rock Band since my mod is seen by the console as a standard controller and Rock Band will not let you play the drum parts with a standard controller.

Q: Is "MIDI Hero" available to the public?
A: I haven't decided yet if I'm going to make it publicly available. I'll keep the answer to this question updated in the FAQs of all future videos if anything ever changes in this department. If I did ever release it, I'd also likely have a link to it on my website (link above).
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Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Guitar
• Hero
• GH3
• Number
• Beast
• Expert
• Star
• MIDI
• Drums
• drumKat
• Xbox
• 360

[theguitarhero94]

one question i've always been thinking about but forgetting to ask... when you're not using the double note pads, do you seriously hit them that perfectly or is it programmed so the drums are like you're using the controller so you don't have to hit stuff like that exactly?

[egyokeo]

it's got some play in there. the program I wrote has a 40ms buffer where after every note (since no two notes are ever exactly played at the same millisecond), and if two notes fall within 40ms of each other, they're sync'd up and a chord is sent to the console.

[Nyxtia]

Epic fail at xxxmattxxx99

Nice Job Egyokeo<3

[m0nj3]

u sir, PHAIL at being able to be called a human with a brain

[sk8vidman1]

@egyokeo don't be sorry at 0:02

[Danny1013]

This kinda looks like it might be easier with the drums.

[dontxdoxitxhunter]

Hes playing guitar hero 3, using a weird ass drum setup, and playing the guitar with the drums? but i'd have to say that was amusing.

[Chickenchomperchad]

WOW! you must be EXTREMELY good at RB drum!!!

are you..?

[bradkerr100]

cool

[itzm33forealz]

GO FOR THE FC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iamchase4life]

u got a beastly left arm

[Metallicanoob201]

that looks like a tiring process