Peace of Mind / Expert "-1" on Drums

Time for some new tunes! I got the classic pack. I wasn't expecting to get anywhere near an FC on this, but I got a -1!

The in-game capture overlays goes out of sync with the audio a bit on this one. Sorry about that. I think my PC during the capture was CPU-pegged for some reason and frames were dropped.

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This song is great, but Neversoft's charting/transcribing is starting to bug me. They are way to "literal" with their note placement. Some of the notes (mostly during the solo sections) I've marked with a "STUPID" caption as they're falling down the screen. I call them stupid because the transcriber felt it necessary to put the notes EXACTLY where the notes are played during the song, NOT where they are *meant* to be played, or even where the original guitarist was even *trying* to play them, or, most importantly, where they *sound* like they're played at normal listening speed. The transcriber obviously slowed down the song and got way too specific about where certain notes are in the song. The beauty of Guitar Hero is that you feel like you're playing guitar (well, not me, because I'm playing on drums, but you get my point). You want to get inside the head of the guitar part of the song. You don't want to have to deliberately delay or speed up your groove just because the original recording has some "slop" from the guitarist who is playing naturally and loosely. You want to play the lick as originally intended by the guitarist. That's when the game is fun to play. Many of the little triplet licks in this song have a note that's not quite on the beat. No way the originaly guitarist was going for that, and again, it doesn't even sound like it's off, yet it was transcribed off beat. You can hear me deliberately play late in a few spots during the solo because of this. It's, well... stupid. I hate GH charts like this. A lot of GH3 songs are this way and it bugs me.

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Thanks for watching!

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: Which video editor do you use?
A: My earlier videos were made with Windows Movie Maker. My latest videos are made Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8.

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, and should have my mod working with it soon. Then I'll probably have a lot more videos to post!

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

Gaming

Tags:

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

[iBonezv3]

can you hit double notes with the single note pads??

[egyokeo]

no, the ones with only one color just play that color.

[MrVeNoMmAn66XBL]

do u use hyperspeed?

[egyokeo]

no, haven't unlocked that cheat. i don't really have any reason to use it. unless... is it better to watch? anything to make better videos :)

[Teh48Finn]

since the gh3 window is so big, would u technically even need to "drum"" the red note in the GR-R-RY phrase such as at 1:20. couldn't u just use the hammer on for that since ur machine has an auto hold function?

[egyokeo]

Teh48Finn, with the auto-hold, it releases all currently held notes before playing any new ones, so i can't hold down the R and still hit a new Y. not on drums anyway, when i use my software with a MIDI keyboard input, yup, i could've done that.

[JangoRox1]

What's with the stupid?

[krispx2]

where u get the drums

[SheSkisThePark]

Why not play the real drums?

[TinS1108]

@orangejuicer92 He can't.

[orangejuicer92]

how can u do a green yellow orange chord?????????

[TMcounterSS]

you PRO! good good

[wescoolya]

i remember when you were showing off that drum set when you first modded it and it dident have the stickers. that drm set looks gay and it will allways be gay and theirs nothing you can do

[SUPERMIKEY500]

why do you have a drum

[TheWetRatt88]

HE writes stupid cuz if you listen to the music theres no point for that note to be there in the song.

[SoloFatty911]

That so fake his playing it on drums to fake it when actually comeone else is playing it on the guitar for real NOOB

[bobjefflarry]

lol why did you keep writing stupid for some of the notes lol i laughed when i saw it