Podcast #2 – Rock Band Drum Mods (Tommy Gun + Mojo)

Tommy Gun — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:56:10 +0000

There are a whole bunch of mods that can be, and should be, done to the Rock Band drums if you’re serious about playing. How do you increase the sensitivity? How do you dampen the noise? What about that crappy bass pedal that always breaks? We discuss all of these things, and the different solutions people have come up with.

See a quick video of the mods at the bottom of this post, along with links to all things discussed (you might even want to watch the video first so you know what the stuff looks like when you listen). I also posted some score pics below to show my drums are working pretty well.

Corrections and Additional Info:

When talking about using a cymbal pad for a real drum pedal, I said you put it on the floor — I didn’t mean flat on the floor, you put it perpendicular so the beater hits it like a real drum.

I forgot to mention that there is a licensed drum pad silencer set coming out for Rock Band. It probably isn’t actually made by Harmonix, but it has the official logo on it. Not much info is known about that yet.

Regarding the Omega pedal: the switch is actually on the side, and the axle that the beater is connected to is what triggers it. Every time the axle turns, it hits the switch.

Videos:

Here is my drumset with some of the different mods we discussed [Update: new MUCH better pedal]:

Links:

Good Wood Mods – Support Struts
Rock Band Drumsoft – Drum pads. The ones I have are the Gum Rubber Composite.

Drum Modding 101 – TONS of links in this thread.
deepbluevibes’ Infamous Sock Mod
The Rock Band Drum “In-between Sock Mod” (this is my variation that I was talking about. You can see photos here as well)

The Lazy Man’s Authentic Drum Pedal Mod! – Make your own pedal
DESTROYER Pedal
Omega Pedal

Score Pictures:

Just some proof that my drums really are working at almost 100%. I have lots of gold stars, these are just a few that I took pics of.

I broke my streak on this one, but it wasn’t my fault. (hey, I said almost)

I mentioned this one in the podcast, this was right after I put the Drumsoft pads on:

Rock Band: Expert Pro Drums 100% flawless scores Here are some of the more notable 100%s I’ve gotten...

Podcast #1 – Space Invaders Extreme, Nanostray 2

Tommy Gun — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:50:09 +0000

We finally got on the bandwagon! I’ve been really busy lately, so I haven’t had time to make videos or write reviews, but I really wanted to talk about these two DS games. I got my friend Neofletcher to do a podcast with me, since he’s also obsessed with the DS.

Both of these podcasts are very in-depth (i.e., LONG), and we really just did them for fun. We’ll try to make future podcasts shorter. Originally it was going to be a single podcast, but I decided to split it in two because of the length.

See videos for both games at the bottom of this post.

Part 1: Space Invaders Extreme (Tommy Gun + Neofletcher)

This is an update to Space Invaders, similar to what they did with Pac-Man CE on Live Arcade. New enemies, new weapons, and best of all, the whole game thumps to the music (think Rez, Lumines)! As of this recording it’s an import, but it’s coming to the US on June 17th.

20 minutes, 8MB:

Corrections and Additional Info:
It’s called “Fever Time” not “Frenzy.”

I found out that the bosses in the PSP version are not shrunk down, it actually is a differently shaped field than on the DS, although they remove the borders on the PSP to give it slightly more height than the main PSP levels.

Part 2: Nanostray 2 (Tommy Gun + Neofletcher)

A sequel, this is a very traditional shmup (more so than Nanostray 1). Has D-pad control or touch-screen control.

43 minutes, 17MB:

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