Drum Pad Fix [Expanding with Research]

**Apollo** · Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 129

After removing the pad, I see that there is no plug to be found at all, just a sodered-on wire connecting the pad to the actual drum part.

Unless I got a different model or I didn't take of the right part, this was completely worthless for me. Also, the little peg things that did come out in the process of removing the pad are impossible to get back in, all right!

(btw, the inside of the drum looks nothing like the pics posted, no red wires or plugs or anything)

**Kais** · Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 24

So yeah, I fucked with the green drum now because one of the trapezoids doesn't go in all the way, and it makes the pad stick out a little. Still works like a charm though. Ah well, for science~

PS: Apollo, Stove By a Whale is awesome

**Apollo** · Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 129

cheaaaaaaaaaa alright

p.s Any suggestions for my above post ^^

**Finalizer** · Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 1413

I don't have any fix for you Apollo, but I think it would be helpful if you could take some pictures of your drumset (Insides and whatnot), so folks can get an idea of what it actually looks like.
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**joshtbuff** · Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 173

If the wire is out then why doesnt the drum bad never register a signal instead of only if it is too hard? Why can soft taps be recognized but hard rolls cannot?
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**Dash275** · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 75

**BJMarch58** · Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 84

How are the hits actually being registered? I don't have Rock Band yet, but I'm already planning ahead for fixes or modifications. I have a Yamaha digital drum set that I might use...take the stronger Yamaha pads and stick them on the Rock Band kit. They'll take a lot more abuse than plastic.

But is there just a little accelerometer in each pad? Or is it an actual button that's being pressed? If it's an accelerometer that would make my mod cake, and the kit would last forever.
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**Dash275** · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 75

From what I've heard, they're like DDR pads, when you push down on it, two metal pieces touch, and electricity travels down the wire, through the port, to the game. The two metal pieces might be in the top cover of the pad.
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**BobDole** · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 2150 Location: Troy, New York

I don't think they're like that since I can put my hand on one of the drums very lightly and push down and the it will not register. You have to actually HIT the pad, you can't just touch it lightly.
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**Dash275** · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 75

The metal sheets could be so far apart that a good amount of force would be needed to bend the pad in to touch the two sheets.

Or I could be entirely wrong about the DDR pad theory.
That may be it.
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**BobDole** · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 2150 Location: Troy, New York

Well I can just lightly lay my hand on the pad and push it all the way down, slowly, and it won't register. But if I hit the pad with a small amount of force it will register even though the pad doesn't go down that much. I think its an accelerometer like BJMarch58 said.
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**BJMarch58** · Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 84

Further down the road (after December 18th) when I get Rock Band, I will gladly post pictures of any mods I do. I'm a hard-hitting drummer IRL so I'm assuming I'll need to open up the pads soon enough. If it IS an accelerometer then you can pretty much attach them to any surface more durable than plastic.

I tried the drums for the first time at Best Buy just a couple days ago and the 2nd pad was already destroyed (before I got there lol). I'm guessing a lot of these problems are just durability standards that the developers underestimated.
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**TehBanStick** · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 2709

You might want to add my "It only feels like it is going to break" tip to the OP, its in my post on page 1
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