Rockband on PC!

**inktrocity** · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 7

Many are talking about hacking rockband for Xbox 360 and PS3. I haven't heard much talk about Rockband on the PC.

So maybe emulators and original content on the PC is not going to happen.

So what is accomplished already? Well we know that both PC and Xbox 360 drum kits work on the PC (with driver).

So has anyone thought or discussed a homebrew pc application for creating and playing tracks (like a rockband clone)?

I myself am an intermediate programmer in .net C#, but not so much C++. I would be intrested in hearing from some other programmers and see if anyone else would share intrest in this type of a project.

**Jaguar** · Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 111

If you want to play the song, that's probably possible. The MIDI format is known and can be extracted from the PS2 discs. I'm hearing odd things about the VGS files, but I've got a high confidence that they'll be worked out, so you'll have audio.

I sort of doubt that you'll get the "rock band experience", though -- no emulator is anywhere near fast enough, so you'd be looking at ground up rewrite of the actual game engine. I imagine that it won't be long before there's something that can rip it into Frets on Fire format or similar.

**thespike** · Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 3198 Location: Illinois

I think TurkeyMan said original plans for FeedBack were basically going to be Rock Band before Rock Band was actually announced. He might not get around to implementing them for a while because he has a life and needs an artist.
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**kdb424** · Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 595

I have yet to see any riped audio. Did someone actually figure this out yet? If so, how do you convert it?

**Desertman123** · Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 2957 Location: Central FL

With the drivers the PS3 drums, mic and guitar work (the ones that came with the Ps2 bundle, I use the guitar to play FOF

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**coastercrazy10** · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject:

Head over to the software forum on the regular SH site. Turkeyman(creator of dB) is seriously considering releasing a version of dB which will allow the user to play guitar and drums in dB, like a stepmania thing. He hasn't released a lot of details though, but i seem to remember him saying he has the code up and running for the explorer but he just hasn't released it.

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**gionta1222** · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject:

**Desertman123** · Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 2957 Location: Central FL

I'm not 100% what a driver is but it would make the item work. It installs when you first plug the item into you computer. Like a keyboard when you buy it, it comes with a drivers CD-ROM to make it work properly.
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**kdb424** · Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 595

Yep, that's a driver. I'd LOVE to use db as a practice tool on the PC. That would be awesome!! i hope it get's done.

**NightmareJG** · Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 271

**gionta1222** · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:29 am Post subject:

**baylxr** · Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 309 Location: Oakland, CA

the controller won't show up in My Computer because it is not a drive (not to be confused with driver), it is just a USB controller. In other words there is no folders/memory on the guitar/drums so you cant look in it through My Computer.
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**coastercrazy10** · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject:

Yup...just played DTXMania StepMania with my guitar/drum controllers for PS3. Just plug and play (with a little delay to install the hardware). Woo.

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**Devil93065** · Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 130

For the 360 drum kits and guitars, you have to download the Xbox 360 controller driver for it to work. It will detect the Rock Band guitar controller as "Harmonix Guitar Controller" and the drum kit as "Harmonix Drum Kit" or something like that.

Link for driver: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/55158

**baylxr** · Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 309 Location: Oakland, CA

For anyone who doesn't trust the 3rd party downloader (not saying its bad but some people are freaked out about that kinda stuff) heres the official link for the driver:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/download.mspx

(Go to Controllers --> Xbox 360 Controller for Windows --> Your OS --> Your Language)

you can also just plug in a normal wired 360 controller and it will automatically install the driver
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