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Guitar Hero World Tour drum modding - free the cymbals M2.0

I always wanted to learn to play drums. A True it is not right in question too big, you need a rehearsal room. A good electronic I have over 10 years, tried it out - absolutely great, but not payable (> 2000 €). Thanks to Guitar Hero World Tour I can now implement this plan still in action.

stop, is to say: those are just silly toy drums.
Well, this (Rock Band) is in fact, a "paint by numbers" toy.

this (original Guitar Hero World Tour) is a little better and even makes fun, but is still much work to remove them as drums.

But this (Guitar Hero World Tour - free the cymbals M2.0 edition) is a tool where you can really play.

silencers has in his contributions a lot of interesting and practical assessments and modding tips on drums supplied by rock band - and I've learned two things: 1) let the producers do not Schmuh go through and 2) heal thyself then helps you God. When I saw the construction of the Cymbals of Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit so I knew what to do.

To play sound drum patterns to is primarily the combination of snare drum, hi-hat, bass drum and ride cymbal crucial. 95% of all "grades" to run on these four components. Especially important is the interaction between the snare and hi-hat, the standard is' "crossed" play: the right hand dealt the Hi-Hat and replaced if necessary on the toms and ride cymbal, the left hand remains (except for costly fill-ins) on the snare.

The Rock Band drum kit it is impossible to play like that, and also the location des Guitar Hero Kits ist alles andere als optimal hierfür. Dieses Video hier zeigt hingegen den richtigen Aufbau: man setzt sich breitbeinig auf den Stuhl und stellt die Snare direkt mittig zwischen die Beine vor sich. die Bass Drum kommt direkt unter den rechten Fuss, das Hi-Hat an die Verlängerung des linken. Nach rechts wird mit Toms und dem Ride/Crash Becken aufgefüllt. Von oben sieht das dann so aus:
RockBand versagt hier auf ganzer Linie:
Alles falsch positioniert und viel zu eng.
Erschwerend kommt hinzu das in der Standardausführung auch noch die Bass-Drum viel zu nahe am Körper arretiert ist. Das GH-Kit macht zweierlei besser: die Bass Drum ist frei positionierbar, and the pools are at least ever ever existent and even raised:
But there is something wrong: the Ride / Crash is too low and a little tight, the hi-hat a lot to the center and with a mindless tendency: the Hi -hat is always mounted horizontally in original:
Fortunately, you can fix it all at GH with minimal effort: the pool can be easily remove and put it on a separate stand. For the cable is used in each case a simple mini-jack extension (6 €). I used two stand out of the music accessories cost: a simple height-adjustable floor stand for the Hi-Hat
and a low voice with boom stand for the ride / crash cymbal. When you enter the thread dimensions eight: By default the thread of the stands are somewhat narrower than that of the pool, so I built a simple extension. A thread adapter would also be possible, but it would be the Hi-Hat already quite high.
Here is a view of the components, which are for the conversion of the yellow bowl (Hi) requires:

That would be:

- two nuts (3 / 8 ")

- a long 3 / 8 "screw, 5cm length

- four washers (sollten genau auf die Schraube passen)

- ein Stahlblech mit zwei Bohrungen durch das die Schraube passt, Abstand der Bohrungen 5 bis 7 cm

- ein Miniklinke-Verlängerungskabel Stereo, etwa 1 Meter

Die Art der Montage (ca. 2 Minuten) ist auf den Bildern oben in der Großansicht gut zu sehen (auf die Bilder Klicken)

Diese Komponenten (Stative, Schrauben) kosten zusammen etwa 25 € - und was bekommt man dafür an Spielgefühl! Hier die neue Lösung in der Oberansicht:
Wie wir sehen sind alle Desiderata behoben, vom Aufbau her haben wir jetzt eine recht gute Umsetzung des Originals - für the amateur drummer for more than neat. Who are the implications of this modification can not imagine right: the difference is as great as if I had to play instead of the foot switch the bass drum on a pad above.

wages of the few trouble is a completely new feeling: here comes the extremely useful hardware of the drums into the game. If you have installed tilted the basin once more and less do we realize how spring has the edge: with a relaxed hand we have here a wonderfully airy feel. This then really nicely implemented velocity: while it finds little use in the actual game you have deposited in the Studio-Free Play mode, World Tour of wonderful sound velocity, und die Becken besitzen sogar zwei verschiedene Trefferzonen (closed/open, ride/crash) - erstaunlicherweise ist das nirgendwo dokumentiert.
Kurze Rede langer Sinn: man geht nun munter auf http://www.freedrumlessons.com/ und fängt an dort die Übungslektionen zu spielen. Und, Erstaunen: ES FUNKTIONIERT. man bekommt wirklich überzeugende Sequenzen zustande, da man jetzt eine wirklich „organische“ Drumtechnik einsetzen kann. Als Nebeneffekt sorgt es dafür, das ich nach wenigen Stunden Übung die Songs in Word Tour nur noch auf „schwer“ oder gar „experte“ spiele - vorher undenkbar.

Hier sieht man das runderneuerte Drum kit in action on video

I still recommend two other tuning measures: firstly, should the sensitivity of the pads to adjust their preferences. Quires only a MIDI> USB cable and this program. I play with a very sensitive setting, which allows a very "airy" easy game:
And finally, I was the angle of the three large pads too steep. Remedial help in this case two coated dumbbells - works great, maybe I will create something beautiful but as yet :-)
In brief, a detailed comparison of rock band follows to Guitar Hero World Tour in terms of gameplay and fun factor.