Comments on: Rock Band drum pedal problem turned mod

By: private

private — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:03:50 +0000

my bass pedal doesn’t have any screws on the bottom of it to remove the box piece from, what do i do?

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:56:35 +0000

Great suggestion, Alan!

By: Alan Matthews

Alan Matthews — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:45:48 +0000

I took it all apart. It’s just a switch - or for that matter to pieces of wire touching makes the beat.

I took the drum pedal apart until I was left with the plug that goes into the back of the drum kit and it’s wire.

I had a real pedal and discarded the beater. Using two pieces of aluminum foil and the wires to make a connection when the pedal hit it’s travel stop was pretty easy.

By: Velks

Velks — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:03:01 +0000

i had the same problem but wow all i did was duct tape a piece of wood on top of my pedal to hold the two parts together.but this is more impressive.Good job

By: Shehzad Hamza

Shehzad Hamza — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:16:23 +0000

Hi
I’ve got everything working. But there seems to be just one problem. My pedal registers 2 beats every once in a while (about 30% of the time). Is this something to do with the alignment? When you have your setup, does the beater actually hit the sensor part? Mine seems to register a beat when it gets close, but then when I release the pedal, it registers another beat as well. Is there any way to fix this?

By: Michael L Perry

Michael L Perry — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:31:20 +0000

You can also hack an old amplifier to turn a real kick drum trigger into a switch. A kick drum trigger is a pad with a sensor. It’s designed to pick up the thump of the drum pedal beater, but it is really just a microphone.

You can plug this microphone into an old tape deck, adjust the gain, and use the volume indicator as a switch. Video and instructions are on my site at http://kickproject.com.

By: All Things Chill » Blog Archive » Rock Band Add-Ons. Hooray!

All Things Chill » Blog Archive » Rock Band Add-Ons. Hooray! — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:34:37 +0000

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By: John

John — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:30:17 +0000

This mod is great, thanks for making it! I’m definitely going to try this out. I can’t stand the action of the RB pedal.

By: Bl4d3_0f_b4k45

Bl4d3_0f_b4k45 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:30:17 +0000

Call me wierd but I made mine out of wood left over from a remodel. haha. Our wooden wonder is working pretty good. Its just two pieces of wood and a hinge.

By: nick

nick — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:15:34 +0000

saw not sax sorry for the typos I cant see what im typing in this box