i’m using an m-audio sustain pedal, made for keyboards, connected via a stereo 1/4″ to 1/8″ adapter. it works great, and the pedal is WAY sturdier than the included rock band pedal. in the video i have it hooked up through a headphone splitter, and that works for double pedal action with the included rock band pedal, but holding one pedal down will not allow the other to trigger. i got this sustain pedal from amazon.com for around $13, but you could probably get one at any music store as well. the needed action is on/off, so a sustain pedal works great, don’t try an expression pedal.
at the end you get a little beatmania iidx action. if you like rock band or any other rhythm game, you should check out the original: beatmania iidx. it’s super fun, but kinda hard to get into since it’s mostly japanese. look it up.
i hooked up my new rock band wii drum set to my laptop via usb and mapped it to keys with joytokey and then set those to trigger the FPC in FLStudio 8.
no drivers were required, all i did was plug it in, it was recognized as the Harmonix Drum Controller for Nintendo Wii. i just downloaded joytokey, manually set the buttons i found from the xp game controller properties to keys. i’m sure this would work in a number of different scenarios. kinda fun =)
you get a special treat after the RB wii drum video: iidx - the best rhythm game ever.
here’s the second version of my colowar2008 nerd rap battle remix! i like this one much better. added a new rapper, rearranged things, and things and stuff. listen to it now!
edit: i uploaded to boomp3 since houndbite was becoming unreliable. boomp3.com
edit: houndbite came back online, here is their embed, just in case.
so another colorwar2008 event was the nerd rap battle. nerds (anyone on twitter) wrote a short rap and then called it in to a phone recording service that later would show up on the web for people to listen to. after the thrilling conclusion of the rap battle a new challenge was born, the nerd rap battle remix challenge! i used raps from @samanthathecat and @coffeejedi in my remix, made 100% in ableton live with no premade loops or melodies - just me, my korg k25, and live. the lyrical sound quality isn’t that great because it was recorded over the phone, but you get the idea.
this is my submission for the youngme - nowme contest for colorwars 2008.
that was fun to do. the deadline is stated as sunday april 20, and i submitted at 11pm tonight (sunday) so i hope i made it. if not, oh well, was still fun.
check out the gallery of everyone else’s submissions: link here
i just installed wordpress here as the first step in a conscious effort to utilize my website more, and differently. i used to have a weak punbb site going on (like punbb, but i went about it the wrong way, and i stopped liking what i created) with a psudo blog tied into a forum. that’s pretty much what i’m going to do with this wordpress blog with bbpress, i hope.
feel free to add comments about what neat plugins you think i should set up on this thing.
