Rock Band. More Awesome.

[ddr_f4n]

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No. That's just how the song is actually. When you play any other instrument, you can still hear the bass pedal clearly as that's how the song is made.

[Squeek]

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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/19/rumor-madcatz-rock-band-controllers-release-dates/

Oh Mad Catz. You crack me up.

[Tokzic]

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lmfao madcatz

hey let's charge more than the official controllers because our controllers are way better look you can pick with TWO FINGERS O.O

[ddr_f4n]

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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/19/ru...release-dates/

Oh Mad Catz. You crack me up.

Since when will we use the hi-hat pedal? What's with the extra add-ons for drums? Why do we need 2 strum bars for bass? How the hell is the drum portable?

Since when was Mad Catz a third-party peripheral company you can trust?

[~GJampa]

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This might be a bit off topic or such, but for the drummers among us... broke the pedal too? Just curious, 'cause last time I was playing at my friend again it went *ggrrkk* (during Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld I think XD). He's getting a new one, but takes a while 'cause we're not living in America >

[Tokzic]

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Have yet to break my bass pedal.

[s0ulst0n3]

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No. That's just how the song is actually. When you play any other instrument, you can still hear the bass pedal clearly as that's how the song is made.

Ahh, okay. Guess I'm just insane then, hehe.

Cause this sounds completely different from this. It's probably just me. :P

EDIT: I broke 3 different bass pedals before I bought a metal one.

1) The very end of Don't Fear The Reaper, I went kind of insane then BAM!

2) Drum solo in Tom Sawyer...lawl.

3) This one was hilarious....the calm EASY part in I Get By. I was hitting the bass pedal way too hard.

A fourth one was destroyed, but that was my little brothers fault!!

[Netjet!]

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I broke my friend's bass pedal on Flirtin' with disaster.

"I come on blah blah blah, I'm flirtin' with -- CRACK"

oshi-

[ddr_f4n]

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Ahh, okay. Guess I'm just insane then, hehe.

Cause this sounds completely different from this. It's probably just me. :P

EDIT: I broke 3 different bass pedals before I bought a metal one.

1) The very end of Don't Fear The Reaper, I went kind of insane then BAM!

2) Drum solo in Tom Sawyer...lawl.

3) This one was hilarious....the calm EASY part in I Get By. I was hitting the bass pedal way too hard.

A fourth one was destroyed, but that was my little brothers fault!!

Yeah...I don't notice a difference in those videos. They both sound exactly the same.

BTW, I still have my first bass pedal...UNBROKEN! Guess I was lucky.

[MalReynolds]

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Never broke either of mine. I'm way careful with them. I fatigue more easily because of the way I step on it, using the top of my foot only, but eh. I'm only 5,000 points from 300,000 on Won't Get Fooled Again. I had a brilliant run where I almost hit 300,000 before the tricky solo, but failed out on said tricky solo because I lost the bass beat and was out of it before I realized what had happened.

[dore]

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The Mad Catz guitar is aimed at bassists who want to only upstrum.

[powerdown]

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Could any of the drummers provide some tips on passing RttH on Hard? I'm not really worried about a 5*, given that I've come to terms with the fact that I make a better guitarist than drummer both in the game and on an actual instrument.

I seem to get wrecked at the verses, where it RRR RR Y with the normal bass hits in there. I dont know if its how I'm rolling, or if its my timing on bass thats killing me. If I can get the rolls down, is it imperative that I hit the bass, aside from trying to get overdrive?

[dore]

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First tip: If you're at RttH on hard, you should probably just start working on expert. RttH hard is more difficult than expert, IMO, because it takes extreme coordination whereas expert only requires minimal coordination and lots of muscle.

To actually answer your question, the thing you need to worry about most is the bass and the yellow pad. In every song, the bass drum and red pads are worth more health than the other three pads, but since red and yellow are switched the yellow pad becomes worth more health. Get to where you can hit the bass on beat no matter how poorly your arms are working and you will find your health bar much higher.

A way to cheat the song is to either (a) play straight 12ths the entire way (you'll most likely miss plenty of notes but as long as your yellow and bass drums are on beat you'll stay alive) or (b)play straight 16ths the entire way (less desirable since it takes more muscle and you're guaranteed to overdrum along with whatever notes you miss, but it keeps sticking simple).

If you're interested in actually learning how to play it for real and not just cheat a pass, make sure you're using RLR RLR sticking the entire song. The Hand That Feeds expert is a good training song for that sticking, but as I said earlier, you're probably just better off moving up to expert and forgetting RttH hard actually exists.

[powerdown]

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So, I've actually been doing it wrong by hitting the red like a maniac to keep myself afloat?

And, it just occurs to me...I think I've been playing backwards all this time...

I'm a natural lefty, although I play guitar right handed. However, I actually sat down and looked at the way I was drumming just a little while ago, I feel alot more comfortable going LRL on RttH than RLR. I'm thinking I should switch to Lefty for this.

EDIT: I actually dont know when I should be hitting to keep a nice stream of 12ths >_>;

[dore]

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If you do 12ths, your right hand should land on the yellow. You don't have to do exact 12ths really, just do a slow flail that lands on the yellow every time and you should get through.