Play GHIII with a MIDI drum kit, cuz you can

Posted Nov 30th 2007 4:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Hacks / mods

One of the principle precepts in science (at least, according to the film industry), is that once you figure out how to do something, you must do it. Why? Because you can. It brought dinosaurs back to life, and it made a neat gun for the people who are still alive. And now, science has brought us the ability to play Guitar Hero III with a MIDI drum kit. But why, you ask? Well, actually it's because the creator injured a finger by rocking too hard with the guitar, so he devised this method so he wouldn't have stop playing altogether. You can read the technical stuff by hitting the "read" link. You can actually watch it work in the video above.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: ghiii, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-iii, hacks, mods

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-30-2007 @ 4:44PM

Jon said...

um...

11-30-2007 @ 4:46PM

Frank said...

this guys is insane.

11-30-2007 @ 5:17PM

stukorn said...

that what amazing

11-30-2007 @ 5:26PM

rlc:tk said...

That looks like it would be great practice for any quad/quint players.

11-30-2007 @ 5:30PM

Emily said...

...Cool?

11-30-2007 @ 5:56PM

Brooks said...

I'd love to be able to use my TD-12 drum kit to play drums in rock band. As long as I'm spending the time playing, why not do so with heavier sticks and the real positions and feedback?

11-30-2007 @ 10:34PM

Aaron said...

someone please explain why he can bend the notes on a drum

12-01-2007 @ 12:19AM

Rususeruru said...

Pedals for hi-hat and/or bass perhaps?

12-01-2007 @ 8:07PM

Aaron said...

yeah its a hi hat pedal

12-01-2007 @ 12:10PM

mahmud said...

that is sick.

12-03-2007 @ 5:32AM

Boff said...

Sweeeeet.

He made it look easy too!

12-03-2007 @ 5:39AM

Joff said...

Looks like more effort with the drums but fair play to the guy if he's unable to use the gee'tar.

I can't get past bloody Easy level because my pinky finger's not responsive enough to work the blue key :mad:

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