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Rock Band DLC Announcements
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PhoncipleBone
Banned
Nope. And three damn good songs as well. Probably the only big ones from CCR that hadn't made the cut yet. Unless I am missing something terribly obvious.
New member here, aaaand the first thing I look for is a Rock Band thread...
(Shows how much this game owns my life, thanks Harmonix!)
Definitely getting next weeks DLC. More CCR is awesome in my opinion, especially now that they've finally gotten "Have You Ever Seen The Rain".
Though I would have guessed that next week would have been Huey Lewis. Guess I'm not good on the whole "predicting DLC" skill, haha!
(Shows how much this game owns my life, thanks Harmonix!)
Definitely getting next weeks DLC. More CCR is awesome in my opinion, especially now that they've finally gotten "Have You Ever Seen The Rain".
Though I would have guessed that next week would have been Huey Lewis. Guess I'm not good on the whole "predicting DLC" skill, haha!
Leave_Scars
Banned
It feels weird with all the bands they have nothing from they'd still add more CCR when there's already so much, but I'm a beggar and won't be a chooser, so I'll be grabbing them.
ridethepiggy
Banned
I'm still waiting to see Porcupine Tree.
However, I think licensing is usually the issue with bands we haven't seen. Whoever owns the CCR rights is clearly cool with giving Hamronix rights to their songs.
toymachine
Member
LOL
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Just went through the new CCR pack. While insanely simple to play, the songs are just damn good. It had been a while since I listened to Lodi. So nice.
I think we are done with CCR in the game though. I dont know any other major things by them that we havent gotten. Maybe a few solo Fogerty stuff, like Centerfield, but we should be through with CCR.
I think we are done with CCR in the game though. I dont know any other major things by them that we havent gotten. Maybe a few solo Fogerty stuff, like Centerfield, but we should be through with CCR.
Which would be nice, now that I think about it. Good guitar, all those organ licks...
butter_stick
Banned
YES
Wow, I'm actually surprised this thread is still going. I don't know anybody that still plays with their plastic guitars anymore, including myself. I should really pick it up again... I never did finish RB Beatles.
Does anyone know what it costs them to license a guitar for RB? I guess they must be selling enough DLC for each song to make up for it if the DLC keeps coming out.
Does anyone know what it costs them to license a guitar for RB? I guess they must be selling enough DLC for each song to make up for it if the DLC keeps coming out.
Time for me to buy these songs. Been waiting for them to almost release all the songs they had listed, and I think there's only two left that they announced originally (Do Your Thing & Get Your Bones).
It depends a ton on what record label we're talking. I've gathered from tidbits that Roadrunner, for instance, pretty much settles with the part of the sale they get. A few bands have special deals in their contracts though, like Metallica, which makes those hard to compare.
AndyMoogle
Member
Wasn't there supposed to be a third Super Meat Boy song on RBN, or did I completely miss its release?
You missed it. Can o' Salt (Remix) came out back in December. Hasn't made it to PS3 yet.
GotchaForce
Member
Did they ever put "Splode Beneath My Splosion" or whatever it's called (Splosion Man Love theme Maybe?) up?
They've repeatedly stated that the Rock Band DLC business is profitable for them.
FlashFlooder
Member
Tears for Fears is a no-brainer.
I'm someone who loved Rock Band and played the heck out of it on drums, but skipped RB2 and 3 so I'm kind of out of the loop. How much would it set me back to get RB3 + drums? And are they more accurate now than the RB1 drums were? I'm a drummer, so I was mostly going for 100% runs, and got tired of it not registering all my hits accurately. If RB3 is improved in that area, I'd love to try my hand at 2112 and some other Rush songs.
Also curious to try the keys, especially seeing something like Frankenstein get released.
Also curious to try the keys, especially seeing something like Frankenstein get released.
Compared to RB1, RB3 drums are leagues better. Not sure how available they are anymore though.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
As Charron said, the drums are much better. And if you get a set, be sure to get the pro cymbal pack.
FlashFlooder
Member
Your best bet, IMO, would be to get one of the MIDI adapters and use a real e-drum kit. Perfection.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Too perfect and obvious of an answer. That's why I didn't think of it.
Apart from flams and open hi-hats. Obviously it's still a thousand times better than Rock Band 1 drums which were fun though. And it's the only backwards-compatible Pro instrument (with some notable exceptions and broken songs).
Yeah, wish I had the money to spend on a nice e-kit. :-/
Oh hell yes! Sucks that it's one song, and isn't going to be the album version ("Broken/Head Over Heels/Broken (Reprise) [Live]" is all supposed to be one track). More likely the single that was released. Hell, I just wanted some more TfF, so this is cool.
As for Sum 41, definitely getting "Fat Lip" (and begrudgingly "Still Waiting", not my favorite song, should have been "Makes No Difference"). Never had the other Guitar Hero Games, so the only time I've gotten to play "Fat Lip" was in Drummania, and that was a short version cover. Finally get to play the original long version, haha!
ridethepiggy
Banned
I've just started messing around with the pro-drums and there's a setting that states "Hi-Hat Pedal" but I haven't seen any notation in the game for it.
That confuses the hell out of me.
Wired All Wrong
Member
I believe the hi hat pedal is only used for the freestyle drum mode. Otherwise a second pedal is only used for double bass in the game.
ridethepiggy
Banned
Well poop to that!
There is a way to make the game use the hi-hat pedal in the intended way.
MIDI Pro Adapter + E-Drum Kit Brain that has re-mappable triggers. For example:
I used a Trigger i|O as my drum brain, configured the mappings to take a hi-hat pedal and make it so that Pedal Down is Blue Cymbal (regular hi-hat notes) and Pedal Up is Yellow Cymbal (open hi-hat and ride). Now, I'm a lefty, so the cymbals might be different, but the concept is the same. Makes songs like "Smoke In The Water", the later part of the song with the open/closed hi-hat, so much easier.
That's why the MPA is a godsend, especially for people with E-Drum kits. Too bad lefty mode is gimped, as Green/Red Cymbal (Crash), conflicts with the Green Pad. You can't hit both at the same time, and you break your combo when playing (which I why I'm still using my Ion Kit Brain). But it's not that bad, and if I had a better e-drum kit, I would totally use the MPA and Trigger i|O.
(I need to upgrade my kit to mesh heads and better cymbals, already got a KD-8/Real Pedal Kickbox combo, heh...)
And for those looking for flams, I suggest hitting up Doc's Rock Band Mods, as one enterprising modder has coded a program that has:
FromtomRogue's eProDrums : Advanced Hi-Hat settings, VH-11, Flams, Ghosts
Video of the Flams in action by the author of the program (It's RB3 Pro Drums: Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl).
It takes a bit of dedication for all this stuff to run properly, and it's only for the extremely fanatical Rock Band fans (the few of us left), but the end result is worth it.
MIDI Pro Adapter + E-Drum Kit Brain that has re-mappable triggers. For example:
I used a Trigger i|O as my drum brain, configured the mappings to take a hi-hat pedal and make it so that Pedal Down is Blue Cymbal (regular hi-hat notes) and Pedal Up is Yellow Cymbal (open hi-hat and ride). Now, I'm a lefty, so the cymbals might be different, but the concept is the same. Makes songs like "Smoke In The Water", the later part of the song with the open/closed hi-hat, so much easier.
That's why the MPA is a godsend, especially for people with E-Drum kits. Too bad lefty mode is gimped, as Green/Red Cymbal (Crash), conflicts with the Green Pad. You can't hit both at the same time, and you break your combo when playing (which I why I'm still using my Ion Kit Brain). But it's not that bad, and if I had a better e-drum kit, I would totally use the MPA and Trigger i|O.
(I need to upgrade my kit to mesh heads and better cymbals, already got a KD-8/Real Pedal Kickbox combo, heh...)
And for those looking for flams, I suggest hitting up Doc's Rock Band Mods, as one enterprising modder has coded a program that has:
FromtomRogue's eProDrums : Advanced Hi-Hat settings, VH-11, Flams, Ghosts
Video of the Flams in action by the author of the program (It's RB3 Pro Drums: Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl).
It takes a bit of dedication for all this stuff to run properly, and it's only for the extremely fanatical Rock Band fans (the few of us left), but the end result is worth it.
That's some pretty amazing stuff, I'll try setting that up when I get my new e-drum cymbals next week. Thanks for linking!
Some weird XNA authorization bug (that Microsoft still hasn't fixed) popped up Saturday night and is really screwing with everyone's ability to playtest/peer review. So a lot of songs aren't moving and RBN releases are gonna be a little thin until that's sorted.
This week for RBN on XBox:
Coming to PS3 next week:
This week for RBN on XBox:
Coming to PS3 next week:
FlashFlooder
Member
I can dig some Bush.
butter_stick
Banned
Shame about the RBN delays 
ratcliffja
Member
Finally Bush. Shame that Everything Zen doesn't have pro guitar.
It's not legally allowed to not be Muse.
I can't tell if you're serious or not
I really want it to be Muse
I may be the most frequent user of hyperbole in the world, but there's no way that the most requested song isn't a Muse song with how fervently their fans have been demanding them for the last three years. The only thing that could possibly be bigger is Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin and... yea.