Rockband Pro-Drumkit midi driver Files

Rockband 3 ProDrum Midi Driver
by Randommatt and Spencer

Version 0.3

Support for rb1 drumkits has been added. 
Usage:
xbox rb1 kit
rbdrum2midi -rb1x 
PS3 rb1 kit
rbdrum2midi -rb1p
RB3 second pedal plays open-Hat and changes yellow cymbal from closed hat to open hat:
rbdrum2midi -phat

Problem with dynamic velocity detection for RB2 and RB3-pro kits is solved. 


Since Ubuntu 12.04 and other "newer distros" regular cmmi may not work so please try the following:

 gcc main.c -o rbdrum2midi -lasound -lusb-1.0

then running the output program using

./rbdrum2midi

For addition information on useage, run it with the -h option.

See previous versions for more detailed instructions.


Version 0.2
Added support for Guitar Hero: World Tour drumkit for the PS3, xbox and wii support is now possible for Rockband drumkits (in the sence that now they may actually work).

Guitar Hero drumkit midi mapping:  
kick pedal : 	midi note 36
red pad : 	midi note 37
yellow Cymbal:	midi note 41
blue pad:	midi note 39
Orange Cymbal:	midi note 43
green pad:	midi note 40

Xbox and wii RB drumkits should get recognized by the program, but if the signalling is different from the PS3 kits, they won't work or at the verry least the mapping will be different.
Unfortunately I don't have xbox and wii hardware to test with, so this is the best I can do.

To use rbdrum2midi without root priviledges create a rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d/


file 90-drumkit.rules:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12ba", ATTR{idProduct}=="0210", GROUP="audio", MODE="0664"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12ba", ATTR{idProduct}=="0120", GROUP="audio", MODE="0664"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1bad", ATTR{idProduct}=="0003", GROUP="audio", MODE="0664"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1bad", ATTR{idProduct}=="0005", GROUP="audio", MODE="0664"


this will work if your linux distro has an "audio" group and your user is a member, otherwise substitute "audio" with "users".

Version 0.1

This userland program uses libusb to gain access to the velocity sensitive 
data in the rockband 3 wireless usb prodrum controller (with cymbals) and use it as an ALSA 
MIDI controller. It has a low latency setup so that it can give a fairly 
good drumming experience. This is an evolution of the Rockband 2 Drum Driver of which I have 
attached the original README.

Installation:
Requires libusb and libasound2 dev packages to compile and runtime libraries to run
It follows the ussual cmmi:
./configure
make 
make install

Execution:
either run the executable localy: 
src/rbdrum2midi (you may have to run this as root if you do not have the correct usb permissions)
or run from terminal:
rbdrum2midi

Usage:
connect rbdrumkit wireless dongle (PS3 works, Wii should, xbox probably won't), 
start rbdrum2midi. This will create an ALSA midiport, start the jack audio server and Hydrogen,
in the connection window under the alsa tab connect "129:PS3 Joystick Client" to Hydrogen.
the midi channels are mapped as follows

RB3 drumkit midi mapping: 

kick pedal 1: 	midi note 36
kick pedal 2: 	midi note 42
red pad : 	midi note 37
yellow pad:	midi note 38
yellow Cymbal:	midi note 41
blue pad:	midi note 39
blue Cymbal:	midi note 43
green pad:	midi note 40
green Cymbal:	midi note 45

This corresponds to the setup for the Hydrogen YamahaVintageKit.

To fix usb permission problems create the file 90-PS3-drumkit.rules with the following line:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12ba", ATTR{idProduct}=="0210", GROUP="audio", MODE="0664"

place this file in /etc/udev/rules.d/

and reload the udev deamon.

The original programs' copyrights, disclaimers and limitations still hold.




Rockband 2 Drum Driver
by Javantea

Version 0.1

This userland program uses libusb to gain access to the velocity sensitive 
data in the rockband 2 wireless usb drum controller and use it as an ALSA 
MIDI controller. It has a low latency setup so that it can give a fairly 
good drumming experience.

The official homepage:
https://www.altsci.com/concepts/page.php?s=rockband2-drum&p=1

Copyright (C) 2008  Joel R. Voss

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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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