Hey Guys, It’s been a while since I posted on here, which I am sorry for. Long story short, my main PC hard disk gave way though thankfully I have managed to restore most of the lost data. Regular posting will once again commence shortly.
I mentioned a while ago that I would create a how to video on using your Guitar Hero World Tour Drum kit on your PC. Thanks to Magnus’ PS360MIDI Drummer software, the ability to use the GH:WT drum kit on PC became possible. To think that you could turn a gaming controller into a high quality midi controller is amazing. Something like a Yamaha DTXpress costs $800 AU + .
I realize you can’t compare the GT:WT drum kit to fully decked electronic drum kit, but for less than $150 , the Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Kit does a pretty awesome job. Watch the videos below on how to setup your Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Kit on PC.
What you need:
•Guitar Hero: World Tour Drum Kit (Must be either Xbox 360 or PS3 version)
•Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver For Windows (Xbox 360 version only)
•PS360MIDI Drummer
•LoopBe1
•ASIO4ALL
•FL Studio
•Addictive Drums
If you have a rock band 2 drum kit and can provide some technical data for Magnus so that he can add rock band 2 support , you can contact Magnus at magnus.ellinge[at]gmail.com
If you get a bit more serious into drum playing and/or recording, consider purchasing the full version of Addictive Drums which will give you access to the full, multiple drum kits, which by the way, sound excellent. If you don’t have a digital audio workstation, FL studio is something worth buying; I use it and can not fault it.
Have fun drum playing and if you get any videos up of your drum playing on your GT:WT drum kit, post them in the comment section!
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May 10th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Nice tutorials! That will probably minimize the number of questions regarding how to do the setup
What happened with the site? Old backups?
May 11th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Thanks Magnus, yep should reduce the amount of questions indeed. About the site: Long story short, The server failed and only had access to older backups. I’ve shifted to new servers (appears to be quicker
) and have now set an automated backup schedule for this blog. So that’s what I spent my weekend doing 
. Anymore success with the Rock band 2 drumkit? I’ll see if I can get the forum back on track as well. John
May 11th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Hehe, sounds like a great weekend
We had great success with Rock Band 2 on Saturday, the game not the drums, that’s about it! Luckily no animal control was sent to the apartment (not that I know of at least). Anyway… Need to have some feedback from someone with the drums to add support and it’s quite quiet on that front.
May 12th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Any possible way to do a quick video on using Reaper as the DAW, i’ll be getting my GHWT drum set on Thursday, and already have Reaper and Addictive drums, just wondering if there is anything out of the ordinary that would need to be done to use the drum set with Reaper.
thanks!
May 27th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
How to use with drum set of the wii?
May 28th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Just a question: in the video, you use Fruity Loops, right? So, FL is recorded, you have just to choose the rythim and it goes on his own, or, thanks to GH Drum, you can play it “live”?
I’m asking this because I was looking for a software that let the drum set play “live” and so I would have trained using my GH Drum (my FUTURE GH Drum, I still have to buy one! XD)
Sorry for my bad english, I’m from Italy, and thanks for this tutorial! I was looking for a thing like this for a long time =)
May 28th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Ok, I watched again the first video (the end of it) and I answered to my question XDDD
I can only say THANK YOU to this great software *-* You realized my dream *-*
May 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Having troubles getting this PS360midi software on my PC, I’ve extracted the files after downloading the .zip but all I get is three folders and a bunch of unknown file formats? What am I doing wrong here?
June 1st, 2009 at 12:37 am
Anyone!? Please!? I can’t figure out why these files are coming up as unknown files on my PC, am I missing some software I should know about? It says I should have .net framework v 2.0 but I’m up to date on this. This is the only thing holding me back, everything else is a go.
June 1st, 2009 at 12:50 am
You need to download the compiled version. It sound as if you’ve downloaded the source. Go for PS360MidiDrummerv0.031BinOnly instead. It has a bug with loading saving that’s fixed in the released source but that’s about it…
June 1st, 2009 at 11:19 am
Yes, thank you so much man, that was exactly it, I was downloading the source file, I figured the ones below it where just earlier builds of the program.
You the man Magnus, thank you again!!!
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Well done ive been looking for this for a while too,
so, even with the ps3 drum kit you still need the xbox 360 reciever, is this right?
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
also, is there any lag from when you hit the drum till the sound comes out the PC speakers, is it still playable as i noticed some of the rock band PC programs had about a quarter of a second lag which could make it very hard to play properly.
June 4th, 2009 at 11:50 am
@12 No you don’t need the Xbox360 receiver. Just plug your USB wireless receiver into your PC USB jack and sync up your drums, windows reconized mine right away with no problems.
@13 I haven’t had any lag issues YET! I’m sure you’ll come across the odd one here and there but it definetly is not significant.
July 16th, 2009 at 2:56 am
Mine is ok,but with some latency =/
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I have the full version of FL Studio and of Addictive Drums running on Vista 32 bit Home Premium (Don’t know if that matters). For some reason I can’t get the GHWT drums to play sound through AD. I have the wireless receiver and the ps360midi recognizes the drumset and registers hits with the velocity data retained. I think I’m doing something wrong with a port for loopbe1, because I just can’t get it to play in FL Studio. I can get sound from the kit in AD if I click on the different drums/cymbals, the World Tour kit just won’t register. Any suggestions? Thanks heavily in advance.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Oh wait, I’m a doofus. I kept closing the ps360midi instead of just leaving it there. Everything works now, no help needed. Tutorial is the best one out there, dude! Keep up the good stuff.
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July 28th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
FL Studio won’t run on my PC. Is there any other program I could use instead? I don’t need anything fancy. All I want to do is play live, not create a masterpiece.
August 27th, 2009 at 5:35 am
hello
i have currently 2 drum world tour xbox 360 and 1 wireless receiver.
I search a solution to use the 2 drums at the same time as your method with drummer ps360 midi drummer, fl studio drum and addictive.
or with another software more like ps360 midi drummer to use the second drum
can you help me?
thank you
August 31st, 2009 at 9:47 am
currently i use ps360 midi drummer and xpadder 5.4 for the second drum routing
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September 24th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Will the new logitech drum kit work?
October 7th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Anyone able to fix the latency..it’s not too bad, but bad enough not being able to play with a song as it’s millseconds off
October 9th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
just reduce the buffer size in audio settings and/or use asio4all in midi settings
October 9th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
hello,
just reduce the buffer size in audio settings and/or use asio4all in midi settings
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October 21st, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Hi All
Amazing software! I knew it had to be possible for someone to write something like this but I am so glad that people like you who CAN write it DID! I have a Guitar Hero Repair website that I am now linking to this artical from, I know our readers will love what you have done.
Many Thanks from all who find this useful
PS if you have any objections to us using this video and linking to this page please contact me
October 21st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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October 24th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Good to hear buddy, but credit goes to Magnus for writing the software; I just did a couple of how-to videos
.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
The latency is fixed, thanks for the suggestions.
Now when I hit the left cymbal and the snare (left drum pad), the snare registers two hits. Is this a sensitivity thing? Also anyone have info on how to hook up two kits for more pads?
This Rocks!
November 10th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
meant how many levels of velocity?
December 12th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Just wondering if Rock Band 2 support has been provided yet? Or, if not, then would a Guitar Hero 5 drumkit work do you know?
December 14th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Cool! Is it working for the Wii new Band hero Drum kit?
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hmmm, I did all the steps but somehow, when I get to the MIDI settings, I cant find the input which means I cant enable it or do anything. Help???
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Hey, it’s so great that the ps360 midi drummer has been created and that it’s open source! I would just like to know if there’s any easyish way that this could be ported to linux… I ask because I can write a bit of c++ (although it’s relatively new to me), and maybe I could help? I like to use my linux environment as much as possible, and while I can’t pay to have it ported, maybe I could lend a hand. I don’t think I am experienced enough to accomplish this on my own though.
December 25th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Ive followed the tutorial exactly and its so fun i also got the full addictive drums software, but the thing is that there’s a slight delay to when i play the drums and the sound delays like 10 ms, i changed my drum set’s batteries and shortened the distance from drums to receiver but no success can anyone help please?
December 26th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Well i do it exactly as you said but it doesnt works, i mean PS360MIDIDRUMMER says it found my GHWT Drums but, when i play it, nothing happend, and the drums doesnt seems to be synced coz, the lights are always flashing :S but when i sync my game controller the light seems to be fine, like in xbox :S i dont know what happend. i have a bluetooth receiver i saw when i installed loopbe1 my activesync just blewd up something with ports
December 31st, 2009 at 7:12 am
360 Mididrummer does not connect with my? drumset. The wireless receiver is working with XBOX360 drumset because the red lights are flashing in the gamecontroller section of the controlpanel. When I trigger manualy the pads on the screen in 360 mididrummer FLStudio produces sound. So the midi part is working as far as I understand. btw I’m using Vista.
Anyone?
January 9th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Hello.
This is simply great
It works, but I have one problem. When I choose ASIO4All as audio Input/Output, I cannot hear the drums, but I can record them. If I change the audio in/out I can hear them but not record them.
Any ideas?
Kind Regards
Brian
January 10th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Hi – Thank you for a great tutorial.
I have problems with the latency – not much, but enough to spoil the pleasure of playing the drums. I´ve tried to reduce the buffer size, but it doesn´help – What should i do?
Second problem: The velocity is the same no matter how hard i hit the drums – any suggstions?
January 10th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Hi
For support Please use http://support4software.com
January 18th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
An well written article, i’ve bookmarked it so I can read through it properly later when i’m back from work.Thanks for the article again!
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:33 am
I have ordered the supplies to do the install. I’m just awaiting (eagerly) the arrival of the PC receiver from eBay.
I have a couple questions, though, and can’t find the answers in any web docs or posts.
Is the second jack (above the kick drum input) for a hihat pedal? Will any pedal (sustain, etc) work as a hihat pedal? If not, what’s the best work around to add hihat pedal functionality to this setup?
Thanks.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:29 am
No one responded to my last post, but this is the only place to post on this subject. Hopefully, I can revive this thread. I’d love to be in contact with Magnus, the software developer. The download website doesn’t appear to have any contact info. In addition to my questions about hihat functions on the GHWT kit, I also am wondering about the buttons and D-pad on the kit. Is it possible to add code to the software that would allow you to generate MIDI messages with the buttons and D-pad? Ableton Live has good programmable MIDI functions.
Secondly, one of my machines ran the software like a dream. The other (my laptop) says it “failed to initialize the application”. Why? Does it have something to do with .NET Framework? There is a tiny note about that at the top of the download page.
I hope someone out there is still interested in this software, because I just got a pretty awesome electronic drumkit for $35 ($25 for drumkit and $10 for the wireless receiver)! All thanks to this tiny, but powerful app. Thanks, Magnus! You totally rock!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
I had a similar problem as you guys but found an easier solution.
I have the ion ied05 usb drums which shares similar traits with rock band drums. The main differences are that the ion drum pads have velocity & an extra pedal.
windows automatically interprets the ion drums as a 10 button game controller.
I believe that windows also recognises rock band drums as a game controller without installing drivers.
If this is correct you can try using MIJOY PRO 4 by virtuasonic.
It a vst only program which converts a joystick input into a midi signal.It has no velocity but i believe rb drums have no velocity anyway.
problem solved.
If you don’t use a sequencer consider E TRIGGER
E TRIGGER is another program which can be used to
convert rb drums or any joystick input for midi uses with little effort & can be used as a standalone program using your onboard sounds.
check the e trigger forum for my ion drums guide I believe they will work with minor adaptation as rb drums are very similar to ion..
Good luck.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
That was an awesome tutorial. Just one simple question:
How do you choose / associate the pads you’re hitting? For example, I want the orange one to give me the hi-hat instead of a cowbell, or the kick pedal to give me a snare instead of kick? Thanks.
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:48 am
Please forward your questions to the forum you can find it at the top of the page.
May 10th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Does a Rock Band drum set work for GH: WT? I saw that Rock Band drums have the yellow and orange almost circular form and Guitar hero drums have yellow and orange are not (they are almost semicircular).
July 20th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
A quick question, I actially don’t own a 360 drum kit but thinking of buying one… You explaned that in order to use the 360 drum kit with your PC you have to have a wireless receiver. Isn’t there a possobility to directly connect the drum kit to your PC with an USB cable. This works with the rock band drum set I’ve heard…
Thanks!