Thanks

DTXplorer could connect the modulator to the PC, all my senses pads, but I detected several hits in a row I have to wait a while for me to recognize another blow. know how I can fix this?
I’m using Midi Mapper Edrum

So my issue is: sometimes when i play on guitar hero, the drumset or something gets shut off for about 6 seconds, so no pads on the DTXplorer reaches my xbox. It isn’t the Guitar Hero brain, and I don’t think it’s the cable either … Must be the computer or its eDrum program. I’ve tried to increase the program’s priority to the processor, but it still lags …

Any ideas how I can fix this? Maybe I have to buy a Mac o.O?

Fredrik

As it turned out I have encountered the same problem and found a (somewhat annoying) turn around. Actually, it came to the point where I would never turn off the MacBook anymore and always let MidiPipes running in the background so I wouldn’t have to do the following steps below every time I wanted to drum. Though it’s not that bad really.
Here’s what I do :
– turn off midi pipes (cmd+Q)
– launch Audio Midi Setup (using spotlight or whatever launcher you use)
– go to window, click on view Midi window
– you should have a drop down list with default, add and edit configuration.
– you should see your USB midi wire in the window listed (mine is listed a prodipe for example)
– hit the drop down and say new configuration and name it something.
– do not close Audio Midi Setup (I don’t until I’m done drumming)
– launch Midi Pipes
– load the configuration you downloaded from this blog
– go to the keyword pipe (the one before last in the list on the right) and make sure highlight is checked
– hit a pad on your kit, a key should highlight on the keyword. Meaning: the signal makes it to the Mac.
– at this point, if the game don’t register yet, go to the output pipe (the last in the list on the right)
– in the device list, select something else than the USB midi device. Then select again the USB midi device.
– at this point, it ALWAYS works for me

One more thing, if that works for you… Next time you use this trick, when you arrive in Audio Midi Setup, you’ll see the configuration you created this time around. You need to delete it. And recreate it. And do the rest of the steps and it’ll work again. I do not know if the problem comes from my MacBook (it’s an old one updated to Snow Leopard), if it’s an Apple issue or a problem with either my USB midi wire or my kit. I messed around trying to reinstall MidiPipes and such, nothing helped but this solution always worked.

Be on the lookout, in the next few days, for a major follow up to this drumming post as I now have Rock Band III working in Pro Mode.

Take care,
Sam

First off im so glad to see this page and comments is still active. And this Tutorial has helped immensely. Although i Do have quite a large problem.

My brother has the DTXplorer and a Mac 24″ connected via usb midi cable.. He downloaded midipipe and the notes registered in keyboard from the patch provided. everything was working well. then.. for no reason The midi input for the usb midi cable went to offline. showing up in the midi in but sayin it is [offline: usbmidi cable] in the drop down box and not registering any notes in keyboard.

We have not altered anything in anyway and we are curious if you know what might of happened and why the usb midi no longer says online or working.
I have a suspicion is a mac driver issue because i tested it on my pc laptop with edrum and everything worked perfectly.. he was able to play guitar hero with remapped keys without a problem. however i cant lend him it all the time.

So do any solutions or ideas come to mind?

I appreciate any help you have to offer

Zac

My setup for playing GH:WT with my DTXPlorer requires only the brain module that you linked above, a USB-Midi cable and a computer (in my case I run Mac OS though a Windows solution exists). Still, this setup might be outdated with the release of the Rock Band 3 Pro-Midi Adatper… I say might as I’ve not yet tested it with GH:WT and Rock Band 2. This is on my agenda for this week end.
To answer your second question, that’s correct, either you get a drum kit with mapping abilities or you need to go through the Mac Book to do the mapping. I heard a new brain module with mapping possibilities exist for the DTXPlorer but I didn’t upgrade my kit myself.

If you can wait a few more days, I should be able to post a follow up to this article testing the new Pro Adapter with older games…
Enjoy your kit