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Drum Machine is a Windows app that allows you to play your Rock Band drums as if they are a real electronic drumset. Drum Machine uses input from the drumset to play "samples" that you assign to each pad. It comes with a few drum samples already, but you can add as many as you want (up to 1024), since they are simply WAV files. Drum Machine also allows you to record yourself, save it to file, and play it back or send it to a friend.

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DISCLAIMER: Successfully running Drum Machine requires that you have a working knowledge of computers and Microsoft Windows. By downloading and running Drum Machine it is assumed that you have already gone through the process of preparing your RockBand™ drumset to work on PC, and it is fully recognized by Windows. In otherwords, it should show up in Control Panel -> Game Controllers.

I do not (and cannot) officially support technical questions which are unrelated to the Drum Machine application. This software is developed for free, and I do not have the resources for supporting a wide range of potential PC configurations. My goal is simply to provide a utility for hobbyist gamers to extend enjoyment of their RockBand™ drumset peripheral. Using your RockBand™ drumset on PC is an unsupported activity, and documentation on issues will be sparse, or non-existant. It is up to the user (you) to diagnose these issues.

Finally, by downloading Drum Machine, and using it with your RockBand™ drumset you agree to assume all responsibility for any damages that may occur while using the software.

Thanks for trying Drum Machine!



System Requirements

Windows XP or Vista
DirectX 9.0c (update your DirectX)
** Microsoft XBOX 360 controller driver **
A decent video card (shader support recommended, but not required)
A soundcard with speakers
128MB of RAM
5MB hard drive space
RockBand USB drums ("hacked" to work with Windows)


ATTENTION If you are experiencing the missing DirectX DLL error (d3dx9_37.dll, or d3dx9_38.dll) you must update your DirectX run-time by going HERE.

Please refer to the troubleshooting guide, and the forum for support with technical issues.



Drum Machine

version 1.36 BETA MadCatz portable drum support
   Download: installer (2.6MB)





Convert your DMR recordings into WAV, MP3 and more with DM2WAV

DMR2WAV (by Bando)

version 0.97a works with version 1.25b of Drum Machine

   Download: ZIP (744KB)

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