1. First you need two Rock Band drum kits. In reality, they can be as many as you like [I have 2 but I'd love a 3rd one] or as little as 1 kit, but you'll be very limited to 4 pads and a bass drum pedal. And they can be also from Guitar Hero. I chose wired [USB] XBox 360 RockBand drums after investigating and found that was the best choice for me.



2. Once you have them, it gets "complicated". It took me about a couple of weeks to figure everything out, but it's quite easy. You need a program called MiditarHERO. It's free, and in the website it tells you what you need to get it running. But here's the catch: the links are outdated but you need the Max/MSP Runtime installer, which you can google easily. Now, let's say you're doing what I did and will setup 2 drumkits. You will need to install it twice. Yes, I'm positive. It's the only way it will work. And I installed the latest version, and then one previous. This is because you can't open 2 instances of the MSP thingy, so the only workaround was that.



3. Besides MH, you need LoopBe1, which was also linked in the download section. You get it, and you install it. Simple.



4. And finally, you need something to make the drums make some noise. That something is a DAW with a drum VST. There are a wide variety of options. I use MAGIX Music Maker + Vita, which is the drum machine. [I'll explain how you mix everything in a second, right now I'm just listing the parts you need] Another popular drum VST is EZ Drummer, but it's not free, but you can use Reaper and any free drum VST.. aaand if you're using a Mac it's the same thing but you'd use GarageBand or something like that..

