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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ As further motivation, the COVID-19 pandemic did an absolute number on me person
Drumming is *excellent* exercise. Even if you're just playing basic beats, you're doing cardio, strength training on at least 2, maybe 3 or even 4, limbs, and you can work up a sweat fairly easily. So I knew what I needed to do: I needed to actually *play* my drums. But how?
Well, there was another thing I did a lot of in my early-to-mid 20's: Rock Band! I love this game, even today. Playing Rock Band drums was pretty close to a real drumkit in terms of workout, and was always fun for me, even solo. I still had all my gear kicking around, and a few months ago my good friend suggested we bust out the game for a small gathering of friends, which was a smashing success. And it really got me thinking: could I play Rock Band with my Strike? It would solve all the problems: I'd get *visual* feedback for my playing, no audio mixing issues, and I could work up to harder songs and longer sessions over time. So I went looking for how to do this.
Well, there was another thing I did a lot of in my early-to-mid 20's: Rock Band! I love this game, even today. Playing Rock Band drums was pretty close to a real drumkit in terms of workout, and was always fun for me, even solo. I still had all my gear kicking around, and a few months ago my good friend suggested we bust out the game for a small gathering of friends, which was a smashing success. But the fake little plastic drumkit has a lot of pain points: the kick pedal has no rebound and is flimsy and easily broken, the positions of the drums are wacky, and hitting them hard (as I'm wont to do) kills them very quickly. This really got me thinking: could I play Rock Band with my Strike? It would solve all the problems: I'd get *visual* feedback for my playing, no audio mixing issues, and I could work up to harder songs and longer sessions over time. So I went looking for how to do this.
It turns out I'm definitely nowhere near the first, and I definitely won't be the last. So, the rest of this blog post will detail my setup, how I got it working, the parts I used, and the challenges I've faced with the Strike, with an eye towards helping others do this as well.