GuitarHero drums + Megadrum = midi pc drum kit???

[maax555]

Hi I have been looking out on ebay for a cheap midi/usb drum pad/controller, something like Alesis Control Pad.
I think they are now obsolete as there are not many around?
In any case I thought that as I have a Guitar Hero Wii drum kit in the loft gathering dust I would again visit the possibility of using this as a drum controller for PC based Cubase and ProTools.
I have seen many YouTube videos showing how to do it with MAc or XBox/PS3 drums but nothing solid for Wii.

I decided that as I never use the drums that i should be able to hard wire straight from each Piezo to a controller and to midi out.
This is when i came across this site. I have searched on "guitar hero" but got nothing so am asking does this make sense?
The Alesis and similar pads are ok for competant drummers (which i am not) and the idea of a larger (easier to hit target) kit which can sit on the desktop when i need it appeals.
So my question is can i fit a Megadrum kit inside of the guitar hero drums and then connect a midi out cable straight to my midi in on PC and have them work (with velocity)?
Or is there a cheaper better way to do it?
Any help/feedback would be much appreciated.
thanks Maax

[andrewcb]

Yes there is an easier way. you can connect the wii drums via bluetooth. You first have to have the driver installed that allows you to connect the controller as a midi device, then simply put in your controller. Then just run the loopbe program to take and push midi from program to program. Then you can use a program like joy2midi to convert the controller input to midi, push that midi to an audio program like fruty loops. In frooty loops run a vst program like addictive drums. set up your drumset the way you want, and then set the midi numbers to match the pieces of the set you want to sound off when you hit each pad. This sounds like a lot I know, but the whole thing should take you less than 15 minutes to do it, and best of all assuming that your cpu is bluetooth enabled it will cost you no money. If you don't then all you have to do is get a bluetooth adapter and you are set. If anyone sees any mistakes in this let me know, I have never actually done this with wii, but do use 2 guitar hero sets of the xbox variety to trigger out AD on FL. with 2 sets, (I found one on the side of the road, it was a ps2, so I switched the brain over for like 6 dollars and made it xbox since I already had the wireless reciever) so now I have a hi hat, ride, 2 crashes, double bass, snare, 3 rack toms and 2 floor toms. so with 6 triggers per drumset I have a 12 pad setup now. You can even buy just the top on ebay for 19 bucks apiece.... HOWEVER.... a better route in my opinion is to buy a set of 10 piezo disks, I bought a set of 10 for 3.50 with free shipping without leads, buy yourself 2 xbox drum brains with the board, not just the brain but it should have 2 small boards on it that show midi as well and that will look like the brain and 2 small boards with it. That with a wireless reciever is all you need. So total it up.....
3.50 for 10 sensors
12 dollars for 2 brains at 6 dollars w/free shipping
3 dollars on a small roll of wire
and my favorite... the plastic easy moving pads meant to be put up under your furniture to make it slide easier
these make great little pads so that you can just hotmelt glue the piezeo to the pad, and then run the wires to the 2 brains where the normal cymbals meet. Now you have a pretty nice and responsive setup for less than 20 dollars. can't beat the price man. Then if you decide you like it you can always upgrade down the road, but for a neat little midi IO you can't beat it.
You can do the same with the ps3 version, but I have not done it. I do have a ps3 brain laying around from the set I converted over though, so I might play around with it to find out for sure. Hope this helps, and good luck.