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Mad Catz Rock Band 3 MIDI PRO-Adapter for Nintendo Wii

Model: 8065504
SKU: 1205107
UPC: 728658024284
You're on stage at a huge arena, the music throbbing around you, as your fingers fly and whirl up and down the black-and-white keys of your keyboard. A hurricane of notes streams from your fingertips and you dominate the show — and master the challenge of Rock Band 3. When the game's over, you take that same keyboard to the studio and record real MIDI files for your very own rock record. The gap between real music experiences and music games has officially been bridged, thanks to the Rock Band 3 MIDI PRO-Adapter for Nintendo Wii. Seamlessly shift back and forth between frenetic gaming fun and serious music creation with this adapter that converts your MIDI-compatible keyboards and drums into Rock Band 3-ready controllers and back again. You won't miss a beat with this adapter, combining an Overdrive activation button with full-featured action buttons and D-Pad navigation to give you the tools you need to rock the video game world. Just pin the adapter into place on your waistband, instrument or tabletop, and you're ready to go.
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Great for Rock Band 3

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: Icanutoo
from Madison, WI
on 02/19/2011
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What's great about it: Using your own equipment without paying the RB3 instrument price again
What's not so great: the wires, USB, keyboard power cord, MIDI cord, but they are all long enough to avoid sitting on the TV.
Connected the unit through USB Hub and Axiom 49 (M-Audio) keyboard to play Rock Band 3 on Wii. While I could probably do without all of the wires by going to the RB3 wireless keyboard, the unit allowed me to rapidly connect the keyboard I'm familiar with and play with confidence. The only bug I've found is something that my keyboard generates, not the MIDI connector.
I have not tried it yet for Drums, but did find that using an analog Bass with a music software program and polyphonic MIDI VST output did not patch through. Others have tried other polyphonic MIDI devices and pickups with analog strings and have had some success.
Really looking forward to plugging in the Pro Guitar at the beginning of March to see how the combination works. Would have been nice if the Pro Adapter was built into the Squier guitar, but then you can still foot the overdrive swtich, the way a guitar should be played.
I would recommend this to a friend!
 
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