How to setup Xbox 360 Rock Band drums on RPCS3.
Platform
Controller

NOTES

  • Rock Band 1 Drums can be connected via USB but Drums for Rock Band 2 (and later) require an Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows to connect to your computer.

Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows

  • Works with or without the Pro Cymbal expansions.
    • Make sure to configure which cymbals are connected within Rock Band 3.
      • Menu > Options > Drum Options
  • Velocity sensitivity doesn’t seem to work.
  • RPCN Menus (for sending or accepting online invites) may cause a softlock. You may need an alternative input method to navigate these menus, such as [a typing keyboard or a gamepad].

How do I map my drums?

    Click on the Pads icon at the top of RPCS3.

    A screenshot of RPCS3, showing the cursor over the Pads menu.

    It’s suggested to create a new configuration by clicking Add Configuration at the top right of the Pads window.
    This is so you can change configuration profiles in case you want to play games that don’t use instruments.
    A screenshot of the top right of RPCS3's Pads window. "Add Configuration" is being clicked on by the mouse cursor.

    Follow the instructions and/or match the assignments below.

    A picture showing how the instrument page and RPCS3 can be used as a mapping reference.

Pad Information

Handlers Devices
XInput XInput Pad
Device Class Device Subtype
Drums Rock Band Pro

Mapping

By default, XInput has most things bound correctly. You only need to remap the following:

RPCS3 XInput Drums
R1 Left Stick Click Second Foot Pedal
L3 Right Stick Click Pad Modifier
R3 Right Bumper Cymbal Modifier
  • Rock Band Drums send multiple button presses out at once. For example, a Red pad will send “B” and “Right Stick Click” (which translates to “Circle” and “L3”.) Keep in mind these are needed to the emulator to tell your cymbals apart.
    • It’s strongly suggested to bind an Xbox controller like the Mapping screenshot below then swapping the Device to your Xbox 360 Rock Band Drums.
Mapping

Advanced Mapping

Profile

[Download Profile]

This is not recommended if you're using multiple controllers at once.

After downloading the profile,

  1. Extract the .7z file.
  2. Drag the input configs folder into the configs folder where you have RPCS3 in.

A GIF of a user dragging the Wii Rock Band Guitar configuration into their RPCS3 folder.

After that, you can select the profile in the “Pads” menu.

A screenshot of RPCS3's Gamepad Settings, showing the cursor over a profile.

Most of the time, these controller profiles should work out of the box. If they don’t, try changing the controller listed in “Devices”, next to the “Refresh” button until it receives an input. You can edit this while the game is running.

Bindings

  • To bind multiple buttons to one RPCS3 button, hold Shift then click on the RPCS3 button you want to assign multiple buttons to.
RPCS3 Rock Band Drums
Cross Green Pad
Circle Red Pad
Square Blue Pad
Triangle Yellow Pad
R3 Cymbal Modifier
D-Pad: Up Yellow Cymbal Modifier
D-Pad: Down Blue Cymbal Modifier
L3 Pad Modifier
L1 Foot Pedal
R1 Second Foot Pedal
Cross A Button
Circle B Button
Square X Button
Triangle Y Button
D-Pad D-Pad
PS Button Home

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Mapped by [gonakil1ya] and [Jnack]

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