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< Common Controllers Used With DigiBand >

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     There are many controllers out there that will work for DigiBand. Some of the most common are used for other popular Drum and Guitar Games. One example would be Konami's drum pad for Drum Mania & Guitar Freaks. Another good example would be Red Octane's Guitar Hero controller.

     Some of these controllers you will have to use special adapters for. Here is a list of common adapters with controllers that will need them:

Controllers needing Playstation 2 to USB adapters
-Drum Mania drum pad by Konami (PS1 and 2 versions) *recommended*
-Guitar Freaks guitar by Konami (PS1 and 2 Versions) *recommended*
-Arcade Quality Guitar Freaks guitar by Konami (PS1 and 2 Versions) *recommended for enthusiasts*
-Drum Mania drum pad by Top Way
-Guitar Hero guitar by Red Octane (PS2 versions only, very common)

Controllers needing modern MIDI-In capable sound cards (EG Creative Sound Blaster HD Cards) or Yamaha's UTX-16 to USB adapters.
-Yamaha Digital Drum Pads (DTX pads)
-Pacific Digital DrumXtreme
-DTXpress Drum Kits

Controllers needing only USB capable computers
-Guitar Hero II controller (Xbox 360, special windows drivers needed/special linux kernel patch needed.)

     There may be other controllers, but Seijinohki Software does not not have any current information about them. If you know of others please e-mail our devolpers at developers@digiband.net.

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Controls For the Most Common Used Controllers.

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The Drummania drum pad (ps2) by Konami and Topway for drum Controls

1-6.You will be using drum sticks to hit these buttons corresponding to notes that appear on the screen. Buttons one through six you will want to map in this order: hihat, snare, bass, hitom, lotom, and cymbal. This can be done through the controller configuration options screen. 2 (snare) and 5 (lotom) will be used for left/right up/down depending on the current screen. 6 (cymbal) will be used as a start button on certain screens. More on the options menu and how to configure this option later in this manual. 7.select button, use this key to cancel the current screen. You may wish to map this to DigiBand's back button in the drum controller configuration. 8.start button, this will start/select/confirm options in the game. use this key to cancel the current screen. You may wish to map this to DigiBand's start button in the drum controller configuration.

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The Guitar Hero Controller (Xbox360/ps2) by Red Octane for Guitar Controls

1. Start button, this will start/select/confirm options in the game. You may wish to map this key to start in the options menu. 2. The pick, while holding the fret keys, strum to play the note as it displays on the screen. You will want to map strum up to pick and strum down to alt pick in the DigiBand guitar configuration options. 3. The fret buttons, to play the note displayed, hold the proper fret key and strum. You will want to map these five keys from the right to the left to red, green, and blue keys in the DigiBand guitar control options. This will be fine as the first 3, middle 3, or last 3 keys together. red and blue will be used to navigate up/down left/right depending on the screen. 4. The cross pad (Xbox360 only). Not used, but you may want one of the directions to be used as a back key. The back button (PS2 only), press this key to cancel and leave the current screen. You may want this mapped to back in the DigiBand guitar configuration options. 5. Wammy bar. Not used. 6. Tilting/Star power, Whenever a guitar cymbal appears in your notes, tilt the guitar for a bonus. This can be used by digiband for wailing. To map this, hold the guitar horizontally then press enter/start on the wailing key option, turn the guitar vertical and the guitar should now be mapped to wailing. 7. back button (Xbox360 only), press this to cancel and leave the current screen. You may wish to map this key to back in the options menu.

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Default Keyboard Layout

Drum Player Z/A Hihat key X/S Snare key C/D Bass key V/F Lotom key B/G Hitom key N/H Cymbal key Escape Drum back key / Generic back Enter Drum player start / Generic Start	Guitar 1 Player Q Red fret key W Green fret key E Blue fret key Left shift Wail key spacebar Pick key 1 Guitar 1 start key 2 Guitar 1 back key
System Keys F6 Enable juke box mode F7 Select a random song F8 Change category F11 Adjust timing up F12 Adjust timing down Up / Down / Left / Right Navigate menus Escape Drum back key / Generic back Enter Drum player start / Generic Start	Guitar 2 Player U Red fret key I Green fret key O Blue fret key 9 Wail key P Pick key 7 Guitar 2 start key 8 Guitar 2 back key