None of the Rock Band games have been released for PC, however, and intercompatibility is generally bad. No word yet on the Rock Band controllers, though, and I think they do a little more than the standard controllers. Several of the Guitar Hero games have been released for Windows and Mac, including Guitar Hero III, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and USB-based instruments should work natively with them. Generic Xbox controllers work just find via the Wireless Gaming Receiver. More good news: Bill has updated the post with information on Xbox 360 controller possibilities. Success! Samples were triggered correctly, the fast key repeat rate didn’t cause any problems, and latency was basically nil. I re-mapped the keys in GPC, switched back to GB and gave it a try. I ended up choosing kick, snare, two toms and one cymbal, since the other cymbal I wanted was in a inactive area of the keyboard. Guitar Hero drums (5 lanes) WILL be usable, the. JMarco - InsiderDev, Intel i7-3630QM, 16gb Ram,ASUS K55-A laptop - Insider Dev. If you do see 3.0 controller then right click on folder. There will be 4 lane drums, however, which is the Rock Band standard. scroll down to folder 'universal serial bus controllers'. Drums are planned for the future but are not implemented yet. Of course, the nice thing here is that the basic steps apply to other controllers, just in case Rock Band doesn’t float your boat (or rock your socks, or whatever). Clone Hero currently has Guitar (Solo, Co-op tracks, and Rhythm), GH: Live Guitar (6 note), Bass, and 5 lane Keys instruments available to play. The secret formula: a wonderful utility that helps you use HID-compatible game controllers on the Mac, sans drivers. Bill Pendry wanted to use his PlayStation 3 Rock Band controllers with GarageBand on the Mac, so he’s posted step-by-step instructions to do just that.

Rockband controller driver for mac