Game Informer reveals 'Ion' premium Rock Band 2 drum kit

One more cymbal= I win.

agreed could you make the Text in the picture Red? It blends to well with the drum kit. Though the ION drum kit for rockband looks very similar to this one. You can check my link in the comment below.

that isnt the real drum set because there arnt any colr pads the real 1 looks 500x better

It looks very similar, it's in the scan anyway

You can see the scan hosted at scorehero. We're not hosting it.

While the drum kit looks the same, they do mention in the scan that it has expansion slots for separately sold cymbals, plus the heads are now "soft and bouncy" out of the box to reduce noise and velocity sensitive, so there is a bit of functional difference. Whether the price makes it worth the extra investment is to be seen.

Read the fine print: Not the drum kit in RockBand 2. Follow the link for the actual kit. The one for RockBand is a new line model. Never been released yet.

Where did the duo of caps lock loving morons come from?

FYI-Nothing you have to say is that important.

WHAT

Capslock, cruise control for awesome...

But you still gotta steer.

over at the roockband forums people are guessing 200-400. Since it doesn't have a Drum Brian (Not sure on the details but this is how you can convert the ION drum kit to a actual drum kit) it shouldn't be impossible to afford. Though it will be pricey.

Cheaper, fully functional ones retails for 500, so they assume it will be slightly cheaper since it is missing key components.

wow. Thanks. Thats insane. To rich for my blood. Even at 200, which i doubt it will be.

If you have a mac, you can use garage band and the rock band drums you have now to have an electronic drum set. I've played around with it before, its pretty nifty, and also cheaper.

Might be time to get sacked my a REAL football player...Seriously this "real instrument" shit is getting stupid...and plus...this is a real e-kit...or can be.

These basically ARE real drum kits. Add the fact that RB2 will have a drum trainer to teach you various beats and fills, and this argument goes right out the window.

technically it's a real kit. If you want to use it like a real kit then you need to buy a drum brain attachment (again I do not know the details) and it'll work like Midi drum kit.

Do you have a link to your kit? We are talking about the ION right now the HMX one?

Sorry just trying to clarify.

(This is the one Im referring to just for reference)
http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m409/cb_Dew/Rock%20Band%202%20-%20GI/page7.jpg

Try justifying it in reverse order. Perhaps you can make buying those drums your excuse to become a real drummer? That's how I intend to defend my purchase :)

Agree'D.

Ive seen people use electronic sets on Rock Band 1. This is just official.

I meant to say how 'bout a pedal for the hi hat, not the location. It must be past the bedtime.

the kit peices use 1/4 connectors to plug into the controller part I belive...All you would need to buy is a electric drum "brain" to use it as a real deal E-kit.

"Is this really necessary? I mean how close can u be to being a real band without crossing the line? What's next? Hooking your guitar/bass/electric kits to boxes that resemble amps but really send the signal wirelessly to the console? But wait! Flip a switch and they function as a real amp! Rad!"

Of course it's not 'necessary', but it's something I'm sure there will be plenty of people who will find it cool enough to purchase.

But anyways, I was talking to a gentleman the other day and he said that he has some device that, using a real guitar, translates the signal into something useable by a midi machine thus allowing him to use his guitar and make it sound like anything a keyboard or synthesizer could. He said it was outrageously expensive (understandably), but if it's creating a digital signal (don't know much about it or MIDI) it could be used as a game controller. Thing is, it's prohibitively expensive. It could be done in software (I've heard it has, wish I knew where) for a lower cost I'm sure, though a real guitar isn't exactly user friendly to the non-player.

Those Ion drums on the other hand look hella sweet. It'd be nice if the Gamestops, Best Buys, and Walmarts put both sets up for demonstration to help consumers decide. I'll get them if they feel better to play since I've been kicking around the idea of getting an actual E Drum kit since the first Rock Band and those may due the trick :)