The Guitar Hero World Tour Wireless Drum Controller was first introduced in Guitar Hero World Tour on October 27, 2008. It features three drum pads, two cymbal pads, one kick pedal and two drumsticks.
The design of the drum kit was created by John Devacka (creator of MTV Drumscape). The design resembles that of a standard drum kit. The kit is velocity sensitive (able to detect pressure), which is featured within gameplay with accent notes. MIDI drum kits are required to be routed through the controller's MIDI ports before use.
A second kick pedal with an 3.5mm audio Y-cable connected to the drum kit and the two kick pedals are recommended to be able to play Expert+ difficulty in Guitar Hero: Metallica and newer titles.
Differences with Rock Band drum kits[]
There are some key differences between the Guitar Hero drum kits and the Rock Band drum kits.
Design[]
After building the drumkit, the wireless drum controller has two raised yellow and orange cymbals and three RBG pads, while the Rock Band drum kit has 4 RYBG pads), plus the Pro Cymbals attachment (for Rock Band 2, The Beatles: Rock Band, or Rock Band 3 drum kits) gives the Rock Band drum kit 3 YBG cymbals. Each drum kit also supports a kick pedal for bass drums (P).
Input functions[]
While sharing similar inputs from the left to right on both types of drumkits, some exceptions were made between the two types of drum kits between Rock Band's 4-lane Drums gameplay and Guitar Hero' 5-lane Drums gameplay.
Guitar Hero drum controllers
- Red: Snares
- Yellow: Hi-hats and crash cymbals (when using Orange as ride cymbals or alternating between two crash cymbals). Open hi-hats would be accented in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
- Blue: High/mid toms
- Orange: Ride cymbals and splash/china/crash cymbals (when using Yellow as hi-hats or alternating between two crash cymbals)
- Green: Mid/low toms and floor toms
Rock Band drum controllers (Pro Cymbals separates toms and cymbals onto pads and cymbals respectively during Rock Band 3 Pro Drums gameplay)
- Red: Snare
- Yellow:
- Guitar Hero: Hi-hats and crash cymbals (when using Green as ride cymbals or alternating between two crash cymbals). Open hi-hats would be accented in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock)
- Rock Band: High tom, snare flam (with red together), Hi-hats, and crash cymbals
- Blue:
- Guitar Hero World Tour-styles games: High/mid tom, ride cymbals, and crash cymbals
- Guitar Hero 5-styled games: High/mid tom
- Rock Band: Mid tom, open hi-hats, ride cymbals, and splash cymbals
- Green:
- Guitar Hero World Tour-styled games: Mid/low toms and floor toms
- Guitar Hero 5-styled games: Mid/low/floor toms, ride cymbals, and crash cymbals
- Rock Band: Low/floor toms and china/crash cymbals
Bass drum notes appear as purple bars in Guitar Hero World Tour-styled games (World Tour, Metallica, Smash Hits, and Van Halen), gray bars in Guitar Hero 5-styled games (Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, and Warriors of Rock), and orange bars in the Rock Band series.
Compatibility[]
| Video games | Compatible? |
|---|---|
| Guitar Hero | No |
| Guitar Hero II | No |
| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | No |
| Guitar Hero World Tour | Yes |
| Guitar Hero 5 | Yes |
| Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock | Yes |
| Guitar Hero Live | No |
| Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | No |
| Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | No |
| Guitar Hero: Metallica | Yes |
| Guitar Hero: Smash Hits | Yes |
| Band Hero | Yes |
| Guitar Hero: Van Halen | Yes |
| Rock Band & Track Packs[n 1] | Maybe[n 2] |
| Rock Band 2[n 1] | Yes[n 3] |
| Rock Band 3[n 1] | Yes |
| Rock Band 4[n 1] | Yes |
| The Beatles: Rock Band[n 1] | Yes |
| LEGO Rock Band[n 1] | Yes |
| Green Day: Rock Band[n 1] | Yes |
| Rock Revolution | Yes |
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| v · t · eInstrumental controllers of the Guitar Hero series | |
| Guitar controllers | |
|---|---|
| Wired | SG (PS2) · X-Plorer (X360/PC) · Enduro-AX (Arcade) |
| Wireless | Mayflash (PS2) · Les Paul (GH3/GH:A X360/PS3/Wii) · Kramer Striker (GH3/GH:A PS2) · Guitar Hero World Tour (GHWT/GH:M) · Guitar Hero 5 (GH5/BH) · Logitech · Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock · Guitar Hero 7 (cancelled) · Guitar Hero Live |
| Drum controllers | |
| Drum kits | Guitar Hero World Tour · Guitar Hero 5 (GH5/BH/GH:WoR) · Logitech |
| Peripherals | Kick pedal |
| Other controllers and peripherals | |
| Others | Gamepads/Keyboard & Mouse/Wii Remote · Microphone · DJ Hero Wireless Turntable Controller (DJH1/DJH2) |
| Nintendo DS | Guitar Grip · Drum Grip |