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Kinetic's passion for accessibility and our love for video games
have joined forces to allow more gamers to play one of today's most
popular interactive video games, Rock Band.
Rock Band is a video game that
is available for multiple game systems. It combines drums, guitars, and
microphone to allow multiple users to experience a glimpse of what it's
like to play in a rock band.
This is a repost from Kinetic Communications who gave AbleGamers.com permissions to repost. Thank you. You can see the original here . And you can Digg the post here .
One of our clients with Lakeshore Foundation
is an aspiring Rock Star who happens to be in a wheelchair. She was
disappointed because the kickpedal feature on the drums cannot be
disabled within the game. A team member heard of her wish and set to
work on finding a more access-friendly solution.
To our knowledge, this mod hasn't been done before, so we would like
to share the process with you. Materials only cost about $20 and can be
found just about anywhere. Here's how we did it.
What you need:
- A set of cheap drumsticks (about $6 from your local music store)
- A doorbell ($4 available at Lowes or any hardware store)
- An audio Y-cable (35mm to 2 RCA - $5 from Target, RadioShack etc.)
- A screwdriver, set of wire stripping pliers (or anything to strip the insulation from wire)
- Electrical tape (optional)
What you do:
- Cut the two RCA connectors off the "Y" end of the cable and strip
away ab
 out 1/2" of the insulation to reveal the copper wiring (be sure
to leave the 35mm inp
ut connected, you will plug this in the foot pedal
input).
- Loosen the two screws on the inside of the doorbell and wrap one copper wire around each screw. Tighten the screws.
- The doorbell should come with two screws with which you will mount
the doorbell to the bottom of one stick. You will want to play around
with the positioning of the
button before you screw it in. You don't
want a bunch of holes in your drumsticks!
- If you prefer, you can conceal the wire that is coming from the
doorbell to the sticks by securing it with electrical tape, while
you're at it you can wrap the entire stick (except for the tip) in
electrical tape for added grip...plus, it just looks cool.
Now you're ready to rock hard. Simply unplug the foot pedal and plug in your sticks!
Recommend this article... Last update: 02-06-2008 20:52
| Published in : Disabled Gamers News, Hardware News |
| Keywords : drumsticks!, positioning, screwdriver, (optional), connectors, drumsticks, electrical, insulation, radioshack, available, |
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