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PlayStation 3 Guitar Hero Drums

Platform
Controller
  • Guitar Hero World Tour Drums require their respective drum dongles to connect to your computer. Guitar Hero World Tour Drums have the controller module at the top.
    Nintendo Wii Rock Band Drums Dongle
  • Guitar Hero 5/Band Hero Drums require their respective drum dongles to connect to your computer. Guitar Hero 5/Band Hero Drums have the controller module at the bottom.
    Nintendo Wii The Beatles: Rock Band Drums Dongle
    Please note that GH World Tour and GH5/Band Hero dongles are not interchangable or compatible.
  • Velocity sensitivity doesn’t seem to work.
  • Gem colors do not match the pads.

How do I map my drums? Click on the Pads icon at the top of RPCS3.

The Pads menu in RPCS3.

It’s suggested to create a new configuration by clicking Add Configuration at the top right of the Pads window.
This is so you can change configuration profiles in case you want to play other games.

The top right of RPCS3's Pads window. 'Add Configuration' is being clicked on by the mouse cursor

Follow the instructions and/or match the assignments below.

The instrument page being used as a as a mapping reference for RPCS3.
HandlersDevices
MMJoystickJoystick
Device ClassDevice Subtype
DrumsGuitar Hero
  • Guitar Hero controllers tend to misbehave and refuse to map sometimes. If you try mapping a button and always get U+ or something similar, click Filter Noise at the bottom left of the controller configuration window then try mapping.
RPCS3Guitar Hero Drums
CrossGreen Pad
CircleRed Pad
SquareBlue Pad
TriangleYellow Cymbal
R1Orange Cymbal
L1Foot Pedal
CrossCross Button
CircleCircle Button
SquareSquare Button
TriangleTriangle Button
D-PadD-Pad
Left StickLeft Stick
StartStart Button
SelectSelect Button
PS ButtonHome Button
Mapping

[Download Profile]

How do I use profiles?

After downloading the profile,

  1. Extract the .7z file.
  2. Drag the input_configs folder into the configs folder where you have RPCS3 in.
Installing a configuration profile from the Instrument Repo
  1. After that, you can select the profile in the Pads menu.
RPCS3's Gamepad Settings, showing the cursor over a profile.

Most of the time, these controller profiles should work out of the box. If they don’t, try changing the controller listed in Devices, next to the Refresh button until it receives an input. You can edit this while the game is running.

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Mapped by [GamerPerson22]