Entries from February 2008

February 19, 2008

Rock Band Drum Set Silencer

The Rock Band drum set is great but its really loud, sometimes just the sound of the drum pads over power the real song. So here is a good cheap mod to silence the drum set. First you’ll need 4 rubber mouse pads, you can get them anywheres for cheap. The thicker the mouse pads [...]

February 13, 2008

Old village Counter Strike: Source Map

I am working on a new custom map for Counter Strike: Source. Its based off an old remote village next to the sea. Some of the thing that there will be in it are a restoraunt, market, town square, wine cellar, old houses, a forested area, and a few secret rooms, and passage ways. The [...]

February 6, 2008

Flying V (work in progress)

I am currently building a Gibson style Flying V. The body is made of Maple and Walnut, and the neck is Maple. I still need to order the electronics, Bridge, fretboard, and other various parts from Stewart MacDonald. This is what I have done so far.

The first picture is the wood as I bought it, [...]

February 5, 2008

PlayStation Eye

I got a PlayStation eye the other day. Its a great camera for $45. I haven’t bought any games for it yet, but I did use Eye Create to try out some different video effects, some of them are pretty cool. I also found that the camera works very well in poorly lit rooms, the [...]

February 3, 2008

Double Pedal in Rock Band

To play Rock Bad with a double pedal all you need is a 3.5mm headphone jack splitter, stereo or mono, it doesn’t matter, and a second Rock Band pedal. Then you just plug both pedals into the adapter and the adapter into the same plug as you would with a single pedal. And now you [...]