Green Day Rock Band Demo hints at Keyboards for Rock Band 3

[weirdpeople]

the ps3 can have up to 7 controllers :P

[Patacho]

http://rockbandaide.com/5268/are-these-the-new-rock-band-3-features/

This is cool.

"4 pedals for the drums"... WTF; very soon "Rock Band w/ real drums and real guitars".

[Brownd]

Don't know if anyone saw this, but...
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3721544#post3721544
Harmonix confirmed keyboard. No further details.

[Rapt0r]

Oh thanks for letting us know what we already know!

[Jrofl24]

the ps3 can have up to 7 controllers :P

Yeah, but the other systems can't, I don't think

[death_au]

the ps3 can have up to 7 controllers :P

Yeah, but the other systems can't, I don't think

Well...

well RB Beatles has 3 people using mics. It's just a matter of putting more than one person on a "controller"

Do the RB controllers even work like normal controllers anyway? I was under the impression that they hooked up via a usb dongle (I only have Wii GH instruments myself). Which they can do whatever they want with, really. If that dongle can handle > 4 controllers, it's all good. But then you have to be able to show that in-game without taking up too much screen real-estate.

[anthman852]

You only need a "controller" for each person on vocals. The other instruments use the usb dongle so they don't need actual "controller" spots.

[Jrofl24]

I play rock band with a wii and I have a usb guitar. When I have my usb guitar hooked up, it's always marked as 2nd player. It's because I have to connect a wii remote to get to the game. Each wii remote I connect, it bumps my guitar to a higher player, until 4 remotes connected, no guitar connected. My usb controllers won't work when I have the controller spots filled as they are counted not as important as the remotes.

[RedShadow]

What if, and just what if you're not supposed to play all the instruments simultaneously... maybe the keyboard will take the place of another instrument if selected.
Just maybe...

[vedicardi]

you know they could kind of set it up under the vocal line at the top, or have it under..

Have the keys falling down onto a keyboard just above the karaoke whatever the vocal thing is called area.

[death_au]

And thus if they did have 5 players at once, no one would be able to see the stage backgrounds anymore.
I think most likely the keyboard instrument will have a neck the same width as the others, and like RedShadow suggested, still limit it to 4 players at once.
We'll just have to wait and see...

[aander91]

Have any new peripherals been announced/confirmed? Could they just be charting the synth parts on a guitar track?

[warhol]

I'm guessing that, in order to not require people from buying new peripherals (or not as much), they'd make you sit with the rb guitar on your lap. Poof, 10 keys.

[Lysdestic]

Have any new peripherals been announced/confirmed? Could they just be charting the synth parts on a guitar track?

If this counts.

The bundle is rumour, of course, but I really don't see this being done without another peripheral.

[Jrofl24]

I'm guessing that, in order to not require people from buying new peripherals (or not as much), they'd make you sit with the rb guitar on your lap. Poof, 10 keys.

I thought that Madcatz were already making a keytar controller