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Controls

Clone Hero allows you to customize controls to your liking through the control mapper on the main menu.

Control Remapping

The process for rebinding controls should be relatively self-explanatory: click the slot for the control you want to map, hit Replace, then follow the instructions it gives you.

Calibration

Some controllers may also need axis calibration. Click on the Calibrate button in the control mapper to calibrate axis inputs, such as analog sticks, tilt, or whammy.

All available axes will be listed on the left, click on one to view it.

A view of the current input from the axis, as well as its calibration settings, is shown in the top-right. The gray arrow on the bottom is the raw input, and the white arrow at the top is the input after calibration. The red vertical line is the raw input’s zero (resting) point, and the red box below it is the deadzone.

Mapping Guitars

The tables below describe how to map 5- and 6-fret guitars.

5-Fret Guitars

Mapping

Control

Green

Green fret

Red

Red fret

Yellow

Yellow fret

Blue

Blue fret

Orange

Orange fret

Strum Up/Down

Strum bar up/down

Start

Start/+ button

Select

Back/Select/- button

Tilt Axis

Tilt upwards

Whammy Axis

Whammy bar

Left/Right

D-pad left/right

6-Fret Guitars

Mapping

Control

Black 1

Black fret 1

Black 2

Black fret 2

Black 3

Black fret 3

White 1

White fret 1

White 2

White fret 2

White 3

White fret 3

Strum Up/Down

Strum bar up/down

Start

Start/+ button

Select

Back/Select/- button

Tilt Axis

Tilt upwards

Whammy Axis

Whammy bar

Left/Right

D-pad left/right

Xbox 360 6-fret guitars will have their tilt and whammy swapped compared to 5-fret guitars, so be sure to re-configure the mappings for those to be correct.

Mapping Drums

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Rock Band Kits

Mapping

Drums

Red

Red pad

Yellow

Yellow pad

Blue

Blue pad

Green

Green pad

Orange

Kick pedal

2x Kick

2nd kick pedal

Yellow Cymbal

Yellow cymbal

Blue Cymbal

Blue cymbal

Green Cymbal

Green/red cymbal

Strum Up/Down

D-pad up/down

Start

Start/+ button

Select

Back/Select/- button

If you’re using Lefty Flip, the Green Cymbal mapping will act as the red cymbal in-game.

If you have cymbals, ensure that the Drum Pad Modifier, Drum Cymbal Modifier, and CymExt1/2 mappings at the bottom of the control mapper get set automatically after mapping the pads and cymbals.

Guitar Hero Kits

Mapping

Drums

Red

Red pad

Blue

Blue pad

Green

Green pad

Orange

Kick pedal

Yellow Cymbal

Yellow cymbal

Green Cymbal

Orange cymbal

Strum Up/Down

D-pad or stick up/down

Start

Start/+ button

Select

Back/Select/- button

If you’re using Lefty Flip, map the cymbals like this instead:

Blue Cymbal

Yellow cymbal

Green Cymbal

Orange cymbal

The Green Cymbal mapping will act as the red cymbal in-game with it enabled.

MIDI E-Kits (and other MIDI devices)

MIDI devices are supported for playing drums, however they are not configured in the standard control mapper. Instead, you must first sign in to a profile using a keyboard or another controller, then you open your profile settings and go to MIDI Settings (make sure your profile’s Controller option is set to Drums, or else this won’t be available).

Mapping Gamepads

These are some recommended mappings for using a gamepad controller to play:

Mapping
 Xbox
 PlayStation
 Nintendo
Green LT L2 ZL
Red LB L1 L
Yellow RB R1 R
Blue RT R2 ZR
Orange

A

 X
 B
Open Button X Δ Y

Be sure to enable the Gamepad Mode setting in your profile when playing with a gamepad.

Default Keyboard Controls

Mapping

Key

Green

A

Red

S

Yellow

J

Blue

K

Orange

L

Strum Up/Down

Up/down arrow keys

Start/Pause

Enter 

Select/Star Power

H

Whammy

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Supported Controllers

Most Xbox 360/One and HID devices are supported. Xbox controllers get default mappings, although these mappings are meant for guitars and will need tweaking for other devices. Other devices will need their controls mapped manually.

To keep things simple due to the ever-changing landscape of controller support, specifics are not provided here, as they may become outdated. Instead, refer to the controller section of this wiki, this spreadsheet, or ask in the Clone Hero discord server.server.

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