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Drum Troubleshooting

Collection of common issues faced when mapping drums in Clone hero

MIDI E-kit Troubleshooting

If you experience issues such as overhitting or dropped inputs on your e-kit, you may need to adjust some threshold settings in either your kit, or in the Mappings menu. You can use a MIDI monitor such as https://www.morson.jp/pocketmidi-webpage/ or https://www.midimonitor.com/ to help with this.

If inputs aren't registering at all, it may be more difficult to figure out a solution. It appears to be mostly power-related, meaning the USB port is not supplying enough power for things to work correctly. Here are some things to try:

  • If you have it plugged into a front USB port on your PC, try one of the back (motherboard) ports, or vice versa.
  • If you're using a USB hub, try connecting directly to the PC. If you're connected directly to the PC, try using a powered USB hub.
  • If you're using a USB 3.0 port, try a 2.0 port instead, or vice versa.
  • Check if your PC has any power saving modes enabled, and try disabling them.
  • For Windows, disable selective USB power suspension.

If all else fails, you can try a MIDI-to-USB cable instead of the USB-B port, or vice versa.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why are my cymbals are activating the kick pedal?

If you are using an Xbox 360 kit, you must unbind 2x Kick if you do not have a second pedal connected, otherwise your cymbals will activate the kick pedal as well. This is an issue with the default Xbox 360 drumkit mappings only accounting for guitars.

Q: How can I play Pro Drums if I only have 2 cymbals with my RB kit?

There is no way to toggle individual cymbals on or off for Pro Drums. If you only have two cymbals, you may select 5 Lane Drums in your profile's Controller setting as a workaround. It moves blue cymbal to green cymbal and yellow tom to blue tom to make 4-lane Pro charts playable on 5-lane kits, which means you'll be able to use your cymbals at the expense of not using one of the pads.

Q: Why am I missing so many notes with my MIDI E-Kit?

Be sure that you correctly mapped all zones of your pads and cymbals. Some higher-end e-kits have multiple zones such as the edge, head, and bell of a cymbal. You will want to make sure that you mapped all of them to the proper input through the midi bindings menu. You might also adjust the sensitivity settings on your kit and the velocity settings in the Midi Configuration menu inside the start menu.

Q: Why is my MIDI device not detected at all?

First of all, double check that you're using the MIDI device selector correctly. The <none> option simply means that no device has been selected yet, not that no device has been detected. When you see <none>, press the up/down arrows on your keyboard to scroll through available options, then press the key assigned to Green to confirm. 

If you're sure your device isn't appearing in the list, you might need to try the options above in the "MIDI E-kit Troubleshooting" section, particularly using a powered USB hub. You might also ensure that your drivers are up to date and that the device is working properly in your device manager. 

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