NOTE: The MadCatz Rock Band 2 cymbals do NOT work with the first generation Rock Band drums; they only work with the Rock Band 2 set. If you buy these with intentions of using them with your original Rock Band drum set, be warned that they’re fairly useless. Carrying on…
Before I forget, let me say that the wingnut tighteners are not made by the same standards as real tighteners. You’ll notice that before you even touch the thing. You have to tighten it with tools to get it tight enough to not come off after like 50 hits, and you have to be careful not to over-tighten it, otherwise it’ll snap. The cymbals themselves feel like frisbees with a very light coat of rubber over it. From what I can tell, though, the discs are pretty durable, if nothing else. They read hits quite well, too. They don’t feel nearly as natural as the company claims, though. Obviously.
I bought the double pack, which runs you $30. The single pack goes for $20, and the triple pack is $40, whenever they release. You can assign these cymbals to any two of the three colored pads other than red. That means yellow, blue, and green, and you connect them through to the three colored outlets on the back of the drum set, in case you never noticed those. It also comes with three colored wingnuts to set on the cymbals themselves, so you know which color you’re hitting.
All in all, they do basically everything they’re supposed to do in-game, given a tightened hold. They’re pretty cheaply built (the MadCatz logo says that right off the bat), but if you’re wanting a little more out of your Rock Band 2 drumset than the standard 4-pad 1-pedal layout, this is a pretty nice add-on. The MadCatz cymbals are something for the more dedicated rhythm gamers, though; the cost is hefty for what it is, being nothing more than an alternative way of hitting a pad not half a foot away from where the cymbal will be.
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