Rock Band 3

Rock Band 3

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Drum Trainer Graduate

Drum Trainer Graduate

Completed the final Pro Drum Trainer lessons.

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How to unlock the Drum Trainer Graduate achievement in Rock Band 3 - Definitive Guide

Okay, first off to access to trainer lessons from the main menu, select "Training" then "Learn an Instrument", then select Pro Drums.

For this achievement you need to do the bottom 3 expert lessons titled Advanced Techniques, Advanced Beats, and Advanced Fills.

You have to complete every lesson in these three categories at 100% speed. I just finished this and it took some unique fudging of the controller to make it work, so here are my tips.

1st - You do NOT need 3 cymbals to do this, I use an ION kit and only have 2 cymbals. None of the lessons require the ride (blue) cymbal, so plug one cymbal into yellow and one into green, make sure the 4 pads are plugged in and you are set.

2nd - if you can't get a beat, try it at a slower rate and build up to 100%, also pay attention to the little tips that the game shows in the top right corner, they are very helpful.

3rd - I actually had to switch some of my inputs around. I am not sure if you can do this on the RB3 stock kit, but on the ION kit you can swap the inputs, meaning I can chart my high hat to my yellow pad instead of the cymbal to make some things easier.

On some of the disco beats, you can move the high hat yellow cymbal to the red pad, and the red pad to the yellow pad, and it is just like playing a disco beat in regular mode.

The last beat that I got actually took me quite a while and I ended up moving the inputs again. It was under advanced techniques and is called "triplets down the kit"

the chart is basically red, yellow, blue, bass pedal, but you need to hit the notes very quickly. I ended up making my kit where the red and yellow were swapped so instead of going LRRK (left right right kick) I went RLRK (right left right kick) and i got it on the first try after 30 mins of breaking a set of sticks and yelling at the tv trying to do it the 'legit' way.

Hope this helps, bottom line is that not everyone will be able to get this, I was a plat drummer from rb2 and it took me a lot of practice/time to get this. Good luck!
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29 Oct 2010 16:40

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My yellow cymbal was glitching on the 16th note disco beats, so I switched it with one of the others and it worked much better. Have you tried just swapping them to see if one works better than the others?
The tiplets were a pain, but I played them the way it's described, RLRK, just like doing the same thing on a real kit. Last thing I had to do was the tribal beat with the fast 16th notes - 3 blue, kick, 2 red, 2 yellow, repeat. Just wasn't comfortable to play to speed at first, but kept working it from the start point, then just the hands, etc.
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By Buckswana on 05 Sep 2011 17:25
Good tips, I never thought I could get triplets down the kit. I think in all my playing I've hit that fill once in all the songs that have it.
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By Enemy of Godd on 30 Oct 2010 23:40
I got most/all of the advanced beats and fills on my second or maybe third try. If you're an adept RB drummer and Pro doesn't totally mess with your brain (and it shouldn't, really...) you will have zero trouble getting this one.
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By NathAttack on 01 Nov 2010 13:57
I too yelled at my T.V. on those fast red, yellow, blue, kick beats. I finally got it, takes a lot of concentration not to lose that beat.
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By Nivek10 on 01 Nov 2010 15:10
the triplets toms across the whatever one, pay attention to the tip it gives you (keep strong hand on snare, weak hand on high tom and then hit low tom with strong hand). this will make it much easier
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By SuperMattmasta on 06 Nov 2010 23:31
What's wrong with doing the pause method?
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By KiNG Y0Y0 on 19 Dec 2011 14:09
the thing about the pause method is that you cant hit 2 drums, and then pause... i mean unless you have 3 hands
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By Markyshizzle on 05 Mar 2012 02:46
Just F.Y.I. on that triplet beat, like Super Mattmasta and Buckswana said, you use you right hand to hit the snare and blue tom and left hand on the yellow tom. Basically you keep your left hand hovering over the Yellow tom and strike it as you swing your right hand from Red to Blue, then kick. This can be easier on a real drum kit depending on how your toms are set-up. Usually your High and Low toms are elevated above the snare, so it's easier to keep your left hand out of the way.
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By Jaded X Gamer on 08 Apr 2012 15:21
just got this today, the triplets down the kit took me bout half an hour, I used a different a technique. I kept my left hand on the red and used my right on the yellow and blue. Also, another good thing is to firstly start by getting the foot pedal going, then bring in both hands.
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By rastabikerman on 14 Apr 2012 11:55
Got my pro drums today, so I went straight into the trainer and... no breakneck speed. Welp, looks like I'm never getting this achievement now... there's no way I can hit things like Tribal Frenzy 3 without breakneck.
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By Awoo on 25 Jul 2012 13:19
Somehow went into god mode and managed to get everything done except for Disco Beat 4. My cymbals are a bit wonky and like to drop notes, but I'll hit it eventually. Really don't recommend the MadCatz pro drum kit though :p
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By Awoo on 25 Jul 2012 17:05
triplets down the kit on first try. . . . but tribal frenzy 3 took about forty minutes. couldnt have done it without my ions.
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By Whammy Bar on 20 Oct 2012 22:49
Just went super beast and finished all of the Disco beats and Tribal Frenzy 3 on my stock RB3 Pro kit. I don't think I could do it again on that kit, ever.
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By Nyxil on 13 Jan 2014 13:53
I just thought I'd point out to OP and anyone else that for "Triplets Down the Kit" it's very easy if you hit the starting snare with your right hand (followed by left hand hi-tom, right hand mid-tom, and a kick).
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By The Nerevarine on 14 Jul 2014 05:38
wow i never thought to rewire my ion pads to make things easier. awsome tip! i may have to use this if i cant get something lol
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By MetalGeekMark on 02 Nov 2010 09:51
Any way to beat the disco ones with out changing inputs because I don't have ions and the cymbals I have don't exactly register that well.... Any tips to make them more responsive without investing much money or buying new ones?
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By hckyplyr20 on 13 Jan 2011 21:24
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You'll need the Rock Band 2 or The Beatles Rock Band drumset with the RB3 Cymbal expansion kit or the Rock Band 3 drumset to play Pro Drums.

You must do these 3 sections (Expert Lessons):
- Advanced Techniques (22 lessons)
- Advanced Beats (40 lessons)
- Advanced Fills (15 lessons)

You can use a partner to help you by doing the kick pedal. You can also use the pause/rewind exploit detailed in the Pro Keys Graduate trophy.

On some of the trainers (the hard ones), the pause/rewind exploit will be easier if you can get someone to help you by pressing the button.

If you choose or are forced to do the trick alone, you'll probably need to use the face buttons on the drumset in order to hit 2 pads/cymbals and pause at the same time.

The buttons work as follow:

Blue
Yellow
Green
Red

You can't use the buttons to hit any of the cymbals or the bass pedal. But you can use one hand to hit the cymbals and the other hand to hit the pads on the buttons and press start. It's tricky, but doable.

I was able to get this trophy by myself using this method.

You must do the Lessons on 100% speed.

 

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You can access the trainer from the Goals menu (Pro Drums > Pro Drum Trainer > Pro Drums Lessons) or the Training menu. These are actually legitimately challenging beats and will give even experienced drummers some difficulty. One thing that might help is moving the cymbals around, monkeying with the inputs to give a more comfortable drumming experience. Even then, the speed of these lessons, fills and beats are very challenging. You will need to pull them off at full speed to get the achievement.

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