November 22, 2008
Vocal Duets in Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour
Ever wanted to sing a song with a buddy, either as a duet or call-and-response style? That’s tough to do with the mere single mic that Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour provide. But with the inexpensive ($25 at Best Buy) Blockhead duet set, it’s easy.
The Blockhead Duet microphones can also be used with SingStar, but it’s not much of a novelty there, as SingStar already comes with 2 mics and a fully supported duet mode out of the box. There’s a small switch on the back to choose which game you’re using.
These aren’t particularly high quality mics, but they’re cheap, and they work — even using both at the same time, obviously! So when you want to harmonize some vocals or just trade off vocal duties verse by verse, bust out your duet set.
This is, incidentally, the same “multiple microphones feeding into the same analog to digital converter” concept that drives the e-Tambourine and e-Cowbell mod, as featured in the Ultimate Vocalist Battlestation. These blockhead mics would be an excellent starting point for that mod, too (hint, hint)!
Awesome find! I just picked this up and gave it a shot tonight. Definitely a lot of fun and totally worth the $25. The only downside is I need to drop another $25 for another mic stand =)
Bob Woodshed
November 25, 2008 at 1:22 am